thehomeland.org - main menu

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
bowlingideas [2026/06/19 04:48] – [Bowling Terms] thehomelandbowlingideas [2026/08/14 03:17] (current) – [Single-Pin Spare Terms Regardless of Pin Number] thehomeland
Line 1: Line 1:
 ===== Bowling Ideas ===== ===== Bowling Ideas =====
 This page was originally [[bowlframename|Bowling Frame Names]] but then I came up with other bowling ideas and opted to group them together, inclusive of that page. This page was originally [[bowlframename|Bowling Frame Names]] but then I came up with other bowling ideas and opted to group them together, inclusive of that page.
 +
 +.
 +
 +.
 +
 +.
 +
 +.
  
 ==== Bowling Frame Names ==== ==== Bowling Frame Names ====
Line 27: Line 35:
 | Going Fishing | Someone whose bowling equipment is more than just shoes, ball, and bag; often has a tacklebox of items like oil rag, shoe covers, skin tapes, etc |  | Going Fishing | Someone whose bowling equipment is more than just shoes, ball, and bag; often has a tacklebox of items like oil rag, shoe covers, skin tapes, etc | 
 | Flat Tire | When the ball rolling down the lane repeatedly spins over the holes of the ball, making a flop-flop-flop sound | | Flat Tire | When the ball rolling down the lane repeatedly spins over the holes of the ball, making a flop-flop-flop sound |
 +| Did the Moonwalk | When a pin slides to the side while mostly upright, whether it falls over or not |
 +| Ballerina | When a pin wobbles like it wants to fall, but never does | 
 +| Drama Queen | When a pin wobbles before finally falling down, as if it desired maximum attention |
  
 === Split Terms === === Split Terms ===
Line 37: Line 48:
 | Spilled the Washtub | Getting a 7-4-6-10 split, which looks like a wide washtub tipped on its side | | Spilled the Washtub | Getting a 7-4-6-10 split, which looks like a wide washtub tipped on its side |
 | Missing Tooth | Fine-line chop with most pins standing on either side of ball path, for example 1-3-4-6-7-10 split | | Missing Tooth | Fine-line chop with most pins standing on either side of ball path, for example 1-3-4-6-7-10 split |
-| West Picket Fence | Leaving 1-2-3-4-7 standing; looks like the corner of a picket fence | 
-| East Picket Fence | Leaving 1-2-3-6-10 standing; looks like the corner of a picket fence | 
- 
- 
  
 ==== Throwing Terms ==== ==== Throwing Terms ====
 ---- ----
  
-"Throwing" terms are a shorthand that gives a succinct bio of your general style, and can be combined. For example, I throw Light Silly Cyclops.+"Throwing" terms are a shorthand that gives a succinct bio of your general style, and can be combined.  
 + 
 +For example, I throw Switch Light Silly Cyclops for most of my opening shots, but may throw Switch Light Sparkle Basic on my spares. 
  
 ^ Term ^ Meaning ^ ^ Term ^ Meaning ^
-| Throwing Cyclops | Bowling with a ball which has only 1 hole drilled ever | +| Throwing Cyclops | Using a ball which has only 1 hole drilled ever | 
-| Throwing Mad-Eye | Bowling with a ball which has only 1 hole & the other holes filled back in |  +| Throwing Mad-Eye | Using a ball which has only 1 hole & other holes filled back in |  
-| Throwing Daggers | Bowling with a ball which has only 2 holes drilled ever | +| Throwing Daggers | Using a ball which has only 2 holes drilled ever | 
-| Throwing Mute | Bowling with a ball which has only 2 holes & the others filled back in | +| Throwing Mute | Using a ball which has only 2 holes & the other(s) filled back in | 
-| Throwing Basic | Bowling with a ball which has 3 holes drilled | +| Throwing Basic | Using a ball which has 3 holes drilled | 
-| Throwing House | Bowling using a ball provided by the alley |+| Throwing House | Using a ball provided by the alley |
 | Throwing Silly | Using a ball designed for looks, like hearts, dragon eyeball, soccer ball design, etc | | Throwing Silly | Using a ball designed for looks, like hearts, dragon eyeball, soccer ball design, etc |
-| Throwing Light | The person at the tournament/meet with the lightest ball weight |  +| Throwing Jackson | Using a ball with a generic splatter color pattern, regardless of colors | 
-| Throwing Heavy | The person at the tournament/meet with the heaviest ball weight |  +| Throwing Solid | Using a ball with a generic one-tone non-splatter color, regardless of color | 
 +| Throwing Sparkle | Using a ball with a generic one-tone color with glitter/sparkles, regardless of color | 
 +| Throwing Light | The person at the tournament/meet with the lightest ball weight | 
 +| Throwing Heavy | The person at the tournament/meet with the heaviest ball weight | 
 +| Throwing Switch | A bowler who has a dedicated spare/alternate ball used for a different technique |
  
  
-==== Single-Pin Spare Terms ====+==== Single-Pin Spare Terms By Pin Number ====
 ---- ----
  
-Everyone gets a single-pin spare now and again: Knocking down 9 pins on the first throw, and having to aim for that final pin with no chance of pin action to get it. Here is a list of names for each one left remaining. Coined June 16 & 17, 2026.+Everyone gets a single-pin spare now and again: Knocking down 9 pins on the first throw, and having to aim for that final pin with no chance of pin action to get it. Here is a list of names for each one remaining, by pin number. Coined June 16 & 17, 2026.
  
 ^ Pin Righty ^ Pin Lefty ^ Name ^ Why ^ ^ Pin Righty ^ Pin Lefty ^ Name ^ Why ^
 | 10 | 10 | Geneva's Nemesis Spare | Named for an 80+yo lady named Geneva, with whom I played many league subs for. Despite losing a lot of strength and range in her throwing arm over the years, she persisted in her favorite hobby, and was always jolly and laughing and encouraging. She got this particular pin remaining on a peculiarly high number of attempts, and only sometimes got them, making for a long-time enemy situation with this pin which she was known for.  Geneva was a righty-only bowler, so the 10 remains Geneva's nemesis, no matter whether the bowler throws righty or lefty. | | 10 | 10 | Geneva's Nemesis Spare | Named for an 80+yo lady named Geneva, with whom I played many league subs for. Despite losing a lot of strength and range in her throwing arm over the years, she persisted in her favorite hobby, and was always jolly and laughing and encouraging. She got this particular pin remaining on a peculiarly high number of attempts, and only sometimes got them, making for a long-time enemy situation with this pin which she was known for.  Geneva was a righty-only bowler, so the 10 remains Geneva's nemesis, no matter whether the bowler throws righty or lefty. |
-| 9 | 8 | Tightrope Spare | You may have to walk the tightrope of the last board or two of the lane and avoid falling into the gutter on a straight shot, in order to pick this one up. Don't fall! | +| 9 | 8 | Risky Scenic | You may have to "take the scenic route" of the last board or two of the lane and avoid falling into the gutter on a straight shot, in order to pick this one up. Don't fall off! | 
-| 8 | 9 | Ghillie Spare | Like a sneaky sniper in a ghillie suit (the kind of outfit which resembles brush cover), the sniper was behind lots of other pins waiting to take the shot, but lost its breath waiting and startled as its cover got blown, and is now wide out in the open, defenseless. Take out the sniper before it can recover! | +| 8 | 9 | The Ghillie | Like a sneaky sniper in a ghillie suit (the kind of outfit which resembles brush cover), the sniper was behind lots of other pins waiting to take the shot, but lost its breath waiting and startled as its cover got blown, and is now wide out in the open, defenseless. Take out the sniper before it can recover! | 
-| 7 | 7 | Stagehand Spare | The stagehand is waiting for the actors to leave the stage, in order to drop the curtain. The ball is the last remaining actor of the play, so as the ball leaves the stage on the spare throw, the stagehand can drop the curtain (the sweep) and the show's over. | +| 7 | 7 | The Stagehand | The stagehand is waiting for the actors to leave the stage, in order to drop the curtain. The ball is the last remaining actor of the play, so as the ball leaves the stage on the spare throw, the stagehand can drop the curtain (the sweep) and the show's over. | 
-| 6 | 4 | Shoulder-check Spare | The path of this pin is rarely on a dead-on, direct course of the ball, so often the ball will hit it in a way that resembles if you were passing by someone going the other way and you clipped them shoulder to shoulder, or like hockey's shoulder form of a "body check" technique. | +| 6 | 4 | The Shoulder-check | The path of this pin is rarely on a dead-on, direct course of the ball, so often the ball will hit it in a way that resembles if you were passing by someone going the other way and you clipped them shoulder to shoulder, or like hockey's shoulder form of a "body check" technique. | 
-| 5 | 5 | Introvert Spare | The introvert was hiding among the crowd, blending in. Suddenly the crowd dispersed, leaving the introvert unsure how how to hide now. Let's help the introvert find its way back into hiding. | +| 5 | 5 | The Introvert | The introvert was hiding among the crowd, blending in. Suddenly the crowd dispersed, leaving the introvert unsure how how to hide now. Let's help the introvert find its way back into hiding. | 
-| 4 | 6 | Caution Flag Spare | There is a caution flag for this pin; if you throw your normal hook which hits the pocket, to might miss it. Don't forget in the moment! | +| 4 | 6 | The Caution Flag | There is a caution flag for this pin; if you throw your normal hook which hits the pocket, to might miss it. Don't forget in the moment! | 
-| 3 | 2 | Pickpocket Spare | This pin is a pickpocket, standing alone counting his loot as no one has noticed them secret their spoils from the passing crowd who has now moved on unawares.  Since the pin is normally in 'the pocket' for strike throws, it should be fairly easy to nab. Send an officer or fast-sprinting bystander who spotted the heist to tackle the pickpocket. | +| 3 | 2 | The Pickpocket | This pin is a pickpocket, standing alone counting his loot as no one has noticed them secret their spoils from the passing crowd who has now moved on unawares.  Since the pin is normally in 'the pocket' for strike throws, it should be fairly easy to nab. Send an officer or fast-sprinting bystander who spotted the heist to tackle the pickpocket. | 
-| 2 | 3 | Lost-Kid Spare | This pin is a lost kid, separated from its parent, and standing around in open space not sure where to go. The parent is the ball, so send the parent off in the right direction where you saw the kid, and the ball swoops the kid up in arms and whisks them away to safety.  | +| 2 | 3 | The Lost-Kid | This pin is a lost kid, separated from its parent, and standing around in open space not sure where to go. The parent is the ball, so send the parent off in the right direction where you saw the kid, and the ball swoops the kid up in arms and whisks them away to safety.  | 
-| 1 | 1 | Hill-Dying Spare | This defiant, king-of-the-hill pin "will die on this hill" being the most open pin and easiest to hit pin, as most bowlers' normal first-try throws already account for its position. | +| 1 | 1 | The Diehard | This defiant, king-of-the-hill pin "will die on this hill" being the most open pin and easiest to hit pin, as most bowlers' normal first-try throws already account for its position. |  
 + 
 +==== Single-Pin Spare Terms Regardless of Pin Number ==== 
 +---- 
 + 
 +^ Term ^ What Happened ^  
 +| Head Tapper | The ball hits the pin so that the top of the pin hits the lane surface | 
 +| Kabedon | (COB-ay-don) The ball collides with the pin twice: once to pick up the spare, and again as the pin is smashed between ball and pit cushion | 
 +| Dukes of Hazzard | A combination of Head Tapper and Kabedon where the pin head angles down and toward the ball, so the ball travels up the pin like a ramp upon Kabedon | 
 +| Chef's Kiss | (with the stereotypical hand gesture) The ball only grazes the pin almost no pin action, but to lightly fall over | 
 +| CUTBaT | Acronym for "Could've Used That Back Then" for a direction the pin traveled, being useful for a previous frame where pins were in that direction but were missed |  
 + 
 +=== Non-Split Spare Terms === 
 +---- 
 + 
 +^ Term ^ Meaning ^ 
 +| West Picket Fence | Leaving 1-2-3-4-7 standing; looks like the corner of a picket fence | 
 +| East Picket Fence | Leaving 1-2-3-6-10 standing; looks like the corner of a picket fence | 
 +| Right Oof | Leaving 2-5-7-10 standing; from above looks like a face saying "oof" while looking right | 
 +| Left Oof | Leaving 3-5-7-10 standing; from above looks like a face saying "oof" while looking left | 
 +| Sandcastle | Leaving 4 pins in a square, such as 1-2-3-5, or 2-4-5-8 (commonly called by others as 'a bucket') |  
 +| Hole Punch | Getting the middle pin only, out of a set of 3, such as hitting the 5 from a 2-5-8, making the frame score be 7 and 1 at the top | 

Trace:

Navigation

most updated/flux:

—-

—-

If you're a mobile browser, (a) get thee to a desktop, or (b) click Printable Version below for a less-cramped version.

Print/export
QR Code
QR Code bowlingideas (generated for current page)