Slang Translations:
AIR DRILL- when you do driill with no flags or weapons

ARC- a shape with between one and five corners and opens at the side

ATTENTION- standing still while sticking out your butt. Can only talk in a whisper so that no captains can hear you.

BAND GEEK- one who lives in the band room, is obsessed with band

BOLT- metal in the top of a crutch tip that weights the flag

BOOB TWIRLER- someone who does drop spins up by her chest

BRAIN FART- any mistake made by a guard member

CONCERT: extremely dangerous form of torture for both students and audience

COP-A-SQUAT- forone to squat down and sit during practice

COWS- people who make loud thumping sounds during jazz runs

CRACK-HEAD- term used to describe ridiculously difficult move

CRUTCH-TIP- the ends of a flag pole

DIVA- a person who can utlize ANY piece of equipment and use their bodies as well to make it look like an effortless thing

DOUBLE TIME- spin where you do down, flat, up, flat...

DO IT UP- to do well, kick ass

DOT BOOK- a small book to be kept around neck that has complex drawings and strange numbers and pictures that people say are their spots for each picture

DRILL- page that shows what form is suppose to look like

DRILL-DOWN- when band geeks follow long sets of commands from the drum major, just to see who can do it, in an attempt at fun. It is only "fun" when this name is used, however, not during rehersal.

DROP SPINS- the fundametals to work, up down spins

FAKE IT- to look like you know the work, while trying to remember drill at the same time

FIELD- 100 yards in length, this is a wide expanse of mud on which bands perform

FISH- when a sabre wobbles in the air

FLAG FEATURE- intensem unison flag work, together... no solos

GHETTO- everything that goes bad, something wrong happens, something doesn't goes your way, a part of your show or some other guard's that looks stupid

ONE MORE TIME- do it again, and again, and again...

PRINCESS- the girl in the guard who always has to get her way

RAAAAIIIGHT-  yea ok, I believe you

RIFLE-a white-colored piece of wood used by guard members to that is intended for injury of colorguard and breakage of nails

ROOKIES- people new to guard

SELL IT- perform

SILK- flag

SPRINKLERS- an offensive attacker that conviently turns on when your near them drenching you and your flags without warning

SQUIRRELS- a monthly vistor that conviently comes before shows and games forcing you to fear "leakage" during the show

TAKING A WALK IN THE MALL- not pointing feet, looking like their walking in the mall

TRAINWRECK- when the guard as a whole screws up, causing the entire visual and GE scores to go down

VETS-have marched and are suppose to know what they're doing
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