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Scolai

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Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« on: January 19, 2004, 06:47:00 PM »
34 years of age, and I have been sent back to college.  My teaching licensure needs to be upgraded to more completely cover the subject I am teaching.  I am licensed to teach English, but my jub is teaching English to immigrant students, hence the grammar/linguistic-intensive classes.

Here's my little school project:

In talking about the varying elements of language, we have looked into jargons (the specified speech that goes on within a subculture).  As bowlers, we have our own specific jargon.  If we were talking about fried heads and flying backends, we would be completely comfortable doing so, whereas a complete outsider would be totally lost.

I want to compile as complete a list as possible of the various bowling terms and phrases we use on a regular basis.  So, list them below.  I have a fairly long list in my head that needs to be put into written form, but my list is by no means complete.  Different parts of the country/world have different words/phrases for different things.  I look to the diversity of this group to compile as complete a list as possible.

Thanks for your contributions.
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2004, 10:55:19 AM »
wall shot or typical house shot!
sleeper
fluffer
screaming backends
reverse block
the greek church !
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2004, 10:57:33 AM »
Toast-super dry lanes
80's lanes-i kind made that up, meaning so dry it seems they havnt been oiled since the 80's

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2004, 10:58:07 AM »
Flood
Soup
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2004, 10:59:32 AM »
Clinacally Insane-What my shrink says..
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2004, 11:10:27 AM »
Mushroom - the pins sort of implode on impact.

High Splasher - the trip 4-7

Sinkhole - the BIG cave-in of strikes.
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2004, 11:12:08 AM »
ditch, channel, drink

stone 8/9/10
lily
flat 7/10
ball checking up early
hitting the ball
catching the ball

wheel, get-up, grow teeth

hit a house, cross-over, brooklyn (or Jersey)
push, pull, tug

pitch, span, inserts, slugs, plug, PAP, axis, pin (on the ball), CG, MB, VAL, RAD, layout


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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2004, 11:12:16 AM »
big four
greek church
brooklyn
fast eight
carrydown
alot of finger
tweener
stroker
cranker
(ball) roll out
(ball) skating
playing the twig
the heads
PAP
VAL
pin in
pin out
stacked drilling


i'll think of some more later . . .
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2004, 11:28:18 AM »
Pam on Plywood! I made that up to
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seadrive

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2004, 12:52:41 PM »
First off, there are all the ways we describe the pins left on the deck when you don't strike:

Washout
Picket Fence
Greek Church
Double Pinochle ("big 4", blah...)
The Bucket
Bedposts
Baby Split
Ringing 10
Weak 10
Solid 8/9

Then there's where/how you hit the pins:

Brooklyn (if you live in Brooklyn, it's called a Jersey)
Flush
High Flush
Light Mixer
Through The Nose
Nosejob
Trip 4/6

Technical terms:

Flare
Axis Migration
PAP
NAP
VAL
CG
Max Leverage
Stacked Leverage
Label Leverage
Loopy Leverage sorry
x-y" Pin
Pin to PAP
Swing the CG Out
Pin In
Pin Out

Misc:

Wood
Dead Wood
Carry
Wall Shot
Down and In
Up the Boards

I'll try to think of some more later...
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Scolai

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2004, 12:54:37 PM »
When I get a few minutes, some of you are going to get PM's asking for definitions.  I've been bowling for quite a few years and some of you have me stumped.

Thanks for the input!
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2004, 12:57:40 PM »
MY.....HEAD.....IS....GOIN....TO .....EXPLODE!!!!!!

all these new words, to mush to process, must take a nap.
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2004, 01:01:03 PM »
The Three Stooges = Leaving the 5-7-10
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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2004, 01:12:17 PM »
"I am licensed to teach English, but my jub is teaching English to immigrant students, hence the grammar/linguistic-intensive classes."


LOL.....jub = Just under broke


The best term/jargon in bowling that I have heard is simply put......"F'n Lefties"

Trust me, I hear it at least 5 times a night (usually the 5 times I throw a swisher strike).
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Scolai

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Re: Bowling Lexical Dictionary
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2004, 09:28:13 AM »
TTT for more input
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