What is the most over used word that you hear in the pool world the mosT!

A phrase I have not seen mentioned but comes up rather frequently: I didn't deserve that! My question would be why, did you not just execute that shot?

A second one that makes me cringe everytime I walk in a poolroom: What are you giving up? ;-(
 
I put it in another thread. IMHO the most overused word in pool is Friend.

If you've ever hit a ball with someone all of the sudden they are a friend.


richiebalto said:
I would say ,champion or that guy is a world champion,in realality the person has never won a world championship,in my home room we have this 1 guy that does gamble and everytime he goes on a little road trip he always comes back and says i lost to this champion or this world champion beat me and like i am saying these guys are real good players but are no champions!so i think a lot of people in the pool world uses that saying a little to loosely.
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nail on the head

sjm said:
For the most overused word in pool, I'll offer "should" as in:

1) I "should" have made that shot
2) I "should" have run out
3) I "should" have won that match

After skids or balls rolling off or freakishly bad luck, I guess such a comment can be dealt with, but these comments tend to be heard after one has failed due to poor execution.

As a late teen, I used to often practice with a top pro named Jack Colavita. I recall that if I said "I should have made that shot" to him, he would typically reply "no you shouldn't have, not when you hit it that bad." Now, I'll have to admit that at first this comment rubbed me the wrong way, but it finally dawned on me that he was right.

After making a poor stroke, why on earth would one feel they should have made the shot? Constrastingly, after failing, one might say "I expected to make that shot" and be within the boundaries of logic, as this refers to the moments prior to the stroke. The thing is, with rare exception, nobody partcularly cares what your expectations were, so it's best to remain silent.

If you failed due to poor execution, you "should" have failed.
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Tap, tap. tap.
My sentiments exactly.
I also would add, "I had that..."
There is no should or had. Either you did or you didn't.
Karl
 
I don't know what kind of pool rooms you all go to, but around here it's

CTE

cte
   [c-t-e]
–adjective
1. (Channeling The Effort)
a common acronym used to describe a feeling in pocket billiards. A zone or state of mind. A elevated consciousness where the balls just fall in the pockets

Sentence: Oh man, last night I was in a CTE and thumped Marty 100-0 in a race to 100 onepocket
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English cte < Middle French cte < Latin ctē
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2011.
 
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richiebalto said:
I would say ,champion or that guy is a world champion,in realality the person has never won a world championship,in my home room we have this 1 guy that does gamble and everytime he goes on a little road trip he always comes back and says i lost to this champion or this world champion beat me and like i am saying these guys are real good players but are no champions!so i think a lot of people in the pool world uses that saying a little to loosely.
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Starts with an F.
 
Here are two that make me cringe:

"...can't fade that"
"...doesn't have to like it."
 
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