I've been reffing 20 years....

fortmoney

For some reason, it is a pet peeve of mine to use "ref" as a verb. "are you reffing?" Ugh

eyezen

JRutledge wrote
If it makes you feel any better, I had a coach say to me last night, "This is varsity basketball." Not sure what he meant, but I stopped listening to him the rest of the night after that comment.

Peace

Ha that reminds me of the day I popped my college cherry at a small school in Illinois a couple years ago. Coach: "This is Division 1 basketball!" Uhm no coach it's JV basketball at a NAIA school, to be fair it was a Division 1 NAIA school. 😀

Rich

JRutledge wrote
If it makes you feel any better, I had a coach say to me last night, "This is varsity basketball." Not sure what he meant, but I stopped listening to him the rest of the night after that comment.

Peace

I've heard, "That's a high school call" or "that's a high school strike zone" before. It's an attempt to insult, sure, but quite frankly, it doesn't change how I call games.

Camron Rust

fortmoney wrote
For some reason, it is a pet peeve of mine to use "ref" as a verb. "are you reffing?" Ugh

Why? Ref is short/slang for referee. Referee is both a noun and a verb. So, by extension, ref is a shortland/slang for either the noun or verb usage of referee. And at least some online dictionaries agree.

Mark Padgett

RichMSN wrote
I've heard....."that's a high school strike zone" before.

From a coach at a basketball game? Actually, I don't doubt it. 😀

JRutledge

fortmoney wrote
For some reason, it is a pet peeve of mine to use "ref" as a verb. "are you reffing?" Ugh

You are going to have to get over that. Not only does this apply in dictionaries, it is the jargon of our business.

Peace

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fortmoney wrote
For some reason, it is a pet peeve of mine to use "ref" as a verb. "are you reffing?" Ugh

"referee verb
refereed referee·ing

Definition of REFEREE

transitive verb
1
: to conduct (as a match or game) as referee
2
a : to arbitrate (as a legal matter) as a judge or third party
b : to review (as a technical paper) before publication
intransitive verb
: to act as a referee
See referee defined for English-language learners »
Examples of REFEREE

She refereed the basketball game.
He has refereed for several years now."

Referee - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

grunewar

eyezen wrote
Ha that reminds me of the day I popped my college cherry at a small school in Illinois a couple years ago.

TMI 😮

fullor30

JRutledge wrote
If it makes you feel any better, I had a coach say to me last night, "This is varsity basketball." Not sure what he meant, but I stopped listening to him the rest of the night after that comment.

Peace

Heard a coach here asked an official "Are you sure you're a varsity ref?"

Ouch.

Adam

fullor30 wrote
Heard a coach here asked an official "Are you sure you're a varsity ref?"

Ouch.

I'm assuming this was closely followed by some tea.

JRutledge

Snaqwells wrote
I'm assuming this was closely followed by some tea.

For that?

Peace

fullor30

Snaqwells wrote
I'm assuming this was closely followed by some tea.

Oh yeah.

Adam

JRutledge wrote
For that?

Peace

Well, I wouldn't call it automatic..... 😀

... but I'm not allowed to respond with, "Are you sure you're a varsity coach?"

JRutledge

Snaqwells wrote
Well, I wouldn't call it automatic..... 😀

... but I'm not allowed to respond with, "Are you sure you're a varsity coach?"

Good point. But than again I have said similar things. 😉

Peace