Edited and added to by Squawk and her friend in blue.
GUARD SLANG
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AIR-FLAGGING IT - when you do your routine minus the flags or other props, just the movement, an imaginary flag/rifle/sabre, whatever. Usually done at practices
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BAND GEEK- one who lives in the band room, is obsessed w/ band, and is crazy
BOLT- metal in the top of a crutch tip that weights the flag
BOOB TWIRLER-someone who dose drop spins up high at their chest
BRAIN FART- Any mistake made by a member of the guard
BRAIN SUCKING- when a guard member does not know the works and she watches others to do the work
BUS MACKING- the extreme flirting that goes on riding home after a great competition.
BUTT- the rubber at the bottom of the pole
BUZZ KILL- when you expect a great guard show, and it turns out they suck
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CAR WASH- when flag work is totally not together and it looks like you can drive your car through it
CATTLE GUARD- derogatory term for the guard
CG's - Short for colorguard
CHICKEN WALK- jazz runs
CLAM-A MISTAKE- someone who is making alot of mistakes is said to be eating clam chowder.
COME NAKED- Don't come in uniform
CONCUSSION- Percusssion
COP-A-SQUAT- Forone to squat down and take a knee during practice
CORN COB- someone who walks like they march, even when football season is over
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DIAG - diagonal; it's mostly used during marching season.
DIVA - a person who can utilize ANY piece of equipment and use their body as well to make it look like an effortless thing.
DOUBLE TIME- spins where you do down flat, up flat...
DO IT UP-To do well, kick a**
DOUGHGIRL- name given to one who is gasping for air after warm up or stretching
DRILL - Placement in the field show.
DRILL DOWN- When all the guard members line up...Close their eyes...And run through the routines...If someone messes up...The instructor/captain/whoever...calls their name...and they sit down...Who ever is left gets to sit and watch the rest of the drill down until no one is left.
DROP SPINS- the fundamentals to work, up and down spins
DUMMERS- term used about the drummers
DUM-DUMS-- same as dummers
DOWN SYNDROME- when you sit down for a long time and can't get back up
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ELVIRA- the one guard senior that always yells at you
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FAKE IT - to look like you know the work, while trying to remember drill at the same time.
FISH - when a sabre wobbles in the air
FLAG FEATURE - intense, unison flag work together... no solos
FLAGLINGS - New recruits to the colorguard (otherwise known as "newbies")
FLAGGOT- nickname for the guard, a member of the band who wants to secretly join guard, and can do the work better than us.
FLASH FLOOD- what happens when a weapon can't hold back, and the entire work gets watered down.
FROSH- freshmen
FUNDIES- fundamentals
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GOOD IS HALF SUCK - Because even when we're good, there's a little suck in all of us.
GAK - The awesome noise a rifle, sabre or sometimes flag makes when you catch dead on at the same time.
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HELICOPTER- parallel toss
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KANGAROO- a person who bounces, or jumps while jazz running
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'LANGLE - to remind each other to keep your heads up! (at an 'L' angle if you put your fingers in an 'L' shape and hold it up to your chin)
LIL DRUMMER BOY- the "pimp" snare player who tries to get with every person in guard... even the new ones on the first day
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MARIONETTE- the drum major who is a puppet for the band while the drummers and guard really keep the band together Frick yeah.
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ONE MORE TIME/ONCE MORE - A term coaches use to blatantly LIE to you about the number of repetitions you will be doing.
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PARK AND BLOW (Or Park and Bark)- the part in the show where you just stand there and spin, no marching
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RETARDED HAND- When the hand is inverted (Or it just looks like they have no control over it.)
RIPPLE- when something isn't together but is suppose to be
ROCK THE FLOOR- perform
ROOKIES- people new to the guard experience
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SAIL- When the silk of the flag wraps itself around the pole no longer exposing it
SHITTAY- a grand pleay in second position while sticking your butt out like you're going to the bathroom
SHOPPING - When you walk, completely ignoring the TEMPO and technique and look like you're choosing lip gloss or something.
SILK- the flag
SPACEBURGER- when your hands are positioned to look as if you are holding a "spaceburger" while jazz running/walking, marching, etc
SPACETTE- the girl who leaves a huge hole between them and the next person and never fixes it
SPEED SPINS-Double time (down, parallel, up, parallel)
STIR THE SOUP- like a crazy 8 (front 45, back 45, cross over, shoulder hip)
STOPPER- The rubber end of a pole... it holds the bolt in place. Usually. Unless people don't tape it.
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TAKING A WALK IN THE MALL- any guard member that is not rolling feet...looking like they're walking in the mall...
THOSE RETARDS/IDIOTS - The drumline.
TIE THE MUFFINS DOWN - Wear proper support for thine bouncy breasts.
TRAINWRECK- when the guard as a whole screws up, causing the entire visual and GE scores to go down.
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URINATION VACATION- when someone goes to pee and never reterns
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VETRANS- have marched both fall and winter and know what they're doing
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WALDO- the person who wanders off and nobody can find him
WASHING MACHINE - When the flags are SO off that it looks like you're watching clothes in a washing machine.
WONDER GIRL- the new guard girl who totally blows you away, can toss a 6, and gets captain her first year
