From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: bunny round and other weird words
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 14:09:34 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <8338@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> zebee@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone) writes:
>My housemate is doing an English essay on jargon in sport, so wants
>to look at fighters jargon in the SCA.
>  
>He would like to know about the derivation of particular words, and
>whther they are local or SCA wide.
>  
>For example, "Stickjock" evolved from "jock" or athelete (from jockstrap)
>and "hot stick" from stickjock.

       Here in Montengarde we have "Ye Styyke Jocke", a mug given
       as a prize in an unbelted tourney. I picked the term when
       I and another guy founded the tourney a few years ago, to 
       make something a little less jarringly OOP, that still
       got the point across. BTW, the first tourney was
       immortalized as "The Sour Grapes Tourney", because (A)
       crown was held on the same weekend, more than 1000miles
       away, and (B) the fact that two shit disturbin' stick
       jocks threw their own tourney *really* annoyed several
       of our more pompous 'hats'. It also annoyed one of our
       less pompous hats, but then *he* had the right to be
       annoyed, being branch marshal, and nobody phoned him...
       Ooops!!! But I digress...

>Anyone know about the shield called a"bunny round"?  I think it is because
>it is a round shield with ears.  Any other explanations?  Is this a West
>Kingdom term, or is it used by others?
>  
>Why is the two sword style called "Florentine" in the West?  Any other
>styles have odd names?  Does your area use the term "slot shot" and if
>so, for what?

       A "Slot Jock" is a guy who fights a defensive,
       conservative style, featuring one or two specialized
       shots. He tends to wait until you make a mistake, and
       then try and throw a blindingly fast blow into the
       opening. While tedious to fight, such men are not
       despised, however there is a subset which is roundly
       hated called the "jointhunter". These individuals like
       to hit the inside of joints (inner elbow in particular),
       because the shots are taken much lighter there...Since
       most figthers don't like getting whacked in a joint.
       They are hated roundly, because one shot into the 
       tendons of the inner elbow can ruin your whole year.
  

>In Lochac we have the "golf shot" which is an underhand swing in the
>general area of the victim's goolies.  I think the term is local, anyone
>else use it?

      We call it the "J stroke", it's actually not supposed to
      hit the groin, but rather high on the inner thigh. It often
      glances upwards into the groin though. Most fighters don't
      like to use it out here, but many lefty fighters are proficient.

>All anecdotes, examples of jargon, explanations etc. gratefully received
>by post or email.

      "Wraparound", a blow which strikes with the "back edge of
      the blade". Tends to "wrap" around the shield or sword
      guard.

      "Bad Sword Geometry"...A semi joking term used by a fighter
      who has recieved or delivered a blow which is sloppy, and 
      very dubious. It is used as a shorthand to say "that was
      probably borderline, but really pathetic: I ain't gonna
      die to that kind of crap in front of all these people."
      OR "don't take that, it would be ambarrasing, I can hit
      *much* better than that."

      "Rhino"...He with the thickened skin.

      "Brass hat"...Those who either *are* (descriptive term in
      this case) or *put on airs* (insult in this case) of being
      important. It originally comes from the brass circlets worn
      by two of the peerage orders, I am told.

      "Grand Duke"...Also "Arch Duke" and "Super Killer Duke"
      These are the guys who have been king 5 or 6 times, and
      enjoy legend status. Examples : Radnor, Greyhelm, Bellatrix
      Inman, Cariadoc, and probably more that I havn't heard of
      out here in the sticks. There is no common usage of the
      term for ladies, but I intend to put my lady Anastasia
      D vaucouleur on the thrones 4 times, just so she can be
      "Grand Duchess Anastasia" ;-) heh heh heh.

      "Hot Stick"...any good fighter, local term. "THE HOT STICK"
       ....the hottest unbelted fighters kingdome wide. Only 2 or
      3 people can be "The Hot Sticks" at any one time. But even
      middle ranked bozos like me can be a "hot stick" at a 
      specific event.

There are many more...this promises to be an extremely
interesting thread.

Carolus Mediocris
Montengarde An Tir
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