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Gun slang?
zipperzap
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I'm supposed to be doing something important on the computer - SO - instead, I'm sitting here thinking about gun terms/slang.
I've been thinking about slang/lingo that comes from guns. One of my favorites is "lock, stock and barrel", meaning something as a whole. For instance, "The money is mine, lock, stock and barrel!"
He's a 'straight shooter!' Etc., etc.,etc.
The slang I can't stand is usually "gangsta" related like, "Pop a cap in yo @$$!" or "gat" referring to any firearm. What's your favorite gun related slang? What's your least favorite?
I've been thinking about slang/lingo that comes from guns. One of my favorites is "lock, stock and barrel", meaning something as a whole. For instance, "The money is mine, lock, stock and barrel!"
He's a 'straight shooter!' Etc., etc.,etc.
The slang I can't stand is usually "gangsta" related like, "Pop a cap in yo @$$!" or "gat" referring to any firearm. What's your favorite gun related slang? What's your least favorite?
Comments
Blame Joseph Wambaugh's "The Choirboys"
Great Granddaddy usta always say "Man! I'ts hotter'n a two-dollar pistol today!"
someone got the whole "shootin match"
I never liked the term "Double-gun", always prefered "side-by-side" [:D]
Jeff
bpost 1958 beat me to " Just A Flash in the Pan" meaning somebody started off good with a flash but didn't accomplish anything, as in meaning your musket didn't go off.
Another that relates is "Keep your Powder Dry" meaning be careful.
Don't like any of that gangsta punk crap [xx(].
I always thought "Stove-Pipe" for a 10 or 12 ga.shotgun was a cool term..
Jeff
I always thought that was and empty the did not come all the way out of a weapon; and caused a jam...
I have always liked "locked, cocked, and ready to roll...." What we used to let us drivers know when our gunners were ready in their turrent before we left our compounds in the sand box.
Ray
"Shottie" to refer to a shot gun?
"Nine" to refer to a 9mm firearm?
"Strapped" to refer to carrying a firearm?
"Piece"?
Peacemaker
I like "The whole 9 yards".From WW2 fighter pilots who carried 27 feet of belted ammo.
I always wondered where that one came from.
My fav is also "lock, stock and barrel" because people don't even know what it means!
Second fav: "Winchester" for a computer hard drive.[OK, I'm dating myself.]
It's origin is the same reason that MS spell checkers used to recognize Winchester but not Remington. Early hard drive discs had 30 meg on one side and 30 on the other, so folk starting calling them "30/30" drives, which became "a Winchester" which evolved into calling any hard drive a Winchester.
Well, I took a shot, which may have been a shot in the dark; I just hope I didn't shoot myself in the foot.
Oh yeah, "hotter than a two dollar pistol" is one I like.
"up the spout" is one I detest.
Ben
The origins of "the whole nine yards," are obscure. No one really knows were it came from, there are many explainations.