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"sick" this is getting on 10 years old now and immediately marks you as a geek

"EV" when used in non-EV calc context like "is it +EV for me to move out of my parents' basement?"

"grind" meaning general poker play such as "where do you grind?" opposed to what it used to mean

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03-12-2009 , 03:47 PM

DrMickHead

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"sick" yes. The rest are not annoying me yet.

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03-12-2009 , 03:49 PM

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bastard ainec

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03-12-2009 , 03:49 PM

early325

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saying "sick" does not make you a geek.

using "EV" in the context you mentioned is annoying.

"grind" means the same thing it always has afaik

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03-12-2009 , 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by early325

saying "sick" does not make you a geek.

Have any evidence to the contrary?

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03-12-2009 , 04:06 PM

Biko

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sick spread out into other forms of life an has run it's course imo

EV I'm ok with atm, particularly as you can use it in other situations and plenty of people don't have any idea what you're on about

Grind is still ok. Grind on the mind imo.

I voted bastard.

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03-12-2009 , 04:07 PM

steamingdonk

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the word ''pockets'' needs to go imo..

i monkey-tilt when i hear it

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03-12-2009 , 04:11 PM

JasonInDallas

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sick spread out into other forms of life an has run it's course imo

I hope you don't think "sick" started in poker. Even the movie Old School filmed in 2002 or so had a geeky girl saying something like "those guys throw the sickest parties."

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03-12-2009 , 04:15 PM

JasonInDallas

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Originally Posted by steamingdonk

the word ''pockets'' needs to go imo..

i monkey-tilt when i hear it

Meh, and there really isn't a good alternative for it. How else are you going to say it? "I like to limp concealed hole cards of the same rank in late position for deception."

As for +EV, that's just pretentious geek-speak, as if to imply the person is always coldly analyzing situations in order to edge out the best decision without regard for emotion or intangibles.

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03-12-2009 , 04:16 PM

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IceMountain

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"I have the grind on my mind"

is one of the greatest phrases out there today imo so STFU

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03-12-2009 , 04:16 PM

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dublenickel

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Sick is fine.

EV is dumb outside of poker.

Grind can apply to anything. So . . . keep it.

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03-12-2009 , 04:18 PM

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You came up with a thread entitled, "Expressions that need to go", and these are the choices you came up with? I expected the choices to be like "YOU KNOW DAT ACE KING IS DA ANNA KOURNIKOVA OF POKAH"

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03-12-2009 , 04:21 PM

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early325

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Originally Posted by JasonInDallas

Have any evidence to the contrary?

yes, the tons of non-geeks that say the word sick.

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03-12-2009 , 04:29 PM

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westcoastkillah

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"One time"

Obv this needs to go - or somebody needs to policing its use.

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03-12-2009 , 04:32 PM

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LUCIUS VARENUS

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No way man. People need to keep saying ONE TIME! Just one tiiiiiiiime!

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03-12-2009 , 04:33 PM

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LUCIUS VARENUS

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Back up the truck!

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03-12-2009 , 04:43 PM

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YukonHD

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Originally Posted by JasonInDallas

Have any evidence to the contrary?

Any evidence to support it?

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03-12-2009 , 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonInDallas

I hope you don't think "sick" started in poker. Even the movie Old School filmed in 2002 or so had a geeky girl saying something like "those guys throw the sickest parties."

Scott Caan in Boiler Room is earlier than that (2000). It was written in like the overused cliche it is today, so is likely years older than that too.

Checkboxes and "for the most part" must die. Pretty sure "the" is accompanied by the other three words at least 60% of the time that it's used by a poker instructor in their videos.

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03-12-2009 , 05:02 PM

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"Sick" in the sense of "sick bluff by Durrr on HSP" is OK, but sick as in "I lost a coinflip, sick" has to go.

The one I hate the most though is "bink".

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03-12-2009 , 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by random hater

Checkboxes must die.

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03-12-2009 , 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by early325

saying "sick" does not make you a geek.

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Originally Posted by JasonInDallas

Have any evidence to the contrary?

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Originally Posted by early325

yes, the tons of non-geeks that say the word sick.

Show me more than one.

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Originally Posted by YukonHD

Any evidence to support it?

Yes, all the pasty white virgin geeks here.

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03-12-2009 , 05:06 PM

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"Sick" in the sense of "sick bluff by Durrr on HSP" is OK

disagree

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03-12-2009 , 05:17 PM

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any word that someone add hizzle bizzle whateverizzle

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03-12-2009 , 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by steamingdonk

the word ''pockets'' needs to go imo..

i monkey-tilt when i hear it

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03-12-2009 , 05:29 PM

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no eff eks

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Sick is fine... I have no idea why anyone has a problem with it, and it's not unique to poker at all.

"EV" needs to go in non-EV calc examples.

"Grind" has always bothered me. Stupid phrase used mostly by stupid people imo.

"Pockets" is another example of a stupid phrase used by stupid people. Anyone that uses this term immediately loses my respect. It's "pocket pairs" or "pocket x's" not pockets -- that's ****ing ******ed.

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