rowing slang
sorry - archaic sport but it does have its gems.

'Having one's arse handed to you on a plate' - being severly beaten

'Beasted' - being severly beaten

'given a shooing' - being severly beaten

(all three of the above can also be used to describe a victory rather than a defeat)

'dirty protest' - venting ones displeasure at a stewards enquiry in the regatta toilets

'bum shoving' - engaging your legs in the drive phase of the stroke before connection.

'catching a crab' - failing to extracate your blade at the end of the stroke resulting in at best a

'boat stopper' or at worst, ejection from the boat.

'Hammersmith Mafia' - the amateur rowing association

'jurgen burger' - plate of food given to you by the gb squad coach

'killing a goose' - being given a win on a plate, on finals day at henley

'boff' - sex with a young lady eg - we boffed behind the scoreboard at the nat champs.

'blue tac' - the women that follow the oxford/cambridge boat race crews around at parties

'doing a 'rowett' - pulling a hideous beast in a kebab shop
(magictorch, Mon 2 Feb 2004, 14:14, Reply)