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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Nut

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is a very good sport as well.