Useful Terminology for New people

[Nemyo (Owen)]

Add PGM and GM2

Great post!

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@yoyoavenger

@WildCat23

Recess(v) - Cutting a ring outside of the bearing seat to put silicone into for decreased response.

Recess(n) - The groove outside of the bearing seat where pads, an o-ring or silicone go.

Schmoove Ring - An extra set of recesses outside of the silicone recess on a highwalled yoyo to help with suicides.

SPR(n) - The Spacers that hold both bearing and response that came in Buzz-Ons and Delrin Crucial yoyos. They come in different bearing sizes so you can experiment.

SPR(v) - When a Modder cuts a recess into a yoyo so that it will accept SPR’s.

Weight Rings - Rings of a (Usually) denser material than what the rest of the yoyo is made of that are placed under the rim or replace the rim.

Hub Replacement - Either done for fun, or done to make a yoyo playable again, it involves the process of cutting the hub out of one yoyo and replacing it with the hub of another.

Side Effects - An ingenious idea from the company One Drop. It is a removable axle housing that allows you to change the weight of a yoyo.

Peak - The first yoyo by the company CLYW. Often regarded as one of the best yoyo’s of all time.

PC (Powder Coat) - This is a process that involves putting a layer that can look like paint around the outside of a yoyo. This is done by few, and may cause vibe if done incorrectly. It has the advantage over paint of being able to be translucent.

Stock String - String that comes stock with the yoyo, or you buy in bulk packs under the store’s brand.

Thank you so much!

Grind Rings - Grooves cut into the catch zone of a yoyo that decrease friction for use in grind tricks.

Catch Zone - The outside face of the yoyo. What you see when you look at it’s profile.

Cup - The part of the yoyo that you see from the side.

Rim-weighted - A yoyo that puts much of it’s weight in the rims.

Not everything was modification terms. There was some other stuff thrown in there. I was typing as I was thinking, so it’s pretty random.

[yoyoavenger]

Oh…I’ll fix.

[SR1 (SPENCE)]

Great post, thank you. This will be great for all the noobies on here.

[Gizzyo]

I hate to be THAT GUY but:

YoYoers Common Terms: A Reference for New Commers

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@Gizzyo

I hate to be THAT GUY but:

YoYoers Common Terms: A Reference for New Commers - General Yo-Yo - YoYoExpert

I hate to be THAT GUY but this one has more words and not mostly abbreviations.

[Nivo]

STICKY!!! great job adam!!!

[yoyoavenger]

@Gizzyo

I hate to be THAT GUY but:

YoYoers Common Terms: A Reference for New Commers - General Yo-Yo - YoYoExpert

I was thinking about the possibility of that, but I haven’t seen one of these threads in my whole time on the forums.

[BanjoSpins]

@Gizzyo

I hate to be THAT GUY but:

YoYoers Common Terms: A Reference for New Commers - General Yo-Yo - YoYoExpert

That was a great list as well. I admit I missed it when it came around originally. There is no reason all contributions can not be consolidated together into one glossary of terms. We are not competing here, it’s a cooperative effort.

[Gizzyo]

I may have come off wrong in my post. In no means was I trying to say mine was better. I was just saying that anying missing terms on his list that are listed on mine should be added…

No harm meant.

[Rayton]

This is an amazing and extremely helpful post. It was so hard figuring out all the abbreviations at first. I might also suggest adding BNIB, which I believe stands for brand new in box. I don’t see this one much, but when I first saw it I though it was like some special edition.

[dcs937]

LF is Looking For…edit: whoops just saw like 5 people said that and i never knew:
IGR=Inner groove ring. A lip like thing on the inside rim of a yoyo that makes thumb grinds easier.

I thought it was IRG Inner Rim/Ring Grind?

I just guessed on that last one all the time. I always knew it had to do with like the inner outside of the yoyo usually about thumb grinds… Can anyone clear this up? I was almost positive it was IRG not IGR? I’m guessing its right because noone pointed it out wrong. Is there an IRG abbreviation?

Also where does the C come from in VSNYYWC? Is it Company? Corporation ;D Collaboration? lol

Also, great post! It should be stickied in the help section for sure! Also maybe add ummm… “flowable” or “string eater” or like the types of string like nylon or poly. I believe I saw Delrin listed… PM if its not there… uhmm… types of ano like “splash” or that dotted one… that mod where they take off the ano and make it shine like a one drop markmont? forget what its called right now lol.

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@dcs937

LF is Looking For…edit: whoops just saw like 5 people said that and i never knew:
IGR=Inner groove ring. A lip like thing on the inside rim of a yoyo that makes thumb grinds easier.

I thought it was IRG Inner Rim/Ring Grind?

I just guessed on that last one all the time. I always knew it had to do with like the inner outside of the yoyo usually about thumb grinds… Can anyone clear this up? I was almost positive it was IRG not IGR? I’m guessing its right because noone pointed it out wrong. Is there an IRG abbreviation?

Also where does the C come from in VSNYYWC? Is it Company? Corporation ;D Collaboration? lol

Also, great post! It should be stickied in the help section for sure! Also maybe add ummm… “flowable” or “string eater” or like the types of string like nylon or poly. I believe I saw Delrin listed… PM if its not there… uhmm… types of ano like “splash” or that dotted one… that mod where they take off the ano and make it shine like a one drop markmont? forget what its called right now lol.

IGR is the physical ring. IRG is the trick.

VSNYYC = Vs Newton YoYo Concepts

[yoyoavenger]

I will add some definitions soon when I get access to a computer.

[Mikers]

MIB does not mean like new condition. MIB means its sitting in its box and has been since the manufacturer put it there. Not you took it out for a few minutes and tried it out first.

[I6ify]

@Mikers

MIB does not mean like new condition. MIB means its sitting in its box and has been since the manufacturer put it there. Not you took it out for a few minutes and tried it out first.

Yes.

People often use this when instead they should use another term, perhaps Mint With Box, or something else.

[potatobobguy]

This deserves to be bumped.

I, for one, have used it.

[yoyo_creep]

Mods,

please consider stickying this

[abby1371]

@yoyo_creep

Mods,

please consider stickying this

or just PM yoyoavenger he is occasionally on at times so he will probably sticky the thread himself.

[Niki]

Bump so I can come back to this >.<