SoSH Abbreviations

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Contents 1 A to G 2 H to P 3 Q to Z

A to G

AGon

A term that refers to Alex Gonzalez used by mediots (and SoSH members) who are so unoriginal they can't find a better way to refer to any and all baseball players who happen to have the first name Alex and a last name that ends in ...ez.

Asshat

A SoSH term of endearment, i.e., "Man, the Mayor is an asshat".

BALCO 

Favored supplier of "clear" and "creamy" tasty treats to Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, and Gary Sheffield

Bora$$ 

Nickname of super-agent Scott Boras.

Beetlejuice 

Former MFY Alfonso Soriano. Also formerly known as Rake Face, due to those elongated front teeth.

"[Blank] is back, and he's back big!" 

Reference to a legendarily corny call by Red Sox play-by-play man Don Orsillo. Often used in a sarcastic tone, like if TRic were to rebound and get Danielle a SoSH user account, one could respond ... "TRic is back, and he's back big!" Original call made on July 31, 2005 when Manny Ramirez emerged from trade/benching drama to deliver a game-winning hit against the Minnesota Twins.

Brandon 

Sometimes used to refer to former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo after broadcaster Tim McCarver called him "Brandon" during the 2004 playoffs. This mistake was also made in the 2005 offseason, when Alex Rodriguez -- who'd played against Arroyo in high school -- also referred to him as "Brandon Arroyo."

The Bucket 

What some Rhode Islanders call Pawtucket, home of the Pawtucket Red Sox

Beetlejuice

Nickname referring to Bernie Williams,OF, NYY for his small head akin to one of Howard Stern's sidekicks

Cabin Mirror 

Kevin Millar, phonetic interpretation of his name as it might be pronounced by a native Japanese speaker. The nickname's origin is often erroneously believed to be a reference to how his name was translated through BabelFish.

CFY 

Choking f$%#ing Yankees. Refers to the biggest choke in baseball history. Generally out of favor; MFY is clearly the preferred term.

CHB 

Curly Haired Boyfriend - Dan Shaughnessy, based on a remark made by former Red Sox CF Carl Everett when insulting Boston Globe writers Gordon Edes and Shaughnessy. Popularized by Bill Simmons in his bostonsportsguy.com days. See also, Curly Hair Boyfriend, The CHB

CI or Cap'n Intangibles

- Derek Jeter, SS NYY; he of the calm eyes.

Corpse, The

Bernie Williams, OF, NYY (Originally Dante Bichette during the ill-fated 2001 season)

Crash

Sean McDonough, former Red Sox announcer who was involved in a rather strange late night car accident.

Cuadrangular

Referring to a homerun. This is how it is translated from Spanish by Babelfish

The Dentist

Dr. Charles Steinberg, former Red Sox Executive Vice President/Public Affairs

Derek Lowe Face, The  

Derek Lowe Face Bill Simmons coined it - "Imagine someone taking a dump and suddenly realizing there's no toilet paper left in the bathroom. Exactly"

Dlew 

Darren Lewis

Dirty Water or Dirty Watah 

A Red Sox win

Dice-K

Daisuke Matsuzaka. Coined because it is a close phonetic spelling of how his first name is pronounced. Severely overused, but way better than DMat.

Dumbo 

Jorge Posada, C NYY, coined by Pedro Martinez. Also known as Passedballa.

El Guapo 

RP Rich Garces, the most handsome player to ever put on a Sox uniform.

EV 

Eric Van, also the act of working on your own wiki aka "Tom was EVing his wiki."

FiaT 

Feces in a Turtleneck : George Steinbrenner Alternately, aka SiaS - Sh* in a Suit

Flo 

David Ortiz, DH/1B and clutch hitter extraordinare. From his uncanny resemblance to Good Times star Esther Rolle (her character was named Florida Evans).

Frenchy 

Jeff Francoeur, OF Atlanta Braves; The Bizzaro Kevin Youkilis

Fruitbat 

Mariano Rivera, closer, NYY, and he of the elegant gait. Nickname coined by Lanternjaw.

fu3ksession 

A fu3ksession is when the database gets fu3ked up. It also signals that it is time for all at-work SoSHers to actually get some work done.

G38 

Gehrig38, the SoSH login for Curt Schilling

Genius 

Named coined for Alex Cora because of Francona's love for his "Baseball IQ."

Gerbil, The 

Don Zimmer, Monicker given by Bill Lee to describe the puffy faced goon.

GGGGG or 5G's 

The "Golly Gee Grady's Great Group". A group of SoSHers who greatly admired the managerial prowess of Grady Little.

Gopher 

Josh Beckett, for his alarming propensity to give up home runs in 2006.

GO RE DS OX

A self-explanatory image.

Gump 

Grady Little, also known as the Grinning Jackass.

H to P

HGH 

Jason Giambi, 1B NYY. Refers to Human Growth Hormone performance enhancer that he takes. Also may refer to "How Giambi Hits".

Hebrew Hammer, The

Gabe Kapler, former OF Red Sox. Another nickname for the boy that gets all the girls wet.

HOCP 

Haverhill's Own Carlos Pena.

Horse Teeth 

Former MFY Alfonso Soriano.

I am an Idiot 

A SoSH reference to people who misspell the name of Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz. The Sons of Sam Horn software changes "Buckholz" to "I am an Idiot."

IIRC 

Acronym for "if I recall correctly."

Jelly 

One of the many nicknames of Kevin Youkilis, on account of his initials being the same as a popular sexual lubricant.

Jew Crew, The 

Referring to the contingent of Jewish Red Sox players/ personnel, which include OF Gabe Kapler, IF Kevin Youkilis, OF Adam Stern, and GM Theo Epstein.

JMOH Face 

Photoshopping users faces onto random crap. Named after a famous thread with hundreds of people photoshopping John Marzano Olympic Hero

JtC 

Joba Chamberlain, RP NYY. Short for "Joba the C***". The last word of that was yelled at him by Red Sox SP Josh Beckett on 8/30/07 after Chamberlain threw 2 pitches near the head of Red Sox IF Kevin Youkilis, causing JtC to be suspended for 2 games.

Judas 

Johnny Damon, CF (well, LF now) NYY

Jumped the Shark 

From the Happy Days Episode where Fonzie Jumped the Shark. Signifying a thread/poster is on the downside of its "life". See Tom Ricardo

Krueger 

Reference to Julian Tavarez and sometimes to Randy Johnson, who sort of looks like Freddie Krueger from "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Also used as a more vague commentary on his facial appearance, which is... not good. Could be used to allude to his "terrorizing Sox fans" or some such potential but, as far as is known, has not been used yet in such a fashion.

Lefty 

Incredibly hot girl who earned her nickname, Lefty, by being on the left-side of a photo with Righty. Lefty is much hotter than Righty, according to the shortbus crowd.

Lieutenant, The 

Former Red Sox pitcher Frank Castillo. Named after Miami Vice character Lieutenant Martin Castillo, played by Edward James Olmos.

Lucky 

Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino, derived as a bastardization of his last name.

Manager's Decision 

A term used extremely sarcastically. Jimy Williams commonly used "manager's decision" as his reasoning for otherwise unexplainable moves. i.e. "Why did you bat Darren Lewis leadoff?" ... "manager's decision"

The Mayor 

Sille Skrub

MDC 

Shorthand reference to Manny Delcarmen, RP.

Mordecai 

Kevin Brown, former NYY pitcher - based on when he punched a wall and broke two of his fingers when he was on the Yankees to become, "Three Finger" Brown. Not to be confused with the former Red Sox catcher of the same name...see you don't remember him either.

MFY 

Motherf$%#ing Yankees

Milk Dud 

Melky Cabrera, OF NYY

Mr. Hate 

Longtime poster WSD2

Napkin 

Former Red Sox pitcher John Burkett who was, in the opinion of many, better than nothing. "When you have to wipe your ass and you're all out of toilet paper, a napkin is better than nothing." Phrase coined by Maalox.

Noriega 

Nickname for Rudy Seanez, RP SDP, owing to the similarity between his complexion and that of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega

NSFW 

Not Safe For Work

NUMBERED

(also see 'pinked'.) The act of adding someone to your ignore list e.g. "Congratulations, you are #17."

OOGY (LOOGY/ROOGY) 

Lefty /Righty One Out GuY - a left-handed reliever specializing in getting one out, often in game critical situations. Terry Francona's favorite toy, and achillies heel. Think Mike Myers and Chad Bradford while they were on the Sox.

Paps Smear 

When Jonathan Papelbon comes in and shuts down a team. Usually a save.

Passedballa 

Jorge Posada, C NYY.

Peanuthead 

Bernie Williams, CF NYY, referring to the shape of his head.

Pink Hat 

Derogatory term used to describe female bandwagon fans of the Red Sox.

Pinked 

Expression used to notify other posters on the board you have put a poster on ignore. It can be used in a sentence as "_______ welcome to pink" or "There's a lot of pink in this thread." Also known as "you've been Alacoldarted."

Porn Stash 

Nickname for former MFY back-up catcher Sal Fasano.

P & G 

Pinsetting and Gutterballs, the seedy underbelly of SoSH. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. You must be cautious.

Q to Z

RSDD 

Red Sox Dirt Dog, the guy who said he'd shut down his website if ARod did not get traded to the Red Sox.

The Pro 

Bill Mueller, always referred to in the sports media as a "professional hitter"

The Pro 2.0

Mark Loretta, Second edition of the "professional hitter"

The Red Averages

An amusing mistranslation back from Spanish of the name of our favorite team. Red Sox renders as Medios Rojos in Spanish, but "medios" are not only socks, but also medians, as in statistics. Hence Red Averages. Emerges periodically when the latest info on Manny's apocryphal trade demands is given in an interview to a Puerto Rican paper, say.

Righty 

Righty is a girl who, despite strong peripherals, really only took one good picture in her life. But what a picture!

Saturn Nads / Balls / Nuts 

Bronson Arroyo, former P BOS. Inspired by Curt Schilling, who posted in the Game Thread before 2004 ALDS Game 3: "Friday is going to be a legit struggle, got a team fighting for its life against a kid making his first ever post season start, FWIW I take the kid Friday night, he's got nuts the size of Saturn."

SBC 

Stupid Boring Crap

Seabass 

Alex Gonzalez, referring to his normal facial expression

Sexy Lips 

Julian Tavarez During a game in Seattle (July 22, 2006), Fox had Jonathan Papelbon wearing a microphone in the bullpen. At one point, Tavarez was explaining how his two racehorses look like him "because they have sexy lips". (Earlier in the afternoon, Tavarez referred to the Mariners home ballpark as "Psycho Field".)

Shemp 

Hideki Matsui, LF NYY

SiaS 

Sh*t in a Suit : George Steinbrenner Alternately, aka FiaT - Feces in a Turtleneck

Signature Shot 

Jason Giambi, 1B NYY. Refers to a sexual act he is rumored to perform to women.

Slappy (a.k.a. Slappy McBluelips) 

Alex Rodriguez, 3B NYY - based on infamous attempt to jar baseball from BOS pitcher Bronson Arroyo's glove during 2004 ALCS

Sloppy Seconds 

SoSHer HomeRunBaker started a P&G thread about sexual relations he had with a woman who worked as a manager at an Outback Steakhouse. SoSHer G String Quartet chimed in to reveal he previously had sexual relations with the same woman, confirming it by stating her first name and last initial.

SoSH 

Short for Sons of Sam Horn. It is never pronounced, for it is biblical like Yahweh.

SSS 

Small sample size. Used by people that probably outscored you on the math portion of the S.A.T.

SWHB 

Stud Who Hits Bombs - Doug Mirabelli, C - based on a line from the story, "Dougie's Diary"; also User:Chelsea

SuperJew 

Alternate nickname for Gabe Kapler.

TCM 

Texas Con Man, aka Clemens, Roger. Term coined by the late Globe sportswriter Will McDonough.

Tek 

Jason Varitek

Ted

Nickname for Jason Varitek. Coined, by accidental typo, during a Game Thread in the Red Sox Forum and kept because of Varitek's success after typo.

Tery

Nickname for Terry Francona when he does something inexplicably stupid - The 2nd 'r' is intentionally left off making it a similar spelling to Jimy Williams and his "manager's decisions".

Thermos 

Tony Clark. Stayed cold while all around him were hot.

Toilet, The 

Yankee Stadium. Also called Stade Fasciste.

True Yankee 

A leader. A guy who’s full of intangible qualities that help him triumph – with class. Derek Jeter. A guy who has a certain look in his eye, like he knows what it means to don the pinstripes with some motherfletching pride. Bernie. Mantle. Joe D. Jeter. A guy who you want in the trenches with you. Mattingly. Joe Girardi. Derek. Jim Leyritz. Posada. Derek Jeter. A guy who stares adversity in the face and says, “I play for the Yankees, and that means something, and I am going to hit a HR off BK Kim in this World Series Game because I am a New York Yankee." Scott Brosius. Tino. Dave Justice. Derek Jeter. A winner.

Truped 

The act of Sox audio listeners being duped by radio play-by-play man Jerry Trupiano. A Trupiano shriek of "WAAY BAACK!!!" is just as likely to result in a routine pop to short as it is a ball landing on Lansdowne. Almost exclusively used as an exclamation: "I got Truped!"

Twenty-Five (a.k.a. The 25)

The 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series roster: Any member of the 25, except currently Johnny "Judas" Damon, will never have to pay for a drink or meal in Boston again.

VG 

Violently Gay. Sprung from the late, great P&G thread of the same name. The thread was subsequently locked and caused members to lose picture-posting privileges for a number of weeks due to hotlinking from some poor schmoe's website. Also indirectly led to P&G becoming a password protected forum.

WOTS 

Worcester's Own Tanyon Sturtze, P Atlanta Braves. Sturtze is sometimes called POWTS or: Pride Of Worcester Tanyon Sturtze.

WSJ 

World's Strongest Jew : Gabe Kapler, OF and bodybuilder

YSS 

Youtube Scouting Service : SoSH Members that are able to completely breakdown a pitcher's arsenal from watching grainy clips on Youtube.