[SML] Non-Standard terms - update?

[Alex Useted]

When I worked in the scene shop at Steppenwolf ages ago, we used
"dosey-doe" for rotating a piece in the horizontal plane and "barbecue" for
flipping it over...like a burger. The terms stuck with me!

-Alex

On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 9:13 PM Kristi R-C via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Over twenty years ago this was asked here:
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> *From: David Boevers Subject: Non-standard Theatrical Terms Hello all, I'm
> in the process of compiling a glossary of nonstandard theatrical shop
> vocabulary. I'd appreciate it if everyone would dip into their proprietary
> glossaries and send me some good ones. Some examples to get you started:
>           "wikki-wikki" & "fwubida" - terms relating to unit stability
>           "doesee-doe" & "Iwo Jima" - referring to material handling
>           and my favorite so far           "Toblerones" - for periaktoi.
> Anyway, let me know if you've got a good one. Thanks much, David *
> And resulted in this list:
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> https://www.sapsis-rigging.com/NSTTerms.html
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> I'm wondering if there are additions given the fact we've had 20 years to
> come up with new things. I suspect Sarah will still be wiling to update as
> she has time.
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> Kristi RC
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