One Question Quiz / Contest

[EarlJam]

Winner gets a quick poem about them from me, EarlJam.

Back in the late 70s / early 80s, when you played backyard basketball, if you swished a jump shot while being defended, it was popular to proudly yell out a certain term.

Name that term.

(this came up in discussion with a friend last night - and we want to bring the term back in business and all walks of life).

-EarlJam

[riverside6]

i'm too young for this but...

"in your face"

[dukepsy1963]

Too old....Jeez this board does make me realize my age too often......
BUT............

"Swish............."

[Duke4Ever32]

Facial?

[Shammrog]

Winner gets a quick poem about them from me, EarlJam.

Back in the late 70s / early 80s, when you played backyard basketball, if you swished a jump shot while being defended, it was popular to proudly yell out a certain term.

Name that term.

(this came up in discussion with a friend last night - and we want to bring the term back in business and all walks of life).

-EarlJam

"Swish!"

[DukeDevil]

don't people still say "swish" and "in your face"?

[EarlJam]

Well, from where I'm from it was always just, "Face!"

But I will accept "In your face" and "Facial!"

-EJ

[riverside6]

Well, from where I'm from it was always just, "Face!"

But I will accept "In your face" and "Facial!"

-EJ
SWEET! Haikus are preferred!

[billybreen]

Well, from where I'm from it was always just, "Face!"

But I will accept "In your face" and "Facial!"

-EJ

What about "in THE face?"

[wilson]

We used to holler "Cotton!" too. As in, the material in the net (though it doubtless wasn't actually cotton).

[mkirsh]

DC in the early 90's had a bunch of versions:

Face
Mouth
Nets
Money
Cash
Butter
Splash
Water
Or just yelling your favorite player ("Jordan!") - I seem to recall a Chappelle show or SNL skit about applying this to other situations, but not remembering completely

[riverside6]

buckets and splash were both used as well

[EarlJam]

We used to also say "Douche!"

I think we heard the term, "Deuce!" somewhere and tweaked it a bit for Burlington's notorious East side.

-EarlJam

[NashvilleDevil]

We would always say "Jordan" after hitting a turn around. I would always say "Good" after hitting a bomb.

[riverside6]

sheegup was also said, although typing that one out probably doesn't do it justice

[mkirsh]

One other key distinction - "Face" or "Jordan" was said during the shot, not after, so sometimes it wouldn't really work out all that well.

[Channing]

for some reasons my friends and I would call out Yahtzee if we hit a big shot in someone's face. That carried over to the golf course, and when someone rolls in a long putt you will often heare "yyyyaaaaaaahhhhhTZEE"

[ArkieDukie]

Around our parts, we would yell, "U.S. REEEEEEDDDDD!" Or maybe that was just in my family. :o (U.S. Reed was a Razorback basketball player; he hit a half-court game winner in the NCAA Tourney against Louisville in 1981.) In fact, that's what I still say when I hit the trash can with a wad of paper from across the room. None of that trite "in your face" stuff for me. :rolleyes:

EarlJam, like the new avatar. Gone With the Wind, right?

[ugadevil]

We used to also say "Douche!"

I think we heard the term, "Deuce!" somewhere and tweaked it a bit for Burlington's notorious East side.

-EarlJam

I've heard "Douche" said on the tennis court instead of "Deuce".

Anyone ever use "In your eye!"?

[tommy]

One other key distinction - "Face" or "Jordan" was said during the shot, not after, so sometimes it wouldn't really work out all that well.

And the best one, which came from Reed-Frazier era New York Knick Dick Barnett was, as you're releasing the shot, "Fall Back, baby, fall back."