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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.
bastardworm
noun. a worm with very little health in a Team17 scheme game.
Such worms, generally being disposable, are often used to steal crates in risky places, causing much annoyance to the player who thought it was safe to leave the crate for a later turn
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
lolocaust
verb. to deliberately and knowingly attempt to exterminate an opponent's team with such determination as to even forego winning the game to do so.
noun. the act of the above.
mis-mite
verb. to accidentally place a dynamite, mine or sheep when intending to release a mole.
Common in the shot-doesn't-end-turn moleshopper, where F5 weapons from crates can cause confusion
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]
squidgengap
noun a quirk in the terrain whereby a worm can get stuck, able to turn but unable to move.
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.
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