tacha666 started this discussion ·
Hi! I always wondered how moves get their names. The only one I know of is the iguana mount / Daryl Hannah. The actress Daryl Hannah showed it in the movie Dancing at the Blue Iguana (a movie I can't really recommend). I always wondered about brass monkey, janeiro, ayesha, ... Any ideas?
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Oh wow, I saw the movie but never realized the move was named the iguana mount because of that lol
I have heard that the Jade split was named for Jamilla Deville, who invented the move, because it's Ja for Jamilla, and De for Deville.
Cherished, yes that's right, Iguana mount is because it was performed in that film. That's at least whay I heard. Runemist, that was my theory about how Jade was named, so thanks for confirming! Maybe Marion Crampe invented Janeiro when she was in Rio de Janeiro? Or she invented it in January and happens to like Portuguese language a lot :)? Brass Monkey...not sure but perhaps somebody did it on a brass pole and felt/looked like a monkey? About Aysha I've also been wondering a lot of times. It's a common muslim name and one of Muhammed's wives was called Aysha. It's meaning is to some sources "the one who lives", "womanly", "athletic". But it could be due to something totally different. Who invented it, was it Pantera? Gemini and Scorpio aren't clear to me why. Signs of the zodiac of the inventors?
And actually Brass Monkey was already an existing concept with more than one meaning. It's a cocktail among other things. Just like Bees Knees.
If I have to guess, Scorpio was named before because it resembles gymnastics scorpion. And then the outside leg hang came along, as similar as a twin to scorpio... gemini.
Mary: Yes, maybe. I also think the were linked in that way or something. And you may be right that they thought of the scorpion move in some way.
Brass Monkey - The phrase "so cold, you'll freeze the balls off a brass monkey" - Some references say that the brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannon-balls on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather the metal contracted, causing the balls to fall off. (the source I c&p this from actually says that this is BS, but it's the common understanding of the phrase)
Veena ·
Many of my names are more literal. For example, I don't use brass monkey, it's the Inverted back hook :) I'm boring!
Charley ·
Me too Veena, I float between mainstream names and more descriptive terminology like inside leg fireman for the Hollywood or French fireman and criss cross fireman for the standard...etc, what gets tricky for me is transitions or variations on things then I call it the "Veena thing". The "Marlo thing". Etc. lol
Veena ·
Lol yeah, when I created the combos here I just went with combo 1 2 3 etc! Haha
Charley ·
Haha I like that do combo one. Naming combos is a good idea. When we do tumbles its either Veena or Jenyne, super easy! Maybe naming combos is where we can get creative. If associate a move or combination with a person I remember it better anyway.
