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Fried: A lane condition where the heads have little or no conditioner remaining, causing early hook; usually not desirable. Also, Fried Lanes is the unhappy situation where the entire lane surface is arid.

Frozen Rope: A very fast, straight ball. A ball thrown with more than normal speed, straightly thrown into the pocket.

Full Hit: Usually means a ball that is thrown to close to the center of the headpin; see high hit. A ball that hits the head pin at or near the center; often results in a split. Striking the target pi . . . View Full Definition

Full Roller: A ball that rolls over its full circumference; see also semi-roller and spinner. The track of the ball cuts between the thumb and finger holes. Although once very popular, it is now rarely u . . . View Full Definition

G-Board: The gutter. See also the grey board.

Game: One string by each member of a team or group.

Garbage Hit or Strike: Any hit that produces a strike when it shouldn't, as when it misses the pocket.

Get Away: The act of getting something positive out of a bad release or poorly thrown shot.

Gift: A very lucky result.

Go Long: A balls goes long when it skids farther down the lane before starting its hook. Desirable on hooking lanes. You can get a ball to go longer by altering the surface to reduce the friction (po . . . View Full Definition

Goal Posts: The 7-10 split. Same as bedposts.

Golden Gate: Same as big ears.

Good Out (Nice Out): Got most of pins remaining on a bad leave (third ball).

Good Try: Good shot on the key pin or the target wood.

Goose Egg: Usually means a split (the scoring symbol for a split is a O); can also mean that you knocked down -0- pins on a shot.

Grab: The act of the ball reacting to the friction of the lane and ball surface.

Grandmas Teeth: The 4-6-7-10 split or any of the big five split combinations; so called because it looks like a mouth with missing teeth. Any non-standard leave.

Grave Yard: Low scoring lanes or center. Same as brickyard.

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