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The Jungle Gloss

The Jungle Gloss is a set of words Rome created for the Jungle.
Below is a dictionary of just some of the words used on the show.


Albucrackee- Albuquerque, New Mexico affiliate.

ATL- Atlanta, Georgia affiliate.

Bandwagoner- A fair-weathered fan; one who supports a team only during good times.

Bang Your Monkey- Giving feedback to your affiliate director with reguard to The Jungle.

Bank- Lots of money.

Big Rat- Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, because of his appearance.

Blob- Female host of a horrible sports show, who is losing ratings due to The Jungle.

Blowin Up- Becoming very popular.

Bugaha- Omaha, Nebraska affiliate.

Butch- Marge Shott, given to her by her dad due to her many manly ways.

Cheesehead- Green Bay Packer fan, beacuse of the cheese hats they wear.

Chowderhead- A Boston resident.

Classic- Excellent.

Clone- A huge fan, caller or dweller of The Jungle.

Clutch- The ability to perform well under pressure.

Crack Fu- Shaquille O'neal, Los Angeles Lakers, origin unknown.

Crapchester- Rochester, New York affiliate.

Crib- A stadium or arena.

Dome- Your head.

Dude- Mike Piazza, New York Mets, origin unknown.

Eject- What you say to avoid getting run when you call into The Jungle and your mind goes blank.

Epic- Excellent or established.

Fabio- Eric Karros, Los Angeles Dodgers, because of his supposedly attractive appearence in 1994 during weightlifting.

Fat Antonio- San Antonio, Texas affiliate.

Fax Of The Day- The best and most exciting fax on the show during a day.

Fishwrap- Newspaper.

Fresh Prince- Robert Horry, L.A. Lakers, because of his resembling appearence to actor/rapper Will Smith.

Fresneck- Fresno, California affiliate.

Game- To have good skills at what you do.

Gangsta'- A violent act upon another athlete for no apparent reason.

Gangsta' Hooper- Nick Van Exel, Denver Nuggets, because he shoved a referee and committed other violent acts.

Geeked- Pumped up.

Get Out- Rome's interjection to cut a caller out of The Jungle.

Gloss- Rome's diolect.

Gravy Train- To exploit someone else's success.

H-Town- Houston, Texas affiliate.

Hacksaw- Lee Hamilton's nickname.

Hud-Man- Ex-Baseball player and Jungle legend, Rex Huddler.

Huge- Excellent.

Huge Call Of The Day- Rebroadcast of the best call into The Jungle in a given day.

Jack- Money.

Karma- The positive Effect on an athlete who appears on The Jungle, or the negative effect if they refuse to come on the show.

Meltdown- An act brought about by loss of temper.

Monkey- Program director of any given affiliate; usually very dumb.

Neck Moines- Des Moines, Iowa affiliate.

No-Cal- Northern California.

Pasty Gangsta'- John Stockton, Utah Jazz, beacuse of his dirty playing.

Pimp In The Box- Rome's self gloss.

Pitching Screen- Billy Ashley, Ex-Dodger, because he played left field similar to how a pitching screen would.

Props- To give credit.

Punked- To get beaten badly.

Rack- To have a phone call into the show be saved as the potential Huge Call Of The Day.

Run- To be cut off if you have no take and/or you suck.

Scoreboard- To have evidence to show your take is is legitement.

Script-Fu- A caller that is reading off a paper, created by ex-fax screener Chris Ander, who was caught reading his take off paper.

Scrub- A second or third string player, or someone who just sucks.

Smack- Sports talk in a glowful manner.

So-Cal- Southern California.

Suckramento- Sacramento, California affiliate.

Tragic The Myopian- Magic Johnson, Ex-Laker, because he constantly retires and unretires, and he loves publicity.

Van Smack- Rome.

Villiage Idiot- Rueben Sierra, Oakland A's, beacuse of Tony La Russa's nickname for him after he made some dumb comments.

Ville- Jacksonville, Florida Affiliate.

Weak Take Lake- Salt Lake City, Utah affiliate, for its reputation for bad callers.


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