Dictionary Corner: Common terminology used to describe pros and their games

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Nole Slam said:
79. Objective: A Roger Federer fan
80. Spencer: A random girl you can see on TTW for unknown reasons
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Nole Slam said:
81. Three: How many titles Mainad's favorite player won at Wimbledon
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Nole Slam said:
82. Nole Slam: (a) Djokovic's greatest achievement; (b) A sh!tposter on TTW
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83. Djokovic is not a tennis legend: a) The objectively highest level of objectivity attained by tennis observers; b) The great wisdom of people who even watched Laver live
84. GOAT: A tennis player who is extremely popular and has more money than his rivals
85. :cool:: An emoji often used by intelligent people who are unbeaten in TTW debates
 
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Nole Slam said:
83. Djokovic is not a tennis legend: a) The objectively highest level of objectivity attained by tennis observers; b) The great wisdom of people who even watched Laver live
84. GOAT: A tennis player who is extremely popular and has more money than his rivals
85. :cool:: An emoji often used by intelligent people who are unbeaten in TTW debates
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86. Serbia: The country full of clueless fanboyz who believe that Novak Djokovic is a tennis legend ROFLMAO
 
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Jonesy

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blablavla said:
let's take your last name and add some meaning to it
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Just like Berrettini Open? Or Serena Williams?

My last name doesn't represent anything to this thread, but Baghdatis represents so much more and this forum recognizes what it is when the word is mentioned.
 
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Bender

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I certainly welcome all these suggestions because I still need to compile a new list for a Part II, but a lot of these are duplicates or additions to existing entries and I’m already at my max chars :-D
 
Subway Tennis

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We need a name for the desperation/delusion/mania/over-rating of Medvedev's abilities on clay that reached fever pitch during the Garin match and ended abruptly after the QF against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
 
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JustMy2Cents

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Celebration: Ranges from Medlad to Djoko
ie, a shrug and a snarl at one end of the spectrum to high-pitched yells at the other end
 
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Mental Health: Term used to avoid pesky reporters with uncomfortable questions

Italian teenagers: Guys who raise high hopes of dethroning the Big 2, thus preserving the Great one's records, but in reality only flatter to deceive
 
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Aabye5

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JustMy2Cents said:
Mental Health: Term used to avoid pesky reporters with uncomfortable questions

Italian teenagers: Guys who raise high hopes of dethroning the Big 2, thus preserving the Great one's records, but in reality only flatter to deceive
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Jerky Journo - someone who asks obnoxious questions (see below for example)

The reporters are so silly. It's easy, a player won or lost. If you can't get that straight, go home and think about your mistake.
 
skaj

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the most overrated player: When for some reason you can't accept the fact that a player can be super talented but not dedicated enough to fulfil their potentials in professional tennis.
 
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skaj said:
the most overrated player: When for some reason you can't accept the fact that a player can be super talented but not dedicated enough to fulfil their potentials in professional tennis.
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or a player that you hate but he/she still has some achievements that your favorite player won't reach / beat
 
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This thread is a glossary of commonly-used terminology by resident posters, for new joiners who may not understand what they mean.
  1. Aggressive: A player who hits a lot of unforced errors
  2. All-round game: A player you like with no weapons
  3. A$shole: A player you dislike who is confrontational
  4. Ballboy: A modern day slave (@Fedforever)
  5. Berrettini Open: (a) when a major event becomes unimportant because the winner is a player that you dislike, and your favourite player lost to a journeyman; (b) the 2019 United States Open (@blablavla)
  6. BOAT: (a) Pity award given by someone with nothing to a player with an ATG resume; (b) misspelling of "Borat", a fictional person from the east of civilisation whose character is defined by pushing antiquated views of science and medicine, and trying and failing to attain wide adulation by virtue of being himself
  7. Brain-dead: A player who fails to execute an inappropriate high-risk shot; see also: genius (antonym)
  8. Cakewalk: a draw full of weak players that your favourite players managed to lose to
  9. Career Inflation Era: When an old guy you dislike wins a lot; rounded to the nearest decade (@Red Rick)
  10. Charity: A tournament that does not award ATP points featuring a player you like who may be compensating for or inflaming tax avoidance schemes
  11. Cheating: Actions that are clearly infractions of the tennis rules and regulations provided they are interpreted carte blanche and incorrectly to players you dislike (@Fedforever)
  12. Choke: (a) when a player you like loses from a neutral or winning situation; (b) (rare) when a player you like loses from a losing position
  13. Civilisation: The continent that you are from
  14. Classy: Behaviour of a player you like
  15. Clay: The surface of the tournament in which a player you like lost
  16. Cringey: Behaviour exhibited by a player you dislike
  17. Defensive: A player who will not allow opponents to hit free winners; see: pusher
  18. Doper: A player you dislike who is fitter than your favourite player(s) (@The Blond Blur)
  19. Elo: Numbers you push if a player you like has not won as much as you had hoped in order to make a tournament or season more impressive (@TheGhostOfAgassi)
  20. Epic: Everything @MichaelNadal likes in life (@Red Rick)
  21. Excuse: Injury suffered by a player that you dislike; see: injury
  22. Exho: A tournament a player you like has never won; not to be confused with: exhibition; see: money grab
  23. Eye Test: An objective way of praising an opponent a player you like has beaten handily (sometimes on a regular basis) to give the win extra value; (b) An objective way of criticising opponents of players you dislike in order to diminish the player's wins (@Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil)
  24. Fact: (a) Fake information you like; (b) your opinions
  25. Fake: (a) Facts you dislike; (b) other people's opinions if they contradict your own
  26. Fighting spirit: When a player sweats too much during matches (@StANDAA)
  27. Fluke: When Dominic Thiem wins a point (@Yugram)
  28. Genius: A player who successfully executes an inappropriate high-risk shot. See also: brain-dead (antonym)
  29. Gentleman: Roger Federer after Nike's PR team spent millions on his image to move their products (@skaj and @ForehandCross)
  30. Geometric mean: See: Fact, Opinion, statistic (@Third Serve and @blablavla)
  31. GOAT: The player you like most
  32. Hater: A poster who disagrees that your favourite player is the GOAT (@Third Serve)
  33. Hawkeye: An infallible machine unless it contradicts Roger Federer (@Fedforever)
  34. Homogenisation: When a current player you dislike achieves more than a former player you did like (@Red Rick)
  35. Hypothetical: (a) A theoretical match, tournament, or season in which Federer wins (@Oceans); (b) A scenario where your favourite player can be called GOAT by giving him characteristics or timelines that are inconsistent with reality; see: unbeatable (@Fabresque)
  36. Injury: The reason why a player you like lost
  37. Lol: When you dislike an argument or comment regarding your favourite player but can neither dispute it (due to its legitimacy or accuracy), nor accept it due to closed-mindedness (@skaj)
  38. Medical Time Out: Serious injury concern if taken by a player you like; otherwise, see: cheating (@Fedforever)
  39. Mental weakness: A player who spends more time and effort fixing his hair than sweating and winning
  40. Money grab: A tournament that does not award ATP points, featuring a player you dislike
  41. Moral victory: A participation title bestowed to a player you like for losing, especially if an injury is involved
  42. Mug: A pejorative for a lower-ranked player who fails to beat a higher-ranked player he had no chance of beating in the first place (@ForehandCross)
  43. Neo Backhand: A Federer backhand that goes in
  44. NextGen: Young players who keep losing to a player you dislike (@Red Rick)
  45. Old: (a) ages 27 and above for Roger Federer; (b) ages 33 and above for everyone else
  46. Old school style: A player you like with a 1HBH regardless of playing style
  47. Overrated: A player you dislike who has shown either great potential (see: talent) or has won some major titles, sometimes beating all time greats along the way (@skaj)
  48. Peak: The level of a player when he loses to a player you like (@King No1e)
  49. Performance Enhancing Drugs: Illegal drugs used by everyone except the players you like (@Fedforever)
  50. Pigeon: Any player who has lost more than one big match to a player you like more (@King No1e)
  51. Popularity: A measure of GOAThood when your preferred candidate does not possess achievements that can objectively rival that of the front-runner (@TheGhostOfAgassi)
  52. Pusher: (a) A player you dislike whose wins make you angry; (b) any player on the other side of the net when your favourite player hits an unforced error; see also: defensive
  53. Real Slam: (a) The Western & Southern Open (@megamind); (b) The Swiss Indoors; (c) Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
  54. Robot: A player you dislike who has hit more than two groundstrokes in a row at some point in his career
  55. Roof: A co......
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How did I miss this? Absolute gem. Should be pinned!
 
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