bucket with a handle = 2-4-5-8 w/ 7
twig = one board
nickel = 5 pin
dime = 10 pin
stone 7,8 or 9 = solid 7,8 or 9
ping a 10 = leaving the 10 pin
pinging = leaving mutiple weak hits
yell "wheel" when a ball is far right and downlane and ready to turn towards the pocket
make a "W" with your index, middle and ring finger meaning "weak ball" and hold it to your forehead when someone leaves a 10 pin
love tap = 6 carrys out the 10 real late..
hit'em light..watch'em fight
someone who leaves a 5 pin = "Does your husband bowl?" same expression used when coming up short on a putt (replace bowl with golf)
leaving the back row = as it sounds...
thru the face = high hit
rbf = reverse blowing 5 (Nelson Burton used it a long time ago on ABC telecast)
"Yaaaahs" (my made up term) = extreme or violent break on the backend
scout = messenger
asian scout (my term) = headpin flies in front of the 10 missing it (came up short)

spillage = lite mixer for a strike
trust is a must or your game is a bust
no drive..no five
1-2-4-7 or 1-3-6-10 = fence
brook, brooklyn, jersey, cross over
up the gut = inside line directly to the pocket
the world (may be my term) = bowler who is carrying everything from lite, pocket to high hits. He's got "the world"
fudging or fluffing the ball = low revs
twirler, helicopter or copter = bowler who spins the ball or has a lower track
"man in" = everyone on the team strikes in the frame but one..usually has to buy drinks
rail = split
bedposts = 7-10 leave
after leaving the bucket = want some fries with that (referencing to a bucket of chicken)
cake,ditched,juiced up, china or wall = blocked shot or nowadays ths
sahara or hooking in the parking lot = very dry conditions
blower 7 = lite hit but 5 misses the 7
can he play? = is he a good bowler
player = very good bowler
spider (my term) = bowler who never travels to other houses to bowl pot games, only bowls for money in his house or one who waits for action to come to him
call me "lightning" (my term) - cause I never strike in the same place twice...lol
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Rick Leong - Ten Pins Pro Shop
Tag Team Coaching - Co-Founder
"El" Presidente of the Legion
Edited on 11/21/2008 2:37 AM