There are a lot of phrases I have learned since starting standup oh so many years ago. Here’s some inside baseball for the lay persons out there.
“I have a rock solid 25 minutes.” Translation: “I have a decent five minutes, five acceptable minutes, then some rambling incoherence I sprinkle around those ten minutes.”
“You should do this room, the crowd buys a lot of merchandise!” Translation: “There’s no hotel and the pay is shit, but I’ll try to entice you with the false promise of merch sales.”
“I slayed that room.” Translation: “Were you at the show? No? Then I’ll tell you I slayed the room.”
“I’ve done corporate gigs.” Translation: “I once did a joke in my office break room. It was someone else’s joke.”
“That wasn’t my crowd.” Translation: “Those people were normal humans, not complete degenerates like I need for my horrific set.”