by Badsnookerplayer » 08 Sep 2019 Read
There are some words and phrases that are rarely used other than in snooker commentary like 'hampered'.
Any more?
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by Iranu » 09 Sep 2019 Read
How about:
Baulk
Respot
Cue
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by Iranu » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Shot-to-nothing
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Blue balls
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by Alex0paul » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Clinchers disease
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 09 Sep 2019 Read
"How's yer luck"
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Patsy Fagan
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by Alex0paul » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Snooker
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by Alex0paul » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Golf
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by Andre147 » 09 Sep 2019 Read
I always find it very amusing the word "kiss". "Plant" too.
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:I always find it very amusing the word "kiss". "Plant" too.
I'll bet you do.
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Double post. Please delete.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Golf
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by SnookerFan » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Every other word Phil Yates says.
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by GeF » 09 Sep 2019 Read
"Where's the cue ball going ?"
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by rekoons » 09 Sep 2019 Read
The dreaded kick
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by Iranu » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Ramtoozler
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by Ash147 » 09 Sep 2019 Read
DDK.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 09 Sep 2019 Read
One that came to me is 'elect to' as in 'Should he elect to play the pink...'. I don't think this is correct English and I have never heard it away from snooker commentary.
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by Iranu » 09 Sep 2019 Read
“Doesn’t matter about the [colour]” also annoys me because of bad English and I’ve never heard it elsewhere.
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by Iranu » 09 Sep 2019 Read
“There you see it” is another phrase I’ve only heard in snooker.
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by Dan-cat » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:One that came to me is 'elect to' as in 'Should he elect to play the pink...'. I don't think this is correct English and I have never heard it away from snooker commentary.
I baulk at this. Perfectly acceptable use of the word - it means to choose something.
to choose (something, such as a course of action) especially by preference i.e. I might elect to sell the business
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by sundaygirl » 09 Sep 2019 Read
The concept of being kept in your chair by your opponent is pretty much unique to snooker.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 09 Sep 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:One that came to me is 'elect to' as in 'Should he elect to play the pink...'. I don't think this is correct English and I have never heard it away from snooker commentary.
I baulk at this. Perfectly acceptable use of the word - it means to choose something.
to choose (something, such as a course of action) especially by preference i.e. I might elect to sell the business
Sorry to make you baulk DC
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by Alex0paul » 09 Sep 2019 Read
In off
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by Holden Chinaski » 09 Sep 2019 Read
sundaygirl wrote:The concept of being kept in your chair by your opponent is pretty much unique to snooker.
Indeed.
Another strange thing is the concept of false leads.
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by Ck147 » 11 Sep 2019 Read
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?
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by Ck147 » 11 Sep 2019 Read
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.
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by Dan-cat » 11 Sep 2019 Read
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.
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by Iranu » 11 Sep 2019 Read
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!
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