Wrestling-isms that non fans dont know

[TheDieselTrain]

So I was at work today on lunch break and sportscenter was on and they were talking about Carmelo Anthony and I caught the end of the story and the very last line of the story the anchor goes in a serious voice as of now Carmelo Anthony is a nugget!!!!!!!
;D

Any of you ever have any moments like this? If so what made you think wrestling?

[Alex Shelley]

"I'm such a mark for Jake Gyllenhaal".

"You're a... what?"

That conversation happened.

[Camp Yorick]

I did a pretty good job of spreading the use of the term "jobber" as an insult for a while, there. Trust me, people love it.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

It's not wrestling, but it is this forum.

Back when I was a lurker, the word 'f***' used to get censored to 'smurf' on this forum.

The office I worked in gives its recycled paper to a firm called Smurfit, and so all the recycling bins had 'Smurfit' written on it.

It amused me to think that literally all of our bins had f-word-fuelled rants about something but got censored.

Yes, I'm a massive loser.

[Deleted]

No-sell.

[Slingshot Suplay]

Oh man... I use no-sell, mark, angle and swerve all because of this forum.

And I also call my cats "FAT ASSES" when I feed them, because they just can't wait for me to pour their food in their bowl before they stick their heads into it. I gotta chase them away before i can put the food in!

[rogers67]

I use no-sell at my school.

[Alex Shelley]

I also do "big deal, fairly quick" references all the time on accident...

[husti]

Mark, no-sell and gimmick sometimes, if there's a use for it

[Summerfest]

Eh, I usually stop myself, but it slips unnoticed sometimes.

[pink]

Me and my friend call everyone "Piggie James", "Smelly Kelly", "Glamaman", and "Skirt Tiffany" all the time and nobody ever gets it.

I also use jabroni on a weely basis.

[rapidfire187]

I use no-sell and mark/mark-out in regular conversation. People usually ask wtf a mark is but generally use their context clues to figure out no-sell.

[Sajoa Moe]

I usually use stuff like "nerd", "internet geek", "incredibly", "sad", and "wrestling and The Simpsons are not the all-consuming powers of the universe".

[iRabbit]

'Botch' when someone fails at anything ;D

[metylerca]

I use "No-sell!", "Marked out", and "You were supposed to be my frieeeend!" in daily conversation.

[Pervy Stone Cold]

Does anyone give purple nurples and then say "Screw your boobs!" ;D

[Piccolo]

Yeah, I also use "no-sold" a lot. And I use angle and gimmick, but I think it's easy to understand those.

[@TenaciousBe]

Every time this topic is brought up, I feel the need to reiterate that most of these terms are not wrestling-exclusive. Mark is an old carny term. Selling is something actors do. Gimmick (and angle, to a lesser extent) are pretty universal terms.

However, "jobber" and its forms are pretty wrestling-centric, and I tend to use that whenever I can slip it in. I use no-sell all the time (which I suppose is pretty exclusive to wrestling even if the root "sell" isn't), but mostly with my wrestling-fan friends who will get it.

And I, too, like to use "Smurf" to censor myself whenever the situation arises. I usually get a good chuckle out of singing "La la la la, she smurfin' hates me!"

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Actually, I use 'no-sell' so often that my wife's started using it...

[wrestlinggod13]

Like some of you, I too use "jobber" (as an insult), "mark" (for someone who believes their own crap) and "no-sold" (for when an expected result is not forthcoming) on a semi-regular basis in daily life.