''aerial ping-pong'' - a term used to describe the sport since the ball often moves back and forth between two halves of the ground. More often than not a derogatory term used by Rugby League fans, the term was more valid through the 1960s and 1970s; the faster paced running game of the current age has made the term largely obsolete.
''air conveyance'' - the football
''Arctic Park'' - nickname of former VFL / AFL headquarters ground Waverley Park , for its freezing atmosphere
''assist'' - to give the ball to a player who then scores - this statistic has a long history in other sports such as NHL hockey, and is just beginning to gain popularity in the game
B
''ball'' - short for ''holding the ball'' - called by supporters to plead for the umpire to pay a free kick for holding the ball, often when they fear he might pay holding the man. Often dragged out as ''baalllll''. See ''man'' on this page
''behind the stick'' - a behind
''big men'' - see tall timber
''bomb'' - a long high kick
''breadbasket'' - refers to the stomach of a player
C
'' Checkside '' or ''banana'' - a kick that curves from one side to another
''clanger'' - a mistake
''coathanger'' - dangerous high tackle
''cross country basketball'' - see aerial ping pong
'' Crumber '' - small player or rover best at picking the ball up off the ground after a contest
D
''dinosaur'' - refers to tall players or ruckmen - sometimes also old or veterans.
''dragged'' - player is moved from field to interchange during game
''dropped'' - player is moved to the reserves after a poor performance
''dummy'' (or ''sell the dummy'') - a type of baulk where a player tricks an opposition player into believing you are about to do something they are not.
''ground-level'' - referring to play taking place along the ground rather than aerially
H
''hanger'' - A term for a spectacular mark where a player appears to hang high in the air to receive the ball, also known as a Speccy
''hard ball'' - ball is in contested situation or underneath a pack (ie. '' Hard Ball Gets '')
''helicopter punt'' - a kick which gyrates flatly like the turbines of a helicopter, and for which Stephen Kernahan was well known
''hip 'n' shoulder'' - a legal bump
''hospital pass'' - player passes to a player who is immediately in danger of getting tackled
I
J
''jumper punch'' - an attempt to avoid fines for striking by grabbing a fistful of another player's jumper, and then punching with that fist.
K
''kick for touch'' - kick that just lands inside the boundary line (borrowed from Rugby ).
'' Kicking In Danger '' - swinging a boot at the ball when an opposition player's head or hands are in the action of retrieving it - one example of this was an incident in 2005 when Steven King scissor-kicked into the air during a ruck contest and caused major facial injuries to Jeff White , however most of the time it refers to a Ground-level situation)
''man'' - short for ''holding the man''- called by supporters to plead for the umpire to pay a free kick for holding the man, often when they fear he might pay holding the ball. The two are often screamed simultaneously by opposing fans. See ''ball'' on this page
''mongrel punt'' - a kick that spins awkwarldy but goes in the correct direction
N
O
''one-hander'' - a one handed catch / mark
P
''pill'' - another term used to describe the ball
''pine, the'' - the interchange bench
''ping'' - describes the player when the umpire pays a free kick (i.e. ''pinged for holding the ball'')
''poster'' - a behind scored by the ball hitting the behind post
Q
R
''rainmaker'' - a very high kick that doesn't cover much ground
''rotation'' - tactical interchanges or positional changes used to ensure that followers do not succumb to fatigue.
''rushed Behind '' - conceding a minor score when in defence
