Appendix talk:Australian rules football slang

Slang?
This is a very comprehensive list! I have just one thought, though. Some of the terms listed - such as hard ball, rushed behind, State of Origin, lead - are not, in my opinion, really "slang" words. They're surely speacialised terms associated with the sport. Hard ball gets and rushed behinds are certainly counted in statistics. Maybe we could mark these more formal words with an asterisk or in bold or something? Albreda 11:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Attention: Slang Glossary policy discussion underway
Slang glossaries violate the following policy:

Wikipedia is not a dictionary

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Due to the many AfDs which are initiated to enforce this policy and due to the resistance to such deletion by defenders of the glossaries, I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not to rewrite the policy in order to solve this problem and to readdress this question: should slang glossaries by allowed on Wikipedia? --List Expert 23:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

some other times which may not be on the list

 * back line
 * back pocket
 * fullback
 * half-back line
 * half-back flank
 * centre
 * half-forward line
 * half forward
 * half-forward flank
 * centre half-forward
 * forward pocket
 * half-forward line
 * follower
 * tagger
 * ruckman
 * ruck rover
 * rover
 * interchange
 * interchange bench
 * centre-bounce/centre bounce
 * ball up/ball-up
 * tip-off/tipoff/tip off
 * tap down
 * scrag
 * rebounder
 * clanger
 * disposal
 * handpass
 * kick after the siren
 * checkside/checkside punt
 * drop kick
 * drop punt
 * place kick
 * grubber
 * punt
 * set shot
 * snap
 * up and under
 * torpedo punt
 * kick-in
 * one percenter
 * running bounce
 * shepherd
 * chicken wing/chicken wing tackle
 * fend-off/fend off
 * spear tackle
 * mark
 * spectacular mark/spec/speccy/specky/speckie/screamer
 * coathanger
 * holding the ball
 * holding the man
 * push in the back
 * 50-metre arc
 * rushed behind
 * coast-to-coast goal
 * super goal
 * banner
 * boundary rider
 * father-son rule
 * flooding
 * guernsey
 * recycled player
 * rookie list
 * time-on
 * zone defence

Compare with Category:en:Australian rules football