Extreme Boules Terminology

Below are some examples of Extreme Boules terminology that may be overheard in games. Please feel free to add your own and help build up the Dictionary of Extreme Boule.

Cat's Licked Your Bacon - (i) A player who on the surface seems very pleased with themself after some impressive play or a turn of luck.
(ii) A player forced to persevere with what appears to be an enjoyable action, but which deep down carries a terrible burden, all because of a curse.

To Pull a Hornblower - A player who seems to have disregarded all concept of scoring points / winning and is instead playing with joyful abandonment and reckless happiness.
e.g. Player A: "Seb's lost it, he's delirious and nowhere near the jack."
Player B: " I think he may be pulling a Hornblower."

Kisser - To land a boule so close that it really touches the jack. In some games this results in double points.

Collinson - To heavily rely on port to improve your aim.
e.g Player A: "Seb's got better since the port came out."
Player B: "He's entering a State of Collinson."

Collinson Round - When the jack is replaced with a consumable, most traditionally a bottle of Collinson's port. Damage to the consumable often results in negative points. This round is seen as a true test of courage.

I wouldn't want a ticket for that showing! - A term, possibly borrowed from Dominoes, for a bad round of boule.

An Act of Gressier - To carry out an obscene action that is intended to offend your opponents and thus put them off their game. Legal in the game of Extreme Boule but rarely practised thankfully.
e.g. Player A: Stan's shorts are too short - he's exposing his testicle with each lunge. I'm finding it hard to focus.
Player B: He's commiting an Act of Gressier, which are permitted in the rules, so just get on with it.

Port Kiss - The act of kissing your boule with port stained lips before tossing it in the hope of improving your aim. Yet to be proven to have any scientific value.

Playing like a docker / sailor - To play well, albeit in a rough and ready manner. Both dockers and sailors are traditionally believed to be fine Extreme Boule players.

Playing like an 18th Century docker/sailor. To play even better than above.

Boule Tap - The sound of Boule being tapped together. Most commonly used as a sign of applause and appreciation. However it has been reported as being used in a derisive, taughting manner as well. Occasionally refered to as the Geiger Counter.

Cockburn's Grip - (a) The manner of holding a bottle of Cockburn's Port, a very common refreshment during Extreme Boule games.
(b) A players technique for holding a boule.
e.g. Player A: "Sebs throwing his boule in a weird way."
Player B: "He's trying out a new Cockburn's Grip"
(c) An obscure yet influential musical act on the Creamhorn Record's label.

To play under the influence - To play without the influence of alcohol. To play sober.

Goose - When the boule arrange themselves to form a V shape i.e. the formation geese adopt when streamline flying. A magical event when it happens in a match, which should be celebrated.

Dig In! - A call bellowed whilst the boule is mid air which hopes to encourage the boule to land with no bounce.

Carry On! - A call bellowed (often in a panicked fashion) to encourage a boule in motion to continue rolling and thus close in on the jack.

Jack Chasing - The art of playing boule whilst walking.

Canon-boule - To propel a boule with such force that it smashes into the terrain leaving a boule imprint.

Destructo - boule - The act of using a boule to smash your opponents boule (s) out the way, recalibrating the field of play and thus 'reseting the clocks'.

Reseting the Clocks - To reset the pitch i.e. to change the position of the jack and/or boules during a round.

Double kisser - To have two boule touching the jack. Pure magic.

Fecal - boule - When a boule is covered, accidently or deliberately, with fecal mater and still used in a round. Despite claims that a fecal-boule helps to put off opponents, there is yet to be any scientific evidence to show the advantages or disadvantages of playing with a fecal-boule.

High Jacking - The collision of two boule mid air. Can occur accidently, or as a deliberate act of aggression. It is believed that having a boule 'high jacked' can shatter a players confidence.

Swan Round - The unusual practice of creating a swan shape out of tin foil and resting the jack on the head. A very specialist play.

Presenting a Gift - When the jack is relocated towards the end of the game (the clocks are reset) into a new position away from all the boules, giving the next player an easy target.

Gift Snatcher - A player who takes the points when the jack is presented as gift.

Gentleman's Co-efficient - Proposed new rule that states players should receive points for consuming port during a game. Very controversial.