Wacky VAM sniglets
RobJoyce1921dVAMguy
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Crae Morton started a cool topic on VAMworld:
If you can improve them, please edit the definitions on http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/VAM+Jargon+for+the+21st+Century
Phonesia (fo-knee-zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
Aquadextrous (ak-wa-deks-trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
Lactomangulation (lak-to-man-gyu-lay-shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.
You can search the web to find groups that have created their own humorous sniglets for their industries. Perhaps it is time to do the same for ours. I’ll offer a few. Please add any you can think of.
Cherry Grove (che-ree-grow-v) n. A large, fresh, unsearched stock of silver dollars that gets your heart thumping for some cherry picking. Often guarded by a stockblocker.
De-Ja-VAM (day-zhah-vam) n. The mental condition of looking over a dealer’s stock or online listings and having an eerie feeling that you’ve looked over these before and are wasting your time.
Kingslinger (king-sling-ur) n. Someone who labels 1878 VAM-33 coins as the king VAM-44, either willfully or negligently ignoring that you have to match up both of the photos from the Top 100 book to truly have a VAM-44.
Outleroy (owt-lee-roy) v. To gain credit for discovering a new VAM which had been previously known and/or submitted but was unlisted. “I outleroyed Jeff on the 21-D VAM 1C/8A, but he later outleroyed me on the VAM 1G.”
Stockblocker (stahk-blah-ker) n. A crotchety dealer that seems to dislike everyone, but is outspoken in his disdain for variety collectors and refuses to allow them to search his inventory. “Darn that stockblocker for keeping me from his cherry grove.”
VAMbidextrous (vam-bih-dex-trus) adj. Having the ability to simultaneously examine die varieties while having a meaningful conversation with one’s spouse down the hallway, so as not to have to hear “are you looking at coins again?”
VAMbulate (vam-byoo-lait) v. Upon finding out that another shrewd VAMmer is scouring the bourse at a show, the act of going to the other end of the floor to hit the tables that he has not yet picked dry.
VAMlusional (vam-loo-zhun-ul) adj. Engaged in a discomforting mental trance in which you see VAM variety patterns in common, unrelated objects. “I realized I was VAMlusional when the missing L in the Waffle House sign reminded me of the 21-D Tru-t variety.”
VAMnesia (vam-nee-zhuh) n. Condition marked by having to look up the VAM number for a common variety when you should know it by heart after all these years.
VAMprehension (vam-pree-hen-shun) n. The insecure feeling you have after you have cherrypicked a dealer’s stock and you just want to pay for the coins and get out before the dealer asks questions and figures out he’s selling gold for peanuts.
PrematureVAMulation (help me here) adj. The early die state of a really huge die break. Invariably the one you actually find.
Here are some concepts we all know for which I cannot find a humorous word:
() n. The philanthropic act of telling a dealer he has misattributed a VAM for sale, giving him the true VAM number, then seeing the same misattributed coin unchanged in his stock a few months later.
() n. A dealer that has “a whole box of VAMs” that he did not bring to the show. This dealer invariably lives on the other side of the country from you.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
If you can improve them, please edit the definitions on http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/VAM+Jargon+for+the+21st+Century
Phonesia (fo-knee-zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
Aquadextrous (ak-wa-deks-trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
Lactomangulation (lak-to-man-gyu-lay-shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.
You can search the web to find groups that have created their own humorous sniglets for their industries. Perhaps it is time to do the same for ours. I’ll offer a few. Please add any you can think of.
Cherry Grove (che-ree-grow-v) n. A large, fresh, unsearched stock of silver dollars that gets your heart thumping for some cherry picking. Often guarded by a stockblocker.
De-Ja-VAM (day-zhah-vam) n. The mental condition of looking over a dealer’s stock or online listings and having an eerie feeling that you’ve looked over these before and are wasting your time.
Kingslinger (king-sling-ur) n. Someone who labels 1878 VAM-33 coins as the king VAM-44, either willfully or negligently ignoring that you have to match up both of the photos from the Top 100 book to truly have a VAM-44.
Outleroy (owt-lee-roy) v. To gain credit for discovering a new VAM which had been previously known and/or submitted but was unlisted. “I outleroyed Jeff on the 21-D VAM 1C/8A, but he later outleroyed me on the VAM 1G.”
Stockblocker (stahk-blah-ker) n. A crotchety dealer that seems to dislike everyone, but is outspoken in his disdain for variety collectors and refuses to allow them to search his inventory. “Darn that stockblocker for keeping me from his cherry grove.”
VAMbidextrous (vam-bih-dex-trus) adj. Having the ability to simultaneously examine die varieties while having a meaningful conversation with one’s spouse down the hallway, so as not to have to hear “are you looking at coins again?”
VAMbulate (vam-byoo-lait) v. Upon finding out that another shrewd VAMmer is scouring the bourse at a show, the act of going to the other end of the floor to hit the tables that he has not yet picked dry.
VAMlusional (vam-loo-zhun-ul) adj. Engaged in a discomforting mental trance in which you see VAM variety patterns in common, unrelated objects. “I realized I was VAMlusional when the missing L in the Waffle House sign reminded me of the 21-D Tru-t variety.”
VAMnesia (vam-nee-zhuh) n. Condition marked by having to look up the VAM number for a common variety when you should know it by heart after all these years.
VAMprehension (vam-pree-hen-shun) n. The insecure feeling you have after you have cherrypicked a dealer’s stock and you just want to pay for the coins and get out before the dealer asks questions and figures out he’s selling gold for peanuts.
PrematureVAMulation (help me here) adj. The early die state of a really huge die break. Invariably the one you actually find.
Here are some concepts we all know for which I cannot find a humorous word:
() n. The philanthropic act of telling a dealer he has misattributed a VAM for sale, giving him the true VAM number, then seeing the same misattributed coin unchanged in his stock a few months later.
() n. A dealer that has “a whole box of VAMs” that he did not bring to the show. This dealer invariably lives on the other side of the country from you.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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Great idea Rob.
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I've heard folks refer to coins as being VAMelicious.
I have some slabbed coins that are misVAMified.
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