[BenF]

Just been flicking through the new edition of Climber and I see that Panton has copyrighted the term shortball, Greg thought up longball the other month and we already had highball as a descriptive term in bouldering.  So, what other balls can we think up?

Could the term fur ball be used to describe problems that have a rather healthy coating of lichen or moss?

Is a fly ball a problem with a high quota of biting insects nearby?  (As well as a baseball term).

Would a bouncingball be a problem with plenty of loose rock falling from it?

Are softballs found on southern sandstone?


Discuss (or not as the case may be).

[superfurrymonkey]

Chalk ball a ball of chalk

[BenF]

Chalk ball a ball of chalk

Hmmm...  I see your logic there.

[Monolith]

I'm keen for flyball to pertain towards a cool problem. Mind you, that could just as easily be dopeball or illball.

[BenF]

Are we talking indoor problems then Tom?

[dave]

dieball - a death highball.

doughball - expensive to get to.

noball - a non problem.

microball - a very short lowball.

showball - any plantation arete johnny footwork does.

discoball - a leg-trembling problem.

lieball - a si o'connor problem.

[SA Chris]

discoball - a leg-trembling problem.

shiny discoball - polished leg - trembling problem.

impossiball - godskin problem

shaggaball - high quality problem

[BenF]

Splendid work Dave.  

Spinball - a dynamic problem involving a barndoor move.

Poolball - Above a puddle.

Snowball - Winter bouldering.

[GCW]

Irreversa Ball- A problem you can't back off from safely
Incredi Ball-  An OK problem
Insensi Ball- A head first fall
Incontriverty Ball- Word
Terry Ball- An unpleasant problem
Horry Ball- Much the same
Gully Ball- A problem to sandbag your mates on

[erm, sam]

Swissball - High profile, but banned foreign bouldering.

[SA Chris]

dumbball - thug problem
speed ball - loads of ninja hands moves

[Jaspersharpe]

I particularly like gully-ball. 

Beach-ball - Er...problem on a beach

Cannon-ball - Explosively powerful

Cannonand-ball - A prolem so hard it's not funny

Rubber-ball - "You can fall but don't bounce"

Indeciphera-ball - Requiring lots of gay trickery

Monsters-ball - Film with Halle Berry shagging in it

[dave]

Beach-ball - Er...problem on a beach

...or at Secret Garden.

Canonball - a photogenic problem.

Havinaball - an enjoyable problem.

Dodgeball - Problem with an american car inconveniently parked underneath.

Cindersyoushallgototheball - Outstanding problem where a badly dressed relatively unknown climber (cohabiting with two visually disagreable female siblings) can rise to fame, send the problem above a bouldering mat made out of a pumpkin, spotted by mice, only to find at the stroke of midnight they're magically transported back to obscurity, back to mooching around knee-deep in bovine excrement doing downhill chipped eliminate traverses at almscliff dressed like a vagrant above a beaten-down old Megagrip mat. Johnny Dawes stars as the Fairy God Mutha, fucker.

[Jaspersharpe]

Spotted by mice. Genius.

[Monolith]

Don't wannaplayball - A project that just isn't happening.

[jfw]

zoe-ball - a nice looking problem marred by fatboy-slime content

debate-a-ball - i did it when no one was there

[GCW]

Ball- ox:  Most problems of V1 and above in the Hebrides?  Allegedly.
Unbeliever Ball-  As above?
Mangled Mandy Ball- A fall that leaves you eating through a straw.

[Falling Down]

You can tell it's summer.....

[superfurrymonkey]

Discombobulataball - a very confusing problem that requires precise beta.

[Nibile]

"ball-erino": a problem that requires moving like a...dancer!!!
 

[BenF]

Inscruta-ball - No idea where the problem goes.

[slackline]

Diaballical - a #!@?$%€ hard problem

[Monolith]

Discoball- holds so big you could host a party on them.

[BenF]

Riceball - A problem that you throw a paddy on.

[superfurrymonkey]

Delectaball - A delightful little problem.

[superfurrymonkey]

Abominaball snowman - A very shy winter boulderer sometimes spotted in the Peaks.

[andy_e]

Thunderball - A problem climbed in a tuxedo
no-balls - a problem for women

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Johnny Ball - A fun but tricky problem to solve which involves thinking of the correct numerical sequences and trying not to be distracted by the younger more attractive eliminate.

[andy_e]

Ball-park - a boulder field

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Aye-ball : "Arrr, a fright'ning 'n tall seacliff probl'm with the risk o' bein' drown'd, smashed ont' rocks or bein' made t' walk the plank. Gar."

[andy_e]

Insuraball - Check your policy first.
Constaball - An arresting problem.
Impermeaball - see impossiball

[andy_e]

Insatiaball-  a problem you can't get enough of.

[GCW]

If you can be bothered trawling through 1994 words I'm sure there's more to be had.

[erm, sam]

Jeez, way to take the fun out of it GCW.

[GCW]

Sorry man- I did my best with gully ball 
At least I didn't mention words with -ible..... 

[GCW]

Parry Ball    A parry ball is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson.  They involve a strong lad cranking out sick hard problems or winning high level competitions and contain a profound lesson on how to use you feet wisely. 
Amen.

[SA Chris]

Or a problem involving employing evasive or defensive manoeuvers.