1) air flag : to twirl with no actual
flag (a la air guitar)
2) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon:
the new guard sorority. Just kidding, these are the names of our
five short routines. If you call one out randomly very loudly during
practice, all 16 of us will stop what we're doing and proceed to twirl
very profusely for 32 counts. Kinda pavlovian.
3) crutch: the rubber stoppers
at the end of the pole
4) diag: a diagonal, as in drill
5) diva: a person who can utilize
ANY piece of equipment and use their body as well to make it look like
an effortless thing
6) drop spins: the fundamentals
to work, up and down spins
7) guard: short for color guard
8) hoo-ha: short for brouhaha,
a ruckus, a big to-do; also used to refer to the male genitalia
9) hooking up: what always
happens to someone on the away trips (see: Florida, freshman year, and
any senior for the story)
10) moxy: what all guard chics
possess- that natural feminine kickassness
11) pole: the metal part of the
flag (ours are six feet this year), also known to be used in this sentence
"he wishes he had a six foot pole"
12) raaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiight: (pronounced
"raw-it")- yeah, ok, i believe you
13) sail: what happens when the
silk of the flag gets caught around the tip
14) silk: the fabric part of the
flag
15) weighted: what our flags
are not, making them ultra light, except for when we do dynamite 8 million
times in a row
16) whatever mary.... : derogatory
term, used most often by Mr. C. to denote a stupid suggestion or asinine
comment
i.e. Mandy: We're totally going
to march in the rain.
Mr. C:
Whatever Mary.
Now that you've got the lingo, try holding a conversation with us.