We are mostly familiar with chess terminology, or words to describe various situations. But sometines there is a situation that doesn't have a word to adequately describe it. So we need some new words...I will start the thread with a couple of suggestions.
Ratingist - to hold prejudice or dislike for, or to discriminate against someone based on their chess rating. Sadly, I have experienced ratingism.. Example - "You are 1300, you know literally nothing about anything!" Can be used to describe a higher-rated player's disdain of lower-rated players, or could equally be used to describe a tournament with a rating cap (thereby discriminating against higher-rated players). eg: "I can't play in that arena - it's ratingist!" Credit to @TeenageDimwit for inventing this one!
Snaccophobia - The fear and horror experienced when you play someone that is significantly lower-rated than you, and you realise you are losing, meaning you will lose A TON of rating, often responsible for otherwise inexplicable panic blunders near the end of games, and exacerbated by time trouble if you zerked against this impudent low-rated snacc!
Please feel free to add your own words and definitions below! They can be as custom and ridiculous as your imagination allows :D Thank you!
Ratingist - to hold prejudice or dislike for, or to discriminate against someone based on their chess rating. Sadly, I have experienced ratingism.. Example - "You are 1300, you know literally nothing about anything!" Can be used to describe a higher-rated player's disdain of lower-rated players, or could equally be used to describe a tournament with a rating cap (thereby discriminating against higher-rated players). eg: "I can't play in that arena - it's ratingist!" Credit to @TeenageDimwit for inventing this one!
Snaccophobia - The fear and horror experienced when you play someone that is significantly lower-rated than you, and you realise you are losing, meaning you will lose A TON of rating, often responsible for otherwise inexplicable panic blunders near the end of games, and exacerbated by time trouble if you zerked against this impudent low-rated snacc!
Please feel free to add your own words and definitions below! They can be as custom and ridiculous as your imagination allows :D Thank you!