Builder's 'Dictionary' [Archive] - Home Construction Forums

PDA

View Full Version : Builder's 'Dictionary'


Tom R
06-28-2004, 07:23 PM
Please feel free to add to this 'dictionary' ;


Pliers - those that ply the trade of applying plies of plywood

Chisel - a verbal instrument often used by cheap customers

Vice - what we all have but never mention

Mullions - what I wish I was making for installing windows

Jambing - making window and door parts while the radio is blaring

Double Hung - men with highly desirable birth defects

Stud Bolt - male bolt that gets screwed a lot

CrowBar - drinking establishment for the birds. Recognizable by 'Crappy
Hour' and 'Last Caw'

Footing - something you lose on your way out of the CrowBar

Screwdriver - half price on 'chick's night' at the CrowBar

Cranes - they drink at the CrowBar

Nailpuller - the most dangerous tool in your pouch, - if used too often can
cause 'unemployment'

Eraser - another pragmatic precursor. Use at your own risk

Ear Protection - if used in the house more than the shop, - indicates a
'nagging wife'

File - a top secret mental record of our past mistakes

File Cabinet - the whole collection of same records of 'master carpenters'

Rasp - the experienced voice of an old-time carpenter

The Jig - what we feel like doing on payday

Twist Drills - practice repetitions for guys who do a bad 'jig'

Bore - a carpenter who's all business

Carpenter Bee - a real carpenter, as opposed to a carpenter 'wanna' bee

Carpenter Ant - my Uncle's wife

Fence - the guy we buy our own tools back from

Shed - what we wish our prettiest customers would do with their clothing

Vent - the discussion with our wives about our workers

Panes - the discussion with our workers about our wives

Water Closet - what a scuba-diving gay man comes out of

Switch Plates - what I do when I suspect my wife is poisoning me (again)

Octagon - when eight workers walk off the job

Jointer - machine that rolls your pot

Planer - the other guy's work, next to mine

Screw Bit - brief appearance in a porn flick

Painter Pants - overweight painter breathing heavily

Paint Can - job changing the color of the bathroom

'Remote' Laser level - it's still at the store

Granite - what our customers often take us for

Tear-Out - frustration responsible for many a bald carpenter

Bench Dogs - second string security pets

Cedar Chest - and would like to see it again

Battery Charger - jar of Viagra

Tamper - nice tool, but when not working, causes 'tamper' tantrums

Board Foot - attaches to the end of a wooden leg, comes with toe nails

Micro-Pinner - sexually active midget


Waiting for your 'Add-Ons' Tom R

Doorman
07-20-2004, 03:40 PM
wonderbar - wat a dyslexic woman may need

Doorman
07-20-2004, 03:51 PM
should have put this in the one above, oops

allen keys - what a he/she loses on the way out the crowbar after crappy hour

colonial carpentry
07-20-2004, 04:33 PM
Stairs-----What the crew does when a hottie makes the mistake of walking past the job site!

colonial carpentry
07-20-2004, 04:39 PM
"Smurfs"-Trade name for the Amish

WBsBADBOY
10-21-2007, 05:28 PM
That thing - proper description for what ever you cant remembrer the name of at the moment. (applies to older workers and those that cashed their checks at the crow bar during lunch break.)

MonsterToys
10-29-2007, 08:32 AM
great post guys. Mind if I publish this "dictionary" on my blog? :)

Rich
10-29-2007, 09:48 AM
I don't see a problem with that MonsterToys - other than maybe a link back to this post to give some credit to Tom R and, of course, our forum :)

theinnovator
06-02-2008, 03:04 PM
"Battery Charger - jar of Viagra"
cool. :D :D :D
_______________
home remodeling addition (http://www.kralconstruction.com)

icma7
06-29-2008, 10:45 PM
^ nice post lol! :)

DGoodbrand
03-29-2010, 04:21 AM
Nice, very funny

johnmarcbrown30
07-29-2010, 10:01 PM
Ear Protection - if used in the house more than the shop, - indicates a
'nagging wife'

now..this is really funny!

johnmarcbrown30
07-29-2010, 10:03 PM
Battery Charger - jar of Viagra

this one too!ahahahahha
i love this site..! :D I'm glad I found this...cool! :D