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revTrex

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POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« on: November 20, 2008, 05:00:45 AM »
Alright, so I'm trying to compile an extensive dictionary of bowling terms and slang for Bowlers Journal, and I want everyone's help. We've already got hundreds of terms -- everything from Turkey to PAP to Adult Bumper Bowling to Count to Double-Wood -- but what I'm looking for now are the strange, weird, out-dated, and/or regional terms that one might easily overlook.

What have you guys got? Post 'em with a brief definition.
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dogman666

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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 01:05:00 PM »
That ball hits like a truck
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T Brockette

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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2008, 01:10:07 PM »
This is a saying I use when someone gutters:

" Contrary to popular belief, that gray board don't hook at all "
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2008, 01:10:22 PM »
carries like a wheelbarrow.
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road94master

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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2008, 01:12:53 PM »
don't forget the mother inlaw
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2008, 01:13:25 PM »
when a guy points it from the corner hard and straight, we call him a "Dart Vader"  as in darts from the corner.  Over the years it has been shortened to:  "this guy is a Vader"

also when you miss severely we call it a nectarine.  It started with N.E.C. meaning "not even close", this one was lenghtened over the years from nec to nectarine.
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2008, 01:14:33 PM »
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2008, 01:24:03 PM »
Grandma's Teeth

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Straighter is greater

Rocket to the pocket

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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2008, 01:25:18 PM »
Don't F with the Jesus....
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2008, 01:25:27 PM »
Nickname some guys "ICE" meaning I Carry Everything
Five Count--we yell out "Half Rack" the way the Aflac Duck yells "AFLAC!!!!"
A guys sprays one about 8 boards and carries, we yell "AREA CHECK!!!"
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2008, 01:29:04 PM »
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Nickname some guys "ICE" meaning I Carry Everything
Five Count--we yell out "Half Rack" the way the Aflac Duck yells "AFLAC!!!!"
A guys sprays one about 8 boards and carries, we yell "AREA CHECK!!!"
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AREA CHECK is good, baccala.......we yell out "Pitch out"  if someone leaves a washout
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2008, 01:43:10 PM »
""Customer Service .. Spill on Lane No...."" When a bowler hits 3 pins in the rack and gets a strike,...either by domino effect..or pins falling from which way, any direction.
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2008, 01:43:20 PM »
wheeeeeeeler
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wheel
big wheel
slow wheel
the package-when someone leaves the 1,5,8,9 looks like a guys "package"
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2008, 01:46:05 PM »
I heard "big ears" in refrence to the 4-6-7-10 split last week. lol
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Re: POST YOUR WEIRD/STRANGE/OUT-DATED BOWLING SLANG
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2008, 02:00:37 PM »
We say "HUGE" (pronounced hYou-dge & drawn out a little) when someone strikes/doubles/turkeys or picks up a split etc.. in a tight game.  
When someone gutters on the 1st ball we say "gutter's clean", lol.  
Unbelievable strikes= "spillage or clean up on lane..." or "total sloppage" or "sloppy joes now being served".  
Someone already said it but on hard thrown ball in the pocket that obliterates every pin it's "Rocket to the Pocket".  
The late falling pin for a strike= "working ball"
Ball thrown straight down the one board= "riding the rail"
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