I was talking with my friend the other day about this after he had hooked himself and called the cueball a b*tch...Why is that every single time we as pool players (even females) verbally abuse our stick, the table, the balls, lights, or whatever, its ALWAYS a female derragotory term. Maybe im just weird for realizing that but I was curious if anybody else ever has also?
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Not sure that it's "every single time" and "ALWAYS"... but the point is well taken.
Perhaps it's a subliminal consciousness wherein we unfairly blame our mothers for all of our failures and shortcomings. For most of us, our mothers played a pivotal role in raising us. If we fail, it must be because of what they did... or didn't do... earlier in our lives. <sarcasm off>
Going back to the pool table, it wasn't our mother that shot that shot. It was us.
I've come to accept the outcome of everyone of my shots. I shot that shot... nobody else. I caused the balls to go where they did.
There's no such thing as a bad roll when I'm shooting.
Rafael taught me that.
Perhaps it's a subliminal consciousness wherein we unfairly blame our mothers for all of our failures and shortcomings. For most of us, our mothers played a pivotal role in raising us. If we fail, it must be because of what they did... or didn't do... earlier in our lives. <sarcasm off>
Going back to the pool table, it wasn't our mother that shot that shot. It was us.
I've come to accept the outcome of everyone of my shots. I shot that shot... nobody else. I caused the balls to go where they did.
There's no such thing as a bad roll when I'm shooting.
Rafael taught me that.
Point taken.
I even call ou "Bastard" as well. Sometime this might even slip out "TA-BAR-NAK", "CAL-LICE", or anything else that might suit the moment. 9 out of 10 times will be called a female dog.
I just take it as letting out frustration at the dumb-ass shot. Not really directed at anything in general.
I even call ou "Bastard" as well. Sometime this might even slip out "TA-BAR-NAK", "CAL-LICE", or anything else that might suit the moment. 9 out of 10 times will be called a female dog.
I just take it as letting out frustration at the dumb-ass shot. Not really directed at anything in general.
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Well, we ARE putting balls in holes with long, hard sticks off a cushion...
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List the terms people use when they verbally abuse their stick, table, balls, or lights. Personally, I've never heard anyone curse at a cueball or lights, though "f'ing" is used a lot. Stick?..."f'ing piece of $!!tt" maybe. What do they say to tables? "Pockets are tight as a teenager's p****y"? I just made that one up.
Substitute teenybopper's for teenager's... and you have sumptin' that's gonna get some chuckles out of the hall hanger-ons the first time you use it.
What on mother earth are you talking about?
you are correct bastard is quite a common term also but that fits in the category of the less than nearly every time...a*shole is another one but thats kinda in the gray area not really male or female...and there is no way im going to list off all the things ive heard people say or that ive said i would get banned for sure lol...on another note someone else on here said they never heard anybody curse at a cueball or lights...were you being sarcastic or serious? cause with the lights for the most part its people hitting their head or are in a poorly planned poolhall or more common a bar that the lights are bad and they can see it and it affects their shooting...and as far as the cueball one goes....really? you never seen someone come up short on a shot and hear they cuss at it or flip it off hell some people even get racist with their comments lol
No, and I've been playing for 30 years. But specifically, you're not even answering my question within your own specifics, ie. the use of derogatory female expletives. So give me an example of how people direct verbal anger at the cueball or lights with female references. To quote pt109 ^ ^ ^ "What on mother earth are you talking about?" :grin:
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It is not uncommon to apply the femina...the femini...the female aspect to certain objects. The ship in my avatar, for instance, is referred to as if it were a woman. "Aye, matey, She's a rusty bottomed old girl, that's for true, but she'll give you twelve knots into a headwind."
Or, "How do you like my new cue? Isn't she pretty?"
Or, "My neice looks like a guy, but she ain't."
Anyway, I think it's just how men tend to look at things.
Or, "How do you like my new cue? Isn't she pretty?"
Or, "My neice looks like a guy, but she ain't."
Anyway, I think it's just how men tend to look at things.
It is not uncommon to apply the femina...the femini...the female aspect to certain objects. The ship in my avatar, for instance, is referred to as if it were a woman. "Aye, matey, She's a rusty bottomed old girl, that's for true, but she'll give you twelve knots into a headwind."
Or, "How do you like my new cue? Isn't she pretty?"
Or, "My neice looks like a guy, but she ain't."
Anyway, I think it's just how men tend to look at things.
Doesn't address the OP's subject though, does it. Surely amongst the veteran players at AZ who have seen and heard it all, someone has examples of using female expletives to curse at lights and balls or sticks. I must be sheltered, because I haven't. Even the OP's example isn't necessarily a use of a female expletive....really stretching it.
I had to scroll all the way back up to the top of the page to check, but I am correct. His statement was regarding the application of the "feminine" to common objects as was mine.
Close but where I am from its always been said "Those pockets are tight as a nun's c*$t"
Im not going to list specifics because it would get me banned...and if you have really been playing for 30 years unless your just busting my balls here (lol as ironic as that is to say on a pool forum, no pun intended) you have seriously never seen someone come up short with the cue ball and say "you b*tch" or something similar?
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Maybe I'm just lucky, but I honestly have never heard a woman call a cb a b*tch. Or any other derogatory female name. If I ever did, I would probably think she was trying to sound super tough and/ or get attention in a classless sort of way. Yes, we might call each other that word, but not inanimate objects...
I think sexist cussing is a young male thing- perhaps an attempt to control a cueball when you haven't really learned how to? Plus cueballs don't do slow burning revenge like women do, so it's both easier and safer to yell at a cb like that...
This last bit may be why older and wiser poolplaying men actually beg cueballs in the same way that they beg women, like, "Come on baby, please give me some love," or, "That's it, baby, come to Daddy!"
(As for the guys who claim to not know what you're talking about and are trying to get you to write out a list: yes. they're jerking your chain.)
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Its obviously more of a guy thing but i have heard several women do it. As for what else you said i have heard guys of every single age and experience level do it. You also are correct though that is another way some guys do it is the more of begging.