Gridders, spikers, cagers, grapplers, harriers and other slang

I hear that. A lot.

What I almost never hear is how you do de-bore the stories, and not use the word "points" 37 times in your gamer.

But hey, as long as we're cutting-edge and never use old-timer words, let's throw "points" in there 41 times.

 

I'm guessing that a lot of these terms came about for headlines at school papers where every team you cover has the same name. Instead of Podunk Wins or Eagles Win, it's a shorter version. Saying "Basketball Team Wins" or "Cross Country Team Wins" will kill any attempt at a good headline.
I could be wrong.

 

what in the fuck did you just say?

 

Here's a question: If a lefty is a "southpaw" (and you hear that term used a lot), why isn't a righty a "northpaw"?
???

 

Most of the terms mentioned on here suck major goat ass and should never be used. They're from an era long gone. In most cases, we've advanced as a species, and terminology from the '40s should be buried or put in a museum for all of us to stare in awe.

And contributing to the suckitude, I'll add "anglers" for fisherman. What, they don't have the ability to walk like normal bipeds?

 

Because it was pretty common to disparage left-handers, who also were referred to plenty of times as "wrong-handers" (as well as "portsiders" and many other terms.) Nobody needed to come up with a nickname for righties -- that was the norm. It was only left-handers that needed distinguishing.

(Kind of like how nobody would ever say "the white candidate for president." Until this year, anyway, it was assumed.)

 

Are the terms acceptable? Apparently so because I see most of them on a regular basis.
Do they send shivers down my spin like a fingernails on a blackboard? Absolutely.

The two I hate most are "twirled a mound gem" and "trey."

As for anglers/fishermen, it would be kind of hard to do away with that seeing as how the driving force behind the sport is the Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society. I don't really care either way because I don't plan on writing about fishing.

 

And why are "southpaws" always "crafty?"

 

Something you weren't going to agree with.

And I would NEVER call a southpaw crafty unless ... well, he was crafty.

 

Why not just say portsider?

 

Why not indeed?

 

Portside
Out
Starboard
Home

Posh is an acronym.

When you sailed from England to Spain or Italy, you wanted to be away from a certain side of the ship due to the hot sun.

Cliff Claven will now go back to his stool.