I just thought to share this things from www.passionatedarter.com which I think quite brilliant for sharing.. lol Some are really funny how they got it named after.. and some are just purely English history... Enjoy... :P
#($&@ - Missed shot
3 in a Bed - Throwing 3 darts at the same number, in the same area (such as 3 fat singles, or 3 triples or 3 doubles of the same number)
301 - Game which is usually double-in double-out where the goal is to score points and subtract them from 301 to get to zero, while doubling out
501 - Game which is usually single-in double-out where the goal is to score points and subtract them from 501 to get down to zero while doubling out
Aces - Double ones in an '01 game
ADO - American Darts Organization
Angel Dart - Scud that hits a "good number" such as hitting a triple-18 when you're aiming for triple-20
Annie's Room - The number one
Arrows - Darts
Away - Same as double-in as the darter has hit the necessary double to begin a DI-DO game of '01
Baby Ton - Score of 95, usually hit with five 19s
Backboard - Wall surround behind the dartboard, protecting the wall from misguided steel-tip dart throws
Bag O'Nuts - Scoring 45 points in one throw
Bail Out Dart, Barn Dart or Hail Mary Dart - The third dart of a throw that hits the target, after the first two darts missed.
Barrel - Metal portion of the dart where you grip the dart
Baseball - Game sometimes on the back of a dart board, or on a special "baseball board." Each darter throws 3 darts at an inning for a regulation 9-inning game. Only the darts that hit that inning are scored. The winner has the highest score or number of runs after 9 innings
Basement - Double 3's
BDO - British Darts Organization
Bed and Breakfast - Hitting 26 while aiming for the triple twenties. Originated from England where bed and breakfast was two and six pence, specifically 2 shillings 6 pence, the traditional price of lodging with breakfast. Hitting '26 points while aiming for the triple-20s with 3 darts is not the targeted score but unfortunately very common. Also known as "Breakfast"
Black Dog - The Double-Bull
Black Eye - The center of the bullseye worth 50 points
Black Hat - Hitting three double-bulls in one throw
Blind Draw - Tournament where you are matched up with some other player who has also entered the blind draw
Bombs - Very large or heavy darts
Bones - Having double-ones left (X1)
Brass - Metal used in the barrel of the dart, less dense then both nickel and tungsten
Breakfast - 26 points, see "Bed and Breakfast"
Bricked - Not hitting a single mark in a round of cricket or hitting bricks (nothing)
Brush - Whitewashed or skunked, i.e. not hitting the double to being scoring before your opponent has won the game
Bucket of Nails - Landing all three darts in the 1s
Buckshot - Three darts that are all over the board
Bull and Cork - Center of the bull
Bulls Eye - Center of the board, divided with an inner ring which is the double bull and the outer ring which is the single bull
Bull Out - Winning the game with a double-bull
Bunghole - The bull's eye...Decades ago in England, darters threw at the "butt" ends of wine casks. The bunghole is the hole in the cask used for filling and emptying. Hence, the bunghole is the hole in the cask or "Bull's eye"
Bust or Busted - Scoring too many points when trying to finish an '01 game
Century - Score of 100 or more points in one round
Chalker - Person who keeps score for a steel-tip game named because the original scoreboards were blackboards or "chalkboards". Originally in England, the next opponent up in the list of challengers would chalk for the game that determined the darter's opponent
Championship Board - Dart board in which the doubles, triples and bullseyes are half the size of a normal board. This is a great board to practice on
Check-Out - The successfully hit out for game shot as in "He hit the 170 check-out"
Choke - To miss the game shot
Chubby Darts - Threee in a bed
Chucker - Someone who blindly throws their darts at the board
Circle It - As in "circle it" when referring to a score of less then 10 points in a single round
Class - Score of 26
Clickity Click - Score of 66
Clock - Dartboard
Coin Toss - Whomever wins the coin toss has the choice of diddling first or asking the opponent to "show me one"
Convertibles - Darts with interchangeable tips to play both steel-tip and electronic darts
Cork - Middle of the board or bullseye
Cricket - Game in which the object is to hit three each of the 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and bullseyes
Dart - The pointed, feathered object you throw, the act of throwing the dart
Dartitis or Yips - Unexplained syndrome where a player cannot release his dart, which generally manifests itself in a total loss of rhythm and accuracy
Dead-Eye - 3 Double-bulls in one turn
Diddle or Diddle for the Middle - Throw a single dart at the middle of the board to see who goes first to start the game. Also called the "piddle" in some geographical areas
Dinky Doo - The number 22 (cause dinky doo rhymes with 22)
Dirty Darts - Slang for questionable strategy such as shooting an excessive number of points in cricket
Dosser - Another term for the bull
Double Elimination - Process by which the losing team of a tournament or competition move to the loser's bracket where they may continue to play. The winner of the loser's bracket plays the first place darter/team for the actual first place award
Double-In - An '01 game in which the dart player must hit a double number in order to begin scoring the game. Same as "Away"
Double-Out - An '01 game in which the dart player must hit a double number to go out with zero points in order to win
Double Ring - The outer ring of the dart board worth double the "fat" number
Double Top - The double-20 at the top of the board
Downstairs - Bottom of the board, specifically the 7, 19, 3, 17, 2 wedge of numbers
Eights - Slang for the 18s in cricket
Easy In, Easy Out - Not having to double-in for an '01 game, or having to double-out to end the game
Fall Out - Slang for hitting a scoring dart while aiming for another number
Fat - Large area of a number (between the double and triple ring)
Feathers - Type of flights which are feathers (usually turkey feathers). Also a score of 33
Fives - Slang for the 15s in cricket
Flight - The feather of the dart which makes the dart more aerodynamic
Game Head - Having your "game head on" is to be mentally focused at the line and "in" the game
Game On - A request for silence at the start of a game
Game Shot - The winning shot and words every darter playing on the tournament stage longs to hear
Garden States - Score of 88. Also known as "Golden Gate"
Good Group - 3 darts grouped together
G-O-T - Get On Top as in get on top of your game and be mentally focused
Hail Mary Dart - See bail out
Happy Meal - Score of 69
Half a Crown - A score fo 26, taken from the former British coinage, two shillings and sixpence equals half a crown...
Hat Trick - Hitting the bull with all three darts
Heavy Darts - Positive words of encouragement for a high score with 3 darts. This does not refer to the weight of one's darts
Heinz - The number 57
High Ton - Score between 150 and 180
Hockey - Throw line or raised toe/throw line
Island - The actual playing surface of the board, the area inside the outer double wire. Darts outside the island do not count
Kelly's Eye - The double-one
Knurl - Grooved or patterned surface on the barrel of the dart, preferred by some for gripping purposes
Load - Score of 180
Leg - One game in a match such as 2 out of 3 legs
Left Field - You're in left field if your darts are no where near the number you were shooting for
Local - The darter's favorite local dart pub
Lock and Load - Encouragement to your team member
Lower Class - Score of 29
Low Ton - Score between 100 and 149
Mad House - Double-1 to win a game of '01 (or a score of 3 points left). Also known as "Kelly's Eye"
Mark - A scoring dart, usually in cricket. Hitting a triple would be three marks
Match - Usually 2 out of 3 games wins the match
Money Dart - Winning dart in a blind draw or tournament where you have placed to win money
Monger - See Point Monger
Mugs Away - Losers of the previous game automatically start the next game
Nice Darts - Sincere words of encouragement from those demonstrating good sportsmanship. Also known as "Good Darts"
Nice Spread - Refers to a wide, ugly group. This is reminiscent of a nice big rack on a moose (submitted by a darter formerly from Alaska). Of course, it is never said in a derogatory way...
Nickel - Metal used in the barrel of the dart, not as dense as tungsten but more dense than brass
Nines - Slang for the 19s in cricket
Oche - The throw line (pronounced "ockey", rhymes "dokey as in Okay Dokey")
On the Island - Staying on the board
On Your Knees - Knees rhymes with threes so "On Your Knees" is a score of 6 requiring a double-3. It is low on the board and difficult enough to justify prayer in the pious position
Oxo - Zero
PDC - Professional Darts Corporation
Piddle - Same as diddle for the middle
Pie - Any scoring area on the dart board (or numbered surface). Each number may be considered a piece of pie
Plastic Darts - Plastic darts used to play electronic darts. Plastic darts are lighter in weight than steel-tip darts
Phat - A poor man's hat trick, when one dart misses and the other two darts close the bullseye by hitting a double and a single in cricket
Poor Man's Triple or PMT - Hitting three singles of the same number
Point Monger - Negative term for shooting excessive points in cricket
Popcorn - Throwing 3 darts so tightly grouped together that one or more flights are knocked off
Pub Rules - Local pub rules for any particular game of darts, as in pub rules for an 01 game when both darters have X1 might be that a bust doesn't count, and the darter throws all three darts
Pug - Another term for the bull's eye
Rail - The wire (or spider web) of the steel-tip board, or the plastic rail on an electronic board
Right There - Encouragement to the dart player who hit their darts close to the target. This is sometimes said in a joking, non-serious way, to a teammate whose darts were no where near their target...
Robin Hood - Sticking one dart into the back (flight) of another dart
Rocks - Short darts or speed darts
Rolled Paper Board - Inexpensive dart board which is rolled paper. This type of board wears out very quickly as the steel-tip darts leaves marks in the board
Round - A three dart turn
Round of Nine or RO9 - Three perfect darts in cricket such as any 3 triples in one round.
Round the Clock - Hitting every number around the board
Rubber - The final leg of a three-leg game
Scud - Same as Fall Out
Sevens - Slang for 17s in cricket
Shaft - The portion of the dart that screws into the barrel and holds the flight
Shanghai - Hitting a single, double and triple of the same number, in the same throw therefore scoring an automatic win as in "You've been shanghaied"
Shanghai Darts - Deliberate, and often unnecessary, point mongoring in cricket
Shelly Shot - Hitting a triple-19 with your first dart, in cricket
Sheriff - The darter with the lead in a game. Anyone who has the lead is the Sheriff
Shit House - A score of 111 points with 3 darts
Shut Out - Losing a '301 game without even doubling-in
Silver Comets - The first darts made by Unicorn in the 1930s
Single Bull - Outer ring of the bull worth 25 points
Single In - In an '01 game where any combination of darts starts the game - you do not have to double in
Six Dart Out - A perfect '301 double-in, double-out game
Sixes - Slang for the 16s in cricket
Skunked - Not getting in a double-in '01 game when your opponent finishes, or wins the game
Slice - The wedge of a particular number on the board, as in a slice (of the pie)
Slip Shot - Score of 28
Slop - A dart(s) that has scored after missing its intended target
Slump - A slump is usually a plateau that the darter reaches. Many quit the game after hitting their first slump. The only way to get out of a slump is to work on your game, practice and ride it out.
Small Pie - The small wedge of a number between the bull and the triple ring
Spider Web - The wire assembly that divides the numbers on the dartboard
Splashing - Throwing two darts at the board at the same time. The score is added together and then the opponent "splashes". Whomever has the higher total goes first
Splitting the 11 - Throwing a dart between the two 1s of the number 11 on the lefthand side of the number ring
Spotter - Enthusiast working with the television camera men while a match is being televised...The spotter advises the camera men of the strategy and the darter's most likely next target so the camera can zoom in on that part of the board
Steady - Score of 60
Sunset Strip - Scoring 77 points in a throw
Tactics - The game of cricket
Three in a Bed - Throwing 3 darts at the same number, in the same area (such as 3 fat singles, or 3 triples or 3 doubles of the same number). The holy grail of 3 in a bed? Three triple-20s for a score of 180 points!
Tin Hat - No score or skunked
Toe Line - Line from which you throw
Ton - Score of 100 or more points in one round
Ton 80 - Hitting three triple twenties
Tops - Double 20s or 40 points
Tough Darts - Words of encouragement illustrating good sportsmanship - Your opponent is lamenting your bad luck for a missed shot or a bounce out
Trombones - Scoring 76 points in a throw
Triple Ring - The inner ring of the dart board which is worth triple the "fat" number
Tungsten - Dense metal used in dart barrels
Two and Six - Scoring 26 points in a throw, also known as breakfast
Umbrellas - The number 77
Unfortunates - Same as "Mugs Away"
Up in Annie's Room - The double-one
Upstairs - The upper portion of the board including the numbers 12, 5, 20, 1 and 18
Varieties - Score of 57
WDF - World Darts Federation
Wet Feet - Feet that have stepped over the toe line, a foot fault
Whitewash - To lose at '301 before doubling in. Also see "Skunked"
White Horse - Scoring three virgin (untouched) triples in Cricket on your first turn.
White Moment - The moment where you have the "psychological edge" and the games shifts so that you are winning. The opponent has beaten himself or lost that "psychological edge".
Widdy Darts - Wooden steel-tip darts with a feather flight, used when playing on an American board
Winger Dart - Refers to a dart that ricochets off another and still manages to count
Wiring - Bouncing a dart off of a wire
Wood - Missing the board completely as in "I've only hit wood"
Woody - Thrown dart which lands outside the scoring area
Wrong Bed - Comment when a dart has gone into an undesired segment..."You missed" or "I missed"
Yips - See Dartitis
301 - Game which is usually double-in double-out where the goal is to score points and subtract them from 301 to get to zero, while doubling out
501 - Game which is usually single-in double-out where the goal is to score points and subtract them from 501 to get down to zero while doubling out
Aces - Double ones in an '01 game
ADO - American Darts Organization
Angel Dart - Scud that hits a "good number" such as hitting a triple-18 when you're aiming for triple-20
Annie's Room - The number one
Arrows - Darts
Away - Same as double-in as the darter has hit the necessary double to begin a DI-DO game of '01
Baby Ton - Score of 95, usually hit with five 19s
Backboard - Wall surround behind the dartboard, protecting the wall from misguided steel-tip dart throws
Bag O'Nuts - Scoring 45 points in one throw
Bail Out Dart, Barn Dart or Hail Mary Dart - The third dart of a throw that hits the target, after the first two darts missed.
Barrel - Metal portion of the dart where you grip the dart
Baseball - Game sometimes on the back of a dart board, or on a special "baseball board." Each darter throws 3 darts at an inning for a regulation 9-inning game. Only the darts that hit that inning are scored. The winner has the highest score or number of runs after 9 innings
Basement - Double 3's
BDO - British Darts Organization
Bed and Breakfast - Hitting 26 while aiming for the triple twenties. Originated from England where bed and breakfast was two and six pence, specifically 2 shillings 6 pence, the traditional price of lodging with breakfast. Hitting '26 points while aiming for the triple-20s with 3 darts is not the targeted score but unfortunately very common. Also known as "Breakfast"
Black Dog - The Double-Bull
Black Eye - The center of the bullseye worth 50 points
Black Hat - Hitting three double-bulls in one throw
Blind Draw - Tournament where you are matched up with some other player who has also entered the blind draw
Bombs - Very large or heavy darts
Bones - Having double-ones left (X1)
Brass - Metal used in the barrel of the dart, less dense then both nickel and tungsten
Breakfast - 26 points, see "Bed and Breakfast"
Bricked - Not hitting a single mark in a round of cricket or hitting bricks (nothing)
Brush - Whitewashed or skunked, i.e. not hitting the double to being scoring before your opponent has won the game
Bucket of Nails - Landing all three darts in the 1s
Buckshot - Three darts that are all over the board
Bull and Cork - Center of the bull
Bulls Eye - Center of the board, divided with an inner ring which is the double bull and the outer ring which is the single bull
Bull Out - Winning the game with a double-bull
Bunghole - The bull's eye...Decades ago in England, darters threw at the "butt" ends of wine casks. The bunghole is the hole in the cask used for filling and emptying. Hence, the bunghole is the hole in the cask or "Bull's eye"
Bust or Busted - Scoring too many points when trying to finish an '01 game
Century - Score of 100 or more points in one round
Chalker - Person who keeps score for a steel-tip game named because the original scoreboards were blackboards or "chalkboards". Originally in England, the next opponent up in the list of challengers would chalk for the game that determined the darter's opponent
Championship Board - Dart board in which the doubles, triples and bullseyes are half the size of a normal board. This is a great board to practice on
Check-Out - The successfully hit out for game shot as in "He hit the 170 check-out"
Choke - To miss the game shot
Chubby Darts - Threee in a bed
Chucker - Someone who blindly throws their darts at the board
Circle It - As in "circle it" when referring to a score of less then 10 points in a single round
Class - Score of 26
Clickity Click - Score of 66
Clock - Dartboard
Coin Toss - Whomever wins the coin toss has the choice of diddling first or asking the opponent to "show me one"
Convertibles - Darts with interchangeable tips to play both steel-tip and electronic darts
Cork - Middle of the board or bullseye
Cricket - Game in which the object is to hit three each of the 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and bullseyes
Dart - The pointed, feathered object you throw, the act of throwing the dart
Dartitis or Yips - Unexplained syndrome where a player cannot release his dart, which generally manifests itself in a total loss of rhythm and accuracy
Dead-Eye - 3 Double-bulls in one turn
Diddle or Diddle for the Middle - Throw a single dart at the middle of the board to see who goes first to start the game. Also called the "piddle" in some geographical areas
Dinky Doo - The number 22 (cause dinky doo rhymes with 22)
Dirty Darts - Slang for questionable strategy such as shooting an excessive number of points in cricket
Dosser - Another term for the bull
Double Elimination - Process by which the losing team of a tournament or competition move to the loser's bracket where they may continue to play. The winner of the loser's bracket plays the first place darter/team for the actual first place award
Double-In - An '01 game in which the dart player must hit a double number in order to begin scoring the game. Same as "Away"
Double-Out - An '01 game in which the dart player must hit a double number to go out with zero points in order to win
Double Ring - The outer ring of the dart board worth double the "fat" number
Double Top - The double-20 at the top of the board
Downstairs - Bottom of the board, specifically the 7, 19, 3, 17, 2 wedge of numbers
Eights - Slang for the 18s in cricket
Easy In, Easy Out - Not having to double-in for an '01 game, or having to double-out to end the game
Fall Out - Slang for hitting a scoring dart while aiming for another number
Fat - Large area of a number (between the double and triple ring)
Feathers - Type of flights which are feathers (usually turkey feathers). Also a score of 33
Fives - Slang for the 15s in cricket
Flight - The feather of the dart which makes the dart more aerodynamic
Game Head - Having your "game head on" is to be mentally focused at the line and "in" the game
Game On - A request for silence at the start of a game
Game Shot - The winning shot and words every darter playing on the tournament stage longs to hear
Garden States - Score of 88. Also known as "Golden Gate"
Good Group - 3 darts grouped together
G-O-T - Get On Top as in get on top of your game and be mentally focused
Hail Mary Dart - See bail out
Happy Meal - Score of 69
Half a Crown - A score fo 26, taken from the former British coinage, two shillings and sixpence equals half a crown...
Hat Trick - Hitting the bull with all three darts
Heavy Darts - Positive words of encouragement for a high score with 3 darts. This does not refer to the weight of one's darts
Heinz - The number 57
High Ton - Score between 150 and 180
Hockey - Throw line or raised toe/throw line
Island - The actual playing surface of the board, the area inside the outer double wire. Darts outside the island do not count
Kelly's Eye - The double-one
Knurl - Grooved or patterned surface on the barrel of the dart, preferred by some for gripping purposes
Load - Score of 180
Leg - One game in a match such as 2 out of 3 legs
Left Field - You're in left field if your darts are no where near the number you were shooting for
Local - The darter's favorite local dart pub
Lock and Load - Encouragement to your team member
Lower Class - Score of 29
Low Ton - Score between 100 and 149
Mad House - Double-1 to win a game of '01 (or a score of 3 points left). Also known as "Kelly's Eye"
Mark - A scoring dart, usually in cricket. Hitting a triple would be three marks
Match - Usually 2 out of 3 games wins the match
Money Dart - Winning dart in a blind draw or tournament where you have placed to win money
Monger - See Point Monger
Mugs Away - Losers of the previous game automatically start the next game
Nice Darts - Sincere words of encouragement from those demonstrating good sportsmanship. Also known as "Good Darts"
Nice Spread - Refers to a wide, ugly group. This is reminiscent of a nice big rack on a moose (submitted by a darter formerly from Alaska). Of course, it is never said in a derogatory way...
Nickel - Metal used in the barrel of the dart, not as dense as tungsten but more dense than brass
Nines - Slang for the 19s in cricket
Oche - The throw line (pronounced "ockey", rhymes "dokey as in Okay Dokey")
On the Island - Staying on the board
On Your Knees - Knees rhymes with threes so "On Your Knees" is a score of 6 requiring a double-3. It is low on the board and difficult enough to justify prayer in the pious position
Oxo - Zero
PDC - Professional Darts Corporation
Piddle - Same as diddle for the middle
Pie - Any scoring area on the dart board (or numbered surface). Each number may be considered a piece of pie
Plastic Darts - Plastic darts used to play electronic darts. Plastic darts are lighter in weight than steel-tip darts
Phat - A poor man's hat trick, when one dart misses and the other two darts close the bullseye by hitting a double and a single in cricket
Poor Man's Triple or PMT - Hitting three singles of the same number
Point Monger - Negative term for shooting excessive points in cricket
Popcorn - Throwing 3 darts so tightly grouped together that one or more flights are knocked off
Pub Rules - Local pub rules for any particular game of darts, as in pub rules for an 01 game when both darters have X1 might be that a bust doesn't count, and the darter throws all three darts
Pug - Another term for the bull's eye
Rail - The wire (or spider web) of the steel-tip board, or the plastic rail on an electronic board
Right There - Encouragement to the dart player who hit their darts close to the target. This is sometimes said in a joking, non-serious way, to a teammate whose darts were no where near their target...
Robin Hood - Sticking one dart into the back (flight) of another dart
Rocks - Short darts or speed darts
Rolled Paper Board - Inexpensive dart board which is rolled paper. This type of board wears out very quickly as the steel-tip darts leaves marks in the board
Round - A three dart turn
Round of Nine or RO9 - Three perfect darts in cricket such as any 3 triples in one round.
Round the Clock - Hitting every number around the board
Rubber - The final leg of a three-leg game
Scud - Same as Fall Out
Sevens - Slang for 17s in cricket
Shaft - The portion of the dart that screws into the barrel and holds the flight
Shanghai - Hitting a single, double and triple of the same number, in the same throw therefore scoring an automatic win as in "You've been shanghaied"
Shanghai Darts - Deliberate, and often unnecessary, point mongoring in cricket
Shelly Shot - Hitting a triple-19 with your first dart, in cricket
Sheriff - The darter with the lead in a game. Anyone who has the lead is the Sheriff
Shit House - A score of 111 points with 3 darts
Shut Out - Losing a '301 game without even doubling-in
Silver Comets - The first darts made by Unicorn in the 1930s
Single Bull - Outer ring of the bull worth 25 points
Single In - In an '01 game where any combination of darts starts the game - you do not have to double in
Six Dart Out - A perfect '301 double-in, double-out game
Sixes - Slang for the 16s in cricket
Skunked - Not getting in a double-in '01 game when your opponent finishes, or wins the game
Slice - The wedge of a particular number on the board, as in a slice (of the pie)
Slip Shot - Score of 28
Slop - A dart(s) that has scored after missing its intended target
Slump - A slump is usually a plateau that the darter reaches. Many quit the game after hitting their first slump. The only way to get out of a slump is to work on your game, practice and ride it out.
Small Pie - The small wedge of a number between the bull and the triple ring
Spider Web - The wire assembly that divides the numbers on the dartboard
Splashing - Throwing two darts at the board at the same time. The score is added together and then the opponent "splashes". Whomever has the higher total goes first
Splitting the 11 - Throwing a dart between the two 1s of the number 11 on the lefthand side of the number ring
Spotter - Enthusiast working with the television camera men while a match is being televised...The spotter advises the camera men of the strategy and the darter's most likely next target so the camera can zoom in on that part of the board
Steady - Score of 60
Sunset Strip - Scoring 77 points in a throw
Tactics - The game of cricket
Three in a Bed - Throwing 3 darts at the same number, in the same area (such as 3 fat singles, or 3 triples or 3 doubles of the same number). The holy grail of 3 in a bed? Three triple-20s for a score of 180 points!
Tin Hat - No score or skunked
Toe Line - Line from which you throw
Ton - Score of 100 or more points in one round
Ton 80 - Hitting three triple twenties
Tops - Double 20s or 40 points
Tough Darts - Words of encouragement illustrating good sportsmanship - Your opponent is lamenting your bad luck for a missed shot or a bounce out
Trombones - Scoring 76 points in a throw
Triple Ring - The inner ring of the dart board which is worth triple the "fat" number
Tungsten - Dense metal used in dart barrels
Two and Six - Scoring 26 points in a throw, also known as breakfast
Umbrellas - The number 77
Unfortunates - Same as "Mugs Away"
Up in Annie's Room - The double-one
Upstairs - The upper portion of the board including the numbers 12, 5, 20, 1 and 18
Varieties - Score of 57
WDF - World Darts Federation
Wet Feet - Feet that have stepped over the toe line, a foot fault
Whitewash - To lose at '301 before doubling in. Also see "Skunked"
White Horse - Scoring three virgin (untouched) triples in Cricket on your first turn.
White Moment - The moment where you have the "psychological edge" and the games shifts so that you are winning. The opponent has beaten himself or lost that "psychological edge".
Widdy Darts - Wooden steel-tip darts with a feather flight, used when playing on an American board
Winger Dart - Refers to a dart that ricochets off another and still manages to count
Wiring - Bouncing a dart off of a wire
Wood - Missing the board completely as in "I've only hit wood"
Woody - Thrown dart which lands outside the scoring area
Wrong Bed - Comment when a dart has gone into an undesired segment..."You missed" or "I missed"
Yips - See Dartitis
Insanely comprehensive :)
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