GSW drivin' me nuts

[Fletch]

Anybody else get all bent out of shape when an actor on a crime drama says "GSW" instead of "gun shot wound"? GSW is good as a written abbreviation, but takes longer to say than the thing it abbreviates.

It's just one of those things that just eats at the back of my consciousness... like a brain termite or something.

 

[steveh_131]

YES. YES. My wife loves Bones, but they constantly say that. CONSTANTLY.

Gun shot wound is three syllables. GSW is five. It makes no sense.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I've never heard it, but then again I don't watch crime dramas. Maybe the producers/writers are anti-gun and they don't want the actors using the "G-word"?

 

[Fletch]

I've never heard it, but then again I don't watch crime dramas. Maybe the producers/writers are anti-gun and they don't want the actors using the "G-word"?

Doubt it, they use it all the time. I think it's more a case of the writers trying to make the characters sound jargon-smart, like how everything on the internet has something to do with a router.

 

[chezuki]

I think it's more a case of the writers trying to make the characters sound jargon-smart

"Unsub" annoys the heck out of me as well. I tried counting the number of times it was used in an episode of Criminal Minds, and gave up and turned it off at 50.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Doubt it, they use it all the time. I think it's more a case of the writers trying to make the characters sound jargon-smart, like how everything on the internet has something to do with a router.

You're probably right. Heck, I still don't know what NCIS stands for (the show - not to be confused with NICS ).

 

[jagee]

"Un-sub" annoys the heck out of me as well. I tried counting the number of times it was used in an episode of Criminal Minds, and gave up and turned it off at 50.

I love Criminal Minds, I find it funny that "wheels up in 30" is in just about every episode, sometimes 20, but rarely is it not in there at all.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

"Unsub" annoys the heck out of me as well. I tried counting the number of times it was used in an episode of Criminal Minds, and gave up and turned it off at 50.

Okay I'll bite... what's "Unsub"??

 

[jagee]

You're probably right. Heck, I still don't know what NCIS stands for (the show - not to be confused with NICS ).

Naval Criminal Investigative Services (I think)

 

[chezuki]

You're probably right. Heck, I still don't know what NCIS stands for

NCIS Home Page

 

[Fletch]

Okay I'll bite... what's "Unsub"??

"Unknown Subject"... the person who perpetrated the crime in question.

 

[jagee]

Okay I'll bite... what's "Unsub"??

Unknown Subject (The bad guy they are hunting)

Edit: Fletch beat me to it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Unknown subject... Okay then that's just silly. I think I'll stick to sit-coms. Oh, that's Situational Comedy, btw...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

As for NCIS, I did not know that! I thought it was just another detective show. Had no idea it was even remotely related to the Navy/Marines.

 

[chezuki]

As for NCIS, I did not know that! I thought it was just another detective show. Had no idea it was even remotely related to the Navy/Marines.

The show is actually a spinoff of JAG.

"Judge Advocate General" since we're explaining everything.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The show is actually a spinoff of JAG.

"Judge Advocate General" since we're explaining everything.

That one I knew!

 

[SSGSAD]

As for NCIS, I did not know that! I thought it was just another detective show. Had no idea it was even remotely related to the Navy/Marines.

The "lead" character, Mark Harmon, is a "retired Gunny" .....

 

[Jaredjosh]

'Bones' and the use of the word "particulates" Not that's it's not a proper word it's just OVER used way to much.

 

[HoughMade]

I've heard people use "GSW" in real life multiple times, so is it life imitating "art" or "art" imitating life?

 

[Bennettjh]

I've never heard the term "GSW" (that I remember at least).