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Unprocessed litter (n.) All portions of pool noodles thrown on the field in the last match that haven't been put in the trash can yet.

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Picklist (n.) -Hastily written scribblings from 4 AM that are incomprehensible when it matters most,
or something the 5th-8th alliance captains never seem to have

Reveal Video (n.) -A series of thoroughly edited clips showing video of features your robot never actually had, and set to one of 5 different popular pop songs of the year, or alternatively, a screamo cover of a Justin Bieber song

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Nationals (n.) - a term that us old timers use when we've forgotten what year it is, See World Championship (n.), Worlds (n.)

Ship day (n.) - The day a completed robot was hastily packed into a large wooden box with a random assortment of graphics and numbers painted on the side, then shipped off to a faraway place, See Nationals (n.)

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2015 Q163 (n.) - Yes, Chute door. See Chute Door.

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Week 5 (n.): A magical land where programmers get to code the robot and drivers get their practice. Only certain teams know of its whereabouts.

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FRC (verb); an acronym standing for Forceful Robot Collisions. Note: Many consider this synonymous with the 2014 game Ariel Assist.

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Theory (n.) - A mythical place where all robot designs work.

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Ether (n) or aether; quintessence - the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class, has been known to help those computing OPR, CCWM or correct misinterpretations of mecanum wheels.

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Coopertition (n.) The concept that a team that cannot figure out how to help its alliance by working with teams on its own alliance, will somehow figure out how to help its alliance by working with teams on the other alliance.

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Stop Build Day (n): A day that is 45 days after teams start building their robots and 63 days before all teams have stopped.

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Game Hint (n): A device of mass torture, esp. one which functions best with the consent of the torturees.

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Watched pot - the period between placing all the robots on an FRC field and the robots actually obtaining sufficient field connectivity to run a match.

Implied threat - the action of field volunteer walking toward a robot or driver's station that is in 'watched pot' mode. Extra points if the robot or driver's station does this: :eek:

Knife switch semaphore - turn on or plug in your robot. They are more interesting like that.

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Pit (n) - A volume of space that will expand or contract depending on on who is looking at it. Normally fluctuates around 10'x10'x10'.

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Autonomous Mode (n): A moment of silence observed prior to every Week 1 or Week 2 match.

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Week 1 (n.) The opening weekend of regional and district tournament play...if not for those rebels in South Carolina.