Why stupid referencies to some guns?

[AustinTx]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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[sigcalcatrant]

I agree 10,000 percent. It irritates me to no end to read such ignorance! It had to be said.

[BadAndy]

I shot my arfteen and shottie yesterday at the range. It was fun.

[Cobra64]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
At

The stupid shorthand comes from stupid people attempting to impress their stupid friends.

Then they wonder why they're stuck working at McDonalds all their lives because they're too stupid to figure out employers can't understand their employment application for a job that pays more than minimum wage.

The instant-gratificatio generation has no self respect for themselves or others. If they did, they would express themselves in a cognitive manner.

As for "Springers," I know there are Springer spaniels, but haven't heard of the Springer Firearms Company. Nor have I heard of the Shottie Corporation.

It's really pathetic that Americans are becoming like this guy:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/Davis1950/Cartoons/Hulk.jpg

"duh... should i buy a shottie im so confused becuz i never shot a shottie but i want a 300 round tactical competition shottie for shootin clay birds with 000 bullets in the clip"

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[Berto]

The stupid shorthand comes from stupid people attempting to impress their stupid friends.

Then they wonder why they're stuck working at McDonalds all their lives because they're too stupid to figure out employers can't understand their employment application for a job that pays more than minimum wage.

The instant-gratificatio generation has no self respect for themselves or others. If they did, they would express themselves in a cognitive manner.

As for "Springers," I know there are Springer spaniels, but haven't heard of the Springer Firearms Company. Nor have I heard of the Shottie Corporation.

It's really pathetic that Americans are becoming like this guy:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/Davis1950/Cartoons/Hulk.jpg

"duh... should i buy a shottie im so confused becuz i never shot a shottie but i want a 300 round tactical competition shottie for shootin clay birds with 000 bullets in the clip"

.

Quite the retarded leap of logic.
But impressive.:supergrin:

[Cobra64]

Quite the retarded leap of logic.
But impressive.:supergrin:Thanks buddy! I thought so.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/Davis1950/Happy%20Faces/3dsmiley2.gif

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[Jim Watson]

You gotta have a shottie and a Springer to go with your revo.

[AustinTx]

I shot my arfteen and shottie yesterday at the range. It was fun.


You just marked yourself as of the same type. Don't know anything about guns and want to impress someone. You aren't serious, I hope.
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[10-32]

I don't do that myself, but it never really bothered me that much when others have done it unless that person was otherwise annoying, in which case I tend not to hang around long anyway.

I don't call my car a 'Stang either. It's "my car" or "the Mustang".

I generally find that using whole words doesn't slow me down too much, so I just go for it.

[digthisbigcrux]

referencies?

[sigcalcatrant]

You gotta have a shottie and a Springer to go with your revolvy.Following that logic, is a Glock a 'pisty'?

[BigPhil]

I had never heard the "word" shottie untill my friend started playing Halo 2 on xbox live. I was sitting there with a beer wondering what caliber the sniper rifle is, and all of the sudden I hear (speaking it into his little headset) "He was coming 'round the corner and I popped him with my shottie!".:upeyes:

[BadAndy]

You just marked yourself as of the same type. Don't know anything about guns and want to impress someone. You aren't serious, I hope.
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You're just old and crotchety. I hope this isn't what you spend your time pissing and moaning about.

[digthisbigcrux]

and this really upsets you? I mean, at that particular moment in time you stopped and thought "OMFG this man is using slang for an object I hold near and dear to me heart and I'm deeply offended?"

Does it piss you off that your neighbors keep their blinds down? How in the hell are you going to monitor their actions without a clear line of sight!

I had never heard the "word" shottie untill my friend started playing Halo 2 on xbox live. I was sitting there with a beer wondering what caliber the sniper rifle is, and all of the sudden I hear (speaking it into his little headset) "He was coming 'round the corner and I popped him with my shottie!".:upeyes:

[skud_dusty]

While I agree with the logic, sometimes people take it way too far. Should I refer to my carry pistol as my "Sig Sauer P239 chambered in .40 Smith and Wesson" or is it ok to just say it's my "Sig 239 in .40?"

I guess I have no respect for myself or anyone else. I suppose that means I should quit my job and go find a McJob that better fits my intelligence.

[Janno05]

I agree that most abbreviations are simply a display of ignorance, but everything has a place and a time. I would never think of using the "gangsta" terminology for anything concerning real firearms, but what would HALO be without "shotties and 'naids"? Think of the humiliation that Master Chief would go through describing his running riot without the fun words. =)

[joro]

I will use nicknames every now and then for my weapons. Bushy for the Bushmaster and Mossy for the Mossberg. I also refer to my GLOCKS as G19, G21, etc., not GLOCK Model 19 and GLOCK Model 21. It makes things faster/easier, kinda like lol or gtfo.

I really don't get what all the fuss is about. Do you always reference a Chevy as a Chevrolet? Have you ever refered to Jack Daniels as Jack? How about calling a magazine a mag? I could go on but you get my point.

If using shorthand is a pet peeve I have no idea how you can stand to use the internet let alone read internet forums.

[For Liberty]

OP I suppose you call the "Garand" the "U.S. Rifle, Caliber Thirty, M1.":tongueout:

[GlockFish]

referencies?

Yep. That's what he said.

[Anarchist17]

How about gat or roscoe or heater.

[Cobra64]

Following that logic, is a Glock a 'pisty'?Nope. It's a "warper;" known for warped dust covers....

Maybe a "boomer?"

[ctaggart]

What about "wheel gun" or "scatter gun?" Each a classic reference from the West. I'm sure people who used that language in those times were referred to as savages. I am very sorry to inform you, but if a language doesn't evolve, it dies. Language is always changing and evolving. Maybe you should revert back to old english and see how seriously you are taken.

[remat]

I don't call my car a 'Stang either. It's "my car" or "the Mustang".


I guess you can blame StangNet for that...
"My car" only works if you only have one car or one (mu)Stang.

Seriously guys...some of it is annoying but do you really care?

[remat]

OP I suppose you call the "Garand" the "U.S. Rifle, Caliber Thirty, M1.":tongueout:

Don't we all? And shouldn't CMP be really be ODCMP? :tongueout:

[AustinTx]

You're just old and crotchety. I hope this isn't what you spend your time pissing and moaning about.


I have invested a lot of time and effort to be old and crotchety. If I have irritated you, even just a little bit, I'm glad to hear from you.

This is just one of the things I do to irritate people. Keep hanging out and I will try to continue to irritate you. I really didn't know that I was so good at that. Thanks again.
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[BadAndy]

I have invested a lot of time and effort to be old and crotchety. If I have irritated you, even just a little bit, I'm glad to hear from you.

This is just one of the things I do to irritate people. Keep hanging out and I will try to continue to irritate you. I really didn't know that I was so good at that. Thanks again.
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:pms:

[deadday]

Reading this thread has lowered my IQ.....




drew


eta- what is a referencies?

[J1923]

Are you a poser if you call your GLOCK 19 in 9x19 a "nine"?

[Cobra64]

What about "wheel gun" or "scatter gun?" Each a classic reference from the West. I'm sure people who used that language in those times were referred to as savages. I am very sorry to inform you, but if a language doesn't evolve, it dies. Language is always changing and evolving. Maybe you should revert back to old english and see how seriously you are taken.Yup. Reminds me of a class I went to last month taught by two LEOs and a former army medical officer. The cops' vocabulary was limited to "dude" and "mother-******er." The women in the class were "c*nts."

Reading American literature is more appealing than listening to grunting, foul-mouthed, tattooed, knuckle-draggers with a badge and a pistol.

To each his own. If people want to aspire to mediocrity, that's their choice.

Interesting note; the former well spoken military officer and a gentleman, has since left that training academy.

[jlh2600]

Originally Posted by ctaggart
What about "wheel gun" or "scatter gun?" Each a classic reference from the West. I'm sure people who used that language in those times were referred to as savages.Yup. Reminds me of a class I went to last month taught by two LEOs and a former army medical officer. The cops' vocabulary was limited to "dude" and "mother-******er." The women in the class were "c*nts."

"Wheel gun" and "scatter gun" reminds you of that? :whistling:

[Cobra64]

"Wheel gun" and "scatter gun" reminds you of that? :whistling:The topic was limited vocabulary and lazy communication skills.

[ctaggart]

Cobra64:


Your gross stereotyping is appauling and obviously reflective of your I.Q. You're on the same level as the gun grabbers saying that everybody carrying a gun is either looking for trouble or causing it. Categorizing me as a knuckle dragging ape with a gun is a great way to get yourself written off as a fool.

[Raiden]

Concise truncation doesn't bother me... Done correctly, the meaning remains clear, while either saving syllables or eliminating confusion (particularly over a radio). And, honestly, I haven't the nerve to suggest otherwise to my military friends, who outnumber and considerably outweigh me.

It's casual lingo that seems to cause more harm than good, particularly when it's too vague or outlandish for an outsider to understand. I've lost a lot of friends to cockney.

Despite what it may seem online, I don't think the sky (and collective IQ of mankind) is falling. The hoi polloi has always been there, however it was much easier to ignore them in the past, thanks to geographic and social boundaries... If I don't want to listen to Mall Ninja chatter, I simply stay out of arcades or RPG parties, and congregate with people I know. However, the internet gives EVERYONE an easy means to voice their opinions - for better or for worse - generally unbound. :dunno:

[Forgoten214]

Chicago Typewriter, Gat, Broomhandle, NINE, forty pounder, Clip, 4-5 [seperate], Piece, Cap a fool, Strap or Strapped, the heata or HEAT, the bizcutt, shottie, tha clappa, chatta box, bzz popper, Chicago lawyer, MAC DADDY, Glock, Desert Eagle....

The list goes on and on but this is just off the top of my head :D

[sigcalcatrant]

How about gat or roscoe or heater.Those terms, while goofy, don't sound nearly as moronic as shotty or Remy or Mossy or Glocky or Siggy, etc.

[Bren]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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I feel the same, but I mostly read Glocktalk for the stupidity. If I wanted information I'd be over at Brian Enos' place, which is where I go if I have a real question. I like it here because it's a trainwreck of nuttiness with very little useful information being exchanged. I don't like people who say "shotty" (the people, not just the word) but it's fun to read what they post. Kind of the Jerry Springer Show of gun boards.

[Bubbala]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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Then it would follow that you should change your user name to Austin,Texas

[novaDAK]

Chicago Typewriter, Gat, Broomhandle, NINE, forty pounder, Clip, 4-5 [seperate], Piece, Cap a fool, Strap or Strapped, the heata or HEAT, the bizcutt, shottie, tha clappa, chatta box, bzz popper, Chicago lawyer, MAC DADDY, Glock, Desert Eagle....YoU mEaN a DeAgLe YoU n00b!!!!1111 :rofl::rofl:

[Forgoten214]

YoU mEaN a DeAgLe YoU n00b!!!!1111 :rofl::rofl:

Oh my bad G, My playa skillz aint workin too well today.

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Obviously we have some members in need of a life:wedgie:


I can't believe I wasted my time reading this whole thread.

[kimberguy2004]

I must be completely out of it.. What in the hell is a shottie?

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

shottie=shotgun

[CajunBass]

While I cringe when I read some of the "shorthand" around here, there are some hills, that just aren't worth dying for. This is one of them.

[cjlandry]

Hmmmmmmm.......

I'd like to get my panties in a wad today. Let me find something to do the job.

I've got it! All the slang terms that I hate will piss me right off!

Success! :thumbsup:

(My most hated slang term is "gang banger", as I grew up in a different era when both words in the term "gang bang" meant what they said.)

Edit:

I plan to bring my Fabrique Nationale de Herstal Fusil Automatique Leger to the rifle range today. I shall bring several detachable box magazines filled to capacity with 7.62x51 NATO cartridges.

[novaDAK]

Oh my bad G, My playa skillz aint workin too well today.

:supergrin:

[epsylum]

I will use nicknames every now and then for my weapons. Bushy for the Bushmaster and Mossy for the Mossberg. I also refer to my GLOCKS as G19, G21, etc., not GLOCK Model 19 and GLOCK Model 21. It makes things faster/easier, kinda like lol or gtfo.

I really don't get what all the fuss is about. Do you always reference a Chevy as a Chevrolet? Have you ever refered to Jack Daniels as Jack? How about calling a magazine a mag? I could go on but you get my point.

If using shorthand is a pet peeve I have no idea how you can stand to use the internet let alone read internet forums.

+1

Big deal.

However as a joke I have started referring to my AK and AR by pronouncing their names (as in my "Ack" an "Arr"). I just do it to be stupid on purpose though.

BTW for those who get all hung up on nicknames, it is GLOCK (TM). All caps, get it right! :supergrin:

I also do call my carry gun a "Springer" Why? Because Springfield Armory gets to be a PITA to type (oops I used a common internet acronym, I so sorry!!) and because it's full name is Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Champion Leightweight Operator.

[gjk5]

I got's a snubbie and a shottie and a fowtee-five a lazy boy can survive!

[rat5545]

To much time doing that phone texting stuff. Or its the old CB radio guys, they have to call any city by a nickname.

[Berto]

I think anyone who ascertains character based on internet forum shorthand needs to back away from the monitor and experience life a little, versus reading about it.
Are you going to crap yourself over a run-on sentence too?:shocked:

Carping over stuff like that indicates a frustrated, bitter existence.

[ManNamedJed]

Some of them annoy me too. See my sig . . .

[Steve in Az]

I don't lose any sleep over it, but I think terms like shottie, springer, revo, etc., just serve to make gun owners look that much more like dumb asses. Hey, you want to sound like a dumb ass, knock yourself out.

[eisman]

The part that really bothered me (when I first heard it) was that there are Springers; Springer Waffen is a very old and respected firearms manufacturer in Austria that made/makes high end weapons. Nowdays run by Christian Springer (4th generation gunsmith). Last time I was there he showed me a 20ga SxS his grandfather had built prior to WWII. I still regret not buying it.

Now I just look at the folks using that as shorthand as somewhat illiterate and lazy.

[12131]

Folks just need to lighten up.:yawn:

[bill-hhh]

A Springer is a Harley.

[Berto]

A Springer is a Harley.


You mean Harley Davidson.

[Ashton]

You mean Harley Davidson.
...motorcycle!

[nosuchagency]

Folks just need to lighten up, Francis.:yawn:

fixed that for you.

[BigPhil]

and this really upsets you? I mean, at that particular moment in time you stopped and thought "OMFG this man is using slang for an object I hold near and dear to me heart and I'm deeply offended?"

Does it piss you off that your neighbors keep their blinds down? How in the hell are you going to monitor their actions without a clear line of sight!

Man, I never said I was offended. It just really caught me off guard. We shoot clays all the time, and this was the first time I ever heard him, or anyone for that matter, use the term shottie. I do think that when people use these terms in a serious context it gives other gun owners a bad rap.

[Locoweed]

How can I overlook my "Annie?" Meaning my Anschutz mod 64 target rifle.

[bno762]

While I agree with the logic, sometimes people take it way too far. Should I refer to my carry pistol as my "Sig Sauer P239 chambered in .40 Smith and Wesson" or is it ok to just say it's my "Sig 239 in .40?"

I guess I have no respect for myself or anyone else. I suppose that means I should quit my job and go find a McJob that better fits my intelligence.

+1. I use the term shotty, sometimes fo-tay, and ar. I'm sry i no betr than yall. Would u like fries with that?:supergrin::whistling::wavey:

[Guyver]

Some people take life way too serious....

If Shotty or Springer really makes you pop a vessel... I suggest an aspirin regimen, and high blood pressure pills are in your near future, if you aren't there already.

Watch a Spike Lee film and your head would probably explode...



Folks just need to lighten up, Francis.

+1

[cpirtle]

Does calling every revolver a "Magnum" qualify. That one irks me.

I dated a chick once who added the word "dawg" to the truncated end of every motorcycle manufacturers name.. (eg: Yamadawg, Hondadawg, Kawadog etc..)

I dumped her once I got anal.

(okay maybe that's below the line but what the heck, this thread can't get any lower..)

[rich e]

Well so far I laughed out loud at least three times getting this far..This is one of the funniest threads I've seen in a while. The Jerry Springer comment was a howl..So was the Mcdonalds replies..

[AustinTx]

Then it would follow that you should change your user name to Austin,Texas


Well how about that. No, I can use just about anything that I take a notion to, at least once.
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[JLA]

It irritates some people and some people it don't. Come on guys. Seriously....do we really care THAT much? :upeyes:

[ArodJohns]

The stupid shorthand comes from stupid people attempting to impress their stupid friends.

Then they wonder why they're stuck working at McDonalds all their lives because they're too stupid to figure out employers can't understand their employment application for a job that pays more than minimum wage.

The instant-gratificatio generation has no self respect for themselves or others. If they did, they would express themselves in a cognitive manner.

As for "Springers," I know there are Springer spaniels, but haven't heard of the Springer Firearms Company. Nor have I heard of the Shottie Corporation.

It's really pathetic that Americans are becoming like this guy:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/Davis1950/Cartoons/Hulk.jpg

"duh... should i buy a shottie im so confused becuz i never shot a shottie but i want a 300 round tactical competition shottie for shootin clay birds with 000 bullets in the clip"

.

:upeyes:

[AustinTx]

Yup. Reminds me of a class I went to last month taught by two LEOs and a former army medical officer. The cops' vocabulary was limited to "dude" and "mother-******er." The women in the class were "c*nts."

Reading American literature is more appealing than listening to grunting, foul-mouthed, tattooed, knuckle-draggers with a badge and a pistol.

To each his own. If people want to aspire to mediocrity, that's their choice.

Interesting note; the former well spoken military officer and a gentleman, has since left that training academy.


This gets to the point as to why I started this, which has turned out to be pretty funny.

US society has degraded into the gutter. So called "rap music" is not music, it's not worth the raw material to produce it. The language, on TV, radio, movies and just out in public, is not very high class, to say the least. It's not a time that I would chose to bring up children in. Babies come into this world with nothing but the greatest innocence. It doesn't take long for their associations to do away with that. By the time they get to school, it seems an awful lot just go to selling crack. Comedy has to be composed of 4 letter gutter words or I guess it's just not funny.

Schools have just gotten to the point that they are used for day care and free meals. Doesn't seem to be much "educating" taking place. This country has been settled by people from just about any country, in the world. Over 300 years, all these people learned to speak English. The "Hispanic" has been the only class that cannot learn English and have to be taught in Spanish. They don't seen to attach a very high need for an education.

If the people, in Texas ever find out how understaffed all the state prisons are for guards, they wouldn't sleep too well. The state doesn't pay a living wage for their guards. My boy worked one for a while. He was a Sergent or he couldn't have afforded to work there. They work 12 hour days, Texas heat, no A/C. He said it wasn't too comfortable to be locked up in the dining hall with 200 convicts. They had a guard there that was 84 years old. If you are breathing, you have a job. Don't know what got me on this.



Cobra64 bears repeating:
To each his own. If people want to aspire to mediocrity, that's their choice.

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[01coltcolt]

This gets to the point as to why I started this, which has turned out to be pretty funny.

US society has degraded into the gutter. So called "rap music" is not music, it's not worth the raw material to produce it. The language, on TV, radio, movies and just out in public, is not very high class, to say the least. It's not a time that I would chose to bring up children in. Babies come into this world with nothing but the greatest innocence. It doesn't take long for their associations to do away with that. By the time they get to school, it seems an awful lot just go to selling crack. Comedy has to be composed of 4 letter gutter words or I guess it's just not funny.

Schools have just gotten to the point that they are used for day care and free meals. Doesn't seem to be much "educating" taking place. This country has been settled by people from just about any country, in the world. Over 300 years, all these people learned to speak English. The "Hispanic" has been the only class that cannot learn English and have to be taught in Spanish. They don't seen to attach a very high need for an education.

If the people, in Texas ever find out how understaffed all the state prisons are for guards, they wouldn't sleep too well. The state doesn't pay a living wage for their guards. My boy worked one for a while. He was a Sergent or he couldn't have afforded to work there. They work 12 hour days, Texas heat, no A/C. He said it wasn't too comfortable to be locked up in the dining hall with 200 convicts. They had a guard there that was 84 years old. If you are breathing, you have a job. Don't know what got me on this.



Cobra64 bears repeating:
To each his own. If people want to aspire to mediocrity, that's their choice.

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Take this to heart, cause if you don't, worrying about the rest that doesn't really matter, will just slowly kill you. Good luck Colt
"God give me the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed; Give me courage to change things which must be changed; And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other."

[AustinTx]

Don't think, for a minute that I let this sort of stuff bother me. I learned a long time ago that I wasn't going to change the world. I put my time in as a "Rocket Scientist" and took the blood pressure pills then. The biggest problem that I think I had with this was the pure waste of money, taking place. I finally put my time in, got out and was able to get off the blood pressure pills. All the experts say you can't do this, not so. I have the blood pressure of a healthy 30 yr. old. The little gray hair that I had all turned black again. The girl that cuts my hair asked me one day, what I was dying my hair with. These gun forums are just an interest that I have. I may learn something but it's just entertainment.
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[GAU-8]

This is a funny thread.

Most slang terms don't bother me one bit. Some kinda just make you smile or something, that being said I don't like the term "shotty" or "shottie" or however you want to spell it. Sounds ghey to me. It does not keep me from reading a thread but I never refer to a shotgun as a shotty. Scattergun ok, shottie umm... ghey.


Some of my personal favorites are "naids" and "giggle switch". Course I love naids and boom sticks with giggle switches! :supergrin:

[Bren]

Some people take life way too serious....

If Shotty or Springer really makes you pop a vessel... I suggest an aspirin regimen, and high blood pressure pills are in your near future, if you aren't there already.

Watch a Spike Lee film and your head would probably explode...

+1

For me, it's less the words "shotty" or "springer" than the kind of lame wannabe gangsta-mall-ninja type people who use them. The words are just something that lets me know I'm talking to an idiot.

If I ever watched a Spike Lee movie I hope my head would explode and put me out of my misery. I hope it would explode big enough to take out that POS Spike Lee.

[TacticalBling]

I plan to bring my Fabrique Nationale de Herstal Fusil Automatique Leger to the rifle range today. I shall bring several detachable box magazines filled to capacity with 7.62x51 NATO cartridges.

Capital idea, cjlandry! Shall I accompany you for a sniff of the old cordite, my good man?


ps.: digthisbigcrux, your avatar makes my soul hurt.

[brandonb123]

Moo moo

[LoneRanger19]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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I like how you used the word "don't" twice in your shorthand rant. I do not mind if you use it when typing a post. I am old and kind of new to this internet stuff, an I will not judge you if you type "shottie". If you use it in verbal conversation however you will look like an ass.

[Berto]

What's funny;


The people who enter this thread denigrating shorthand/ slang users as 'dumbasses', 'stupid' or the equivalent of knuckledragging trolls, as if name calling somehow elevates them as being above it all.

:rofl:

[Guyver]

For me, it's less the words "shotty" or "springer" than the kind of lame wannabe gangsta-mall-ninja type people who use them. The words are just something that lets me know I'm talking to an idiot.

If I ever watched a Spike Lee movie I hope my head would explode and put me out of my misery. I hope it would explode big enough to take out that POS Spike Lee.

LOL... I don't know... I always looked at Shotty as kind of a term of endearment...

In truth... my POS Norinco 1887 Shotgun is just that, my spare shotgun.. with problems, not to be trusted, 1 step away from the trash can.
While my Mossberg 590, customized to my taste, is kind of special to me, and in posting, I'll use the term Shotty to describe it sometimes, smiling when I do.
I can see where someone would do that with Springer, or 9, or even 'brick', etc, etc

LoneRanger19 has it right though.... I'll never use it in conversation, and never have... hadn't thought about that till now... but I never have spoken the word Shotty to describe a shotgun to someone, hehe.. go figure.

[ithaca_deerslayer]

I have a few shotties, some birdies, and some sluggers. With my pieces, the autos take clips, but the wheelies have more knockdown. The snubbie conceals easy and is a good peashooter.

[alvinstine]

Agreed, terms like shottie, springer, mossy, and terms like "It's on cuz", "lighten up, francis", and using "meh" instead of "me", has certainly been way over used here....

[DFin]

Maybe we should type up a compendium of firearm related slang terms and list it as a reference here on GT. Anyone who is not sure of the meaning of a term can look it up.

[younggun22]

Yup. Reminds me of a class I went to last month taught by two LEOs and a former army medical officer. The cops' vocabulary was limited to "dude" and "mother-******er." The women in the class were "c*nts."

Reading American literature is more appealing than listening to grunting, foul-mouthed, tattooed, knuckle-draggers with a badge and a pistol.

To each his own. If people want to aspire to mediocrity, that's their choice.

Interesting note; the former well spoken military officer and a gentleman, has since left that training academy.


Cobra64:


Your gross stereotyping is appauling and obviously reflective of your I.Q. You're on the same level as the gun grabbers saying that everybody carrying a gun is either looking for trouble or causing it. Categorizing me as a knuckle dragging ape with a gun is a great way to get yourself written off as a fool.


calling people names because you didnt comprehend their post isn't a bad way to get written off as a fool either

ill simplify it for you:

Cobra64 was was trying to make the point that people who use vulger language as adjectives (words that describe things) to get their point across, often do it because they have no other way to express them selves. In no way did Cobra64 say that people who carry guns are "knuckle draggers" but that people who speak the way that the two previous LEO's are.

im not saying that LEO's are ignorant and stupid but i do agree with Cobra64 that people who speak like that and especially use those terms to describe a lady are definatly of a lower IQ and moral value

[D-E-F-E-N-S-E!]

Concise truncation doesn't bother me... Done correctly, the meaning remains clear, while either saving syllables or eliminating confusion (particularly over a radio). And, honestly, I haven't the nerve to suggest otherwise to my military friends, who outnumber and considerably outweigh me.

It's casual lingo that seems to cause more harm than good, particularly when it's too vague or outlandish for an outsider to understand. I've lost a lot of friends to cockney.

Despite what it may seem online, I don't think the sky (and collective IQ of mankind) is falling. The hoi polloi has always been there, however it was much easier to ignore them in the past, thanks to geographic and social boundaries... If I don't want to listen to Mall Ninja chatter, I simply stay out of arcades or RPG parties, and congregate with people I know. However, the internet gives EVERYONE an easy means to voice their opinions - for better or for worse - generally unbound. :dunno:

When there is a question of a person's grammar or vocabulary skills, there is always someone that writes a gem like this. It is unavoidable.

Is it really necessary to show that you might have a vocabulary (or might have a thesaurus) that is better than most?

Am I the only one that thinks posts like this are condescending and patronizing?

English was once referred to as the language of the common man. This is not a mensa meeting, it is a gun board.

[Forgoten214]

A Springer is a Harley.

Yeah and they sucked, Softail fatboy is my favorite :supergrin:

[ctaggart]

calling people names because you didnt comprehend their post isn't a bad way to get written off as a fool eitherill simplify it for you:Cobra64 was was trying to make the point that people who use vulger language as adjectives (words that describe things) to get their point across, often do it because they have no other way to express them selves. In no way did Cobra64 say that people who carry guns are "knuckle draggers" but that people who speak the way that the two previous LEO's are. im not saying that LEO's are ignorant and stupid but i do agree with Cobra64 that people who speak like that and especially use those terms to describe a lady are definatly of a lower IQ and moral valueThe fact that Cobra64 had a bad experience with two foul mouthed LEO's has no bearing on this thread whatsoever.* Calling shotguns "shotties" isn't offensive! Foul language is offensive. The fact of the matter is that brevity should not be looked down upon. I guess AustinTX should stop using all forms of abbrevations and contractions, since shortening anything is "neatherthal."

[omega48038]

But my Friend bot a new house and it was haunted it creeked and talked to us but we ran away, before it started, to talk to Us and they said if your ever going to bet on the kenutcky derbey then dont fry the jocky try the horse cause the horse don't lie people lie not horses we won 100 so dont beleive people they just lie animals, are so much better but they cant by houses cause there horses they dont live in houses

[BrianNH]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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Remy, Bushy, etc..... yes, it's sickening I know.

It's all about immaturity

[nosuchagency]

But my Friend bot a new house and it was haunted it creeked and talked to us but we ran away, before it started, to talk to Us and they said if your ever going to bet on the kenutcky derbey then dont fry the jocky try the horse cause the horse don't lie people lie not horses we won 100 so dont beleive people they just lie animals, are so much better but they cant by houses cause there horses they dont live in houses

and you sir, are an artisan.:notworthy:

[jsx1043]

http://www.cworange.net/flascinder/images/granbruce.jpg



:supergrin:

[cjlandry]

Capital idea, cjlandry! Shall I accompany you for a sniff of the old cordite, my good man?




Perhaps next time, old chap. I required a bit of solitude on that outing.

What's funny;


The people who enter this thread denigrating shorthand/ slang users as 'dumbasses', 'stupid' or the equivalent of knuckledragging trolls, as if name calling somehow elevates them as being above it all.

:rofl:

:supergrin: That is funny!

[shark_za]

Say all the people who drop TLA's like CCW all over the place.

[Ashton]

Hell - the interweb is full of acronyms and emoticons. You don't like 'em don't use 'em I have a few favs M8! They are type-savers - plus GT has an acronym sticky literally at the front door: http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498529

[hardballing]

4 page ado about nothing.

Gotta go clean my shotty.

[SergeantC]

Does this mean I can't call an accurate gun that I own a tack-driver?

[SergeantC]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I guess I did't realize you're better than the rest of us. I'll certainly remember that for the future.

All professions and hobbies have their shorthand expressions. Those are just some of the ones we use in the shooting hobby.

I suggest you learn not to let these things bother you.

[StraitR]

I agree that most abbreviations are simply a display of ignorance, but everything has a place and a time. I would never think of using the "gangsta" terminology for anything concerning real firearms, but what would HALO be without "shotties and 'naids"? Think of the humiliation that Master Chief would go through describing his running riot without the fun words. =)
HAHA!! Well said

[AustinTx]

This thread sure did shake a lot of long time members of GT out. I really didn't know it was that big a deal.
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[12131]

... I really didn't know it was that big a deal.
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Sure, you did.:supergrin:

[J1923]

Slab sides... pancake pistol...

Did somebody already say that? Am I on the wrong site?

Oh, Plastic Fantastic! Wonder Nine!

[SVTNate]

It bugs me a bit, but then my Les Baer TRS is just "the Baer", my Glock 19 is "the 19", and my car is "the Bimmer" which is the proper nickname for a BMW automobile ("Beemers" are motorcycles, not cars)

[hdman30]

How about gat or roscoe or heater.

I guess I watched too many gangster films. I like :tongueout:"gat" and "roscoe". Take that flatfoot!

[remat]

Some of them annoy me too. See my sig . . .
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I will never:
call a shotgun a shottie, call a revolver a wheelgun, call wal-mart wally world, post simply "+1", accuse anyone of kool-aid drinking, use "m4gery", tell you that your gun/ammo is unsafe/junk and instruct you to send it to me immediately, change your words and say I 'fixed it for ya', tell you to move to a gun friendly state, or bust on you for using clip instead of mag.



+1

:supergrin:

[remat]

Moo moo

Far too few GT threads contain an unsolicited onomatopoeia!
Big Badda Boom!

[AustinTx]

Far too few GT threads contain an unsolicited onomatopoeia!
Big Badda Boom!


I think that is what I meant.
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[remat]

I think that is what I meant.
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All in good fun.
I think you jinxed your own thread by referencing "springers" and "shotties" :supergrin:

[RMTactical]

I have just about reached the point to not read any post referring to a Springer or a shottie.
What is the point in this stupid "shorthand"?
I don't expect any logical answer so don't give it much thought.
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Lighten up.

[AustinTx]

Lighten up.


Don't think I want to. I never was good to take direction from total strangers.

I didn't know it was going to stink so bad, when I kicked the top off.
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