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Post by picketwire on Sept 27, 2012 7:33:44 GMT -6
I have recently come across some terms that are new to me that I couldn't quite figure out the meaning for and decided that might be a nifty subject to discuss and maybe have others come up with some they aren't sure of as well. My first two submissions for discussion/explanation: underpinnings and good old charlie brown nuts .
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Post by Glenn on Sept 27, 2012 9:53:55 GMT -6
I was going to ask about the "good old Charlie Brown nuts" myself. Totally over my head...
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Post by jhambley on Sept 27, 2012 16:53:44 GMT -6
I'm guessing slick, bald, buckskin-like (i.e. no hair)
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Post by guffeygal on Sept 28, 2012 9:28:46 GMT -6
We'll tackle the underpinnings: Feet and Legs
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 10:59:55 GMT -6
first off i didn't say "good" charlie brown nuts... i said old fashioned charlie brown nuts and to me charlie brown nuts just mean old fashioned. it was an inside joke with myself... picketwire, you need to realize i spend most of my day/days talking to myself or atleast i think its myself. he has those nuts you used to see more of and not very often anymore. you'd need to see them more from straight behind to see it tho. a neck that is as wide as the base and pretty much a square look to them... a blockhead look. when i was real young i used to call them charlie brown nuts cause they looked like charlie brown's head hangin upside down under there. i'm whack - i know.
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Post by picketwire on Sept 28, 2012 16:10:04 GMT -6
Jane, Thanks, I was guessing feet and legs just wasn't sure. Wonder where that term started from? Ace, thanks for the explanation, I can kind of 'envision' what it is you are talking about. Spend some of those kinds of days myself from time to time, ya might need a nickel and go talk to Lucy for awhile!! Anybody have any more terms they would like to share?
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Post by George on Sept 29, 2012 6:18:29 GMT -6
"Chiseled" front - or "choked" front - on these show heifers I'm assuming that means that there's not enough dewlap/brisket there for them to stay in good shape if/when they're finally put out on pasture and have to "work" for a living.
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Post by jhambley on Sept 29, 2012 6:35:22 GMT -6
6V from the rear. I think he has Linus nuts myself
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Post by picketwire on Sept 29, 2012 9:01:18 GMT -6
George, You are on the right track with chisel/choke fronted. I have always thought of it as goose fronted, i.e. tight dewlap and brisket like the way a goose's neck is tight skinned and ties into its body. The theory being that a tight, clean front is somehow more feminine and desirable (for the show ring maybe), but in the real world not so much IMO. Think also chisel as coming to a point or choke as in choked thru the dewlap/neck. Maybe someone can come up with some pictures of some 6 to 8 month old clubbie females to illustrate the point. Also if anyone else can describe better the picture I am trying to paint.
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Post by Glenn on Sept 29, 2012 9:31:33 GMT -6
I saw someone call it "pop bottle opener". I thought the line of thought was overall lack of "wastiness" indicative of higher yielding cattle. I have seen it used to describe bulls and steers as well as females.
Don't get me started on the "show terms". I see some in these sale catalogs that really make me scratch my head.....
I do agree with you and George that it is like breeding all the back fat off them. You will lose "doability" in the cattle by taking those traits to an extreme. But as you all know most "show" cattle aren't running out in shortgrass pastures on dry grass and stickers alone like commercial cows....
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Post by picketwire on Oct 3, 2012 5:01:39 GMT -6
Tom used one of my favorites for a term that needs to be used in the show ring describing most of todays show heifers . . . white muscle!!
Ace, you can fill in the wording for ruggedly feminine.
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Post by bookcliff on Oct 3, 2012 14:27:08 GMT -6
heard a new on the other day at our state fair----pulpy ribbed-----------AKA they got spring of rib and guts in those cattle becasue they feed one or two gallons of dry beet pulp each feeding. been seeing guys do that for years but never hear dit called that before.
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Post by picketwire on Oct 3, 2012 15:49:48 GMT -6
I'd cry if it wasn't so dadgummed ridiculous. Boy what I wouldn't give to be in the reasons room scoring some of this current generation of bulls#!@ terms they come up with while trying to be unique. And while I'm on the stump, I'd roll everyone of em a A BIG FAT ZERO that put a fat hfr on top of the class because she was 'easy keeping' while standing there with a steaming pile of corn a foot deep behind her. You want to lead a good one in my mind, lead one that has some condition and is crapping dry grass!! Then talk about function and form.
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Post by rockmillsherefords on Oct 5, 2012 18:20:05 GMT -6
Tom used one of my favorites for a term that needs to be used in the show ring describing most of todays show heifers . . . white muscle!! Ace, you can fill in the wording for ruggedly feminine. and that means???
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Post by mrvictordomino on Oct 5, 2012 20:50:24 GMT -6
Tom used one of my favorites for a term that needs to be used in the show ring describing most of todays show heifers . . . white muscle!! Ace, you can fill in the wording for ruggedly feminine. and that means??? I'm not that good at Terms and Definitions, but I think he means Fat
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Post by picketwire on Oct 11, 2012 23:19:58 GMT -6
Right on Danny, nothing more irritating than listening to someone go on and on about a 'heavy muscled' animal that is nothing more than 2 plus inches of backfat
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Post by guffeygal on Oct 12, 2012 15:10:29 GMT -6
We have also heard it referred to as "White Meat". We have always disliked the term angularity when applied positively to beef cattle.
Never have figured out the soft and softer terms. What do they apply to ?
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Post by rockmillsherefords on Oct 12, 2012 16:31:21 GMT -6
Duhh, don't know why I couldn't figure that one out, thanks!
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Post by picketwire on Jan 28, 2015 14:07:33 GMT -6
Ok, I saw another one that I just could not leave out!! Swoopy bellied.
Pretty sure I have a grasp of what it describes, just appreciate the uniqueness!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 14:34:00 GMT -6
Ok, I saw another one that I just could not leave out!! Swoopy bellied. Pretty sure I have a grasp of what it describes, just appreciate the uniqueness! I was curious about that one too. You must have got that out of the same catalog as I did. Don't have the foggiest. Ruggedly feminine. Mostly just means real brood cow to me. Only other way I can describe it... we'll I think supermodels are the equivalent of the showy feminine type cattle. The 45 yr old ranch wife with 4 kids is much more attractive imo and ruggedly feminine.
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Post by bookcliff on Jan 28, 2015 19:43:56 GMT -6
damn sure enough right on that one Ace. ain't nothin more attractive than a woman with her wilson's shotgunned and wearin' a wild rag, running the sort gate.
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Post by elkwc on Jan 28, 2015 20:21:25 GMT -6
I saw one tonight. It is "cobra- fronted,. Have no idea what they mean.
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Post by George on Jan 28, 2015 21:57:00 GMT -6
One from Facebook about a yearling Hereford bull calf: "future dual purpose herd sire"?
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Post by larso on Jan 29, 2015 0:07:23 GMT -6
Heck! he must have been a quite bull to let you draw a picture of a face on his ball bag like that?
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