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Having trouble trying to keep up? Hear a reference or a nickname with which you’re not quite familiar? Well here is where we can provide some clarity for your cloudy mind as well as some background on its origination/derivation.
To be sure, this is the “abridged” version, so if there’s something that you KNOW is missing (not something you’ve made up and wish to add) check out the “Piehole” page and fire it down our way. Otherwise, be sure to know this page from top to bottom; as this will dramatically improve your chances at simultaneously having a take and not sucking.
But then again, you can’t learn Karate from a book either…so no guarantees.
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| A raunchy chick from the barrio |
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pro tennis player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario for her not so good looks |
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| aggro (adjective) |
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to act aggressively in sports |
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| Albucrackee |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico affiliate |
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| all that |
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excellent, exceptional |
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| All-Wonderlic |
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(adj.) uniquely stupid (see Wonderlic) [modeled on All-American] |
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| America's Bandwagon |
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Cowboys [from America's Team (an established term for the Cowboys) and bandwagon (q.v.), with the Cowboys' success in the 90s] |
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| America's Most Skilled Fat Men |
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(adj.) A group of overweight athletes who are able to avoid injury, i.e. Cecil Fielder, Kirby Puckett, etc....in contradiction to rocked up athletes like Juan Gonzalez who continue to get injured. |
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| American Chewy |
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Child enticer and former Green Bay Packer Mark Chmura |
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| amp s.o. out |
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(to) excite s.o.; see also 'amped', 'amped out' shortening and modification of (to) 'amplify'
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| amped |
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(adj.) excited; see also (to) 'amp s.o. out', 'amped out' [shortening of 'amplified'] |
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| amped out |
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(adj.) excited; see also (to) 'amp s.o. out' 'amped' [past participle of (to) 'amp s.o. out (q.v.)' |
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| anabolic |
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(adj.) excited, energetic [shortening of 'anabolic steroids'] |
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| And how! |
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Little Rascals quote from boxer Thomas 'hit man' Hearns. |
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| Andre the Client |
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Andre Agassi; see 'Client'; see also 'Andre the Pirelli,' 'Pirelli'
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| Androsteindione |
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Bio-Cork |
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| Arthritis Sabonis |
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Retired Portland Trail Blazers center Arvydas Sabonis |
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| AT&T Kittles |
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Former Villianova now NJ Nets basketball player Kerry Kittles, for his involvement with illegal phone card use. |
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| ATL (the) |
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Atlanta affiliate |
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| Atlee Glavine |
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Tom Glavine [after Glavine's surrendering four runs in a one-inning performance in 1992 All Star game, matching Atlee Hammaker's similar feat in the 80's] |
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| ATM |
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Gary Payton (got held up with $60,000 in cash and jewelry on his person) |
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| B-Lo |
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Buffalo affiliate |
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| bag |
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(v.) - (to) criticize |
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| bags |
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(n.) - bases relating to a baseball field |
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| Bahama Mikey |
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Mychal Thompson, former NBA player and now Portland affilate talk show host. From his failed political attempts in the Bahamas. |
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| ball and chain |
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(n.) - wife, girlfriend, woman [U.S. and UK 20th cent. slang]" |
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| bandwagoner |
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fair-weather fan [from 'bandwagon', a political term for a suddenly successful political campaign, and its tendency to attract adherents] |
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| bang |
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(v.) - (to) criticize s.o. [perh. related to established (to) bang away at s.th.]
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| bang your monkey |
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giving feedback to the affiliate program director (monkey) regarding the Jungle |
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| bank |
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(n.) - wealth, a large amount of money |
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| Barrih |
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Barry Switzer; see also 'Bozo', 'Bozo the Switzer' [imitative Southern pronunciation] |
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| Barry Bones |
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Bonds [from Bonds' wealth, see 'bones'] |
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| Barry Manilow [Barry Montana] |
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Joe Montana; see also 'China Doll', 'Cult Figure' [based upon physical resemblance] |
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| Basement (the) |
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vacation time [Andrew Toney's description of his withdrawal from media scrutiny, i.e. 'I'm going to stay in the basement'; perhaps influenced by Mexico's southernly position and role as a vacation site], a place to obtain more bitterness, i.e. 'suck on some D-Cells'. |
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| Battery Chuck |
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Northern Californian; see also 'No-Cal', 'Water Hoarder' [from the perceived tendency of Bay Area fans to throw batteries at opposing players, particularly at those from Southern California] |
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| Beach (the) |
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Long Beach State [established slang] |
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| Beano Powlus |
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Beano Cooke (said Ron Powlus will win at least two Heismans)
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| Betty White |
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NFL player Reggie White, referred to by fish hack Skip Bayless
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| Big Boy |
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Jimmy Johnson (faxer likened him to Bob's Big Boy) - also Jimmy's Big Boy |
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| Biggsy |
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Rome's former producer and fax screener, Jeff Biggs; see also 'Fax Nazi' |
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| Bill 217 |
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Bill Walton, reference to page 217 of Walton's autobiography that rips Romey. |
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| Billie Joe Gunrack |
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Oakland Raider quarterback Billie Joe Hobert, for his red neck type tendencies. |
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| Billie Joe Schwab |
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Billie Joe Hobert [from the $50,000 Hobert received from boosters while at the University of Washington and spent on cars and guns], and the eponymous junk bond-selling brokerage house]; see also 'Billie Joe Gunrack' |
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| Bitch (become someone's) |
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to dominate another in sports |
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| Bitter Percy |
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Troy Percival - Attributed to his alleged consistency in being unhappy. |
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| blast |
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(n.) well-delivered smack 'to get off a blast' |
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| Blob (the) |
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A portly female sports radio host officially referred to as the Fabulous Sports Babe or unofficially the Flatulent Sports Blob. Currently unemployed. |
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| blowin up |
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(v.) - becoming popular, growing, thriving |
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| Blue Hair |
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(n.) - elderly person |
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| Blue Line |
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Robb Stauber [for Stauber's bold charges to the blue line] |
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| Boat Race |
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To become a sure winner during a competion. Comes from comparison to America's Cup where once one boat gets a lead the race is over. |
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| bomb (the) |
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(n.) - someone who is exceptional, talented, excellent |
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| bone |
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dollar; see also 'Barry Bones' |
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| Bonecutter |
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(n.) - resident of Tennessee [origin believed to be from Hank Bonecutter, Station Manager of the one-time Tennessee Affliate] see also 'Monkey' |
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| Boner |
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ex San Antonio Spurs coach Bob Hill, referred to as such by Dennis Rodman |
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| Bones |
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Barry Bonds; see 'Barry Bones' |
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| Bones, Hideo Bones |
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Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Hideo Nomo; see also 'Hideo Bones' [for Nomo's presumedly similar personality to Barry Bonds; see 'Bones', 'Barry Bones' |
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| Bong Morris |
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Bam Morris, NFL running back, for his arrest on possesion of marijuana. |
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| Bozo the Switzer |
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Barry Switzer |
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| brass |
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(n.) - to have courage |
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| break off |
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(v.) - in reference to breaking off a phone call, sending |
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| Brick |
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New Yorker, New York Knick, also collectively anything East Coast in origin [from the many brick buildings in New York, and the New York Knicks' poor shooting, i.e. they shoot bricks (established basketball slang)]. |
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| Brubaker |
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Tom Osborne (called this because of his policing of his players) |
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| Bugaha |
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Omaha, Nebraska. see also 'Bugeater' |
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| Bugeater |
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Nebraskan, Cornhusker; see also 'Eye Gouger', original University of Nebraska nickname from the 1890's, before its revision to Cornhusker; influenced by baseball player and Jungle legend Rex Hudler who ate insects on a dare from his players. |
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| Bulldog |
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Joe Tutino, Executive Producer of all of XTRA, and formerly of Rome's show, see also 'Update King' and 'Greatness' [unknown] |
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| Butch |
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Marge Schott; nickname given to her by her father and used to describe her manly ways. |
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| Butterknife |
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Lee Hamilton; see also 'Hacksaw', 'Smacksaw' [a disparaging comparison to 'Hacksaw Hamilton'. |
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| C-3POlerud |
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John Olerud - For his choice to wear his batting helmet while playing in the outfield and stoic nature. |
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| C-bus |
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Columbus affiliate.
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| C-Town |
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Cleveland affiliate. |
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| Cap (to) |
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(v.) - to shoot specifically, to kill generally |
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| car fixer |
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Green Bay auto mechanic, as referred to by Quinn in Green Bay
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| Carrot Top |
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Dennis Miller - for his use of overused material (similar to Carrot Top). |
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| Caysh |
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n. <kaysh> 1. money [Taken from Cotton Fitzsimmons, who said his players need to ""caysh"" in on their free throws] |
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| Charles Nelson Carbone |
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Derisive reference to former phone screener Steve Carbone and his alleged asexuality or questionable sexual practices (Charles Nelson Reilly) |
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| Cheating Dique |
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Denver Rockies or Avalanche, from the Quebec Nordique hockey team who Denver 'stole'. The Rockies for their home field advantage of playing at the little league field known as Coors Field. See also 'Coors Canaveral' |
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| Cheesehead |
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Wisconsinite, Green Bay Packer fan [established; Wisconsin is long-established as the Dairy State] |
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| Cheesesteak |
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Philadelphian [a noted Philadelphian cuisine] |
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| Chelly |
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Chris Chelios, NHL player |
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| Chernobyl |
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Tommy Lasorda [for the manager's tendency to 'melt down' i.e., lose his temper; a reference to the 1986 nuclear accident. |
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| Chimp (the) |
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Pete Sampras; see also 'Gimp', 'Pete the Chimp', 'Pete the Gimp' [from Andre Agassi's remark on Sampras' supposed appearance] |
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| China Doll |
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Joe Montana; see also 'Barry Manilow, 'Cult Figure' [for Montana's supposed fragility] |
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| 'Chise (the) |
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Cedric Ceballos [from Ceballos' claim to then being the Lakers' franchise player. |
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| Chowd |
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(n.) - Bostonian [shortening of 'Chowderhead' (q.v.)
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| Chowderhead |
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Bostonian [from clam chowder, famed Boston soup] |
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| Chris Everett |
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Jim Everett (USAGE NOTE: archaic) [from Everett's Fred Astaire like performance as a Ram quarterback, influenced by Chris Evert, female tennis player] see also '(the) Incident' |
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| Christine |
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Christian Laettner [for Laettner's perceived womanly qualities, such as his on-court crying and whining at calls][also from ESPY awards ceremony where Presenter Racquel Welch mistakenly reffered to Laettner as 'Christine'] |
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| Chuckie Grudin |
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Reference to John Grudin resembling 'Chuckie' doll from the horror movies 'Child's Play' |
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| Chuck |
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(n.) - Northern Californian; see also 'No-Cal' 'cigarette-lobbing' 'Water Hoarder' [shortening of 'Battery Chuck (q.v.) ] 'cigarette-lobbing. (adj.) Northern Californian [from Northern California] fans' supposed tendency to throw cigarette lighters at opposing players, particularly at those from Southern California.] |
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| Chuckster |
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Retired NBA player Charles Barkley |
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| Chucky Kitaen |
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baseball pitcher Chuck Finley whose wife is actress and former video vixen Tawny Kitaen. |
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| Clank Fu |
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Shaquille O'Neal (of the Lakers), 'Clank' being the supposed sound of his Non-Freethrowing Ability, and 'Fu' by association with the Video Game created featuring him, titled 'Shaq-Fu' |
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| classic |
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(interjection) - bravo, verily |
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| Client (the) |
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Andre Agassi - [from Agassi's numerous endorsements] |
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| Clone |
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an excessively imitative fan of Rome's show [clone: a genetic reduplication |
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| Clone-Stock |
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A gathering of clones at a sporting event. First started in 1995 by a small group of legends. |
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| Club Ced |
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Cedric Ceballos (from his 4 day AWOL status from the Lakers in 3/96, where he claimed he had family problems, and was found to actually have been waterskiing at Lake Havasu, Arizona) see also 'The 'Chise' |
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| clutch |
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(adj.) (interjection) - very good, bravo [established] |
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| Cocaine Wayne |
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football coach Wayne Fontes, for his prior cocaine possesion arrest |
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| Coke Bottle |
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Chicago Cub [from Cub radio announcer Harry Caray's thick eyeglasses, which are said to resemble Coke bottles] |
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| Coke Machine |
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Steve Howe [for his many relapses back into cocaine addiction] |
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| come correct |
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to indicate being forthright and honest |
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| come hard (to) |
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(to) perform well, to be aggressive [established]
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| Conan the Strawberrian |
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Darryl Strawberry, sarcastic reference to his non-warrior mentality |
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| Concur |
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(interjection) 'I agree', verily [established, with subject omission] |
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| Coors Canaveral |
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for the 45,000-seat stadium's frequent homeruns] see also 'Williamsport' [The Pennsylvania town where the Little League World Series is played] |
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| cornerback |
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Deion Sanders in reference to his statement wanting the position cornerback to be know as 'Deion' |
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| Correspondent (the) |
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Wayne Gretzky [from Gretzky's biweekly calls to Rome's show during the hockey season] |
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| cotton |
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"(n.) - a t-shirt [from early Rome t-shirt giveaways (see 'sportsware') |
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| Cotton Quitsimmons |
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Phoenix Sun basketball coach Cotton Fitzsimmons who quit early in the 96/97 season |
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| Crack Fu |
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Shaquille Oneal, origin unknown, see also 'Clank Fu' |
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| Crackwagon |
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Dallas Cowboys, for numerous players with drug problems |
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| Crapaha |
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Omaha, Nebraska affiliate |
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| Crapchester |
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Rochester, New York affiliate |
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| Crib |
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(n.) - Stadium, playing field |
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| Crumbs |
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Jerry Krause [from Krause's supposed parsimony, i.e. he pays 'crumbs' [i.e. very little], also for Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf from Michael Jordan observing donut crumbs on his shirt. |
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| Crying Irish |
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Notre Dame fans, for their constant whining following losses. |
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