"Insider" terms...

**Kane Knight** · 04-04-2005, 04:56 PM

Brought up in the WM thread last night. We all know about Flair wigging out over people not in the biz using "face and heel" comments because they're insider terms.

But how many terms are actually inside? most of the major terms I can name are or used to be common place.

Babyface/Heel: Both were used frequently in movies @ 50 years ago, so it's hardly something that was an insider term. Changing it to "face" is sorta, but that's cutting it (Especially since "face" still got used)

Angle: Common enough to use in roughly the same sense as is used to preference wrestling angles. Another term you can find spread all over clich�d hollywood movies.

Gimmick: See above. The use that we tend to think of originated with showbiz, possibly vaudeville, and referred to a person's routine or act.

Job/jobber/jobbed: This one I don't know of any other origin for.

Mark: It's carny slang, but goes back centuries. "Smart" only goes back as far as Carny slang.

Okay, what other terms can you think of?

04-04-2005, 04:56 PM	#1
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	"Insider" terms... Brought up in the WM thread last night. We all know about Flair wigging out over people not in the biz using "face and heel" comments because they're insider terms. But how many terms are actually inside? most of the major terms I can name are or used to be common place. Babyface/Heel: Both were used frequently in movies @ 50 years ago, so it's hardly something that was an insider term. Changing it to "face" is sorta, but that's cutting it (Especially since "face" still got used) Angle: Common enough to use in roughly the same sense as is used to preference wrestling angles. Another term you can find spread all over clich�d hollywood movies. Gimmick: See above. The use that we tend to think of originated with showbiz, possibly vaudeville, and referred to a person's routine or act. Job/jobber/jobbed: This one I don't know of any other origin for. Mark: It's carny slang, but goes back centuries. "Smart" only goes back as far as Carny slang. Okay, what other terms can you think of? �There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.� --John Rogers