OT: MGoBoard Colloquialisms
It goes without saying that every community has their own colloquialisms based upon their shared experiences. And I've found that the MGo community is no different. Though the prevalence of inside jokes isn't so great that its impossible to understand the general gist of what is going on, I find myself understanding what a poster means in some instances, such as when we post for the 'moms' to take some action, but out in the cold in other cases, like references to putting up 63 points on an opponent (generally Rutgers or MSU I think).
Given that there are still too many bloody days until we can actually talk about football, perhaps some of the older folks could post their favorite colloquialisms and some of the newer members could post the ones that they don't quite understand--without fear of being negged to Bolivia.
EDIT: Thank you Seth for the link to the Glossary
Sweatervest is a cheating bastard
For all intensive purposes.
The Vest...for short....
Were you gonna start another Bailey thread and then quick changed?
That's the first MGo-ism that forced me to ask the Board for help. For years, I've encouraged my brother to join the site as a user instead of just being the occasional lurker. When I pressed him for a definitive answer as to why he wouldn't join, he basically blamed all the 'colloquialisms' (to use Hab's term) and said he didn't understand all the insider memes, etc. I've found the Board to be a friendly place that will answer your questions if you ask nicely. I never would have found out who Mike Jones is if I hadn't asked. One of these days I'm going to ask about McFarlin.
Who?
Mike Jones
Ahhhhhh, yes.... Mike Jones.
281-330-8004
One of my favorite jokes, I don't actually know the origins of - the whole "Mike Jones/WHO?" exchange always makes me smile, but I'm not sure where it came from.
NSFWH is one that was a lot of fun, but managed to die an appropriately quick death. Sadly, I don't even see the thread in the HOF.
There was a thread about Mike Jones and somebody posted a comment that was simply "who" and it posted several hundred times, creating about half a dozen pages of the same comment. He said he accidentally spilled coffee on his keyboard or something which led to the incident.
Here's the real inspiration for all the "WHO?" posts:
Did not realize that connection. Makes it all the better
Lol. Nice try, but way off.
for those who don't want to click, it's a chant by Rapper Mike Jones in a song or two of his.
RDT/Wolverine in a Bag - some dude tried to start a recruiting blog or something and came here to promote it by taking (at least) two different personalities. One was a supposed Alabama fan who went by "Roll Damn Tide" who started threads about how much he adores/respects Michigan and he even posted supposed photos of himself and his family wearing Alabama stuff, which is pretty creepy in retrospect. Anyway, he accidentally blew his cover when he started a thread on his phone with one account then commented in it on a different account without realizing. That's my personal favorite.
He was sharing great premium stuff from all of the recruiting sites. Come back, RDT, the cheap among us need your incredulity.
Yes. I suppose I should also add that part of his lore is due to the fact that he was a board favorite for so long, earning hundreds of upvotes every time he commented or posted threads. It was quite a splash of ice water to the genitals when he was exposed.
waiting for him to be exposed before applying said ice water to his genitals.
Kinda sounds refreshing to me, but that's just me.
That is my favorite thread of all time. It was tremendous!
He had numerous euphemisms.
Hatin-Ass Spurrier always makes me laugh....but what does it meeeeaaaan?
Hatin' Ass Spurrier is a bit from EDSBS.
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2015/11/10/9705820/hatin-ass-sp…
Spinach with a stranger"-Faux Ben Franklin
Raback was a user who correctly predicted that Demar Dorsey would commit to Michigan in the RR era. He "Raback"ed it. He ended up correct and was rewarded all of the points. BKFinest was a user who tried to repeat that prediction on some other recruit. He "BKFinest"ed it. He was wrong and paid the piper.
I believe it was Anthony Zettel
I think he/she was predicting that Anthony Zettel to Michigan based on some supposed inside information. Can't remember for sure
In both cases, the predictions were presented as guarantees.
Why can't we have nice things?
When everything else fails, a friendly rip on WD will go for miles. Just don't make it too personal.
Feel free to make it personal. I think Brian once put the actual phone number of someone on this site before in order for the community to get after him/her.
867-5309
281-330-8004
Hit Mike Jones up on the low.
that's 8 -zero -zero - Fo .... right?
Back den, dem hoes didn't want me....
Now he's hot and they all on him.
They have since cooled on him.
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That was McFarlin and he really did give it his all to push Brian over the edge. The early days of this board were rad, almost makes you wistful.
Um, yes, yes it was. And he's still here...
You picking up what I'm laying down?
Oh god it all makes sense now.
Hatin' Ass Spurrier, that's my favortie too.
Because it's true.
Allegedly
Well, he's never specifically denied it, so...
I've been a big fan of this one from the first time I saw it mentioned. I have no knowledge of its origins or why I am so on board with it. Irrationally defaming douchebags can be fun I suppose.
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Quit drinking and go to bed. Is one of my personal favorites. I know lots of mgoposters hate "Oakland is still in play". But I find it hilarious. Then there was one a few months back about a recruit who was going to commit based on a "conversation" that was had during a Call of Duty Online game lobby. So the running joke for a while about any recruit committing was "has this been confirmed in Call of Duty".
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Counterstrike Guy will never forgive you for this.
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Crap....you're right. It was totally Counterstrike. Mah bad....
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