Given that multiple newcomers have expressed confusion to me about what the regulars here are sometimes talking about, I thought it would be helpful to construct a glossary of terms for reference.
Please feel free to add and amend as needed.
Doog
An alleged Husky fan who is obsessed with Oregon. Would like to see Oregon lose as much (or more than) seeing Washington win. The UW equivalent of a Coog.
It's also over-the-top excitement for anything that is currently happening in the program, regardless of what it is. Kick ass pressers, FREE PUB!, incremental progress, best recruiter in the nation, best assistants in the nation, molder of men, five tough questions, no rap music at practice, rap music at practice, finally a coach with discipline, finally players coach, Gilby/Ty/Sark is a breath of fresh air....
What I'm hearing...
Origin: Kim Grinolds / Dawgman.com
Explanation: Always the manner in which Grinolds trumpets "inside information" to his subscribers. Over time, this became a source of ridicule because of the astonishingly high degree of inaccuracy of his information.
Awfully warm for February
Origin: Kim Grinolds
Explanation: Used as a means to belittle anyone trying to criticize Steve Sarkisian's recruiting throughout the year.
I haven't moved!!
Origin: Race Bannon and the Husky Half Brain Podcast
Explanation: During times of notoriously bad phone reception, Race would shout this at co-host iDawg. This eventually led to jokes about iDawg operating with a 24k modem and Race owning an oversized Yugoslavian phone from the 1970s.
It was funny the first 23 times.. Now, not so much...
Origin: Kim Grinolds and Mike Damone
Explanation: Kim Grinolds' means of telling Mike Damone that his repetitive jokes were wearing thin
Popping off
Origin: Washington-Oregon rivalry
Explanation: As Oregon passed Washington in football status, Husky fans could always rely on telling Duck fans to "go win a Rose Bowl then pop off." Over time, this morphed into millions of different interchangeable uses.
Belly laughs in the media room
Origin: Ruth Robbins
Explanation: During the heyday of the original Husky Half Brains site, Ruth Robbins of RealDawg became a regular for several weeks. As a means of belittling the HHB crowd, she spoke of some aspect of HHB being a subject of big belly laughs in the media room.
You think you know, but you don't
Origin: Ruth Robbins
Explanation: As Half Brains would get into debates with Ruth, she would counter by telling them their sources were no good.
I have all the screenshots I need
Origin: Ruth Robbins
Explanation: As Ruth made her departure from the HHB boards, her parting shot was to taunt the crowd by saying "I have all the screen shots I need." One of the most beloved HHBisms of all time.
If A happens it'll be interesting, but if B happens it'll also be interesting
Origin: Kim Grinolds
Explanation: After telling his subscribers for two years that his sources were indicating that the NCAA would drop the hammer on Oregon, the Ducks escaped with barely a slap on the wrist. As the HHB crowd began crowing about this catastrophically embarrassing "What I'm hearing" gone awry, Grinolds began amending his posts and hedging his bets when giving out subsequent new inside info.
If you want to be critical about (fill in the blank) that's fine, but if you're going to be negative, you're gone
Origin: Kim Grinolds
Explanation: Grinolds' illogical means of trying to sound like free speech was allowed on his message boards, when in reality they weren't
Hot Blonde Oregon Intern
Origin: Kim Grinolds
Explanation: One of Grinolds' sources he met at the VMAC that gave him inside information about the NCAA's imminent decision to drop the hammer on Oregon
If you like your (Fill in the blank), you can keep it
Origin: President Barack Obama
Explanation: Obama infamously and falsely promised,"If you like your current insurance plan, you can keep it." This has morphed into many Half Brain uses. A particular favorite of Race Bannon.
Meet me at the 7-11 on Aurora in the U-District
Origin: Unknown
Explanation: A non-existent location for internet tuff guys to meet for fist fights and brawling
SAY IT TO HIS FACE!!!1!!!
Origin: brents (RIP)
Explanation: A common refrain from the late dawgman poster brents, directed toward anyone saying something critical of someone else on the interwebs
Work in progress (Still to come):
81%
It's what I like to do
Tierbs Hsot Boobs
Playing in (fill in the blank) is always special
Incremental progress
Grossly inappropriate
Playing with House Money
Lewis County Hairdressers
Walking past Butler Cabin in the moonlight
Not a traditional sellout
Roaming the sidelines
Stan Emptermann
We didn't want him anyway
I'm going to get in trouble today
Concerns about altitude
Classy poast
Five Reasons
Race Bannon has done it again!!
Sexual tension at end of podcast
