Lexicon

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Words

badger

verb. to force a player to move a worm by threatening it with an easy kill, such as a punch off-screen.

noun. the act of the above. [A fine badger.]

A common move in Team17 games, where forcing a player's hand is a useful tactic

badgercrate

noun. a crate that renders a badger useless by providing the badgered worm with an excuse to move anyway.

bastardgirder

verb. to block a worm into a tight spot with a girder.

noun. a girder used in the above way.

bottomworm

noun. a worm at the bottom of the map; a specific type of soakworm.

A term used in the Bow and Arrows scheme and Moleshopper scheme, where a worm's height is important

bottomy

adj. having more bottomworms than topworms.

bumcluster

noun. a clusterbomb placed beneath a worm in a such a way that all clusters explode instantaneously.

duck

noun. aquasheep.

koen

verb. to unintentionally harm the worm attempting to perform a shot of almost any definition instead of the intended victim(s).

noun. the act of doing so with one of your worms. [Nice koen there, Koen!]

Used in the hysteria scheme

molocaust

verb. to injure or kill a worm with an excessive number of Moles in shot-doesn't-end-turn mode.

noun. the act of the above.

oneworm

verb. to reduce an opponent's team of worms to exactly one worm. [oh no i've been onewormed]

rope 'n' hope

verb. to use the sole Ninja Rope in a Team17 game, with the turn's success relying purely on the contents of the crates (usually a banana) to be collected by doing so.

noun. the act of the above. [looks like jeremy is going for a rope 'n' hope]

soakworm

noun. a worm too far away from the conflict zone to make any meaningful contribution to the battle, thus soaking up a turn when selected.

telecide

noun. a suicide by way of fall damage after teleporting a worm high into the air.

topworm

noun. a worm at the top of the map.

toppy

adj. having more topworms than bottomworms.