Alley Area on which the game is played. Quality ranges from fairly easy to pretty crappy - guess which extreme ours is closest to! Anchor The player that bowls last for your team in a particular half. Rhymes with banker, flanker and tanker among other things. Barracking Something that WE don't do. Beaver Something that you don't want, not in this game anyway! It is the term for a zero score. There are various terms for a player achieving this feat, most of them unprintable! Diamond The formation of the nine pins, or an honourable gentleman. 'Easy' Two Leaving only the left and right copper and having just the one ball left. For wise words on how to take BOTH pins, please consult 'the book'. Enema Clearing out the middle three pins only. Ouch! Flatner The act of knocking over all nine pins with a single ball. Fresh Air Ball See 'Whoooshaahh!'. Get 'Em Fair! An exclamation made by the opposing team when the player on the alley has had a pinfall that was veering towards the fortunate. The phrase 'No luck at all!' may also be used in this situation. Half Well, skittles is a game of two halves Brian. Hand A set of three balls. Five hands make a 'leg'. Leg A set of five hands. Ten legs make a 'half'. There are many more anatomical references in skittles, but I can't mention all of them! MFES Acronym for 'Missed a frightfully easy spare'. Or something. No-ball When the ball is delivered, if it bounces beyond a while line on the alley or it touches one of the sides of the alley before it reaches the diamond, then it is a no-ball. Any pins knocked down by that ball are replaced and you lose that ball. Idiot! Setter The player that bowls first for your team in a particular half. If he or she is a red setter, then they could probably do with exercising more often. Pins Pins Spare Knocking down all nine pins with the first one or two balls, thus leaving the player with one or two 'spare' balls. Obviously! Stealth Leaving all but the front pin and two front quarter pins. Crashed and burned! Sticker The poor lad who has to put the pins back after every hand. We tend to have a policy of not taxing ours too much! Three Cheers The last hurrah! Whoooshaahh! See 'Fresh air ball'. WTFWT Acronym the captain uses when a player misses by a larger margin than can reasonably be expected. As in 'What the flip was that!'. Maybe.