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As you learn about dominoes and domino games, you’ll likely come across many unfamiliar terms, phrases, and expressions. Like any specialized field of knowledge, dominoes has it’s own lingo that has emerged as the game has evolved over time. The derivation of many of these terms may be obscure or unclear, but they are commonly used in discussions of domino rules and strategy. There are also a number of slang terms that are used to refer to specific tiles or situations in particular games.  Welcome To The World Of Ivory League Domino Terminology 

IVORY LEAGUE SCORING POINTS TERMS

/=5

3Switchin=15
BigBen=10
BlankBlank=00
Boat=50
Christine=15
Dime=10
Dirty=30
Dubs=20
French Quarters=25
House=50
Iwakuni=20
Nicknack=5
nifty=50
O=10
Quarter=25
RinTintin=10
Tempe AZ=10
Tennessee Toddy I aint trying to hurt nobody=10
TwinTwin-=20
X=10
XO=20

Welcome To The World Of Ivory League Domino Terminology :

IVORY LEAGUE O/G DOMINO TRASH TALK TERMS
Babysitter=Holding on to points/domino
Bayou=pass/next play
Big 6 to the Board=Lock/New Game
Bogus=Bad play
Bogus=REnig play
Boneyard=domino pull
Break Bread=Hand over Money
clean the kids=mix the dominos
Come see me=next play
Dont sing it, bring it= play your game
Dont speak the board= Stop talkin
Dont trip potatoe chip=I have a counter (play) for you.
Game=Game Over
Get down how you live= play your play
Get Like Me=Can you/make money on board or acknowledge you can/cannot play
Get on before you get stole on=You lost get up from the table
Get your kids out the street=move domino out of the field of play or to the side
Guccie=Good/legal play
Heart dont pump no coolaid=I got ammo to counter your move or play
Hotter than Fish Grease=Bad play or disrupting play
Knock= can not play
Knock=pass/next player
Lock=Game Locked
New N!GGA=New Leader
On yo back=Domino game over
on you= next play
On your knees!= Hand over dominos
pull=domino pull
Read em and wheep= watch the board
Run it=Hand over hand
Run up or shut up=play your strategy
Shake ‘Em Jake My Hands Ache’= mix doiminos
Slow Nickel beats a Fast Dime=Getting points slowly
Snake eyes=**
Study long study wrong= next play
Tevin Cambell=Break the points down
Wash Em=Mix dominos
Wash The Dishes=mix dominos
yoplait/french yogurt=next play
You in the bubble=Lowest scorer on the table

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