June 02 2011
Squop Etc
Nosing round Wikipedia this week, pretending to work, I fell upon a peculiar bank of words. Boondock as a verb. Crud as a positive. Squop as a…well, what the hell was squop anyway?!
The list derived from the one pastime, though I’m not telling you which. See if you can figure out the answer without resorting to your search engine. I’d be impressed. But more the point, see if you can dazzle the other Dabblers with a list of esoteric terms borrowed from the one field of expertise, pastime or field of endeavour. (Crosswording alone can boast a jargon list of Nina, Natick, unch and anagind.) Any more?
So, here’s a slimmer draft of that Wiki list I found. See if you can figure out the pastime involved:
Blitz
Bomb
Boondock (vb)
Bristol
Penhaligon (known as a Carnovsky in America)
Cracker (a simultaneous knock-off and a squop)
Gromp
John Lennon (a simultaneous boondock and a squop)
Scrunge (to bounce from the pot)
Squidger
Squop
Give us a few more in-deep jargon lists from an area you know, and see if we can guess the domain. Or even share some bizarro terms that only insiders know – the squop of your niche. You’ll feel better for the airing and sharing I’m sure.
Comments
Boniface — 02 June at 01:58AM
Coffee-house (v)
Benjamin (n)
Early close-out (n)
Mouse (n)
Bingo (n&v)
Sim (n&v)
Overlay (n&v)
Track (n&v)
Hook (n&v)
Dump (n&v)
DA — 02 June at 07:56AM
I know your topic, Boniface. A subject close to the heart of Letters & Numbers, in fact. A great list.
Here's a shortie but a goodie:
Bisque [not the soup]
Half-bisque
Double banking
Rover hoop
Sextuple peel
DA — 02 June at 08:03AM
I guess we should number these lists, to help with ID later in the forum. So -
(1) SQUOP list
(2) COFFEE-HOUSE [Boniface's list]
(3) BISQUE list
Anthony Douglas — 02 June at 10:19AM
Should we publish our guesses in ignorance, or just hint at them with a wink?
Anthony Douglas — 02 June at 10:36AM
4)
Finesse (n&v)
AI (n)
Fert (n)
Jacoby (adj)
Kibitz (v)
Menace (adj)
BAM (adj&n)
IMP (n)
Acol (adj)
Ruff (v&n)
Smith Peters (n)
Calcutta (adj)
Not too tough, but some fun in the list.
DA — 02 June at 10:42AM
Let's ditch spoilers, Anthony. Makes for a more purposeful natter.
I was only coy about Bon's list as it's right up my alley. Thought I'd leave the pleasure for others.
But stabs - smart or wild - are as welcome as blabs. I'm also keen to ask about a Benjamin and sim, two terms from this realm I don't know. (In time.)
As for yours, not as simple as you may believe...
DC — 02 June at 11:15AM
I guess this is list 5.
aggro
alt
carebear
debuff
ding
gank
grinding
kite
mob (singular noun)
nerf
pat
proc
toon
twink
and many, many acronyms.
Boniface — 02 June at 11:15AM
I'm refraining from Googling here, so a couple of guesses:
(2) Aeroplane acrobatics?
(4) Bridge?
Boniface — 02 June at 11:46AM
Sorry, (3) Aeroplane acrobatics?
RK — 02 June at 12:08PM
List 6
jelly roll
sandwich
trapunto
fussy cut
UFO
snowball
in the ditch
GFG or Grandmother's Flower Garden
stiletto
fat quarter
WOF
Nib — 02 June at 12:45PM
Boniface, I'm only going off the bottom half of your list but pretty sure I'm on the ball... does it involve roof and floor coverings?
Anthony Douglas — 02 June at 12:59PM
Boniface picked the bridge list, chiefly given so as to relate the delightful Smith Peters, a sequence of cards played to peter (ie reduce in value) developed by one Mr Smith.
DA, I was guessing at an elite Tiddlywinks vocab, and DC, I'll shoot for skateboarding for #5. Bon's #2 looked like it might be Scrabble. And a wild stab for RK in the realm of surfing.
dg — 02 June at 01:04PM
toppie
blow
moral
bridesmaid
duck
spell
drifter
in more trouble than the early settlers
take a bath
sling
emu
urger
POT
neglected
at the clocktower
rig
approximates
smoky
plonk
on the bit
bank teller job
banker
skinner
headquarters
sticks
welsher
grow another leg
boat race
giddy goat
via the cape
dead 'un
taking a set
after the claim
Dutch book
swimmer
stone motherless
greet the judge
pacifiers
foot on the till
RK — 02 June at 01:08PM
Definitely not surfing, Anthony.
Boniface — 02 June at 01:18PM
Anthony got #2 Scrabble, bravo!
A BENJAMIN is a 3-letter extension of a 5-letter starting word to grab a side triple word score. So if my opponent starts with HYMEN with the H falling on the double letter score, I might be able to add BOT on the front to make the Benjamin BOTHYMEN.
A SIM is short for simulation, which is not unique to Scrabble but is very frequently used by Masters to get a computer to spit out what is the best move given a certain board position.
DC — 02 June at 01:24PM
Mine isn't skateboarding, although now you mention it I wonder if #6 is.
Two more for mine (#5)
bio
zerging
RK — 02 June at 01:54PM
#6 is soooo not skateboarding.
JoyM — 02 June at 02:28PM
Could #6 be stitching and patchwork?
DC — 02 June at 02:31PM
Since DA's list was guessed at, I had a web search. As is often the case, access the Urban Dictionary with care (particularly with squop, although glomp is apparently well known as an aggressive hug).
RK — 02 June at 02:46PM
Good on you JoyM!
AK — 02 June at 06:43PM
DC's list is online gaming terms, I believe.
One Wheel — 02 June at 07:02PM
List number eight
Trial
Idling
20-inch
Giraffe
Bunny-hopping
Freestyle
Free-mount
Crank
Lobster
DC — 02 June at 07:03PM
Yes indeed. Some are fairly generic, others more specific to MMOs like World of Warcraft.
CF — 02 June at 08:42PM
f-hole
hammer on
dive bomb
shredder
pull off
pick up
action
humbucker
sweeping
DC — 02 June at 09:18PM
Guitar-playing?
(Don't tell me my time on Rock Band was in vain.)
PRS — 02 June at 09:51PM
10)
piaffe
renvers
travers
on the bit
shoulder in
serpentine
pirouette
cadence
half-pass
passage
volte
IC — 02 June at 10:35PM
If memory serves, list #8 would be appear to relate to BMX racing...
Anthony Douglas — 02 June at 11:06PM
#10 looks like dressage.
Anthony Douglas — 02 June at 11:08PM
Oh, and it looks like dg has a hobby of listening to sports commentators!
Nib — 02 June at 11:22PM
Hey, IIIII got Scrabble! Roof and floor coverings = tiles. Scrabble tiles.
dg — 02 June at 11:25PM
Not quite, Anthony. But it is classified as a sport.
Boniface — 02 June at 11:54PM
@Nib, actually you were first on the ball there, WD. Let me treat you to a 9-timer anytime!
:) Bon
One Wheel — 03 June at 03:53PM
No. 8 is not exactly BMX racing...
My name does rather give it away.
One Wheel — 03 June at 04:12PM
List Number Eleven
Battery
Blunder
Castle
Decoy
Draw
Gambit
Luft
Mate
Pin
Rank
Skewer
Skittles
Trebuchet
AK — 03 June at 06:28PM
Definitely chess, that one.