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

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by kingcreole, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Now those are thinclads...
     
  2. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    I'll use it in a headline, but that's about it.
     
  3. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I'll use some of these terms more in basketball stories than anything else. Like others have said, just to break up the monotony. If you're writing a quick summary paragraph and rattling off two or three guys' stats, something like "rebounds" can easily pop up a couple of times. What's really hurt by throwing in a "Johnson had 10 points and 12 boards"? Same with pitcher and hurler.

    Now, some of these are just archaic and shouldn't be touched.
    Cagers? Sounds like they should be fighting to the death in a gladiator arena.
    Thinclads? Were they running in lingerie?
    I'm dying, however, to work "The Podunk nine" into a story. Even if it sounds like a hostage crisis instead of a baseball game.
     
  4. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    He put the biscuit in the basket.
     
  5. I Digress

    I Digress Guest

    Thinclad has always baffled me. Anyone know the origins?
     
  6. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Some talk about it here, among track people.

    http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=25397

    Someone there mentions another term I've never heard of: timber topper, used for hurdlers.
     
  7. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    harriers:


    unless that are talking about hashing
     
  8. nmmetsfan

    nmmetsfan Active Member

    I wish I was harrier. On my head, that is.
     
  9. OTD

    OTD Well-Known Member

    Is a thinclad the same as a cinderman?
     
  10. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    Dare I ask, what's the slang old-school term for soccer?

    The soccer phrase that has gained popularity at my shop is: "Jimmy Studmuffin put one in the onion bag in the 35th minute."

    I've used it once. Long ago. Haven't since and won't.
     
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    There is no old-school term for soccer on this side of the pond seeing as no one played it before 1970.
     
  12. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    From the UK then?
     
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