This compendium of cavers' terms comes from postings by a number of individuals from all over the world, and reflect the lingo of various regions. Air Rappel - An accidental fall down a pit. ALB - Amazing Levitating Boulder. Armchair caver - One who talks about caving more than going underground.
Modern version is the 'virtual' caver.
Babysitters - Referring to those cavers who can dig one day of the weekend, while they look after the kids for the other day. Bang - Explosives. Bide - Carbide. Biner - Carabiner. That passage which reminds you of some certain part of the female anatomy.