Is it time yet

I personally dislike all of the stupid shortening or terms that supposedly sound cool. Gat. Shotty. Duece duece. Heater. With one exception... Boomstick.
Edit: How else would you describe your weapon from the future to "primitive screwheads".

I dislike all of it.

"Remmy" and "Mossy" are just stupid. When I abbreviate either, I go for it like so: Rem 870, Moss 930. Glock= G17 (or 19, or 21, or whatever model we are talking about). Smith and Wesson is S&W. That's just how I do it. Pretty sure everyone here understands my cipher, and I still feel like I'm communicating like an adult.

FL-NC said:

"Remmy" and "Mossy" are just stupid. When I abbreviate either, I go for it like so: Rem 870, Moss 930. Glock= G17 (or 19, or 21, or whatever model we are talking about). Smith and Wesson is S&W. That's just how I do it. Pretty sure everyone here understands my cipher, and I still feel like I'm communicating like an adult.

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Glocky?

As long as I understand what a person's talking about, I don't care what they call their stuff lol.

Start calling my stuff funny names and....... Nope, still don't care lol

I call her Vera.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Glocky?

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No

Here's the thing.

I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to use my snide, snarky nitpickiness on fellow gun owners. I won't say my grammar, expression, and spelling are perfect, but they are probably better than average. I don't go on gun forums for the same reasons I go to say, intelligence analysis sites. I go to collaborate with people who know more about guns or different things about guns than I do. Yes, sometimes I can hear the spit cup getting knocked over. I don't care. I'm not going to pull out my best Felix Ungar saying; "It's not spaghetti. It's LINGUINI." just because I can. I want people to speak freely and not get annoyed because I think my collar is a lighter blue than theirs. I can out-spell most people. That doesn't mean I can out-shoot them.

I save jabs and nitpicks for anti-gunners who repeat bad terminology to show that they don't know what they are talking about. I really don't want to fight with anyone in here.

PapaG said:

For a new thread on firearms terminology for grownups. We were doing great for quite a while but I’m seeing a lot of Remmy, shotty, brassy, Mossy cropping up here and there. I even read an editor in Outdoor Life, the old standard for outdoor kids from my youth (50s), refer to a “shotty” he was testing.
Mostly just throwing a little shade.

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There was a point in my life when I realized that minding other people's business wasn't worth my time.

So I don't care if you call detachable magazines "clips," (it is NOT incorrect, see my previous posts here for an explanation) a shotgun a "shotty" or what the heck ever.

It's like trying to keep up with my high schooler's slang. Just not worth the effort.

PapaG said:

Hey, mods, you can close this if you want. Trying for a little fun was a dumb idea. Sorry. I’ll stick to tech.

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Not before I refer to a Smith & Wesson as a "Smitty".

Tactical or tacticool gets my goat. That is my two cents. Everything else is cool in book.

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JTHunter said:

Not before I refer to a Smith & Wesson as a "Smitty".

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Smitty Wessy?

Meanwhile, there are people in the world with actual problems....

gobsauce said:

Smitty Wessy?

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Smithers.....

I especially like the lingo on ammunition boxes... you know, the ones that have iridescent raised lettering that likely says XTREME! or some such silliness.

Often terms like "good area", "threat/risk assessment", "meets my needs" are code for "I'm not willing to ____" (carry what is carried where perceived threat is greater).

As bad as shortening common names is, the overuse of acronyms a lot of newbies don't understand. We need to remember when we didn't.

I'm one of those sorts who believe words have specific meaning. I am offended by 'lazy' speech habits, either definitions of words or sloppy grammar or diction.
I do not use words such as 'Remmy', 'Mossy', or 'shotty' and consider those who do - seriously, not in example - to be either very ill informed or just lazy minded.

I sort of worked with a gentleman several decades ago who was armed in the course of his duties. He referred to his revolver as a "model 19". When I finally saw the device - getting him qualified with it - the revolver was a Colt Official Police in .38 Special. When I pointed out it was not a 'model 19', he said "That's what I call it". I still wonder if he referred to his rather well worn pickup as a "Silver Ghost".

Is Snubby ok?

Hell, I just call all of them FIDO.
...barks here.
Bites down the street!

I don't much care, but I always thought of the shortened nickname with a "y" or "ie" in the same way as parents doing the same with their kids names. It's cute when he's little, but he may decide not to be called Johnny, Scottie, or Mikey when he gets older.
All of my guns are grown up, so out of respect they're called by their given name.