Gun terms you HATE
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susieqz
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i stand corrected, i will henceforth carry a roscoe.
was there not a $2 pistol sold under that name?
yeah, i get tongue in cheek, but some words cited really are irritating. both cutesy words n pretend rambo words are not appealing.
my fault i suppose.
i'm not a sissy, nor am i a commando.
i'm just a gun toting chick.
was there not a $2 pistol sold under that name?
yeah, i get tongue in cheek, but some words cited really are irritating. both cutesy words n pretend rambo words are not appealing.
my fault i suppose.
i'm not a sissy, nor am i a commando.
i'm just a gun toting chick.
I've also heard the term snowflake used as a racial slur.
I prefer the usage of it to describe those who have been coddled and told all their life how incredibly unique & special they are - and who are now so emotionally fragile because of it that they're virtually handicapped as a result.
That is my take on the usage of that term - and my using it has absolutely nothing to do with any kind of attempt to be cool. I like it and use it because I feel that it is just SUCH an appropriately descriptive and slightly disparaging term for so many of the Gen-Y, and Millennial crowd. Not all of them by any means - but certainly too many of them.
And FWIW, I have a 17 year old and spend a fair amount of time around his friends. I was a Boy Scout leader for 8 years. I've also worked 25 years for a company that hires college students to make up over half of its workforce. I've been around these young folks a LOT for a LONG time. I haven't formed this opinion from just reading about their antics on the 'net.
IMO "snowflake" (as defined above) is an apt description of WAY too many of them. Again, just my opinion of course...
I prefer the usage of it to describe those who have been coddled and told all their life how incredibly unique & special they are - and who are now so emotionally fragile because of it that they're virtually handicapped as a result.
That is my take on the usage of that term - and my using it has absolutely nothing to do with any kind of attempt to be cool. I like it and use it because I feel that it is just SUCH an appropriately descriptive and slightly disparaging term for so many of the Gen-Y, and Millennial crowd. Not all of them by any means - but certainly too many of them.
And FWIW, I have a 17 year old and spend a fair amount of time around his friends. I was a Boy Scout leader for 8 years. I've also worked 25 years for a company that hires college students to make up over half of its workforce. I've been around these young folks a LOT for a LONG time. I haven't formed this opinion from just reading about their antics on the 'net.
IMO "snowflake" (as defined above) is an apt description of WAY too many of them. Again, just my opinion of course...
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Bullet "heads"....almost as bad as 45 "long" Colt.
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I have Mrs convinced that they multiply
I tried, Les...but I missed a few
..thx.
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The one I HATE the most is, when someone calls a magazine a clip! 
Phish
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The dimwits calling a magazine a clip! Seriously.... they need to lay off the dope!
Thanks for clearing that up. Curious about what the manufacturers have to say, I dragged out the owner's manuals for my semi-autos (when all else fails...) to see how they label this device. S&W and FNH are in agreement with Muss -- it's a slide stop. SIG Sauer, however, calls it a slide catch. If other manufacturers use still different terms, write in and let us know. Who knows, we might all be right.
Thought I might chime in. FNH refers a takedown lever as the means by which one removes the slide. Glock seems to refer to that mechanism as a "trigger." In all fairness to Glock, in their instruction manual they do seem to strongly suggest one make sure the gun isn't loaded before taking it apart.
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terms that bug me
What are you "running" on your AR ?
Not a rifle guy, so maybe that term is in use Just me
What are you "running" on your AR ?
Not a rifle guy, so maybe that term is in use Just me
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It's "sights", not "sites".
It's "sights", not "sites".
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Cardboard_killer
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It's pronounce "earl", not "U-R-L".
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This, and also some people confuse 'rare' with 'scarce' or just 'less common'...
My list includes many of the same words already mentioned, and this one:
'clip' used to describe a magazine....definitely irks me.
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You guys need to change with the times on the whole "clip vs magazine" thing. Language is dynamic and definitions change in order to reflect common usage. Common usage (whether "right" or "wrong") drives the definition, not the other way around.
Most sources now define "clip" in a manner like this:
a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm
They also list "magazine" and "clip" as synonyms. This has changed over my lifetime. The definition of "Pistol" vs "Revolver" has also changed over my lifetime.
If you still disagree, I suggest you post only in Shakespearean English.
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Most sources now define "clip" in a manner like this:
a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm
They also list "magazine" and "clip" as synonyms. This has changed over my lifetime. The definition of "Pistol" vs "Revolver" has also changed over my lifetime.
If you still disagree, I suggest you post only in Shakespearean English.
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My most hated gun term: "add 3% for credit cards"
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