Words and Phrases of Gymnastics Fandom

[OnoNoKomachi]

What are some words and phrases that have specific meaning to gymfans?

I’ll start

“Oh, that’s too bad”
“Quitters Try”
“It was a Deltchev!”
“manwipe”

 

[MAGfan]

Love the Manwipe!! LOL!

 

[makam]

This ain’t no city championships!

 

[onodian]

I don’t know the background to “that’s a deltchev” and “manwipe”, anybody bring me up to par?

 

[Milkshakedonut]

In regards to choreography, ‘Butt shelf’ and Chellsie’s famous ‘The Juicer’ or ‘Juicing Lemons.’

 

[onodian]

I think the number 8.8 holds a special place in all of our hearts, too.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

The instant I saw that you’d posted on this thread, I knew full well what your contribution was going to be.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Also, IT’S NOT NABZ. And Mohinimeansillusioninhindi.

 

[onodian]

IT’S NOT NABZ

We really don’t discuss this moment enough.

Stoi and davai are also important phrases, meaningless for non Russian speakers

 

[rlayt]

Romanian Choochoo.

 

[Concorde]

Deltchev



Man Wipe

 

[QuietColours]

People compiled a pretty good dictionary a few years back: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13MbzFxyqXI113idtojsUENl0loaTnXu7snh5GgTbl7M/edit?usp=drivesdk

 

[irichluck21]

How many times Alyssa? How many times?

Sticker girlie!

It was a penny!

The beam is only 4 inches wide.

 

[MAGfan]

Like a toothpick in a club sandwich!

 

[makam]

Gymnastics 101…

 

[rlayt]

Ginormous

 

[Doug1233]

“It’s not my favourite element but she makes everything look good”

 

[onodian]

But this is more nbc-isms isn’t it? If this is about gym sentences that will mean something else to the casual observer we should we going more the route of: “omg look at those German giants”

 

[Passion]

Smooooooth

 

[onodian]

Smooooooth

Omg YES. Sometimes I’ll just say it to myself: “smüüüüüth!”