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These are pinball terms used by the pinball gaming community which may or may not be a part of the official pinball lexicon.
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The Inductees
A
Airball / Air Ball
B
Bathroom Stall
Brickhouse
Bricklayer
C
Crank It Down / Crank It Off
D
Dead Zone
Dr. J.
E
F
G
H
House
I
J
K
Kill Shot
L
Leaping Lazarus
M
Maxwell Smart
N
O
P
Paragone
Passy
Placebo Power / Phantom Power
Postmaster General
Q
R
Restroom Stall
S
Straitjacket
T
Tech Pass
Tilt Karma
U
Up, Over and Gone
V
Victory Plunge
W
X
Y
Z
Prospects (on-deck)
“Bye-breaker”
“Crook Drain / Joint Drain”
“Ghosting”
“Golden Eyedropper“
“Killscreened”
“Liquid Skill”
“Pinagogue”
“Pinballus Interruptus”
“Pinja (Pinball Ninja)”
“Pump and Dump / Pay to Play / Herb Style”
“Reversal of Fortune”
“Slingshort”
“Walk of Shame”
“Valid / Validation”
(Plus a backlog of others…)