Hey you. Yeah, you. Are you new here? Don’t comment much because you don’t feel like you can keep up with all the little witticisms the wonderful commenters at UF throw out on a thread by thread basis? Well then, I got a little something for you.
Introducing the UF Glossary of Terms. It will be a handy page where site n00bs and olds alike can go to learn the oddball terms we like to use around here. Flummoxed by what EBJT means? It’s in there. Want to know why we love the 4-5-2 so much? It’s in there too.
The best part for our regulars is that the glossary is unfinished and we know it. Despite our sheer numbers, there are undoubtedly terms and nicknames which we just plain forgot to add in there. Take a look, and then write a comment on the page. We’ll update, then delete those comments to keep the page clean. Deal?
So, please, go on over and check it out. You may even want to bookmark the page so that when someone new and promising starts commenting, you can help them out with a handy link. Or you can just run them off to keep the site all to yourself. It’s your call, really.
Is it strange that I consider myself lucky to be around when most of these terms were first used? I mean, I count it as an accomplishment.
Great stuff.
What about COYS and it’s more useful cousin, FOYS?
I feel a bubbling sense of pride in knowing most of those already.
I propose the following additions:
Bumfisting
YEAGAH BAWMBS (maybe an addendum to TTGR?)
Cashley
John Terry’s Tranny Doppelganger
oh, and GIVE ‘IM BEANS
Andy Gray doesn’t understand why he isn’t in the glossary.
@LE: Andy Gray doesn’t understand why he’s not in Webster’s Dictionary
Wasn’t “Wenger’s jacket” a thing once, for a few minutes, on a Saturday last season?
TACTICS!?
You can’t have a glossary without a wheeler-dealer in there.
@Steve: Indeed. How could we forget TACTICS!
See, TACTICS is great because it has three references – James T’s(?) midseason “It’s your tactics!” tear last season, ‘Arry’s complete failure to use any TACTICS, or, of course, Mancini’s TACTICS
Ah, memories. I’m happy to note that I had a hand in “Slightly Above Average Jew” (which is also where OO-SAH! made its first appearance: http://unprofessionalfoul.com/2009/06/15/confederations-cup-liveblog-usa-v-italy/comment-page-1/?wpmp_tp=3&wpmp_switcher=mobile). Not so happy to report that I didn’t know the origins of Nacho Pete until just now.
Oh yeah, TACTICS!, good call. I wish someone who had been following directions had posted that earlier where it belonged. Amateurs.
I also like how we’re ignoring the directions to submit updates on the glossary page itself. To continue a trend, then, I suggest snapperhead/Concave.
I’d say that something about Traore’s needs to be included, but I don’t know enough about them.
Sorry, LE. You follow directions better than the rest of us.
@goat: good find on the Oo-sah comment. We were looking for that although I swear I brought it up earlier than June 2009.
@Steve: Petty victories are all I have.
@Ryan – What about the Boatengs? Like the Traore’s…but tengier?
Think there are more Diarras than Boatengs.
@phil – surely bumfisting needs no further explanation, its painfully obvious!
BTW, I lol’d pretty hard at the original 4-5-2 page.
I’m appalled that there’s no bootroom for the Croatia v. Malta game that I’m not watching.
See, I mention it and it appears. I have Magic.
: The Gathering?
Original 4-5-2 is beautiful.
I prefer posting without knowing what anyone else is saying. I mean, I ignore these two Spurs fans at work every day, why not on a message board too?
Tuodchwon! That’s a really cool way of putting it!
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