What Are You "Gaming"? Absolutely Nothing! :-)

Definition of "Gaming"

From the Oxford Dictionaries

Noun

a person who plays a game or games, typically a participant in a computer or role-playing game.

From Merriam-Webster

Noun

a person who plays games and especially video or computer games.

From the Urban Dictionary

1) someone who plays video games when bored...usually very good at it.

2) someone who plays video games as a hobby.

You do not "game" golf clubs!! :-)

So please refrain from asking people what clubs others are gaming, or telling us what clubs you are gaming, because you can't "game" golf clubs!

Thank you for reading this very important message. :drinks:

Sean....


You Sir...


Are bored!


( Feel your pain... I go back to work next Tuesday after 3 weeks off with a herniated disc )

Gaming = what I scored online.

Right?

Dang you're bored, is twerking a word? How about selfie?

Thank you for pedantically pointing that out for everyone. I'm sure we will all immediately alter how we informally communicate this idea.

[quote name='DirecTVTechGuy' timestamp='1387511077' post='8326205']
Sean....


You Sir...


Are bored!


( Feel your pain... I go back to work next Tuesday after 3 weeks off with a herniated disc )
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Not so much Direct. I'm watching golf live on TV! That said, I've seen a lot of posts recently with the word "gaming" being bandied about. I find it annoying. lol I know, I know, but heck, if you're going to use the King's English, at least attempt to use it correctly!

[quote name='MadGolfer76' timestamp='1387511093' post='8326207']
Gaming = what I scored online.

Right?
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Sure if it was a MMORPG. :-)

[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387511375' post='8326227']
Dang you're bored, is twerking a word? How about selfie?
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Yes, those are words. I suppose you could do some twerking with your golf club, as well as take a selfie with one. BUT, you can't game one!

If that is one of your pet peeves of this site, then I'm sure there are many other things that get your blood boiling. Players using shafts too stiff for one's swing, players feeling the need to hit blades that cannot hit blades for example

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Thank you for pedantically pointing that out for everyone. I'm sure we will all immediately alter how we informally communicate this idea.
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I appreciate your quick attention to this missive.

I suggest a rule that if you don't play for money you can't not use the obnoxious term and if you do you shall be black balled to the land of sand baggers.

I don't care for gaming but better to game than to rock....

[quote name='jds7188' timestamp='1387511680' post='8326257']
If that is one of your pet peeves of this site, then I'm sure there are many other things that get your blood boiling. Players using shafts too stiff for one's swing, players feeling the need to hit blades that cannot hit blades for example
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Not so much. Those kinds of thing will always happen and those are the choices people will make. That's fine. It's their game and their money.

However, the aforementioned incorrect use of "gaming" does grind my gears. :-)

[quote name='Sean2' timestamp='1387511640' post='8326253']
[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387511375' post='8326227']
Dang you're bored, is twerking a word? How about selfie?
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Yes, those are words. I suppose you could do some twerking with your golf club, as well as take a selfie with one. BUT, you can't game one!
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Selfie wasn't a word prior to photography. So, through the power of this site gaming will take on a new meaning.

Get off my lawn!

[quote name='buckeyefl' timestamp='1387511820' post='8326263']
I suggest a rule that if you don't play for money you can't not use the obnoxious term and if you do you shall be black balled to the land of sand baggers.
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The land of sandbaggers is a bleak and evil place, populated by those lacking integrity in an atmosphere of miasmic insouciance.

It doesn't matter what those dictionaries define the word as. Our sub-culture of golf has adopted the term to be defined as a golf club currently in the bag for use, or the golf club one would use as their first choice. Words in themselves only have meaning when people give it to them. Being from California, I know what someone means when they say they are, "heading out to shred some gnar." Obviously this sentence means absolutely nothing to a vast amount of people, but to a certain sub-culture of our society it means something very specific. It's the same with the term "gaming". Most non-golfers probably would have no clue what you were talking about, but use the term in a conversation with your Sunday foursome and I'm sure the whole group would know exactly what you're talking about.

i H8te 'dat stuff....it's like, use proper english son

[quote name='wobgon' timestamp='1387511820' post='8326265']
I don't care for gaming but better to game than to rock....
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I had to choose which word...but lately "gaming" seems to supercede "rock" in volume.

[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387511858' post='8326269']
[quote name='Sean2' timestamp='1387511640' post='8326253']
[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387511375' post='8326227']
Dang you're bored, is twerking a word? How about selfie?
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Yes, those are words. I suppose you could do some twerking with your golf club, as well as take a selfie with one. BUT, you can't game one!
[/quote]


Selfie wasn't a word prior to photography. So, through the power of this site gaming will take on a new meaning.
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Man I hope not.

[quote name='mxtitleistgolfer' timestamp='1387512011' post='8326283']
It doesn't matter what those dictionaries define the word as. Our sub-culture of golf has adopted the term to be defined as a golf club currently in the bag for use, or the golf club one would use as their first choice. Words in themselves only have meaning when people give it to them. Being from California, I know what someone means when they say they are, "heading out to shred some gnar." Obviously this sentence means absolutely nothing to a vast amount of people, but to a certain sub-culture of our society it means something very specific. It's the same with the term "gaming". Most non-golfers probably would have no clue what you were talking about, but use the term in a conversation with your Sunday foursome and I'm sure the whole group would know exactly what you're talking about.
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If i used that term in my sunday foursome, i would be looking for a new sunday foursome....

[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387511969' post='8326277']
Get off my lawn!
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Excellent sentence. Short, concise, and to the point. Every word is doing useful work. :-)

[quote name='mxtitleistgolfer' timestamp='1387512011' post='8326283']
It doesn't matter what those dictionaries define the word as. Our sub-culture of golf has adopted the term to be defined as a golf club currently in the bag for use, or the golf club one would use as their first choice. Words in themselves only have meaning when people give it to them. Being from California, I know what someone means when they say they are, "heading out to shred some gnar." Obviously this sentence means absolutely nothing to a vast amount of people, but to a certain sub-culture of our society it means something very specific. It's the same with the term "gaming". Most non-golfers probably would have no clue what you were talking about, but use the term in a conversation with your Sunday foursome and I'm sure the whole group would know exactly what you're talking about.
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This is a golf site, why are you talking about snowboarding/skiing? But I digress. :-)

You make a good point, and yes there are ways in which we speak that transcend the "proper" usage of our language. However, many golfers I know find the word "gaming" a bit off-putting. It's one thing if the entire sub-culture adopts the word/phrase, it's another if many don't.

[quote name='wobgon' timestamp='1387512175' post='8326299']
[quote name='mxtitleistgolfer' timestamp='1387512011' post='8326283']
It doesn't matter what those dictionaries define the word as. Our sub-culture of golf has adopted the term to be defined as a golf club currently in the bag for use, or the golf club one would use as their first choice. Words in themselves only have meaning when people give it to them. Being from California, I know what someone means when they say they are, "heading out to shred some gnar." Obviously this sentence means absolutely nothing to a vast amount of people, but to a certain sub-culture of our society it means something very specific. It's the same with the term "gaming". Most non-golfers probably would have no clue what you were talking about, but use the term in a conversation with your Sunday foursome and I'm sure the whole group would know exactly what you're talking about.
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If i used that term in my sunday foursome, i would be looking for a new sunday foursome....
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Thanks for making my point Wobgon. I'd probably get some strange looks myself.

Gaming...gaming...
Gaming...gaming...
Gaming...gaming...
Gaming...gaming...
Gaming...gaming...
Gaming...gaming...
...

[quote name='Sean2' timestamp='1387512451' post='8326331']
[quote name='mxtitleistgolfer' timestamp='1387512011' post='8326283']
It doesn't matter what those dictionaries define the word as. Our sub-culture of golf has adopted the term to be defined as a golf club currently in the bag for use, or the golf club one would use as their first choice. Words in themselves only have meaning when people give it to them. Being from California, I know what someone means when they say they are, "heading out to shred some gnar." Obviously this sentence means absolutely nothing to a vast amount of people, but to a certain sub-culture of our society it means something very specific. It's the same with the term "gaming". Most non-golfers probably would have no clue what you were talking about, but use the term in a conversation with your Sunday foursome and I'm sure the whole group would know exactly what you're talking about.
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This is a golf site, why are you talking about snowboarding/skiing? But I digress. :-)

You make a good point, and yes there are ways in which we speak that transcend the "proper" usage of our language. However, many golfers I know find the word "gaming" a bit off-putting. It's one thing if the entire sub-culture adopts the word/phrase, it's another if many don't.
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And see, when people say that near where I live they are either talking about skateboarding or surfing. And I'm sure that not everyone in the surfing community approved of such words at first, but it caught on and spread into sports such as snowboarding and skiing. We are just seeing the beginning of a new use for a word that is evolving. There's nothing wrong with that.

[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387512645' post='8326345']
Gaming...gaming...[/quote]

LOL, awesome post, i would totally game it

I golf my ball.

[quote name='MtlJeff' timestamp='1387512050' post='8326287']
i H8te 'dat stuff....it's like, use proper english son
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Well said for a dude from Montreal. :-)

[quote name='Golfjunki71' timestamp='1387512645' post='8326345']
Gaming...gaming...[/quote]

Well, at least you used the ellipses properly...