the vernacular

So i was explaining to Gormley where 'the tapout' came from last night and he mentioned that someone needs to document this shit. Here is the place, everything from the origin of the 'big gay hoser' and entomology therein to 'dab', 'wheeley shot' and 'B-bones'. Line em up, i'm looking forward to those with degree's or literary backgrounds filling this in. Come on Horatio, doc, Tom, Emmet...fuckit even you Bill.
List style would be a good way to keep it simple, then they can be alphabetized later.

vernacular
noun
1 he wrote in the vernacular to reach a wider audience everyday language, colloquial language, conversational language, common parlance, demotic, lay terms.
2 informal : the preppy vernacular of Orange County language, dialect, regional language, regionalisms, patois, parlance; idiom, slang, jargon; informal lingo, -speak, -ese. See note at dialect .

T-Bone
noun

1. a cut of beef consist of a Thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped bone with meat on each side.
   
2. a 'dick move' whereby a player positions him/herself infront of a player who posses a ball at an opposing angle. may or may not cause a collision.
   

like that b?

Big Gay Hoser - this is my memory. Hoser was used when Nick Tap-out (a little foreshadowing there) first appeared in London. As a fresh-off-the-boat Canadian, I decided it would be fun to call him a hoser. And it was. The word began to be used more widely in the London bike polo community (certainly helped by the number of Canadians who are, and have been, part of the scene).

Big gay hoser, as far as I can recall, began when I checked my phone one day, and someone had set it as my gmail chat status. I assumed it was Max (this was before he had left for India), but he never owned up to it. People had been facebook and mobile raped before (highlight being Carlos' phone's wallpaper magically becoming a young soon-to-be-moustachioed man's bejewelled wang). But not hosed.

The first time it was posted on the forum was 11 September 2009 - lucky Brian - followed by me a week later. Who is responsible for this first forum hosing? Probably me, but I don't really know.

There are 79 hits for "big gay hoser" on the forum now. Awesome.

nice matt. :) perfect H

polopedia. wikipelo? wikipolodia? ha! add a donate button b. :P

yeh good idea!

"PENIS!" - Dave shouted at someone when they were about to attack goal - to put them off.

It was quickly adopted as a means to try and stop an opponent from scoring. I also remember the first time I heard it internationally (by Hannes)!

"Nein Eddy" : Andy Schuster (Toros) telling Eddy off (in Karlshruhe)

Big Gay Hoser - this is my memory. Hoser was used when Nick Tap-out (a little foreshadowing there) first appeared in London. As a fresh-off-the-boat Canadian, I decided it would be fun to call him a hoser. And it was. The word began to be used more widely in the London bike polo community (certainly helped by the number of Canadians who are, and have been, part of the scene).

Big gay hoser, as far as I can recall, began when I checked my phone one day, and someone had set it as my gmail chat status. I assumed it was Max (this was before he had left for India), but he never owned up to it. People had been facebook and mobile raped before (highlight being Carlos' phone's wallpaper magically becoming a young soon-to-be-moustachioed man's bejewelled wang). But not hosed.

The first time it was posted on the forum was 11 September 2009 - lucky Brian - followed by me a week later. Who is responsible for this first forum hosing? MRAK did it, sitting outside the beehive on a cold winter night

it's true

The original hoser is still at large though!

ha! brilliant sarah.

'zombie footdown' - when the famous zombie team repeatedly failed to go to the tap out point with any haste much like the original george romero zombies.
origin-possibly gabes

vagina: a heckle for use against Los Conos.

Hey! I have a fucking literary background, and a fucking degree!

FFS.

then right something!

write now?

'zombie footdown' - when the famous zombie team repeatedly failed to go to the tap out point with any haste much like the original george romero zombies.
origin-possibly gabes

I always thought this was when Zombie, foot down in front of the goal to stop a clear opportunity of goal from the opposite team. Happen 3 times in the game against BAD played at Mitch, league 2009-20010

you're right rik.

**The Rotten Apples **- After the end of League 1, a group of 5 rode our 'other' bikes from London to Devon in search of hills and cider. 3 of these reprobates - Em, Rik and Gabes - had plans to make a new polo team; all that was missing was a name for this team which was so obviously destined for greatness...

Several epic phrases were coined along the way, not least Gabes' horses are so sexy, spoken as he gazed whistfully at an admittedly-fine stallion. I also learned first-hand the definition for cyclists of 'bonking'. As for the team name, plenty of ideas were thrown around as we made our way West - 'Addlestoners' and 'Suiciders' both come to mind. By the time we reached Devon, legless but smiling, one name stood out from all the others - the Rotten Apples had been born.

**The Sausage Ride.

**A group of 5 polo-players rode from London to Devon in 2009 in search of hills and cider, during which the Rotten Apples team was conceived round the back of a barn. So-called by one of the (female) partners of the riders, because it was a weekend of bromance, to which no females had been invited.

ha bill! rik i remember well, i suppose it was a general definition.
write now spoons, no deal eh.

Good to see you've still got it, Bill. Though it leaves no illusions as to the origins of 'Three Beards, One Cup'.

Good to see you've still got it, Bill. Though it leaves no illusions as to the origins of 'Three Beards, One Cup'.

I think it best for all concerned if a discreet veil is drawn over that particular incident or incidents.