Does anyone else hate hockey slang?

[Dr Pepper]

Someone needs to post a Letterkenney clip right now.

I would, but I'm currently dealing with the native flu.

 

[Ceremony]

Apple.

Cup of coffee.

No.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

says the guy who calls himself nizdizzle

sorry man the irony was too strong, peace bro

haha, I mean he's still technically correct. the 'izzle' fad ended some time around 2003

 

[blood gin]

Twisted wrister is another one that needs to be buried in a concrete tomb and thrown into the ocean and then have the ocean launched into outer space

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Guess you must hate ‘On the Bench’ then

It’s juat something for the kids isn’t it, like almost all other types of slang.

No biggy, it’s jusr tryinf to make out what some of those words mean every now and again

What kids? Kids from the country in Canada? I don't know any kids in the US that would have this nonsense resonate with.

 

[PK Cronin]

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure a good chunk of the "annoying" terms are done tongue in cheek. They're meant to be obnoxious.

 

[steveayres35]

I feel like this problem is irrelevant compared to the so called "damage" Gary Bettman has caused over the years. But to answer your question, I don't think hockey slang is bad at all. They use slang to make their commentating more "interesting".

 

[Coffey]

The 50+ year olds showing their age here.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Some of it can't even be accepted by even the most die hard lingo fans.

Ie)duster

 

[GKG18]

When compared to other sports who refer to the ball as a 'rock', hockey slang is Hemingway-esque.

 

[Sheppy]

No. I'm not miserable.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Someone needs to post a Letterkenney clip right now.

 

[Rich Nixon]

I find it sort of awkward when you have 40 year old social media managers using some of those words when they post to TSN, Sportsnet, etc social accounts

As someone who works in publishing, I highly, highly doubt there are any 40 year old social media managers at those companies. It's a ground-floor entry level position that usually goes to recent grads.

 

[BM14]

Some of it can't even be accepted by even the most die hard lingo fans.

Ie)duster

Plug of a post.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

You mean you don’t like it when Butch Goring says “He put it right in the toy department” ?


My favorite is when announcers refer to dirty rebound goals as “a dogs breakfast”

 

[OVO16]

The new thing that I'm starting to hate is "WHEEL WHEEL".

Like literally, every team uses it. Copy much? I dont know who the hell started it, but why the hell is every team claiming it as their own.

COme up with some new ish

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Hockey Slang's dumber cousin, Lacrosse Slang (or should I say "Lax Lingo") will make most of you squirm even more.

 

[Shagged Yer Nan]

And don't get me wrong I criticize millennials enough

Is this before or after you ruined the housing market?

 

[Dr Pepper]

The new thing that I'm starting to hate is "WHEEL WHEEL".

Like literally, every team uses it. Copy much? I dont know who the hell started it, but why the hell is every team claiming it as their own.

COme up with some new ish

Lol some guys on my ball hockey team use this one, it's like.....I'm running, okay? There's really not a lot of room in this gym.

 

[Steeze]

I dunno about slang, but I wish there'd be a little more imagination when it came to player nicknames.

 

[Eat The Rich]

It's a pretty condescending attitude to take to act like those who have played the game are somehow on a higher level than those of us who haven't. Being honest, hockey slang just makes people sound like a Canadian redneck. I saw someone mention that the majority of people who use this type of slang are those who fizzled out around Jr. B or minor-pro, the types of people who live their lives thinking "If only that shot had have been 3 inches the other way, things would have been different for me." I think that's pretty much spot on.

Mark me down in the can't stand it column.

 

[Coffey]

I dunno about slang, but I wish there'd be a little more imagination when it came to player nicknames.

You don't think its imaginative enough by adding "s", "y" or "sy" to someones last name?

 

[Eat The Rich]

You don't think its imaginative enough by adding "s", "y" or "sy" to someones last name?

Word association is much more creative.

For example: Coffey Filter

 

[Coffey]

Word association is much more creative.

For example: Coffey Filter

Yea.. But I'm not a hockey player, so I have wit.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

Chel really bothers me

So much! I don't know why but it drives me nuts!