Important Glove Terms

[Bravosin99]

Noodle- Floppy gloves that won't stand up when being displayed.

[Rickybulldog]

Mike,
LOL. I love those for trading partners. Totally can relate.

Rob, how about "bubble boys" for those gloves Ziplocked in tubs/totes that never see the light of day?

I like Quasis (kwa zees) for super ugly gloves.

[ebbets55]

These are classic guys. Keep 'em coming. Great thread Rob.

JD

[Rickybulldog]

Rob,

My 2 cents worth on the nailed glove.

Applebee'd: They're always screwing/nailing in memorabilia.

[Rickybulldog]

Rob, you word man of Alcatraz,
Totally feeling the butterlace glove. May change the spelling to butalace because "everything looks good buta lace!" Haha

[GloveCrazy]

Yep, I think it's offical ... nailed officially replaced with Applebee'd in my vernacular. Awesome visual, buddy. I think I'm keeping B&C'd or shotgunned for the really vented ones, though.

And yes, the butterlace definition may have been inspired by the classic female blind date description, but I do think that one was spelled butterface. Mike Johnson, I need an official ruling.

Laughed at bubbleboy but it's has a sort of sad connotation, though I guess he gets out at the end and eventually dances in Saturday Night Fever. A possible alternive is cocooned.

Noodle gives a crisp visual as well. Lots of great posts!

Speaking of visuals, Mike, I respectfully submit jerky as a possible alternative for an old dried out glove.

- pirate - glove with a non factory patch repair
- quilt - several non factory patches
- troll, pig pen, or chaw -- candidates for a real grimey glove (see aforementioned grimey shirted hot potatato Ricky had me take as icing on a trade, which I think he got as icing from a Robbie trade, who I think may have gotten it as icing from a Jim trade, who got it ...). By the way, I'm pleased to report that after hours of cleaning it is a lot less chawed(trying it out).

Can't think of anything for a great glove box for a sub par glove ... Yankee Stadium? Just kidding ... that was for getting Texeira from my Angels.

[vintagebrett]

Snicket - a glove that has an interesting story behind it (feel free to use any author 's name that you enjoy)

[Old_Gloves_New]

Cringer: a glove so old and so dry that it creeps you out just thinking about putting your hand in it.

O_G_N

[Rickybulldog]

My side hurts from cocooned. I think that trumps my bubble boy.
3 others:

Snubber: a glove of high acclaim, but gets no offers.

Sole man: This one is open to change. A glover who wants it all to themselves. He's the one who races to the glove meetings/ get togethers in his car and already has a deal in the works before you even get there.

And my new favorite:

Rob'd: A trade completed with anyone with the name Robert or any form of that name.
I can use it locally: "I went to Mucha's house Saturday and got Rob'd"
"Really, what got Rob'd?" "He got a Stall & Dean full web and a figural trophy"
or state to state: "Hey did you email Robbie?" "Yea, I was Rob'd"
"He got my D&M full web and my D&M Critz"

Rob Mucha,I know you'll like that one once you start singing to yourself "Let's get rocked" by Def Leopard with "Let's get Rob'd"...Catchy song.

Atleast you get a theme song for your trades. Lucky........................

[GloveCrazy]

Yes, cringer, I have a friend who likes to make me put my hand in cringers that have better linings than they look ... ew.

And snicket, I have a friend who has lots of snickets, though I'm sure someone probably would say that about me as well. I'll trade some of mine, though.

Along the cringer and perplaced lines I'm thinking artifact, which is a very tough to get glove that you are happy to have, know that you will probably never be able to upgrade (cost or rarity reasons), but are afraid to let anyone touch it for condition reasons. Heck, you are afraid to touch the darn thing. I'm sure my eventual fingerless will be an artifact, or maybe a caveman?

Some glove flaws:
- censored -- where someone has crossed out or blacked out a name
- Hancocked - a big name on the front
- puddle - big oil stain
- Gorbachov - glove with a big stain/blemish up near the top

- graffitied - ink in a couple differnt places. I know tagged is the hipper term but that may cause confusion in the glove collecting world. For instance, tagged could also be after fixing a laked or what you call a glove that has two factory labels.

- shellacked (sp?) - conditioned/preserved with something that permanently looks a little off. I won a great looking light colored suede 1" web on ebay and the guy vaselined it just prior to sending it. I politely suggested that in the future he probably shouldn't alter a glove after it sold, and that vaseline doesn't go well on suede gloves. Of course he pointed me to a website that suggests vaseline on some gloves (mine, which sort of ended the conversation). Sorry for the tangent.

I'm not in love with my first attempt to describe a glove with tattered label, thrabel. I'm leaning toward ribbons, but am not quite sold on that one either. Is there a word to describe a tattered battle flag, like old glory but more tattered?

[GloveCrazy]

Yes the song is catchy, and I'm sure the implication is accidental. There should be more of a charitable implication, though. Like, wow that Rob guy gave another great deal ... so much so that he should get a tax break.

Just got back from Ricky's where I got bullied into trading my favorite trophy for a large pile of icing. Let's refer to the retaliator strike as sleeping giant.

[GloveCrazy]

And for your song Mr. Bulldog, apparently there is quite the popular diddy called "Beware of the Dog" that is as much a song as it is a public service announcement. In fact, there has been such an out-cry that such popular performers as 'Lil Bow Wow, Jameilia, and Hound Dog Taylor have all rallied to release it recently (available on Amazon).

Others have suggested that the Robert song should be more aptly changed to BOCs classic, "Don't fear the Roberts."

- flattened - the aftermath of waking a sleeping giant.

[vintagebrett]

Instead of graffittied I say a glove is "El Barto" in homage to the greatest TV show of all time.

[Rickybulldog]

Rob you're so BOLD. Really don't think the bold text was needed. Haha.
Yes, the BOC song would work, but you'd need more cowbell.

Couple others:

This is an actual one used in my circle:

Tainted: a glove that has a bad back story or stirs up horrible memories.

New ones: (always open for changing)

Lindberghing: Holding onto a glove/item like ransom to get the highest/best deal. "That guy is Lindberghing me for that 3 finger."

Betsied: I actually like this better than shirted. A glove with a sewn on shirt button. Betsy Ross reference. "That D&M glove I traded you had been Betsied."

Lazy boy: That glove that lays around in your collection and does nothing for you.

Achilles/ cryptonite / jig: Gloves you are always a sucker for or always reeling you in.

Love the Snicket.

By the way, studies say that if you use new vocabulary 6 times in it's correct context it becomes a part of your everyday vocab.

[Rickybulldog]

grunk: the green/grime/ junk on the eyelits

tattooed: "inked" could be slang: ink all over.

jelly bean: gloves/catcher's mitts that are hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

gnashed: pronounced gnaw sh'd: A glove chewed by an animal. Nicodemused didn't flow.

H&R: (HIT AND RUN) swap meet or flea market score where you buy something great at a great price and quickly move on.

clobbeled: a glove that has been repaired way back when by not the world's best cobbler. Almost "Macgyvered" but on a prewar glove.