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to commit a violent act upon another athelete usually without provocation |
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| Gangsta Hooper |
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Van Exel, for shoving a referee and past violent behavior. |
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| Gangsta Steakhouse |
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NBA player Jerry Stackhouse, for his brawl with Jeff Hornacek, who took numerous unanswered punches to his grill. |
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| geek |
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(n.) - see 'rotisserie geek' |
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| geeked |
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excited, pumped up |
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| get off (to) |
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(to) perform well [perhaps by association with established (to) get off, (to) achieve sexual satisfaction or arousal. |
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| get off on |
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(to) talk 'smack' about s.o. (q.v.) [see previous]
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| Get out! |
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(interjection) I disbelieve you! [shortening of 'Get out of here!'] |
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| get over s.th. (to) |
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(to) 'face it, face reality'; see also 'Deal with it!' [established] |
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| Gimp (the) |
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Pete Sampras; see also 'Chimp', 'Pete the Chimp', 'Pete the Gimp' [from Sampras' lingering and frequent injuries, influenced by 'Pete the Chimp (q.v.)] |
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| Gloss |
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(n.) - Rome's idiolect; (v.) - see (to) 'run Gloss' [shortening of glossary'] |
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| go into the tank (to) |
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to perform poorly; see 'tank' [established boxing slang] |
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| go yard/yahd (to) |
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(to) hit a home run [established baseball slang] |
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| Goat |
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Los Angeles/St. Louis Ram [demeaning comparison with Ram; influenced by the 'goat' of defeat]. |
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| Goateater |
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Baseball player Kevin Mitchell, so called when players wondered what happened to a goat that the Chicago Cubs were using for good luck. |
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| Godfather (the) |
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Oakland Raider owner Al Davis [from Davis' supposed secretive, megalomaniacal role on his team] |
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| go postal (to) |
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To commit an act of violence, influenced by US Postal workers' frequent heinous acts. |
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| Good night now! |
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(interjection) I have definitively ended the discussion. [from a favored method of local host Lee Hamilton to end a supposedly inane phone call to his show] |
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| Goodyear Kemp |
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Shawn Kemp due to his tendency to gain weight in the off season...and during the regular season for that matter. |
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| Gorge Foreman |
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George Foreman, for being a talented fat man. |
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| Gorge Steinbrenner |
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George Steinbrenner, not so much for being fat as for his antics as owner of the Yankees. |
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| grab a vine (to) |
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see 'vine' [from Tarzan movies, et al., set in the jungle] |
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| Grandmama |
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Lou Holtz; see Granny Holtz; see also 'Coach Dye', 'Granny Clampet', 'Granny Faust' [influenced by marketing campaign for Larry Johnson and earlier ""Granny Holtz] |
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| Granny Clampet |
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see 'Granny Holtz'; see also 'Coach Dye', 'Grandmama,' 'Granny Faust'. |
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| Granny Faust |
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Lou Holtz; see Granny Holtz; see also 'Coach Dye', 'Grandmama', 'Granny Clampet' [from Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame coach who was promoted from Moeller High in Ohio] |
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| Granny Holtz |
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Lou Holtz |
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| Gravy Train |
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someone who exploits someone else's success |
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| Gravy Train Woods |
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Earl Woods, Tiger Woods' dad. For exploiting his son's success. |
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| Great American Smack-Off |
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A Once a Year Feature of the Jungle, in which only invited callers get to run their best smack for the title of King of Smack (q.v.). Those who are invited usually have SEVERAL Huge Calls of the Day. The first champion was J.T. The Brick (q.v.). Reigning champion is Jeff from Richmond |
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| Great White Guppy |
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Golfer Greg Norman, for his long history of choking in major tournaments. |
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| Greatness |
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Rome's former radio executive producer Joe Tutino; see also 'Bulldog' and 'Update King' [from Rome's praise for Tutino's facility in arranging for celebrity guest interviews] |
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| grill |
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face or facial features - also pronounced 'greel' after Eddie in Oklahoma City, a caller. |
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| Grimace |
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MLB manager Don Baylor [based on supposed physical and sartorial resemblance to the McDonald's figure of the same name] |
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| grip |
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to tense up, become nervous |
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| Grizwald |
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Kerry Collins, in reference to his spiritual backpacking mission.
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| Grizzly O'Donnell |
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Quarterback Neil O'Donnell for his ridiculous facial hair growth during the 95 NFL playoffs - e.g. Grizzly Adams. |
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| grudge mode |
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(n.) extreme confrontation and bitter verbal aggression, as in 'to be in grudge mode', i.e., to practice same [established]. |
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| H&R Blockhead |
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Darryl Strawberry, for his conviction on tax evasion charges. |
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| H-Town |
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Houston affiliate |
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| hack |
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noun) poor journalist or poor representative of any skilled profession. [established slang] see also 'fishhack' |
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| Hacksaw |
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Lee Hamilton; see also 'Butterknife', 'Smacksaw' [for his supposedly toothy and incisive analyses; influenced by 'hack' (q.v.)] |
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| Hairdresser |
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Cleveland Cavalier; see also 'Mistake-by-the-Lake' [for the team's perceived lack of physicality] |
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| have game (to) |
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(to) perform well [established] |
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| head slap |
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sound drop used on show. In reference to former NFL great Deacon Jones and his use of a head slap to opposing lineman to knock them off guard. |
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| Hick (the) |
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Jim Harrick; see also 'Stud', 'Jimmih', 'UC Harrick' [from Harrick's rural, West Virginian accent, perhaps influenced by spelling] |
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| Hideo Bones |
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see 'Bones', 'Hideo Bones' |
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| Horra' (the) |
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(interjection) Alas!, Woe unto you! [from a line in the film Apocalypse Now] |
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| (Hot) Dog on a Stick |
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(n.) - Rome's previous broadcast facilities [from a common mall restaurant, specifically the one located in the Fallbrook Mall in West Hills/Canoga Park, i.e. the facilities of KWNK 670 AM]. |
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| Howard the Duck |
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Howie Long; see also 'Bosworth P. Duck', 'Pre-Jack' [from 'Duck (q.v.), and the film 'Howard the Duck'. |
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| Hud-man |
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Baseball player and Jungle legend Rex Hudler |
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| huge |
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(adj.) excellent, important [established] |
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| Huge Call of the Day (the) |
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(n.) - a rebroadcast of a caller's comments on Rome's radio show felt to exhibit the most definitive and denunciatory commentary [established; see 'huge'] |
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| Huge One (the) |
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Jim Rome; [from an affectionate greeting used by many callers to Rome's show; see 'huge'] |
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| Huggy Bear |
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In reference to NFL football player Michael Irvin's appearance in court on drug charges wearing a mink coat. |
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| Hurrigangstas |
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University of Miami football team, reference to their frequent number of off field arrests. |
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| Ike Cox |
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Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, who was charged with beating his wife. In reference to singer Ike Turner who was arrested for beating his wife, Tina Turner. |
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| Incident (the) |
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(n.) - Rome's physical confrontation with Jim Everett on 'Talk2,' his ESPN show [from Rome's reluctance to discuss the event]" |
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| irie |
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(n.; pronounced /EYE-RAY/) marijuana, or marijuana user [from a variant pronunciation of a Caribbean expression, meaning 'all right,' 'how's it going?' or 'goodbye', used by 'Irie Craig' (q.v.) to describe his mood; reportedly the original Amerindian name for Trinidad, 'Iere'] |
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| Irie Bob |
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Robert Parrish - for his alleged marijuana use. |
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| Irie Craig |
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a frequent caller to Rome's show [an admitted marijuana user; see 'irie'] |
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| Irie Jenny |
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Jennifer Capriati [from her arrest and conviction for marijuana possession; see 'irie'] |
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| Irie Rider |
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Basketball player J.R. Rider, who was arrested for smoking marijuana out of a Sprite can in a car. |
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| Irie Sapp |
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Warren Sapp [from the former Miami Hurricane defensive lineman's testing positive for marijuana during the 1995 NFL combine] |
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| IROC |
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A souped up Camaro that is a popular car among Italians in Rochester, New York. |
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| Iron Abdul Malik |
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Mike Tyson [from a combination of 'Iron Mike' (a Tyson nickname) and Tyson's putative Islamic name, Abdul Malik Aziz] |
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| Iron Mike Abdul Aziz Ditka |
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Mike Ditka [in mockery of Ditka's pugnacious image by associating him with a nickname for Mike Tyson; see 'Iron Abdul Malik'] |
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| Isiah McGyver |
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NBA player Isiah Rider, for making a bong out of a Sprite can. |
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