Chacks vs Shacks - What's the difference?
chacks | shacks |
(chack)
(ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
*1998: Louis Epstein, US National Men's Final RESULTS in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/5e40b3fa477ba70b/da64de9bdfc766b8?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=4#da64de9bdfc766b8]
*:Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!
*2002: Jonas, International Skating Union Discussion Boards: Figure Skating: Yukari Nakano, the reigning world jr silver medalist, landed a triple axel [http://ww2.isu.org/discus/messages/1/34784a84.html?MondayOctober2120020203pm]
*:I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??
*2004: Rex, The Rest of Skate Canada: Phaneuf Rocks! The First Time I saw the Two Canadian Pairs Skate! in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/d0998ee9fbbe1c72/26a9559efe8a5db7?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=20#26a9559efe8a5db7]
*:Did they chack Kostner's skate because of the fluff piece on the Russian pairs or not? I kind of like her and wanted to see her.
As verbs the difference between chacks and shacks
is that chacks is third-person singular of chack while shacks is third-person singular of shack.As a noun shacks is
plural of lang=en.chacks
English
Verb
(head)chack
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From , an American figure skater whose bronze medal winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.Verb
(en verb)References
*(Michael Chack) *Origins of the term 'Chack'*
rec.sport.skating.ice.figure FAQ*
Background information on Michael Chack*
Michael Chack on FSMEnglish eponyms