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Bang/ Bounce / Thump: A ball spiked very hard with a steep downward angle. A hit that lands inside the 10 foot line.

Beer: When an attacked ball goes through a defenders legs. After being "Beered" the defender then owes the attacker a beer.

Deep Dish/Chicago style pizza/Evan set : An illegal set that is held excessively long, typically set from below the shoulders and seen in beach volleyball.

Facial / Six-Pack / Tattoo : When a defending player gets hit in the face with the ball either from an attack by the opposing team or by a deflection off the block. The term "six-pack" refers to the dizzying sensation of being hit directly in the head or face by a volleyball as being analogous to the dizzying sensation of having drunk a six pack of beer. It may also possibly refer to a tradition where the player hit by the spike must buy the hitter a six-pack (usually of beer) or because the abdominal muscles are sometimes referred to as a "six-pack", so getting hit in the stomach by the ball is getting 'six-packed'. The term "tattoo" refers to marks left on the skin of the hit player by the seams/lettering on the ball.

House / Stuff / Roof : When the defensive player blocks a ball so hard that it is immediately returned to the hitter and goes straight to the floor.

Hubby-wife : In beach volleyball, when a serve drops between two players because the players don't decide in time who will pass it.

Jungleball / Barbecue ball / Picnic ball : A volleyball game played by inexperienced players with little ball control.

O.T. : When an attacker hits the ball over top of the blocker and it lands in front of the defense.

Paintbrush / Whiff : A mishit — when a player attempts to hit (or spike) the ball with the open hand and nearly misses the ball, only contacting the ball with his/her fingers resulting in a backspin on the ball.

Popcorn setting/Sprinkler : When an unskilled setter is sending sets in a random pattern (like popcorn being popped, or like a water sprinkler on the grass).

Rainbow : A shot especially on the beach that is hit over the head of the defender to the far corner and lands cleanly. Also known as a Jumbo Shrimp (due to the arc/shape of the shot).

Scrappy : Referring to a team that doesn't let a single ball hit the ground without much effort. (used positively)

Spalding: when the hitters hit the ball and it hits the opposing defensive team in the face or on their body. Spalding refers to the letters of the ball staying on the players face because it hit them so hard.

Spiketown/Bouncetown: A fictional place that a hitter claims to go to when he/she gets an impressive kill that bounces very high and no one can return.

Tool / Use : An attack which is deflected off an opponent (usually during a block) and is unplayable resulting in a point for the attacking team.

Trap : A ball set too close to the net where the hitter typically gets stuffed.

Vegas Line: A kill resulting from a powerful hard-line spike that penetrates or beats the opponents' line block. So-named after Sean Rosenthal, a member of the AVP delivered such a memorable kill in Las Vegas, 2005.

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