New Pinball Dictionary: Cliffy’d / Cliff-ied
Named for times when a Cliffy protector interferes in some way with your shot, or causes you to drain the ball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Ock Block
Occurs when you shoot the Doc Ock saucer cleanly, but instead of stopping in the saucer, the ball gets rejected and it comes right back at you.
New Pinball Dictionary: Shotgun / Shotgun Seat
The player with the second best seed in a pinball playoff.
New Pinball Dictionary: Chopping Wood
Describes a player who is … grinding for points …
New Pinball Dictionary: Snowman
During Multiball play when a ball is cradled on a flipper, and another ball happens to rest vertically on top of it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Brick
Occurs when a player has a ball cradled on a flipper, takes a controlled shot and misses it. Especially if the player really needs it to claim an important feature or award.
New Pinball Dictionary: House
Don’t get housed!
New Pinball Dictionary: Pinjury
An injury sustained specifically because of pinball. This can include maladies suffered due to playing pinball or through the effort of supporting the hobby or the sport of pinball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Straight Down the Middle / SDTM
To lose a ball via the center drain because the ball was travelling so fast and/or in such a perfect line, that there is no way the player could have saved it …
New Pinball Dictionary: Drop Catch
A timing move where the player drops the flipper just as the ball touches it …