by Badsnookerplayer » 11 Sep 2019 Read
Ck147 wrote:Ck147 wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:There are some words and phrases that are rarely used other than in snooker commentary like 'hampered'.
Any more?
Hampered is widely used outside snooker, do you get outside much BSP?
I take back the last part of my previous comment, I was in "being a sausage" mood last night and shouldn't have said that. My ability to write a nice comment was hampered by my mood. No offence intended BSP.
No offence taken at all - all good spirit.
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by Dan-cat » 11 Sep 2019 Read
Iranu wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Iranu wrote:How about:
Baulk
Respot
Cue
I baulk at your first suggestion.
Last night I cue'd up a film to watch on Netflix.
I'll give you Respot. But it did use to be in common usage as a military term - repositioning of vehicles.
Actually you “queued” up a film to watch on Netflix
(you were probably taking the snake hiss there but still)
I didn’t realise ‘balk’ could also be spelt ‘baulk’, I’ll retract that one.
That’s interesting about the military, I can’t find any reference to it. I wonder which came first!
No. You cue a record, cue a videotape, cue a film on Netflix. You can add a film to a queue. That's different.
Re the respot:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Respot
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by vodkadiet1 » 11 Sep 2019 Read
'Helping side'.
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by Cloud Strife » 11 Sep 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Iranu wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Iranu wrote:How about:
Baulk
Respot
Cue
I baulk at your first suggestion.
Last night I cue'd up a film to watch on Netflix.
I'll give you Respot. But it did use to be in common usage as a military term - repositioning of vehicles.
Actually you “queued” up a film to watch on Netflix
(you were probably taking the snake hiss there but still)
I didn’t realise ‘balk’ could also be spelt ‘baulk’, I’ll retract that one.
That’s interesting about the military, I can’t find any reference to it. I wonder which came first!
No. You cue a record, cue a videotape, cue a film on Netflix. You can add a film to a queue. That's different.
Re the respot:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Respot
I have heard the word 'respot' mentioned on football commentaries, especially during penalty shootouts.
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by Iranu » 11 Sep 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Iranu wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Iranu wrote:How about:
Baulk
Respot
Cue
I baulk at your first suggestion.
Last night I cue'd up a film to watch on Netflix.
I'll give you Respot. But it did use to be in common usage as a military term - repositioning of vehicles.
Actually you “queued” up a film to watch on Netflix
(you were probably taking the snake hiss there but still)
I didn’t realise ‘balk’ could also be spelt ‘baulk’, I’ll retract that one.
That’s interesting about the military, I can’t find any reference to it. I wonder which came first!
No. You cue a record, cue a videotape, cue a film on Netflix. You can add a film to a queue. That's different.
Re the respot:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Respot
Ha, having looked it up I think we may both be right. To add something to a queue can also be used as a verb to queue (example given was with printing) but as you say, cue is used when lining records etc up to play.
Interesting stuff. I also learnt that it comes from old French meaning tail.
I tried that link but it says there’s nothing listed for respot. I’ll look into it later.
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by vodkadiet1 » 11 Sep 2019 Read
'Angled'.
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by Iranu » 11 Sep 2019 Read
Yeah that worked, thanks.
Interesting stuff, didn’t know the word was used in manufacturing either.
Love learning things like this.
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by SnookerEd25 » 28 Feb 2020 Read
"clever stuff from Trump"
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by mick745 » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Hit and hope.
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by rekoons » 28 Feb 2020 Read
4 cushion escape
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by The_Abbott » 28 Feb 2020 Read
[Red ball potted]
One
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by SnookerFan » 28 Feb 2020 Read
How about the word; Decline?
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by Alex0paul » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Bungke
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by SnookerFan » 28 Feb 2020 Read
CHICKEN MADRAS!
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by D4P » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Barring snookers
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by HustleKing » 28 Feb 2020 Read
mick745 wrote:Hit and hope.
Actually this is used very frequently in other sports, interchangeably with the term "Hail Mary"
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by Holden Chinaski » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Shredsville.
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by Cloud Strife » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Mong
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by Alex0paul » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Judd
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by Badsnookerplayer » 28 Feb 2020 Read
Wheresthecueballgoing wrote:Have we had “nap of the cloth” - and does it really exist?
Definitely exists at my club
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by chengdufan » 29 Feb 2020 Read
Take on a pot
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by Andre147 » 29 Feb 2020 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Half butt
Yeah it sounds like an ass split in half
The term "kiss" always amuses me, rest and plant too.
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by Holden Chinaski » 29 Feb 2020 Read
Ramtoozler.
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by lhpirnie » 29 Feb 2020 Read
How about 'ranking points' and 'ranking tournaments' (or 'ranker' if you prefer). These are hugely flawed concepts, and are completely undermiming the structure of the game, but they are used in almost every single discussion about snooker results.
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