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Glossary of Dart Terms and Phrases
FEATHERS: The amount 33.
FLIGHTS: The "wings" at the end of a dart that make it fly straight. Also known as 'feathers.'
HALF A CROWN: A score of single-5, single-20, single-1 in a game of x0l. Also known as
'breakfast' and a 'Murphy' (based on Murphy's Law).
HAT TRICK: A score of three bullseyes.
ISLAND: The actual playable area of a dartboard (inside the doubles ring). If you miss, you're "Off
the island".
LEG: One game of a match.
MADHOUSE: The double one, because it can drive you crazy trying to hit one in a game of x0l.
MUGS AWAY: Loser of the previous game goes first in the next game.
OCHE: The line you stand behind when throwing your darts.
POINT MONGER: A person who deliberately scores more points than is needed to win the game.
POPCORN: When the darts land so close to each other, they knock their flights out.
RIGHT CHURCH / WRONG BED: When you hit a double or triple, but the wrong number.
ROBIN HOOD: When you shoot a dart into the shaft of another.
SHAFT: The part of a dart behind the barrel on which the flights are mounted.
SHANGHAI: A score of a single, double and triple of the same number.
SKUNKED; When you lose a game without even scoring in it. Also known as 'Tin-Hatted'
SLOP / SPLASH: Darts that score, but not where you wanted them.
SPIDER: The metal webs that divide the dartboard.
STRAIGHT IN: A game that requires no special shot to begin scoring.
THREE IN A BED: Three darts in the same number.
TON: A score of 100 in a game of x0l. Scores over 100 would be called a "ton-whatever" for
example, a ton-thirty would be a score of 130.
TRIPLE: The thin inner ring of the board, it usually counts for three times the number hit.
UPSTAIRS: The upper portion of the board, usually in reference to the 20's.
WIRED: Darts that just miss where you aimed but on the other side of the spider.
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