Hobby terms which irk you

[olerud363]

More specific to my collecting, but it really bugs me when people over-hype and over-price Olerud cards on ebay and say, "Future Hall of Famer!!!!" His time came and went years ago... didn't even survive the first ballot.

It's reflective of sellers not really knowing the players, and just trying to make a buck.

- Rodrick

 

[digicat]

I'm 31 now so probably about 15 years ago. Maybe it's a Midwest thing? haha

Maybe. I'm 38 and have been in California all my life. I've never heard it used to describe a card.

When I was a kid, "biffed" was the word used to describe the outcome of a failed attempt at a bike or skateboard trick, specifically when it involved an injury.

So, if you tried to jump a curb on your bike and face-planted on the sidewalk instead, one may hear an observer shout "OOH! HE BIFFED!"

 

[ChasHawk]

Maybe. I'm 38 and have been in California all my life. I've never heard it used to describe a card.

When I was a kid, "biffed" was the word used to describe the outcome of a failed attempt at a bike or skateboard trick, specifically when it involved an injury.

So, if you tried to jump a curb on your bike and face-planted on the sidewalk instead, one may hear an observer shout "OOH! HE BIFFED!"

This was true for me in the Midwest as well, so I'm guessing that he and four other people used this term to describe cards...:lol:

 

[ChasHawk]

Just got done with my daily searches and saw...

TOUGH
BETTER!
Rare SP! on a common card with 1,000s of copies out there.
Nice
For player collectors

TOUGH, BETTER!!!!!!, and LOW BUY IT NOW! were all on the same listing... lol

 

[Nate Colbert 17]

"PSA 10?"

"The card does not say reprint on it, so it appears to be genuine."

 

[ChasHawk]

Pretty safe to say that nobody enters these terms in their searches ever.

 

[ASTROBURN]

More specific to my collecting, but it really bugs me when people over-hype and over-price Olerud cards on ebay and say, "Future Hall of Famer!!!!" His time came and went years ago... didn't even survive the first ballot.

It's reflective of sellers not really knowing the players, and just trying to make a buck.

- Rodrick

I was just about to post this one. It annoys the crap out of me. Future HOF... Those bastards are jinxing Bagwell. I put the fact that Bagwell hasnt made it all on them.

When I was a kid, "biffed" was the word used to describe the outcome of a failed attempt at a bike or skateboard trick, specifically when it involved an injury.

So, if you tried to jump a curb on your bike and face-planted on the sidewalk instead, one may hear an observer shout "OOH! HE BIFFED!"

And this. Totally agree.

 

[Hendersonfan]

Hot Box

When I hear "hot box", I don't think baseball cards.

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[Hendersonfan]

In my childhood, a "biff" was a fart...so...no.

We used biff when someone face planted or slid/tripped. I.e. Todd just biffed it on the sidewalk.

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[Casebusters]

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[BBCgalaxee]

I just don't want anyone to ever yell "NECTAR!!!!!" when they get something good!

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[SINFULONE]

And I love that RCs have an image stamp now but when will people learn a Bowman Prospect card isn't a rookie card.


Ogando, Michael Young, Leonys Martin and all Texas Rangers

Yes, let's keep putting silly RC logo stamps on cards of players who had their first MLB cards issued 5 years earlier.

 

[SINFULONE]

Maybe. I'm 38 and have been in California all my life. I've never heard it used to describe a card.

When I was a kid, "biffed" was the word used to describe the outcome of a failed attempt at a bike or skateboard trick, specifically when it involved an injury.

So, if you tried to jump a curb on your bike and face-planted on the sidewalk instead, one may hear an observer shout "OOH! HE BIFFED!"

The only "Biff" I knew of when I was a kid was some character on "Back To The Future" (I grew up in Midwest too).Is it wrong for me to watch "Back To The Future" way back when?

 

[DeliciousBacon]

The term "promo" when used in reference to some unlicensed piece of junk from the 80's or early 90's. You know the stuff, the flashy, foil-laden tacky crap that looks like Rod Broder ODed on crystal meth and had a kid with the guy who designed the Ajax Dog Food cards.

 

[SINFULONE]

The term "promo" when used in reference to some unlicensed piece of junk from the 80's or early 90's. You know the stuff, the flashy, foil-laden tacky crap that looks like Rod Broder ODed on crystal meth and had a kid with the guy who designed the Ajax Dog Food cards.

You mean like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chris-Webbe...31303865?pt=US_Basketball&hash=item2ece6642b9

 

[digicat]

The only "Biff" I knew of when I was a kid was some character on "Back To The Future" (I grew up in Midwest too).Is it wrong for me to watch "Back To The Future" way back when?

"Some character"? Biff was the primary antagonist!

Anyways, I wonder if Back to the Future was what brought "biff" back into the vernacular for the 80s youth.

 

[SINFULONE]

"Some character"? Biff was the primary antagonist!

Anyways, I wonder if Back to the Future was what brought "biff" back into the vernacular for the 80s youth.

Haha, both good points.

 

[DaClyde]

It stems from the past when a players first card was his rookie card. A Bowman prospect card is a players first card so it is refered to as a rookie card, as a reference to said players first card.

I vote we, as The Hobby, just go back to this and tell the MLBPA where they can stick their rules. They are not the hobby authority, they are just the licensor. They should not get any say in how the hobby handles its terminology. It was so much easier just to point to a player's first mainstream MLB card as their rookie (as an entirely independent thing from that player's MLB rookie status) than the nonsense we deal with now. That is doubly true since Topps can't even use the RC logo properly, skipping it on some players and using it two years in a row for others.

My list of annoying terms have mostly been mentioned here already; mojo, hit, poppage, along with the completely improper usage of words like SCARCE and RARE for things that plainly are not.

 

[Techniq]

When I hear "hot box", I don't think baseball cards.

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Well played!

 

[SINFULONE]

When is card is not slabbed it is called "raw".When I hear "raw" I always think of steak.