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I found an interesting website, with a page devoted to "Cowboy Terms" - I had no idea what "sunfishing" was, and found this website while looking it up. Any cowboy-related word that you don't know should be researched at this page on cowboyfrank.net I made a copy, not for anyone to use, but to preserve in case the website ever ceases to exist - if the link ever becomes broken, someone please let me know, and I'll put the copy up; until then, it isn't mine to present.
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"Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms - Directing" on theatrecrafts.com I'm looking for one specific term (which may, or may not, be in this list - the list is too long, and I didn't find it). The term I'm looking for is when - usually in the early part of a play or film - dialogue is used primarily to educate the audience about something. As an example, two brothers are talking to each other, and one says to the other, " ... and then Julie, our sister, decides to go off to college ..." In real life, nobody would say, "our sister," but now the audience knows that Julie is their sister. I just made that rather crude example up off the top of my head, so after you accept my apology, would someone please tell me the term for that? It happens *all the time*, and I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. I just watched an Adam-12 episode ("Day Watch" - Season 4, Episode 10) where Reed says to Malloy, "We're lucky we ran into that guy from San Francisco - there aren't that many good Samaritans left." Obviously, Malloy would be well aware of this, and Reed is addressing the viewers, essentially telling them that the police appreciate good Samaritans - it's the same device, and it's so common that there must be a term for it.
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Does anyone know how the term "Southpaw" was coined to describe a left-handed pitcher? Traditionally, baseball parks -- in the days before night baseball games -- were laid out so the batter faced east. After all, the sun rises in the east, and by early afternoon when a game starts, the sun would be well overhead and heading to the western side of the stadium behind the batter. The batter would therefore never have the sun in his eyes. That would mean the pitcher faced west, and imposing an imaginary compass on the pitcher's head, the left arm would be on his south side. Thus, "southpaw" was the natural nickname. (Of course, you might wonder why "northpaw" for the righthander never caught on, but who really cares?)
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I can't quite tell what you're trying to convey, but the use of "price point" when "price" is all that's meant really bugs the shit out of me.
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