The return of Eddie Johnson

It's now on my business card.

I gotta say I love GAM as a nickname. It's the kind of line that if I came up with I'd be tickled. But that might be because there is not question that I'm a GAM - and perhaps the only questions is am I a GAOMFM.

Of course the joy of fandom and BS is it doesn't matter what EJ or Chowder likes. We cool insider nerd types can call a guy what we want. We are GAPosters.

 

Forgive me for being behind the times but what exactly does Grown Ass Man mean? Is it some hip hop way of saying I am grown up? and if so why Grown Ass? I don't get it.

 

It's like if I called you a stupid ass poster. (Which you're not, by the way.)

EDIT: And here's a boring ass thread that I started and has gone nowhere:
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286594

 

Huh?

No it isn't.

I can appreciate that urban speak is lost on the majority of posters on this website but wow...

In urban circles calling one's self a "Grown-Ass Man." is no different than saying he's a grown man.

Can't say it any simpler than that.

 

Do you think that we can get enough firepower on the field to be competitive w/o EJ at his pre-injury form? It's hard for me to imagine a lineup that can score enough goals without him. Without him, then we've either got a big dropoff from McBride to Wolff/Twellman/Rolfe at forward or we're playing Donovan out of position and losing scoring from attacking mid, where our second best option at this point would probably be Reyna. With him, then you're bringing at least 4 legit goal scoring threats playing from their best positions, namely McBride, Johnson, Beasely and Donovan, and able to play to Reyna's strength in distribution and organization from defensive mid.

 

i heard he is sick. . . of the nickname GAM. Does that count?

 

the ASS is for emphasis like instead of saying "He's a broke fool" you can modify his level of brokeness by saying "he is a broke-ass fool".

 

"Grown-Ass Man" was coined by Bernie Mac in a stand-up bit of his. He also recently wrote a book of the same title.

 

The "GAM" thing is so lame. It is never going to have currency in the general public. Plus, Johnson dislikes it.

But, the nerds on Bigsoccer get off on it.

 

...this from an officer of the local Lambda Lambda Lambda chapter.

 

We have BUSH!!

 

why is it stupid, most "grown ass men" don't have time to play video games, it's not on the stupid level of any comment made from Ron Artest or others of that varity.

 

Well, aren't you precious, hip and current. Maybe you can come along with me and serve as my interpreter the next time I dare visit my old neighborhood in Providence.

 

Dude, you just took a run at one of my friends. You're out of line. I suggest that you do the gentlemanly thing and apologize. If you do that, we can go on with our lives as if nothing ever happened. If you don't, well, we may have to tax you.

 

EJ probably doesn't mind being called a "grown-ass man" by someone like DMB.

But he might think someone's making fun of him and his culture if it comes from a middle-aged white guy.

 

You are not the last of your kind. I care nothing for hip hop. (And I live in PG county Bennismalls!) Personally I think US Soccer and MLS would do well to stay away from any hip hop association. The culture is a total me culture. It's about me and my posse. And if you dis me I have to seek revenge plus some. And it's about my bling. Stay away US Soccer! Look where it got the NBA to associate itself with the hip hop culture. A woeful team in the Olympics that could neither play individually or as a team.They sucked!! And players in the NBA like Ron Artest who are more concerned with their career as a supposed "artist" than as a player. And even less about being a team player.

 

i'd suggest artest difficulties are largely psychological and largely affected to living in poverty as a kid...

this rant against hip hop is coming very closely to being racist in tone....

making general statements about culture is a bit dangerous...

I wonder saxman has to say about dempsey's rhyming??

 

Oh. My. God.

 

Yeah, we need to take US Soccer back to the time when it was the preserve of white suburban upper middle class kids. We were good then.
It is ludicrous to trace theolympic defeat to hip hop. I mean, does totti listen to Jay-Z? is that his problem? bah.

 

I think that EJ's "grown ass man" comment was slightly in jest anyway. It comes from a cedric the enertainer routine about the phrase.

Oh and one other thing on "hip hop s bad for soccer"- what do you think was playing in the French locker room in 98? Many of the best players (and best team players- claude makalele) in the world listen to hip hop- it's a musical choice, not a statement of selfishness.