The Gloss

If in the course of reading my blog I use words you might be unfamiliar with, then here are some definitions for you:

Battery Chuck – Northern Californian; see also “No-Cal,” Water Hoarder” [from the perceived tendency of Bay Area fans to throw batteries at opposing players, particularly at those from Southern California]

Beach (the) – Long Beach State [established slang (see also Hill (the))]

Bitch – (become someone’s) to dominate another in sports

Blast – (noun) well-accomplished “smack (q.v.)”

Blue Hair – elderly person

Bosconian – a graduate of St. John Bosco High School

Boss Hogg – Rush Limbaugh for his resemblance to the character played by Sorrell Booke on “The Dukes of Hazzard”. The only thing missing is the White Suit, White Hat, a jar of pig’s feet and hog’s jowls, and sending Roscoe P. Coaltrain to chase after the Duke Boys in “The General Lee”.

Bozo the Censor – L. Brent Bozell III, head of the Parents Television Council

Brick – New Yorker, New York Knick, also collectively anything “East Coast” in origin [from the many brick buildings in New York, and the New York Knicks' poor shooting, i.e. they shoot bricks (established basketball slang)]

Caysh – money [Taken from Cotton Fitzsimmons, who said his players need to "caysh" in on their free throws]

Cheesehead – Wisconsinite, Green Bay Packer fan [established; Wisconsin is long-established as the Dairy State]

Cheesesteak – Philadelphian [a noted Philadelphian cuisine]

Chowd – (noun) Bostonian [shortening of "Chowderhead (q.v.)"]

Chuck (noun) – Northern Californian; see also “No-Cal,” “cigarette-lobbing,” “Water Hoarder” [shortening of "Battery Chuck (q.v.)"] cigarette-lobbing (adjective) Northern Californian [from Northern California] fans’ supposed tendency to throw cigarette lighters at opposing players, particularly at those from Southern California]

Classic – (interjection) bravo, verily

Clone – an excessively imitative fan of Jim Rome’s show [clone: a genetic reduplication]

Clutch – (adjective, interjection) very good, bravo [established]

Come correct – to indicate being forthright and honest.

Concur – (interjection) “I agree,” verily [established, with subject omission]

Crib - Stadium, playing field, home, house

District, The - Washington D.C.

Do not concur – (interjection) “Nay!” [Established, with subject omission]

eeeeerrrrr! – interjection, at a loss for words

Epic – (adjective) excellent [established]

fishhack – (noun) poor print journalist [combination of "fishwrap (q.v.)" and "hack (q.v.)"; affected by "Fish (q.v.)," and Miami writers' perceived bitterness toward San Diego in the wake of the Dolphins' 1995 playoff loss to the Chargers]

fishwrap – a newspaper, see multicolored fishwrap, hollywood fishwrap, [well established]

frel – from the Sci-Fi show “Farscape”, apparently it is an alien curse word that has no translation in English, but I take it to mean ‘the f-word’

game - (noun) see (to) “have game”

gangsta – to commit a violent act upon another athlete usually without provocation

geeked – excited, pumped up

Gloss - (noun) Jim Rome’s idiolect; see (to) “run Gloss” [shortening of "glossary"]

“go into the tank” (to) – (to) “to perform poorly”; see “tank” [established boxing slang]

go yard/yahd (to) – (to) hit a home run [established baseball slang]

going postal – to commit an act of violence influenced by US Postal workers’ frequent heinous acts.

“Good night now!” – (interjection) “I have definitively ended the discussion” [from a favored method of Lee Hamilton to end a supposedly inane phone call to his show]

grab a vine (to) – see “vine” [from Tarzan movies, et al., set in the jungle]

Gravy Train – someone who exploits someone else’s success.

grill – face or facial features, also pronounced “greel” after Eddie in Oklahoma City, a Jim Rome caller

grudge mode – (noun) extreme confrontation and bitter verbal aggression, as in “to be in grudge mode,” i.e., to practice same [established]

hack - (noun) poor journalist [established slang]

“have game” (to) – (to) “perform well [established]

Hollywood fishhack – any print journalist who writes for one of the tabloids [National Enquirer, Globe, Star, etc.]

Hollywood fishwrap – any supermarket tabloid [National Enquirer, Globe, Star, etc.]

Horra’ (the) – (interjection) “Alas!, Woe unto you!” [from a line in the film "Apocalypse Now"]

late – goodbye, short for “later”, see also “out”

Lo-Cal – (noun) San Diego, a San Diego (or area) resident; see also “Bolt,” “Swap Meet” [from certain San Diego callers' to be called "So-Cal," by virtue of its association with Los Angeles and its environs; affected by "lo-cal" as shortening for "low calorie"]

meltdown – an act brought about by loss of temper or anger

Mensa - (n) an individual who believes themselves to be a smart person, but in reality proves to be very dumb. (influenced by the Mensa Club, a well known organization requiring a high IQ for membership [se also Salesmensas])

moellered – To be intoxicated. From football coach Gary Moeller’s incident where he was drunk and told the police to “take me to jail boys” rather than take a taxi home.

Moratorium - An edict by Jim Rome to stop the discussion of a particular topic or term on the show

Multicolored Fishwrap (the) – USA Today [from USA Today's colored layouts]

Niiiiiiiiiiice - refers to someone or something being overly pleasant or good.

No-Cal – (noun) Northern California, Northern Californian; see also “Battery Chuck,” Water Hoarder” [shortening]

out – (adjective) finished, done [shortening of "out of here"]

piehole – (n) mouth

Props – to give credit or accolades to

punked – to get beaten badly or disrespected, to get screwed

Salesmensas – telemarketers

Scoreboard! – (interjection) “the final score negates your argument” [used as a rebuttal to postgame complaints of bad luck, poor officiating, etc.]

sheep – Los Angeles Rams in the early and Mid 90’s [demeaning comparison with Ram; influenced by the "goat" definition of Jim Rome]

smack – (noun) sports talk in a gloatful, uninhibited or unbridled manner; see also “(to) run smack” [influenced by established meaning: hit, blow]

smack (to) – (noun) sports talk in a gloatful, uninhibited or unbridled manner; see also “(to) run smack” [influenced by established meaning: hit, blow]

So-Cal – Southern California, Southern Californian [shortening]

underutilized – one who is yobless and who is a) no longer collecting unemployment benefits because they ran out, b) has given up looking for a yob out of frustration, or c) is only working part-time hours when they want to work full-time

vine – (noun) entree into the “Jungle” (q.v.)

War – orginally derived from the Auburn battle cry “War Eagle”. Also used in the Jungle as an exclamation for something clones like or approve of. i.e. War H-town Tour Stop 21!

wifey – (pronounced WIFE-EEE) significant other, old lady, love of my life, ball and chain, soulmate

yahd – (see “go yard”)

yob – (noun) job [y-slang; perhaps affected by satirical overcorrecting of faulty pronunciations of Pittsburgh Penguin Jaromir Jagr's name]

yobless – (adjective, noun) unemployed [y-slang (see "yob")]