![]() Here are a few that have become commonplace between myself and a few guys with whom I regularly play.Į.V. stands for Entertainment Value, and we use the acronym to describe a shot that was highly entertaining to watch- whether it was successful or not. I’m hoping that the rest of this post will generate lots of comments as readers write in sharing disc golf terminology unique to their regular group or at least their local course. Despite what my mother always tells me, I’m not that special. And so it has been- in my circle, anyway (and therefore, I assume, in others). A sport with endless options for creativity and amazement that also happens to still be commercially decentralized is bound to foster new and unique terms in every tiny enclave where it is played. Where did that word come from? Who cares?! Shule is cool! (unless you’re stuck in it)Īnd recognizing that there are regional idiosyncrasies in disc golf is merely the tip of the iceberg. For instance, I had played for years before I knew that those in the Midwest (and other regions, for all I know) refer to thick disc golf rough as ‘schule’. We’re all members of a subculture that while steadily growing is still far from the mainstream, and our lexicon of unique terminology is one of the true identifying marks about which those not yet part of the clan remain completely ignorant.īut even with subcultures there are smaller micro cultures. One of them replies “If you throw a big anhyzer over those trees on the left and can get it to ‘S’ out at the end, you’ll be putting for birdie.”ĭifferent as they might appear and even be, in respect to the other aspects of their lives, the visitor and the locals understand each other perfectly well on the disc golf course. The locals offer to let him play through, and the traveler asks them where the basket is located. As he arrives at the teepad of a blind hole he encounters a couple long-haired, dreadlocked, hemp-wearing locals. ![]() Picture, for instance, a 55-year old clean-cut professional type visiting a course he’s never played before during some free time on a business trip. These words and phrases serve as an instant bond between people who might otherwise have zero in common. ![]() And words like ‘chunder’ and ‘shule’ – while they can be found in a standard dictionary – have very different applications in the world where golf meets flying disc. Words like hyzer, anhyzer and thumber, and terms like ‘chain music’ and ‘high tech roller’ mean nothing outside of disc golf (or at least disc sports). Most of those reading this are well acquainted with the fact that while disc golf borrows a great deal of terminology from its stick-and-ball ancestor (par, birdie, drive, putt, etc.), the sport has a lexicon all its own as well. what’s that? Not exactly following my meaning?ĭon’t worry, you’re not behind on the latest disc golf lingo- at least not yet. In a recent round at DeLa, I paused briefly to tell my friend that his last throw had tons of ‘E.V.’, but I held the comment for later when we noticed that a large group of marauders was quickly gaining on us.
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