For the Players out there . . .Tiddlywinks terminology
Many of the shots from tiddlywinks have unusual names, some of which have become dictionary entries. Here is a selection.
Blitz: an attempt to pot all six winks of your own colour early in the game
Bomb: to send a wink at a pile, usually from distance, in the hope of significantly disturbing it
Boondock: to free a squopped wink by sending it a long way away, leaving the squopping wink free in the battle area
Bristol: a shot which moves a pile of two or more winks as a single unit; the shot is played by holding the squidger at right angles to its normal plane
Carnovsky(US)/Penhaligon(UK): potting a wink from the baseline (i.e. from 3 feet away)
Cracker: a simultaneous knock-off and squop, i.e. a shot which knocks one wink off the top of another while simultaneously squopping it
Crud: a forceful shot whose purpose is to destroy a pile completely
Good shot: named after John Good. The shot consists of playing a flat wink through a nearby pile in the hope of destroying it
Gromp: an attempt to jump a pile onto another wink (usually with the squidger held in a conventional rather than Bristol fashion)
John Lennon memorial shot: a simultaneous boondock and squop
Lunch: to pot a squopped wink (usually belonging to an opponent)
Scrunge: to bounce out of the pot
Squop: to play a wink so that it comes to rest above another wink
Sub: to play a wink so that it ends up under another wink
I want to hear these terms when you're playing.
