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GLOSSARY |
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You can’t just play it, you have to talk about it too……. Greg Pines |
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Missing One: when
you lose a washer while playing and you’re now “missing one”…happened to
Aaron and Greg during WSOW 5 and they had to use a spare washer, it can be
very frustrating and distracting because you spend the rest of the day
looking over your shoulder and under cabinets looking for the missing one,
and then thinking that maybe someone took it and is having some fun with you. |
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Slick Willy: when
the washer gets lodged underneath the rail and it actually is sticking out
the other side…check out the picture |
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Boomerang: when your washer that misses the box rolls back to you…..doesn’t happen on grass though…there has been some very
brief discussion on whether you should be able to throw it again. |
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Caveman: when you don’t have a monsterstick
and you have to pick up the washers by hand. (discovered
this term when Aaron’s gold monsterstick’s magnet
broke probably cause he was throwing it around in anger previously) |
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Laundromat : the ultimate
wash…..when three or more players all wash their pts . |
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Perfect Game : shutout and finishing with both gold |
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Shutout : beating the opponent and
they don’t score any pts. |
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Walk-Off : when you end the game on a cup to win, just like hitting a game
winning homerun. |
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Hide and Seek: when you spend time looking for a washer that seems to be
hiding. |
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Wash: it’s when points in the box/cup cancel out so no points are
scored |
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Catch and Release: it’s when you pickup
your opponents washers with your monsterstick and
then drop them back on the ground. It is part of the monsterstick
etiquette to pick up your own washers, it really slows down the game when you
pick up other peoples washers with the sticks. |
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Can’t Remember the
Score:
self explanatory, but we need a better name for this, it happens a lot when
people are talking about other things while they are playing, they pick up
washers and 1 of 2 things happen. 1) The forget what was in the box or 2)
They forget what the score was before the turn….as
of now there is no instant replay or cameras set up, maybe someday. |
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The Mason or the
Bricklayer: definitely need a better name for this, but it’s when you are
playing in the “New Washer
Stadium” and the washer bounces off the bricks and into the box. |
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Boston Red Sox: this is when you come
back from a huge deficit, either behind in a series or being down in a game
like 14-0 and come back and win. |
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The Ridiculous: this is when you
throw a washer that is way right or way left and it somehow bounces back in
the box because the grass is inconsistent….it is so
ridiculous. |
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Trampoline : when you throw a
washer that is in the box and trampolines out. It is very unfortunate. |
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Canoe Race: when the score goes up by one each turn and
alternates…..basically the game is going slow, it’s the
opposite of a boat race. |
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Cecil Fielder: when playing in the New Washer Stadium,
this happens if you throw one way to far and it bounces off the bricks and over
the whole pit. Think Cecil Fielder used to hit balls on the roof in Tiger
Stadium. Probably other players did too like Reggie Jackson, but we thought
of Cecil first. |
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“Mark it 8 Dude”: when you first get to 8 it is appreciated by players if you say
“mark it 8 dude”…..The Dude would Abide. |
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Skunk: this has been talked
about but not included into the official rules as of now. When someone is
down 11-0, sometimes 7-0, people start asking about a skunk or mercy
rule. Washers is a game you can
comeback from….no skunks. |
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Good
Strategy: this is when your washer is lying vertically against the
front wall so it cannot be hit by any other washer, pretty rare….I post a picture of it soon. |
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Boost: this is when your
washer is way short of the box but bounces off some other washer that was
lying on the ground and then pops into the box….so
it’s like the washer on the ground gave your washer a boost. |
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Use the backboard: some like to throw
the washer directly into the cup and some like to use the backboard, this is
when your washer hits off the back rail and pops back into the cup |
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Double Spiderman: this is like the spiderman but doubled……okay I’ll
explain it….it’s when the washer hits 2 walls in a corner then flies to
another corner and hits those 2 walls and then goes in the cup, it’s an
amazing sight to see. |
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Raising the Roof: it’s when your washer
bounces off your another one of your washers and out of this box…..I’m pretty sure
this happens because the washer in the box was “raising the roof” and pushed
it out. |
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Arrogant Bastard: This is when you are
so used to having the gold one that you keep using it for the start of a new game…….opponents don’t like this. |
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Poor Effort: When you miss the box
by a lot. |
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Even washers: A phrase used for
when you take someone’s gold one out of play. |
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Spiderman: this is when your
washer bounces of 2 of the inside walls then makes its way into the cup. |
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Setting You Up: what someone will say
while they are getting beaten really bad or after many consecutive losses.
There is a lot of trash talking in washers, it’s
something you have to get used to. |
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Fall away Shot: just like in
basketball toss the washer and backpedal….I think
when people do this they think it’s going in the box. |
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Follow Shot: very similar to the
previous entry, but this one you walk towards your washer…….this
is kind of a dumb thing to do. |
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Pauper’s Win: Named by Tom, this is
a victory without ever getting any gold ones’. Very rare. |
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Fool’s Gold: This is when you
accidently hand your opponent your “gold one”(they get to throw it on their
turn)….so you are the FOOL? Not recommended in
important washer matches. This is not to be mistaken for the blockbuster
major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey
and Kate Husdon. |
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Full Automatic: This is the Eric Yost
method of throwing washers, it is called full automatic because semi
automatic would be too slow. If he ever pauses for a moment between washers
it must be due to a jam. |
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Calibrator: Not sure if this is
spelled correctly or if it is even a word(I’ll blame
it on Eric) but this is how the “gold one” calibrates the last 2 washers,
given you throw your “gold one’s” between your washers like I do…….very
similar to the P.V.Timeout. |
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The Unfortunate: I came up with this
after watching Mike throw some washers yesterday before our game. This is
when you make 4 accurate tosses but they all bounce off the cup or out of the
box……..I said, “that’s unfortunate.” |
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The
Leave Early: When you start walking toward the other box thinking your
opponent is done tossing, but he is not.(usually can
get away with this move one time
per game until they say something)….this is the most disrespectful thing you can do in
washers….not recommended for new players. |
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The Lean Over: this is when you almost do a “leave early” but you catch yourself and just lean
towards the other box.(blooper video for lean over 1)(blooper video for lean over 2) |
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Gentlemen’s Game: Not really sure the
exact definition of this, but it kind of means that you don’t practice the
night before you know you’re going to play washers. |
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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID: this is usually the
phrase someone yells out after a washer goes completely in the cup but then
somehow pops back out. |
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LEAP-FROG: when you bounce your
washer off another washer into the box that was short of the box |
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P.V. TIMEOUT: invented by Eric Peevey(hence the name
P.V.) this is after two horrible throws, you step away from the box to refocus……”guarantees
at least 1 point on next 2 throws” |
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SWITCH: when your washer lands in the box
knocking your opponents out of the box |
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SWITCH-EROO : named by Aaron, this
is when you toss a washer in the cup and it knocks your opponent’s washer out
of the cup |
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SUCK- EROO : named by Dave K, this happened to Dave in
WSOWI. It’s when you knock your own washer out of the cup |
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WHAT WAS
THAT? : named by Greg and Aaron at the same
time when Aaron did the unthinkable and landed a washer on the edge of the
cup |
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THE GANDY : when you skip the
washer in the box on 1 bounce(doesn’t work too well on grass or sand) |
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THE COUNTER
ATTACK : when your opponent gets one in the cup, but
you follow with 2 in the cup. |
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STRAUSBURG: Patterson’s “self given”
nickname at the river after getting 1 washer in the cup in his first ever
game of washers. |
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THE X-FILES: when you get 3 in the box and 1 on the edge(by the way earns no gold one)…named the x-files
because this was a situation that was talked about before but never thought
would ever happen. |
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STICK IT: when the washer lands
on the edge on a fly(may only be possible when the edge
of the box is falling apart and the wood is splintered(Jones accomplished
this on 7/3/10) |
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THE SNEAK ATTACK: when you bounce your
opponents washer from the box into the cup(this is
always bad for the person who threw it) |
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THE TERMINATOR: when the washer goes
past the box but bounces back in, a sort of “I’ll be back” thing going on. (happens a lot on old shag carpet or poorly kept up lawns. |
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OLYMPICS: when 3 or more washers are lying in a
way where they resemble the Olympic rings. |
