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Terms used in Sports that make You Cringe*** I have a few, the one that I find the most cringe worthy is "True Freshman".

ClifSpliffy said:
exit velo. how long till the gambling nuts come with a way to wager on this? i heard an ad the other day where some outfit in this biz offered 'if the football team that you bet on to win is ahead at any point by 10, we'll immediately pay you, even if they lose.' they should change exit velo to mean the odds on which player or manager might get tossed.

southpaw. so a righty is a northpaw? everrbuddy in Canada is righthanded and everrbuddy in Mexico is lefthanded?

dressage. when u hear this, hide ur wallet. and, it's not pronounced
'dress-age' like i say it. it's pronounced 'dress-ahhhhhge.' say it wrong, and any horse nut, even from the next county, will hear it, and immediately correct youse. really annoying. don't bring me to horse shows as i have a ridiculously high 'exit velo' for that.

i've been trying to get a handle on cricket for years, with not much luck.
cricket lingo:
Toss, Run, Wicket, Pitch, Stump, Bails, Crease, Pavilion, Gloves, Wicket Keeper, Over, , Followon, Rubber, Spin, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump out, Runout, L. B. W; Hit Wicket, Googley, Not out, No ball, Wide ball, Dead ball, Maiden over, Overthrow, Bye, Leg by, Cover drive, Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Shot, Pull, Sixer, Follow Through, Turn, Bouncer, Hattrick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundry line, Slip, Square leg, Runner, Cover, Yorker, Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward short leg, Deep/mid-wicket,
googley? yorker? gully? silly point? forward short leg?
i ain't got a prayer, and should prolly forget this game, too.

they don't use the word 'rough' correctly in golf. hitting off the t is rough. hitting in the fairway is rough. hitting out of a bunker is rough.
hitting a putt is rough. getting the honest score from anyone for the card is rough. drinking like a fish is rough. playing in a t-storm is rough. listening to the excuses that 'normally imma great player, but for some reason today im having troubles' is rough. retrieving ur ball from the edge of a pond in alligator infested Florida is rough.
they should change the name to 'ruff.' or 'lie.'
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The Mets broadcasters show an exit velocity chart during the game to show who hit the ball the hardest and go crazy for the hard hit out. I would much rather have a soft hit base hit than a hard hit out.
 
MooseJaw said:
Either a player is a freshman, or they aren't. Plus, often times the same announcer will rip off the term repeatedly until I am forced to leave the broadcast. The 2nd on my list is a football term " The Line To Gain" what a tightass way to say what we used to say for over 65 years of my life "The First Down Marker, or Line". I have a few more but am curious to hear what term makes you cringe. :confused:
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True freshman is a football term. I don’t think it matters much in Any other sport.

Line to gain is a technical term used by referees.

I don’t know. Cringy doesn’t bother me.

The reason they use redshirt freshman is to identify a sophomore by grade with 4 years of eligibility remaining.

Yes, it is all stupid. But their eligibility isn’t tied to their academic standing.
 
UConnCat said:
GOAT. Everybody is the GOAT these days. How is that possible?

So and so is a "cheat code." What does that mean?
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Well there can be various GOATs, depending on the context. Like NBA GOAT, PG GOAT, NFL GOAT, QB GOAT, etc. ......and of course there is always Earl Manigault.

Is that a serious question? Do you really not know what "cheat code" means?
 
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"This pitcher hasn't given up a home run to a left handed batter in x years!"

crack. it goes out of the park.
 
"X team doesn't rebuild, they reload."

Come on. Have to imagine something better than that. And with all the mass shootings, talk about a team "reloading" should be banned.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
"X team doesn't rebuild, they reload."

Come on. Have to imagine something better than that. And with all the mass shootings, talk about a team "reloading" should be banned.
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That reminds me of a quote about Pete Carroll during the USC football glory days: "He doesn't recruit. He selects."
 
One that always gets me is when sportscasters say "they'll settle that mano a mano." That sure sounds like "man to man," and that's what they're indicating.

Unfortunately, it's a Spanish phrase that means "hand to hand." Undereducation.
 
Never been a big fan of the phrase "All American Candidate"...or "Player of the Year Candidate"...used when talking about a player during a game. Aren't all players eligible for these honors...although we all know only a few will get selected. It's a silly "label" to put out there. They can't sign up to be considered...like a politician throwing their hat into the ring for an election.
 
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KnightBridgeAZ said:
A rising Junior is a sophomore after the class year ends. It isn't a sports term. During the summer before your Junior year, you are a rising Junior. A little formal, but anyone using it otherwise is creating a new meaning.
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Some people are. Evidently, they are using it incorrectly.
 
Sifaka said:
It's not just sports. Pompous jargon surrounds us. It's aim is to impress, not to communicate. Read the financial press, and don't be surprised if it feels like you are getting sucked down into buzzword quicksand. Of course many business types love sports terms, as they are about competing and striving and winning. Sports talking heads try to sound “professional” by repeating all the same cliches other sportscasters use. It's a never ending circle jerk. Why say homered or hit it out of the park when you can flash your in-crowd credentials by screeching goes yard!

Decades ago George Orwell warned us about dead metaphors, especially in public life. George Orwell: Politics and the English Language
Don't be put off by the title; the essay is not about politics. It is about lazy, sloppy, imprecise language, and people using words that don't mean what the writers and speakers think they mean.

Think of the last time you were told that the mother gave birth to a little baby boy. Glad to hear that it was a mother doing the birthing, and not a nephew. Do we need to say that the baby is little, to distinguish it from all the gargantuan newborns?

Keep dead and dying metaphors in mind the next time you are told that the pitcher challenged the batter. How's that for bush league language? :eek:
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100%. It seems that media play-by-play guys and analysts believe they are somehow more intelligent, precise, and a host of other adjectives if they use more unnecessary words. Basketball coaches who couldn't keep winning and are now employed by ESPN and the like are some of the worst. Expressions like "score the basketball" or "rebound the basketball" drive me nuts. Seth Greenberg and Carolyn Peck are among the worst. Why can't they just say score and rebound?

Back to the original point about "true freshman". There was a time in football, perhaps 10-15 years ago when almost all freshman were redshirted. Back then it was appropriate to distinguish a true freshman from a redshirt. Not any more as most recruits especially the top ones at major programs want and expect to play right away. They want sign the LOI with a schedule that even hints at redshirting them.

Football is really the only sport where redshirting was a major thing. Sure, redshirting does occur in all the other sports except maybe for women's basketball. Absent injury, redshirting is virtually non-existent in women's basketball. There are a couple of women's NCAA basketball announcers who use the term true freshman aggravatingly 100% of the time when they shouldn't, IMHO.
 
CL82 said:
The one that always mildly annoys me is when someone is talking about as giving more than 100% effort. Often, this is 110% which makes zero sense. The interesting question is is someone who claims to put out 110% of effort putting out less effort than someone who claims to put out 120%? What about 200%, or even 2,000,000% effort?
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I’m glad it’s only a mild irritation because much of what we say is intended to “instruct” the listener and not be taken literally. And this a good example.

However, I like the idea of the Huskies giving 2,000,000% effort because that would likely translate into our having 200 national championship trophies!
 
tkaes said:
100%. It seems that media play-by-play guys and analysts believe they are somehow more intelligent, precise, and a host of other adjectives if they use more unnecessary words. Basketball coaches who couldn't keep winning and are now employed by ESPN and the like are some of the worst. Expressions like "score the basketball" or "rebound the basketball" drive me nuts. Seth Greenberg and Carolyn Peck are among the worst. Why can't they just say score and rebound?

Back to the original point about "true freshman". There was a time in football, perhaps 10-15 years ago when almost all freshman were redshirted. Back then it was appropriate to distinguish a true freshman from a redshirt. Not any more as most recruits especially the top ones at major programs want and expect to play right away. They want sign the LOI with a schedule that even hints at redshirting them.

Football is really the only sport where redshirting was a major thing. Sure, redshirting does occur in all the other sports except maybe for women's basketball. Absent injury, redshirting is virtually non-existent in women's basketball. There are a couple of women's NCAA basketball announcers who use the term true freshman aggravatingly 100% of the time when they shouldn't, IMHO.
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Score or rebound the basketball are horrible phrases, what else are you going to score, your sneakers
 
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cabbie191 said:
However, I like the idea of the Huskies giving 2,000,000% effort because that would likely translate into our having 200 national championship trophies!
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Would it though?
 
Penetration.... deep in the lane. Sorry they need to find another way to describe it. It just sounds dirty.... Especially if you are in the other room and you hear the announcer shout about the "deep penetration"... I thought basketball was supposed to be a family thing....
 
I also cringe when they say "Hall of Famer" "Legendary" "Coach" Carolyn Peck. When she starts talking the sound of my eye rolls sound more pleasing than anything she has to say.
 
MooseJaw said:
Either a player is a freshman, or they aren't. Plus, often times the same announcer will rip off the term repeatedly until I am forced to leave the broadcast. The 2nd on my list is a football term " The Line To Gain" what a tightass way to say what we used to say for over 65 years of my life "The First Down Marker, or Line". I have a few more but am curious to hear what term makes you cringe. :confused:
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"We've seen this time and time again"

As if no one hasn't heard it time and time again
 
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I didn’t care for Ryan Ruoco saying “Paige frickin’ Bueckers” after one game. But disrespectful as it may be, I understand the emotion behind this sort of slip. On the other hand, he has had some very good moments, when he really hits the sweet spot. I’ve always liked his “Why not?” after players hit huge perimeter shots. It seems to suggest that the gods of hoop are smiling on that player or that team.
 
JohnFSilver said:
True freshman is a football term. I don’t think it matters much in Any other sport.

Line to gain is a technical term used by referees.

I don’t know. Cringy doesn’t bother me.

The reason they use redshirt freshman is to identify a sophomore by grade with 4 years of eligibility remaining.

Yes, it is all stupid. But their eligibility isn’t tied to their academic standing.
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What they should do in college football is give the players' ages. " Pete Thorpe gains 7 yards. Pete's a true freshman and a 6'4, 250 lb fullback.

What they don't tell you:

"Pete graduated HS 4 years ago" "He spent 2 years in prison lifting weights and then 2 years in a prep program on a scholarship provided by an Oshkosh U. booster". "Those boosters can't do enough for ol' Oshkosh U."
 
Bone Dog said:
I didn’t care for Ryan Ruoco saying “Paige frickin’ Bueckers” after one game. But disrespectful as it may be, I understand the emotion behind this sort of slip. On the other hand, he has had some very good moments, when he really hits the sweet spot. I’ve always liked his “Why not?” after players hit huge perimeter shots. It seems to suggest that the gods of hoop are smiling on that player or that team.
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My memory was that he said it right after she sank a huge 3, not after the game. I thought it was the call of the season. It was a perfect thing to say and any 3rd grader has heard the obscene version every day on the school bus.

And to be correct it was "Paige Freeking Bueckers"
 
cabbie191 said:
I’m glad it’s only a mild irritation because much of what we say is intended to “instruct” the listener and not be taken literally. And this a good example.

However, I like the idea of the Huskies giving 2,000,000% effort because that would likely translate into our having 200 national championship trophies!
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Yeah, and dozens of Jimmy Piersall's too.
 
Bone Dog said:
I didn’t care for Ryan Ruoco saying “Paige frickin’ Bueckers” after one game. But disrespectful as it may be, I understand the emotion behind this sort of slip. On the other hand, he has had some very good moments, when he really hits the sweet spot. I’ve always liked his “Why not?” after players hit huge perimeter shots. It seems to suggest that the gods of hoop are smiling on that player or that team.
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I thought it was John Fanta who said that about Paige in the Fox televised DePaul Game. Could be wrong?
 
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