[Moving and Grooving] Knicks Lose, Yet Housing Market Optimism
Posted by Jonathan J. Miller -Thursday, May 10, 2012, 9:51 AM
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Last night the championship dreams for Knicks fans that began in earnest with Linsanity, was officially over, ending with a final loss to Miami in Miami. The Knicks resurgence has been one of the few feel good stories of the year. I will now shift my sports focus to the Yankees and, oh yes, Tebow. Seriously considering following Curling instead.
During the regular season, my sons and I began to collect “Clydisms” by Walt “Clyde” Frazier, our Knicks hero from the championship years. He uses sing-songy phrases to describe the action. Even his new restaurant name has the same style to it.
When one of us wasn’t able to watch a game, the others texted the rest of us new phrases hoping to discover a new one to add to our list.
His phrases are addictive, part of the complete game experience, yet at the same time, completely uninformative. Sort of like national housing market studies. Although the headlines for housing have decidedly turned positive.
Here’s our collective hard earned list:
Moving and grooving
Sliding and Gliding
Swishing and dishing
Rebounding and astounding
Running and stunning
He’s the Novack in novocaine
He’s the Guadeloupe with the hoop
Whacked and hacked
Cruisin’ and Bruisin’
Perculating and devastating
Fields with the steal
Hanging and banging
Duke and hoop
Dishing and swishing
Tantalizing and mesmerizing
Huffing and puffing
Penetrate and devastate
Posting and toasting
Hustling and muscling
Resounding rebounding
Dooming and glooming
Hounding and pounding
Hang and bang
Hanging and banging
Thriving and driving
Duping and hooping
Stops and pops
The Knicks with the knack
Eratic, dramatic, ecstatic and charismatic
Straining and paining
Slammin’ and jammin’
Winning and grinning
In the Knick of time
Slicing and dicing
Wishing they were swishing
Huff and stuff
Sharing and caring
Using and abusing
In the Knick of time
Hurrying and worrying
Hustling and bustling
Spinning and winning
Shakin’ and bakin’
Shake and bake
Stumbling and bumbling
Puffing and stuffing
Penetrating and creating
Agile and hostile
Elton got branded
Swoops to the hoop
Contagious and outrageous
Duping and hooping
A little more pep in their step
Amazing grace
Wheeling and dealing
Hustle with muscle
Transitioning and swishing
Stoppin’ and poppin’
Velcro “d”, stickin’ to the man
Plays with heart and smart
Hacking and whacking
Cruising and bruising
Fortitude and aptitude
Wheels and deals
Bounded and astounded
Posting and toasting
Stooping and hooping
Pulverized in the paint
Huffs and stuffs
Fire and desire
Spinning and winning
So nice we’ll show it twice
Showing his amazing grace
Tenacity and sagacity
Penetrating and creating
Hustling and bustling
Shaking and faking
Dancing and prancing
Prancing on the perimeter
Nasty and sassy
Synergy and energy
The attack, attacking the rack
Trying to keep from crying
Moving and grooving
Stumbling and bumbling
Not hesitating but devastating
My fave? “Moving and grooving” hands down.
Great list. And thanks for ’sharing and caring’ my link.