When you see the word "Nit"

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Definition of "Nit" in the pool world

  • Cheapskate/afraid to gamble

    Votes: 62 66.7%

  • short for "nit-wit"

    Votes: 31 33.3%
  • Total voters
    93
There are a few definitions of "nit". If I were to say it to a friend of mine outside of the pool world, I would use the words"nit-wit" or "nit picker"... I use them fully, not just by saying "nit". In the pool world, I use "nit" and use it as the cheap/no gamble definition that spidey used. ;)
 
I think it is easier to define the user of the word NIT (in the pool world):
Likes to gamble,
Not against intimidating people to loose money to him,
His upper limit in gambling is just a little higher than who he is talking about,

And in twenty years:
Hasn't held a steady job,
Doesn't understand why there isn't big money in pool,
Thinks the world owes him something,
Is still a looser.
 
A NIT is definitely someone who is afraid to gamble who plays well. It is a pretty widely used term in the gambling world.

In poker, it is a solid, tight player (plays good cards, very competent) but is unwillingly to put his money on the line unless he KNOWS he has the best hand.
 
Timberly said:
In the world of pool, when you hear someone say "nit" or you're on here (a billiard forum) and you see someone post the word "nit", what do you think they mean? What meaning does the word "nit" used in the pool world mean to you?
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Your question didn't blow me away but the answers did. The things you can learn on a forum like AZ. BTW, I would never consider a nit a nitwit.

FTR, my definition of a nit (in pool) is someone who knows that it is an even game but won't gamble at the even game. That definition fits a lot of so-called BIG-TIME "quasi-gamblers" includes lots of loudmouths and many other lock artists.

One example is when someone gambles with another player for three hours and they break even. Player A says the game is too tough and doesn't want to play that way anymore.

Another example is when Player A beats player B even up and the next time Player A sees Player B they say they heard "that the game was really lop-sided (they got lucky to win) and others said that they out ran the nuts" so Player A says they don't want to play even up and need weight. This is the biggest nit of all, IMHO. :-)

Another nit is the one who woofs and barks all day and all night about how little this one will bet. In the meantime, the big-barker is broke and trying to get staked and never bets his own money and simply tries to use his barking power to intimidate his prospective opponents into taking a bad bet.

Whether it is for big money or pocket change, it's funny when some guys, regularly are flat-out STEALING (and they know they are stealing) and they think of themselves as "gamblers". :-)
The other group of nits are the parasites who hang around waiting for some poor sheep to make a mistake and eat some of that well placed grass, laced with arcenic.

Cool thread, Timberly. VBG
JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
Your question didn't blow me away but the answers did. The things you can learn on a forum like AZ. BTW, I would never consider a nit a nitwit.

Cool thread, Timberly. VBG
JoeyA
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Me either so when someone else did think that, I figured I would start this thread and see how many more folks saw "nit" as "nit-wit".

Thanks Joey. ;)
 
Timberly said:
Me either so when someone else did think that, I figured I would start this thread and see how many more folks saw "nit" as "nit-wit".

Thanks Joey. ;)
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I am astonished that over 30% of the people in the poll think nit refers to a nit-wit.
JoeyA
 
Usually one does not hear the word "nit" used outside of billiards/gambling colloquial use except as a reference to the eggs of lice. This is probably where the term "nitpick" came from.

In the billiards world a nit is 100% associated with the person who won't bet a dime that water is wet even if tossed in it.
 
Seriously who refers to them as nits. Never even heard of the word and I've been in pool halls for thousands of hours. Around here they call them locksmith's. This must be an east coast thing.
 
mnShooter said:
Seriously who refers to them as nits. Never even heard of the word and I've been in pool halls for thousands of hours. Around here they call them locksmith's. This must be an east coast thing.
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I've heard the term locksmith before too. Nit was always used more though. It might be more of a regional thing... I've moved around quite a bit so I tend to lose track of what area says what. I did notice that in SC they say "push" but in TX they say "roll out"... or was it the other way around? :confused:

:)
 
It shoudl be noted Joey that possibly 30% of the folks here do not run the same type of billiard world as you and I do.

I have come across many fair players who came up through the league systems and who have no real clue about the gambling side of pool and the vernacular associated with it.

There are probably several hundred thousand regular players in the USA who couldn't define the word nit as we understand it.
 
Roadie said:
It shoudl be noted Joey that possibly 30% of the folks here do not run the same type of billiard world as you and I do.

I have come across many fair players who came up through the league systems and who have no real clue about the gambling side of pool and the vernacular associated with it.

There are probably several hundred thousand regular players in the USA who couldn't define the word nit as we understand it.
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That pretty much sums it up. ;)
 
A NIT is just that a NIT! Joey and Roadie as well as a couple others cited real good examples. I first hear the term in the very early 70"s, maybe late 60's. No gamble, unless they have the nuts. Even then it's questionable.

Then if they play and loose holy molley they become a tripple NIT. Then there own grandmother calls them a NIT!! LOL

Rod

It's used all over the country west to east, if you haven't heard it you probably don't gamble. I was supprised to when some thought it was a nit-wit.
 
Roadie said:
It shoudl be noted Joey that possibly 30% of the folks here do not run the same type of billiard world as you and I do.

I have come across many fair players who came up through the league systems and who have no real clue about the gambling side of pool and the vernacular associated with it.

There are probably several hundred thousand regular players in the USA who couldn't define the word nit as we understand it.
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It's just that I would never have guessed that one in three people from this forum who are very well informed, would have chosen the nit-wit definition for nit, what with all of the discussion about gambling here. I would imagine that it is probably three out of four people in the rest of the world that would have chosen nit-wit as the relative definition.

Just yesterday I heard a "NEW" definition for "schwag". In my industry schwag or swag is another word for promotional products or giveaway items. Now I have found out that Schwag is also known as Low-Grade Weed. LOL.
JoeyA
JoeyA
 
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Hey Wayne - since you're here and you're a good pool player who gambles - how would you define the word NIT?
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Thanks,
JoeyA
 
Timberly said:
That pretty much sums it up. ;)
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Hey I like your new Avatar. The black figure is the IPT pool player and the stick is KT and the carrot is the promise of good things to come... VBG
JoeyA
 
Timberly said:
"nit picker"... I use them fully,
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If i have to say what u are trying to say I will say `Nit picky Piccayune`
Piccayune is a small town in Mississippi. but I do not think that is anything to do with that town.:D
 
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