or a certain kind of lawyer...Bottom feeder.
Either a semi-auto pistol or aquatic scavenger.
Yep sure are the same!Is a "front stuffer" the same as a "smoke pole." I've never heard those terms used by a confirmed blackpowder shooter.
I respectfully submit that there's a difference between cliché and jargon. A cliché is just a phrase that's so over-used that it becomes boring. Jargon is "insider baseball" -- technical or pseudo-technical words that typically are only understood by those "in the know."
Hal said:trousers.... I don't know why that irritates me - but it does...probably something from my childhood....
FrankenMauser said:... trousers.
trousers.... I don't know why that irritates me - but it does...probably something from my childhood....
Whatever floats your boat.
"ASSAULT RIFLE": Well we all know where that one goes....
When the Christmas carol "Deck the Halls" was written, "gay apparel" had NOTHING to do with anyone's sexual orientation, gay referred to bright and colorful, something happy and cheerful.
Ask anyone on the street today what "gay" means and I don't think bright an colorful will be their first response...
Where's the like button on this forum?One of the things that bugs me about jargon, especially abbreviations (and particularly the recently made up ones) is many people not following the usual convention of English writing when using them.
The first time in a document a term is used, it should be the entire full term, written out, with the abbreviation. After that, using just the abbreviation is acceptable.
Some abbreviations and acronyms have been in use so long everyone knows what they are or mean, like RADAR. But, other newer terms (and many of them seem made up on the spot for ease of typing) should be explained ONCE, at least. You and I may finally get that BCG is bolt carrier group and LGS is Local Gun Shop from context, but we shouldn't HAVE to.
For the most part the words and phrases that are causing a bruhaha are being used by fellow shooters and gun owners.