Referring to Miami as the "cHeat" isn't cool

[Billz401]

Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics,

And when or where did someone use "cHeat" or "Fakers" to try and be funny? Were they doing stand up comedy and it wasnt going too swell and they pulled out the ole "so how about those Miami cHeat"? Im just wondering here. Im trying to gather all information before i come to an ironclad conclusion

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More of tongue in cheek to me but still i dont see people thinking to themselves " boy you know what will really be funny. If i used cHeat to describe miami thatll get the readers cracking up." Its more of a okay i could just say Heat or i could describe the team with the biggest floppers and dirty players as the cHeat.
I mean while we are at it what about those juvenile chants those celtics fans use. "Lakers suck" what kind of elementary garbage is this. Better off with "lakers are undesirable and the epitome of BAD" or instead of miami cHeat what if we used " the Miami uncontrollable force with no regard for human life"
Obviously im being facetious here but honestly to me i look at someone who says using cHeat to describe miami is juvenile and "not cool" and i shake my head like "oh boy another one of THOSE guys" and while someone who uses cHeat or fakers i could care less.. Just another way to describe our rivals and add some flavor to their post instead of the old generic Miami Heat

[Billz401]

Besides being potentially juvenile, I'd love to hear a reasonable argument about why referring to the Heat as cHeat or Lakers as Fakers isn't "cool."

Are we hurting the organizations' feelings?  How about the players' or the fans' feelings?

In my opinion, Wade is one of the dirtiest players in NBA history (lest we forget Rondo's elbow or the Collison shove), and I consider being dirty a form of cheating, and he and LeBron are two of the biggest floppers in the NBA, and I consider flopping a form of cheating.  So, the name cHeat accurately refers to them, in my opinion.

And, for the Lakers... come on.  Is there anything genuine about Los Angeles or the Lakers' Hollywood fan base?  Nothing could be more fake, not even Jack Nicholson's peraly dentures.  Fake defines Los Angeles.  So, the name Fakers is apt.

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

Because it isn't clever, looks pretty dumb, and offends me

Then go enjoy yourself on the Heat or Lakers blog. Unless that was a joke 

 

Referring to Lakers as "Fakers" isn't cool

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Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics,

And when or where did someone use "cHeat" or "Fakers" to try and be funny? Were they doing stand up comedy and it wasnt going too swell and they pulled out the ole "so how about those Miami cHeat"? Im just wondering here. Im trying to gather all information before i come to an ironclad conclusion

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Not really sure why I vehemently disagree with you so often Roy. Your tolerance for idiocy is extremely low and that I can relate with

So by referring to someone or something with a nickname is now "idiocy" or the fact that im actually debating an argument is "idiocy"? Im confused... Because to me someone who just says one thing and no matter what their views are right and your views are wrong is the epitome of "idiocy". You've literally said nothing but the same lines over and over and over again... "Using cHeat is juvenile and not cool"  the thing with nicknames is it has to be simple enough for everyone to understand whilst also being witty. Which is why fakers or cHeat works so well. Its simple and easy to say or chant and also pretty witty if you know your basketball. So im just assuming you either dont get the nicknames or just dont know basketball enough to get it

[RockinRyA]

It's pretty much a schoolyardish level put down.  The equivalent of the Fakers or dare I say THE SMELLTICS (them' s fightin' words).

LOL! I've heard worse from my friends that hate the Celtics.

Smelltics is pretty funny though

my two laker fan colleagues call the celtics the "Shelltics". I asked them why and they said they are a shell of themselves. >.< p---ed me off

[Billz401]

It's pretty much a schoolyardish level put down.  The equivalent of the Fakers or dare I say THE SMELLTICS (them' s fightin' words).

LOL! I've heard worse from my friends that hate the Celtics.

Smelltics is pretty funny though

my two laker fan colleagues call the celtics the "Shelltics". I asked them why and they said they are a shell of themselves. >.< p---ed me off

Lol thats actually a good one. Now that kobe's done lakers fans cant really say anything now

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

It's pretty much a schoolyardish level put down.  The equivalent of the Fakers or dare I say THE SMELLTICS (them' s fightin' words).

LOL! I've heard worse from my friends that hate the Celtics.

Smelltics is pretty funny though

my two laker fan colleagues call the celtics the "Shelltics". I asked them why and they said they are a shell of themselves. >.< p---ed me off

I'm offended, that's not funny. I'm about to make a thread.

[Eja117]

Is this seriously a thread right now... Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics, on a CELTICS BLOG. the nerve of some people...

I swear no matter what any1 does, even as minute as this, there will always be someone to complain.. And for those who think its "juvenile" or "immature" you sound like some stuck up old snobs.. "Merrr, your vocabulary and demeanor are absolutely elementary at best. Please wait while i slurp my chai tea and scroll through your juvenile remarks."
Its honestly ridiculous that this is a thread right now.. Like some old ladies on here finding anything to nag about.. You dont like people making fun of the cHeat, i suggest u stay away from every sports blog besides miami's

Yeah, I stand by "juvenile".  People can call the Heat whatever (non-rule-breaking) nickname they want, and I think almost everyone has agreed with that point.  However, I just have a hard time believing that anybody with more than a third-grade education can find monikers like "Fakers" and "cHeat" to be funny.  Celtics fans can come up with better.

Do you have any suggestions? I may have missed them. I'm open to anything

[FLCeltsFan]

Is this seriously a thread right now... Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics, on a CELTICS BLOG. the nerve of some people...
I swear no matter what any1 does, even as minute as this, there will always be someone to complain.. And for those who think its "juvenile" or "immature" you sound like some stuck up old snobs.. "Merrr, your vocabulary and demeanor are absolutely elementary at best. Please wait while i slurp my chai tea and scroll through your juvenile remarks."
Its honestly ridiculous that this is a thread right now.. Like some old ladies on here finding anything to nag about.. You dont like people making fun of the cHeat, i suggest u stay away from every sports blog besides miami's

Hey!  Watch what you say about us old ladies  ROFL    (I confess I call them cHeat and Fakers)  It mostly has to do with the fact that if they aren't winning, the refs step in and make sure they do.  Did you watch that GSW/LAL game where the Lakers shot 50 free throws to 16 for the Warriors? And how can a player like LeBron, who barrels into the lane with his shoulder down like a linebacker at least 2 or 3 times a game go for a week or two without getting even ONE foul? The nicknames are more out of frustration than anything. 

But then again, at my age, after over 40 years of being a Celtics fan I have earned the right to call our biggest rivals names if I want to. 

[ItStaysYang]

Besides being potentially juvenile, I'd love to hear a reasonable argument about why referring to the Heat as cHeat or Lakers as Fakers isn't "cool."

Are we hurting the organizations' feelings?  How about the players' or the fans' feelings?

In my opinion, Wade is one of the dirtiest players in NBA history (lest we forget Rondo's elbow or the Collison shove), and I consider being dirty a form of cheating, and he and LeBron are two of the biggest floppers in the NBA, and I consider flopping a form of cheating.  So, the name cHeat accurately refers to them, in my opinion.

And, for the Lakers... come on.  Is there anything genuine about Los Angeles or the Lakers' Hollywood fan base?  Nothing could be more fake, not even Jack Nicholson's peraly dentures.  Fake defines Los Angeles.  So, the name Fakers is apt.

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

Because it isn't clever, looks pretty dumb, and offends me

Then go enjoy yourself on the Heat or Lakers blog. Unless that was a joke 

 

Referring to Lakers as "Fakers" isn't cool

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Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics,

And when or where did someone use "cHeat" or "Fakers" to try and be funny? Were they doing stand up comedy and it wasnt going too swell and they pulled out the ole "so how about those Miami cHeat"? Im just wondering here. Im trying to gather all information before i come to an ironclad conclusion

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Not really sure why I vehemently disagree with you so often Roy. Your tolerance for idiocy is extremely low and that I can relate with

So by referring to someone or something with a nickname is now "idiocy" or the fact that im actually debating an argument is "idiocy"? Im confused... Because to me someone who just says one thing and no matter what their views are right and your views are wrong is the epitome of "idiocy". You've literally said nothing but the same lines over and over and over again... "Using cHeat is juvenile and not cool"  the thing with nicknames is it has to be simple enough for everyone to understand whilst also being witty. Which is why fakers or cHeat works so well. Its simple and easy to say or chant and also pretty witty if you know your basketball. So im just assuming you either dont get the nicknames or just dont know basketball enough to get it

I was speaking very generally. That wasn't about you or any other specific user. I am well acquainted with the rules now (finally)

[slamtheking]

I don't have a problem with cHeat because I think it fits.  I've used the term several times myself.

I think Stern should have done something about the blatant collusion between Bron, Bosh and Wade to create a 'superteam'.  If an owner tried tampering with a player on another team to get them to join his team, there'd be major repercussions.  Same should have happened to those 3.

If he did so...Why wouldn't he have done something about this year's lakers or the Garnett/Allen acquisitions?

Never know how that stuff is going to work out.

That's not the problem anyway...It's the overt biased officiating.

Because those were all trades instead of free agent signings?  It's a lot tougher for players to collude to get traded to the same team than to sign with the same team.

which is my point.

trades aren't nearly the same as players agreeing to sign with the same team as FA's.   Miami's situation reeks of collusion and thus I think cHeat is fair and just moniker for that team.

[Billz401]

Is this seriously a thread right now... Oh myyy god theyre using funny nicknames for rival teams of the celtics, on a CELTICS BLOG. the nerve of some people...
I swear no matter what any1 does, even as minute as this, there will always be someone to complain.. And for those who think its "juvenile" or "immature" you sound like some stuck up old snobs.. "Merrr, your vocabulary and demeanor are absolutely elementary at best. Please wait while i slurp my chai tea and scroll through your juvenile remarks."
Its honestly ridiculous that this is a thread right now.. Like some old ladies on here finding anything to nag about.. You dont like people making fun of the cHeat, i suggest u stay away from every sports blog besides miami's

Hey!  Watch what you say about us old ladies  ROFL    (I confess I call them cHeat and Fakers)  It mostly has to do with the fact that if they aren't winning, the refs step in and make sure they do.  Did you watch that GSW/LAL game where the Lakers shot 50 free throws to 16 for the Warriors? And how can a player like LeBron, who barrels into the lane with his shoulder down like a linebacker at least 2 or 3 times a game go for a week or two without getting even ONE foul? The nicknames are more out of frustration than anything. 

But then again, at my age, after over 40 years of being a Celtics fan I have earned the right to call our biggest rivals names if I want to.

LOL my fault FL i completely forgot that you roam these forums. Love reading your game threads! But i couldnt agree with you more. I just didnt expect this type of post on a BOSTON sports blog lol

[guava_wrench]

The main reason why I lose a lot of respect for someone who uses Miami cHeat -- they are sore losers. But if that is the coping mechanism that some need, so be it. Some people also like to pretend that their opponents are evil. Whatever.

I don't think that this is something to make a big deal out of. I just shake my head when people feel the need to do that and address the content of their post instead of focusing on not clever rhymes.

[CelticsFan9]

Forget cHeat, whenever I hear the word "Heat" I cringe.

[NocturnalRebel]

Not sure if this an ESPN employee trolling, a heat fan, or somebody actually being serious. Is this really a thread or am I on CelticsBlog bizarro? I get that this site gives us a platform to express opinions and stuff but this could have been tweeted instead.

But to tha topic. Celtics fans hate Miami and if they want to call them tha "cHeat" then so be it. Where's tha thread at on what tha Heat fans call tha Celtics? But if that isn't cool then what about when Skip Bayless refers to LeBron as tha "Frozen One" or "LeBrick"? Or how about when Shaq calls Javal McGee "Tragic Bronson"? What are we saying when members here are using "LeBroid", "LeBum", "SheWade", and "Christine Bosh"? I really don't get tha big deal. It's just meaningless nicknames. Fans will be fans and this is one of those things that are beyond our control.

[Bahku]

Why do we all have to be "cool"?  I'm content with the way I am already.

TP, C2.

This is the best reply I've seen in a long time, and pretty much describes the absurdity of this discussion, IMO.

I mean, do people who object to this go around all day trying to be "cool"? If so, I think they're a bit self-induldged, and more than a bit superficial.

I've been here a long time, and there have been times when everyone I recognize by avatar or screen name has used what I might consider "juvenile" or mildly offensive epithets or phrases.

So what?!? Honestly, I'm less bothered by a juvenile nickname than I am by the word "sucks", and I've used both.

I'd also rather see an immature appellaton than I would say someone being purposely condescending, sarcastic, hateful, judgmental, or implying omniscience ... and it happens all the time.

So what?!? As long as it's within the rules of the site then it's that person's perogative, whether I like it or not, no matter what I feel about it.

Calling Miami the "cheat" is a fairly harmless, (though admittedly not the "classiest"), way for a Celtic fan to express to others that they hate the team.

Wow ... horrible, just horrible, and so immature! Come on.

Do people actually not know whether or not someone is mature or sophisticated or educated or eloquent if they use an immature nickname once-in-a-while?

So you take a person down a notch in your assessment of them if they call Miami the "Cheat"? They must be uneducated, or infantile, or crass, or immature, right?

Really, if people judge one another by the use of a careless juvenile phrase every-so-often, or an immature nickname used to describe a team they hate, or faux cursing, or whether or not they're "cool", then we're all in trouble.

Man, I hope I never get to the point where I start assessing people or the things they say as somehow beneath me, just because their little anti-opponent monikers aren't up to the sophisticated level that I would consider "cool".

Frankly, (if I chose to look at things that way all the time), it wouldn't take me long to find something I don't care for, (or find immature), in the phrasing or words of anyone, (here or elsewhere), but thankfully I do my best to not judge their character or "coolness" by their casual phrases d'animosité.

If that were the case, there wouldn't be a "cool" person on this blog ... or alive, for that matter.

[timobusa]

Why do we all have to be "cool"?  I'm content with the way I am already.

TP, C2.

This is the best reply I've seen in a long time, and pretty much describes the absurdity of this discussion, IMO.

I mean, do people who object to this go around all day trying to be "cool"? If so, I think they're a bit self-induldged, and more than a bit superficial.

I've been here a long time, and there have been times when everyone I recognize by avatar or screen name has used what I might consider "juvenile" or mildly offensive epithets or phrases.

So what?!? Honestly, I'm less bothered by a juvenile nickname than I am by the word "sucks", and I've used both.

I'd also rather see an immature appellaton than I would say someone being purposely condescending, sarcastic, hateful, judgmental, or implying omniscience ... and it happens all the time.

So what?!? As long as it's within the rules of the site then it's that person's perogative, whether I like it or not, no matter what I feel about it.

Calling Miami the "cheat" is a fairly harmless, (though admittedly not the "classiest"), way for a Celtic fan to express to others that they hate the team.

Wow ... horrible, just horrible, and so immature! Come on.

Do people actually not know whether or not someone is mature or sophisticated or educated or eloquent if they use an immature nickname once-in-a-while?

So you take a person down a notch in your assessment of them if they call Miami the "Cheat"? They must be uneducated, or infantile, or crass, or immature, right?

Really, if people judge one another by the use of a careless juvenile phrase every-so-often, or an immature nickname used to describe a team they hate, or faux cursing, or whether or not they're "cool", then we're all in trouble.

Man, I hope I never get to the point where I start assessing people or the things they say as somehow beneath me, just because their little anti-opponent monikers aren't up to the sophisticated level that I would consider "cool".

Frankly, (if I chose to look at things that way all the time), it wouldn't take me long to find something I don't care for, (or find immature), in the phrasing or words of anyone, (here or elsewhere), but thankfully I do my best to not judge their character or "coolness" by their casual phrases d'animosité.

If that were the case, there wouldn't be a "cool" person on this blog ... or alive, for that matter.

Everything you said > This whole thread.

> = greater than

TP!