The FIRST Devil's Dictionary

[Caleb Sykes]

Lunacy (n.): 1. A benchmark used when talking about how bad the current year's game is. 2. The game that must not be named. See Lord Voldemort

Ariel Assist (n.): Let's go save the mermaid before Ursula gets her!

Mechanum (n.): An imaginary word used by individuals to prove their lack of knowledge of omni-directional drive systems.

[Caleb Sykes]

Gregor (n.): A magical elf summoned by the forbidden word nationals.
See also Nationals

[Caleb Sykes]

12V solenoid (n.): An expensive paperweight because the PCM is always set for 24V.

24V solenoid (n.): An expensive paperweight because the PCM is always set for 12V.

Robot Inspector (n.): A nice man who takes care of Curious George.

Serpentine Draft (n.): A systematic procedure used to encourage teams to be the 24th best team at the event.

SmartDashbord (n.): A convenient place to put a lot of information that the drivers will never look at.

[EricH]

Safety Adviser (n.) Person in a green polo shirt whose job often appears to be to force teams to use the LEAST safe way of doing any given work in the pits.

Pit Admin (n.) That voice in your head telling you to report to queuing, you are in the next match.

Queuing Team (n., plural) Cat herders, traffic directors, and "that's the exit gate" group.

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

Ariel Assist (n.): Let's go save the mermaid before Ursula gets her!

Arial Assist (n.): A game where times new roman (among other infractions) results in a 50 point Technical Foul.

Technical Foul(n.): A soul-crushing 50 point penalty. Second only to a Red Card. In 2014, these were assigned by a lottery, of unknown explainable algorithm.

Red Card(n.): The mother of all punishments on the field. The nightmare of drive teams, and in 2015, a form of execution in playoffs. See Stack Attack

Stack Attack(n.): 1. The 2003 FRC game that is among the top three worst games according to most. 2. In 2015, a large scale game of dominoes. A common cause of death in playoffs. See also Darwin Awards.