Have you ever noticed that drummers have their on "language" to describe a lot of things? Well, we decided it would be cool to dedicate a place to put all the terms we use along with terms used by other drumlines. So, if you have a cool term or saying that your drumline uses, send it to me and it will get put on here.
| TERM | MEANING |
| "burn it" | to increase the tempo |
| "reef it" | to increase the tempo dramatically |
| "don't suck" | play it sweet |
| "play it sweet" | don't suck |
| "to be in" | to play in synch with the line |
| "to tick" | to play out of synch with the line |
| "ticker" | someone who always ticks |
| "piss clean" | to play so clean it sounds like someone pissing |
| "86 it" | you all suck so take that part out |
| "crank it" | to tighten a drum head till near the point of breaking |
| "dut" | a loud vocal projection used to keep time |
| "hype" | to nod your head firmly or yell loudly after playing well |
| "throwing down" | playing with excitement and perfection |
| "clean" | drum parts executed well; sounds like one drum; no tickers |
| "gray" | drum parts played somewhat decent; some sounds static; 1 to 2 tickers |
| "dirty" | drum parts played badly; sounds like butt; all tickers |
| "wet" | snare drums tuned with loose guts |
| "coffee table" | snare drums tuned with tight guts |
| "blow a head" | drum head exploding due to high tension |
| "terp is baked" | bad interpretation |
| "race like a piss horse" | go to the bathroom |
| "(name) chowed it" | that person ticked a lick |
| "cheese hose flam" | general saying for playing the book |
| "the book" | all the music in a show |