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It's going to be hard to actually come up with a list...  I have found it works better to ask about a specific term that you may not know about...  This is the time folks...

The other thing about blanket terms, and defining them-- what one thing means to one person, might mean something different to another.  

For instance, I say that's a stout animal- One person would read 'stout' as meaning big boned, huge footed, wide based, etc... and someone else will consider stout as meaning thick bodied, big assed, deep quartered, bold and wide through the chest floor, etc.  Simpilly put.. one term that when used alone can mean tons of things...

The thing that gets me, and really helps me determine if the person spitting out terms knows what they're talking about, or if they just heard it once.. is the adjectives and descriptions that they use in conjunction with that term... Like above..." That heifer sure is stout- I really like her substance of bone, foot size,and rear view muscle expression...

The other thing that really pops my bubble is when someone says.  "That heifer sure looks sound".. How can you tell she looks sound?  How about commenting on her appeared angles of front shoulder slope, foot/ pastern length/ slope, rear hock set, hooks to pins slope, tailhead angle, topline, head carriage, etc....

Soggy - big bellied, deep bodied, proper to heavier conditioned, soft, easy feeding looking
              (I stole this from a previous topic that BS shared!)

Thanks for posting that pic BS

nota prob... reread my post now. ETA.

What are some good meanings for Stout? I have a fairly good idea but having a hard time putting it into terms

Here is a link that you can go to as well. May help you out a bit. When we got back into cattle I forgot some of the stuff and found this. It has helped me. It doesn't cover terms like soggy and such but has everything else. Hope it helps. I'm always willing to learn more stuff.

http://www.cattlepages.com/dictionary/#S

Quote from: Shadow Hill Farm on December 22, 2011, 08:01:44 PM

Here is a link that you can go to as well. May help you out a bit. When we got back into cattle I forgot some of the stuff and found this. It has helped me. It doesn't cover terms like soggy and such but has everything else. Hope it helps. I'm always willing to learn more stuff.

http://www.cattlepages.com/dictionary/#S

Very helpful! 

Your Welcome!  

here.

It's going to be hard to actually come up with a list...  I have found it works better to ask about a specific term that you may not know about...  This is the time folks...

You were right..I think I'll look through previous threads and make a list of commonly used terms that people might not understand.
I want a thread I can reference back too later on a long with other members

capacious
pounds heavy
heavy footed
roomy middled
broken over in the knew
weak in the loin
breaks in the chine
wasty middled
goose fronted
cute headed
post legged
high pins
flat boned
round boned
flat ribbed
pone fat
carries through to twist