The BTSC Word, Or Phrase, Game.

by WyoFan on Apr 22, 2011 5:56 PM EDT

Loved this idea by WyoFan. So much in fact that I suggested he publish it in the fanposts rather than the main page so that it could stay up in the rec'd section for a few weeks while we collectively compile a list of words/phrases. Read on for instructions. I hope you participate, could be lots of fun! -Michael B. -

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This is a game for everyone, and I mean everyone. That is to say, we are going to need everyone who participates in out little community, both readers and writers, to make this little game fly.

What is it you ask?

The BTSC word game is this: You all think of a word, or phrase, something new and original that has to do with football. Add it to the comments in this piece with an explanation of the word or phrase. Then, the featured writers on this site will make a list of the five they like the best and submit their lists to Master Bean. Bean will tabulate, collate, cross-reference or whatever he does to come up with a top five list. He will then post this list, allowing members of BTSC to vote for the one they think is the best.

Sounds kind of stupid doesn't it? I mean, what the hell is the point? This: Once we have our word, we (everyone on BTSC) will proceed to start using this word or phrase in conversations and blogs and anything that has to do with football that the use of the word or phrase would be appropriate for. The point of this exercise is to get the word or phrase into mainstream use. The ultimate goal is to hear the word used by a member of the media. We all know most of them haven't had an original thought since "As cool as the other side of the pillow", so you know if we do this right, the word or phrase will be picked up in no time.

Think of this as part fun, part social experiment, part BTSC (The best blog on the internet) flexing its muscle.

Imagine the word or phrase you thought up going global...Take your time...

But, this would have to be a total BTSC effort to get there.

Here are some examples, not entries mind you, but something to give you all the flavor of what this is about.

Trench Yeti - Big, strong lineman...Not very smart.

Jittery Runner - Any running back that won't commit to a hole. Usually gets hit behind the line while trying to make up his mind.

Turf Dweller - Any player that seems to spend the end of every play looking at the sky from their back.

Those would be examples of player descriptions. You could also coin a catchy phrase like "As cool as the other side of the pillow" above. This could describe an attitude or frame of mind of a player:

Possum-calm: Any player, coach or participant who appears calm even at the biggest moments.

Tasified: When a player is left laying on the field twitching.

You get the idea. Go to it, don't be shy. With all of us participating, we should come up with something pretty good. And, look at the dumb stuff I thought of, you can't do any worse. You also can't use anything you heard from someone else. We wouldn't want to promote a word or phrase into the mainstream that someone else could take credit for. You also can't tell your friends what you are up to and ask them to help out. You will just have to slip the word or phrase into the conversation and hope it catches.

As a time frame, I'm thinking that we submit words until the last day of the draft and then vote for a few more days so we can apply the word or phrase in conversations about players old and new.

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I vote for Tasified, but since it seems that it isn't an entry

Hairified-The act of having a guy with large hair strike fear into a teams gameplan. Example, “Troy Polamalu hairified the opponents that the completely forgot about Ryan Clark.”

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"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." Wes Westrum
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by WVPiratesfan on Apr 22, 2011 7:16 PM EDT reply actions

Okay, let me start

New Rules.

A weekly collection of odd, questionable calls (or non-calls) that target Steelers players. Example: (for a non-call against James Harrison) New Rule, grabbing a player by the throat and wrestling him to the ground is no longer “Holding” if that player wears black and gold and is in route to the quarterback at high speed.

Based on Bill Maher’s New Rules segment on Real Time.

by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Apr 22, 2011 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Extinction Event

A big play (sack, interception, touchdown, first down, etc) that ends the competitive phase of a game, eliminates an opponent from playoff contention, knocks a player out of a game due to injury or causes player(s) to be pulled for ineffectiveness (career extinction), causes opponent’s fans to leave stadium or boo their own players. Or causes the loss of reputation. Can be used as a substitute for “Dagger!”

by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Apr 22, 2011 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs

+1

by WyoFan on Apr 22, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

"Close your eyes baby"

Famous line from the movie “Aliens”. Commander Ripley has just torched all the all the alien Queen’s eggs, has grabbed the little girl and taken the elevator to where she thinks there is a ship waiting to take them away. When she arrives at the platform the ship is gone and the alien Queen has figured out how to work the elevator. Trapped and the alien Queen well beyond pissed, Ripley hugs the little girl tightly and says “Close your eyes baby.”

Now imagine Joe Flacco standing in the pocket. Michael Oher is supposed to protect him but has fallen down leaving Lamar Woodley running in “unabated” as the saying goes. Close your eyes baby.

by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Apr 22, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions

"Close your eyes baby" Part Two

You’re Ed Reed. Rashard Mendenhall has the ball and is breaking into the secondary threatening to have a big game. But you have him in your sights and are about to put him down, but then you realize something important…where is Hines Ward? Close your eyes baby.

by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Apr 22, 2011 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Polamauled

Any big play or hit made by Troy. “Flacco was Polamauled, which caused him to lose control of the ball; as well as his bladder.”

Things can always be worse....

by ncmt40 on Apr 22, 2011 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

No ideas yet

But I’m going to sit down with a frindle and paper and see what I can come up with.

"Honestly, you'd think I'd won four Super Bowls there the way [Steelers fans] treat me... don't get me wrong, they want to win, but if you lay it all out there on every game, they'll accept whatever results they get." -- Merril Hoge

by Blount Trauma on Apr 22, 2011 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

+1

for frindle!

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.-- John Madden

Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. --Muhammad Ali

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.-- Vince Lombardi

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.--Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

by steelcitysweetheart on Apr 28, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

It can’t be too steeler-centric if we want it used outside our little community

by worldtrip on Apr 22, 2011 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

Hairified could be used for Clay Mathews or Larry Fitzgerald as well

by WVPiratesfan on Apr 23, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

I was just thinking that.

by WyoFan on Apr 24, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Sicko Fancifiers

play on sycophancy/sycophant (servile self-seeker and/or fawning parasites)

national media assholes, the ones who slobber over lukewarm athletes especially if they’re playing against the Steelers. Chris Chase (resident hack of Yahoo! Sports) Dan Dierdorf, Troy Aikman etc.

I pledge allegiance to the Terrible Towel and the only team in America, and to the franchise for which it stands, one nation under Rooney, indivisible, with the ability to crush you all.

"He was popping off down there the first time they were about to score. So you run your mouth, expect to get something. Everything's between the lines, so he got what he had coming. He was running his mouth and getting in the way of the train, and the train wasn't coming off the track."
-James Harrison on Kyle Orton

by TVsCHACHI on Apr 23, 2011 8:57 AM EDT reply actions

Yinz

I invite those not from Pittsburgh to adopt and embrace our sweet colloquialisms. Yinz is a unique contracted phrase with origins I believe from Scot-Irish immigrants.

example:
Hey Balitimore, Yinz BLOW.

I pledge allegiance to the Terrible Towel and the only team in America, and to the franchise for which it stands, one nation under Rooney, indivisible, with the ability to crush you all.

by TVsCHACHI on Apr 23, 2011 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

Rigor Mortified

The disease that causes overcautiousness in an opposing quarterback. Known causes include Pittsburgh’s tandem of pass-rushing linebackers James Harrison and Lamar Woodley. Ususally seen to occur after a devestating Deebo sack. This disease was thought to be bacterial in nature unti it infected Baltimore Ravens Quarterback, Joe Flacco. In Flacco it is considered to be a viral infection not unlike genital herpes, due to the fact that for most of the year he will be fine and show no symptoms, but for 2-3 weeks the symptoms will again surface and affect his playing style. There is no known cure.

Ex: “After Harrison took down Sanchez for the sack last night, Sanchez was completely Rigor Mortified. He couldn’t get any offensive flow going for the rest of the game and looked like he was more scared of taking the hit than moving the ball.”

by Cannon36 on Apr 23, 2011 12:00 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

+1

by WyoFan on Apr 24, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

And after Harrison gets fined for playing football the right way, then we can call it "Roger Mortified".

Who's laughing now, O Line??? Ben Roethlisberger (from the Podium) to his O-Line and the world in Superbowl XLIII

by SteeladyinVA on Apr 24, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

still trying to come up with one

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by seton hall and steelers on Apr 23, 2011 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

Dribble

One of those stupid little onside kicks that bounce just far enough to garner a penalty on K. Lewis.

"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin

by Rebecca Rollett on Apr 23, 2011 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

premature rectal discharge

What happens to opposing players immediately prior to or just after being “Polamalued” or when facing an " Extinction Event". AKA “Code Brown”. Could happen to QB’s directly after Deebo has been held on three consecutive plays with no call, and the steam is coming out of his ear holes.

"Scoreboard, b*tches!" That means you Baltimore.

by Sarge_32 on Apr 23, 2011 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

"A Finger Puller"

(n). A trick play. Derived from the age old tradition of fathers, uncles, or grandfathers asking you to “pull their finger”, then farting once you do.

“Randle-El’s pass against the Seahawks in SB XL was a real finger puller.”

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Grammar Nazi asks

Doesn’t that make it an adverb?

Nonetheless I like it.

by Cannon36 on Apr 29, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Deadwoodification

The process, in football players, of rapidly becoming irrelevant (colloqu. dead wood) following (a) deadly, frontier-style encounter (s) with the Steel Curtain.

As in:

“Boy, did Carson Palmer deadwoodify fast after having been Kimo’ed”

"No changes are permanent, but change is." Neil Peart - Rush

by Flying Polamalus on Apr 23, 2011 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

Which leads of course to...to be Kimo'ed (alt. Kemo'ed)

The process, for a key offensive foe, of suffering a game-ending injury to the Steel Curtain in the playoffs.

(see above entry for example)

Alternative, with an “e” instead of an “i”

The process, for the Steelers, of being stopped in a crucial offensive drive by yet another mindless, useless and petty penalty by one of our guards.

As in:

“Man, Ben was driving us downfield quite effortlessly until our offense was Kemo’ed at the five.”

"No changes are permanent, but change is." Neil Peart - Rush

by Flying Polamalus on Apr 23, 2011 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

"Blocking like a blind man chasing soap bubbles"

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

"Fourth and a Shiancoe"

Any short yardage down. Based on the inadvertent Fox video of a towel-less Visanthe Shiancoe after a Vikings game. (Youtube it…you’ll see what I mean).

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

From what I understand this would only apply if they are at least a foot short

by worldtrip on Apr 23, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes, keep your wife away from that video.

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions

too funny. Well played Sir.

by ToonaSteel on Apr 25, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

A "try-valry"

A contest between two teams and only one of those teams considers the other a rival. Usually used when one team is not good enough to be the rival of the other, but is trying.

“The Steelers-Browns is a good try-valry.”

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 6:40 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

+1

by WyoFan on Apr 24, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

"Ear-muffery!!"

An extreme expression of disappointment and dismay after a particularly disappointing play. Originating from the movie “Old School” in which one of the characters would exclaim “earmuffs” and his kids would cover their ears with their hands so that they would not hear the foul language that was about to be uttered.

“Ear-muffery!”, Bean exclaimed after Sweed dropped yet another pass.

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 7:23 PM EDT reply actions

A "fro-back"

An old-school hair cut.

“Randy Moss is sporting his fro-back today.”

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

An "instant pee-play"

Leaving the room to urinate, forgetting to pause the DVR, and rewinding the game to see what you missed.

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

"Cold calling with Bud Fox"

A hail-mary play of any type, including long passes or mutliple laterals that could result in a big play, but is likely to fail.

Originated from the classic movie Wall Street in which Charlie Sheen’s character is asked to make calls from his sheet to clients he has no relationship with. The chances of a payoff are slim, but could result in a signficant sale.

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 7:36 PM EDT reply actions

"Premature Jubilation"

Celebrating a touchdown or other big play only to have it be called back “upon further review.”

Greg is offended by the word "Nitschke"

by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Apr 23, 2011 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

+1

by WyoFan on Apr 24, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

We're going to be seeing a lot of those next season

if the new booth review rule goes into effect…

by Rebecca Rollett on Apr 24, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know why, but a picture of Limas Sweed popped into my head...

"No changes are permanent, but change is." Neil Peart - Rush

by Flying Polamalus on Apr 26, 2011 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions

LeBeautalks

Pre-game meeting where Dick LeBeau throws in a few “wrinkles” for the defense to give the opposing quarterback a facelift.

Thoughtful discussion with a sense of history

by maryrose on Apr 23, 2011 9:12 PM EDT reply actions

"phantom menaced"

When a receiver intentionally misses catching the ball or when a quarterback throws the ball away — in either case, because the guy thought he “heard footsteps,” even though no defender was anywhere nearby. A sign of the defense getting into someone’s head.

Bill Beeelichick proved that in America it’s okay to cheat, as long as you cheat your way to the top. – Eric Cartman

by Alba on Apr 23, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

this phenomenon

is also known as a Harrison Haunting…

by Rebecca Rollett on Apr 24, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

"Disciplined Fury"

A defensive or coverage team style of play that (within the ever changing rules) intimidates, hits hard, and doesn’t give up big plays.

ie.. The Steeler kickoff coverage team put a quick stop to that reverse. Sylvester played that one with a ’disciplined fury" as he stayed in his lane and delivered the big hit.

ie.. The Steeler kickoff coverage team put a quick stop to that reverse. Sylvester played that one with a ’disciplined fury" as he stayed in his lane and delivered the big hit.That Steeler blitz was executed with a “disciplined fury” as they planted Flacco while blanketing his hot receiver.

by ToonaSteel on Apr 25, 2011 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

woah….not sure why that was put on twice….I had 1 example for each of a Kickoff coverage and a defense.

by ToonaSteel on Apr 25, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

"Deeboed into next week"

big hit delivered by Mr.Harrison on an opponent or drunk Cleveland brown fan

7 words you may never hear "the Bungls win a post season game"

by KentuckySteeler on Apr 25, 2011 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Timone's

While it may sound like a swanky Italian eatery, it’s simply the swanky French pronunciation of the most under-rated, yet consistent LB in the Steelers iconic defense. He is overlooked in many of the “Top 10” lists and invitational games that are designed to showcase the “best in the league”. When football becomes popular in the United States, this young man may just make his presence known.

(In due time, Mr. Timmons….in due time..)

HERE WE GO STEELERS!
"Our Father, who art in Pittsburgh, Football be thy game. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, at Heinz Field as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, a stellar D and forgive us our bogus fines, as we (sorta) forgive Goodell who trespasses against us. And lead us not into defeat, but deliver us a Victory. For thine is The Steelers, the power and glory of climbing the STAIRWAY TO 7."

by 1BlkGldFan on Apr 27, 2011 9:12 PM EDT reply actions

Just think how big football will be when it gets popular!

by WyoFan on Apr 28, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Tornado Watch

A term used by defenders to alert teammates that an offensive player will try to utilize the spin move every chance they get. Can also be used for an offensive players when describing a particular pass rusher.
“During practice when Mendenhall got the ball, Potsie issued a Tornado Watch”

" In the huddle Ben issued a Tornado Watch to Max Starks who had Dwight Freeney on his side for the passing play"

by Steel34D on Apr 28, 2011 3:02 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs