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NHL Hockey player Jeremy Roenick |
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Legendary caller to the Jungle, winner of the first 'Great American Smack-Off' (q.v.). Now presumed to be banished from the Jungle for using his new found fame to score his own Sports Talk show on a competing Sports Station in the Los Angeles Market. |
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| Jabba the Popovich |
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Reference to NBA coach Greg Popovich's likeness to Jabba the Hut, grotesque Star Wars character. |
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| jack |
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money, cash |
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| Jack Plummer Stadium |
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(n.) - see 'Plummer Stadium', Qualcomm/Jack Murphy Stadium |
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(adj.) excited [from the lifting device] |
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| Jackie Robinson wanabee |
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Delino DeShields, for his high leggings similarity to Robinson, also referred to as 'Delino the whino'. |
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| Jacoby |
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(n.) - attorney, lawyer [from 'Jacoby and Meyers' a law firm advertised on TV] |
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| Jail Blazers |
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Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, for having a lot of players get arrested for various acts |
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| Jake(s) |
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Someone or a team that does not live up to expectations. |
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| Jeff Evel Kent-ieval |
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Jeff Kent for his 'denied' motorcycle wheelie accident resulting in broken arm. |
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| Jerrih' |
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Jerry Jones [imitative Southern pronunciation] |
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| Jimmah's Big Boy |
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Jimmy Johnson, Dolphin Coach, for his resemblance to Bob's Big Boy. |
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| Joe Table |
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Baseball pitcher Jose Mesa, a play on the literal English translation of Jose Mesa. |
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| Joey |
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A big gut, gloss from Rex Hudler. |
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| Juan Antonio Samasex |
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Olympic president Juan Antonio Samaranch for his trading of Olympic favors for sexual favors. |
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| juice |
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(n.) - enthusiasm, manliness [cf. 'juice' as 'electricity' |
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| Jungle Dweller |
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(n.) - a frequent telephone contributor to Rome's show [cf. 'Jungle; Dweller': established]" |
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| Jungle Karma |
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(n.) - The presumed karmic aftereffect of an athlete's either fulfilling a commitment to appear on the show (thus positive) or neglecting same (thus negative) [established] |
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| Jungle (the) |
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Rome's listenership and its attitudes [from the presumed Hobbesian world of sports, where only the strong survive] |
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| Junior Dangerfield |
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'Because I get no respect, I'm tellin' ya', no respect'.-- Ken Griffey Jr. |
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| Jurassic Evans |
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Reference to the age of NFL quarterback Vince Evans, who at 40 played for the Raiders. |
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| Kareem Abdul Jabeer |
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Former NBA star Kareem Abdul Jabbar after he did a beer commercial much to the disrespect of Muslim law. |
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| Karma |
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(n.) - see 'Jungle Karma' (the) |
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| Keyshawn Jones |
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Keyshawn Johnson (Holtz referred to him as Jones before the '95 meeting of USC and Notre Dame) |
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| King of Smack |
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Jim Rome; [Rome's titleship for the 'ultimate' King of Smack] 2. Winner of the Smack-Off, a annual contest among callers. |
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| knock |
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(n.) - home run [established baseball slang] |
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| Kornhole |
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espn's 'cool guy', tony kornheiser. Oblique reference to Beavis and Butthead. |
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| Ku Klux Kleveland |
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Cleveland affiliate |
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| Lachemen Bakery (the) |
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a fictional business enterprise for fired major league baseball manager brothers Renee and Marcel Lachemen. |
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| Ladies' Line (the) |
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(n.) - a phone line to Rome's original radio show, (619) 543-8070, reserved for female callers, or at times for specific topics [established] |
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| late |
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goodbye, short for 'later', see also 'out' |
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| Launch Pad (the) |
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Coors Stadium; see also 'Coors Canaveral' [from the frequent homeruns at the Colorado Rockies' stadium] |
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| Leatherface |
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Dennis Conners, famous sailor (America's Cup) for his weathered grill |
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| Left Turn Only Circuit |
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NASCAR auto racing, in reference to oval track |
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| Legend |
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A superior caller or faxer to the show, also an athlete who is an entertaining guest on the show. |
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| lid |
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hair, or covering on one's dome (head) |
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| Like Wall |
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Rome's fax screener Travis Rodgers (now producer), hired in 1995
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| (Lil') Whoadie |
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<Whoa'-dee> (n.) - partner, companion, a follower. ie. Tonto was The Lone Ranger's lil' whoadie. Watkins is Rae Carruth's lil' whoadie. |
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| Little Mermaid (the) |
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David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs. In reference to his favorite Disney movie and being labeled a 'soft' player. |
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| Little Michael |
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Television sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, for sucking up to Michael Jordan in various interviews. In reference to the television commercial with Penny Hardaway and the fictional 'Little Penny'. |
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| Lizard Eater (the) |
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Anthony Smith [from Smith's consumption of an Oriental concoction for strength, which is said to contain dried lizard] |
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| Lo-Cal |
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(n.) - 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' and 'lower California' |
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| lob s.o. a bone (to) |
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pay s.o. money |
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| lob s.o. a phone call (to) |
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(v.) - telephone (to) |
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| Lombardi Fontes |
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Wayne Fontes (since he thinks he is the greatest coach of all-time) |
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| Lorenzo Mourning |
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NBA player Alonzo Mourning after a caller referred to him as Lorenzo |
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| Low-Jack |
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Jack Pierce [from the eponymous auto-theft detection device, which helps retain supposedly lost objects, such as Pierce's estranged tennis star daughter Mary, who has ordered her father out of her life] |
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