Know your terms so you can yell them appropriately.
| Annie's Room: |
The number 1 |
| Arrows: |
Darts |
| Baby Ton: |
A score of 95, usually by scoring five 19's |
| Bag O' Nuts: |
A score of 45 |
| Barrel: |
The part of a dart you grip, right behind the point |
| Basement: |
The double-3 |
| Breakfast: |
A score of single-5, single-20, single-1 in a game of x01. This was based on the typical price of a bed-and-breakfast, 26 pence. |
| Bucket Of Nails: |
Landing all three darts in the 1's |
| Buckshot: |
When you're darts land wildly all over the board |
| Bull or Bullseye: |
The center of the board |
| Bust: |
Hitting more than you needed in an x01 game, and the darts don't count |
| C: |
In a Cricket game this refers to high scores base on the number of darts scored. For example a triple-20, single-20, single-20 would be called a C-5 because "5 darts" were scored with three darts |
| Chucker: |
A player who just "chucks" the darts at the board, doesn't aim or care |
| Circle It: |
When a player scores a single digit (less than 10) with three darts, his team-mates would shout out "Circle it!" to the scorekeeper to highlight the terrible throw |
| Clock: |
The dart board |
| Cork: |
The center of the board This comes from the cork in the end of a keg where it is tapped. The ends of kegs were used for targets in the beginning of darts |
| Diddle For Middle: |
A throw to see who gets one dart closer to the bullseye to determine who shoots first in the game |
| Double: |
The thin outer ring of the board, it usually counts for two times the number hit |
| Double In: |
A double is needed to start the game |
| Double Out: |
A double is needed to win the game |
| Double Top: |
The double-20 |
| Double Trouble: |
Not being able to hit the double needed to win the game |
| Downstairs: |
The lower portion of the board, usually in reference to the 19's in a game of x01 |
| Easy In: |
A game that requires no special shot to begin scoring |
| Feathers: |
The "wings" at the end of a dart that make it fly straight. Also known as flights |
| Feathers: |
The number 33 |
| Flights: |
The "wings" at the end of a dart that make it fly straight. Also known as flights |
| Half-A-Crown: |
A score of single-5, single-20, single-1 in a game of x01 |
| Hat Trick: |
A score of three bullseyes |
| Hockey: |
The line you stand behind and throw the darts from |
| Island: |
The actual playable area of a dart board (inside the doubles ring). If you miss, you're "Off the island" |
| Leg: |
One game of a match |
| Mad House: |
The double-one, because it can drive you crazy trying to hit one in a game of x01 |
| Middle For Middle: |
A throw to see who gets one dart closer to the bullseye to determine who shoots first in the game |
| Monger: |
A person who deliberately scores many more points than needed to win the game |
| Mugs Away: |
Loser of the previous game goes first in the next game |
| Murphy: |
A score of single-5, single-20, single-1 in a game of x01. Based on Murphy's Law |
| Nut House: |
The double-one, because it can drive you crazy trying to hit one in a game of x01 |
| Oche: |
The line you stand behind and throw the darts from.
(Pronounced "ockey", like "hockey".) |
| Point Monger: |
A person who deliberately scores many more points than needed to win the game |
| Popcorn: |
When the darts land so close to each other, they knock their flights out |
| Right Church, Wrong Pew: |
When you a double or triple, but the wrong number |
| Right House, Wrong Bed: |
When you a double or triple, but the wrong number |
| Robin Hood: |
When you shoot a dart into the shaft of another |
| Scud: |
A dart way off the target |
| Shaft: |
The part of a dart behind the barrel when the flights are mounted |
| Shanghai: |
A score of a single, double and triple in the same number. In some games this is an automatic win. This is also the name of a game. |
| Shotgun Darts: |
When your round of darts is like buckshot (all over the board) |
| Shut Out: |
When you lose a game without ever scoring in it |
| Skunked: |
When you lose a game without ever scoring in it |
| Slapping the Bitch: |
To win both games of a Cricket match. |
| Slop: |
Darts that score, but not where you wanted them |
| Spider: |
The metal web that divides the dart board |
| Splash: |
Darts that score, but not where you wanted them |
| Straight In: |
A game that requires no special shot to begin scoring |
| Three In A Bed: |
Three darts in the same number |
| Throw Line: |
The line you stand behind and throw the darts from |
| Toe Line: |
The line you stand behind and throw the darts from |
| Ton: |
A score of 100 in a game of x01 Scores over 100 would be called a "ton-whatever" for example, a ton-thirty would be a score of 130 |
| Ton o' Ones: |
A score of 5 by hitting 5 ones |
| Tossing the Midget: |
Getting out in a 501 game before your opponent gets in |
| Triple: |
The thin inner ring of the board, it usually counts for three times the number hit |
| Trombones: |
A total turn score of 76 points |
| Upstairs: |
The upper portion of the board, usually in reference to the 20's |
| Wire: |
Darts that just miss where you aimed but on the other side of the spider |
| X: |
A double-1 out |
