NERTS! Dictionary

This is the **semi-official dictionary** for *NERTS! Online*.

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a game of Nerts where players have agreed to play cooperatively, passively, and/or without aggression.

* I'm too tired for this. Can we play some **chill-Nerts**?

D

### dump

(dʌmp) *colloquial*
1. **verb:** the act of placing consecutive cards of the same suit into the center piles in rapid succession by the same person.
2. **noun:** a placement of consecutive cards of the same suit into the center piles in rapid succession by the same person.

* Did you see how quickly I ***dumped*** those spades? (definition 1)
* I just took a huge ***dump***. (definition 2)

E

### early-onset Nertzheimer's

(ˈəːliˈɒnsɛt 'nəːtshʌɪməz) *noun*
a disease presenting as a period of acute cognitive decline during a Nerts game caused by continuous, uninterrupted Nerting periods.

* Justin played so much Nerts that he developed ***early-onset Nertzheimer's***.

F

### 52 (fifty-two)

(ˈfɪfti tuː) *noun, phrase*
a round of Nerts where each player has deposited all of their cards into the centre piles, thus having earned 52 points — the maximum score possible in a single round of Nerts; usually occurs by request during a chill-Nerts game.

* Can we get to ***52***?

G

### glory run

(ˈɡlɔːri rʌn) *noun*
a chain of consecutive rounds of Nerts in which a player quickly and consistently clears their Nerts pile and purposely Nerts prematurely in order to cause their opponent/s to lose points; usually at the cost of gaining a small number of points in a round.

* That was Jackson's fifth round that he's won in a row. He's on a ***glory run*** while I've lost over eighty points.

### governert

(ˈɡʌv(ə)ˌnəːt, ˈɡʌvənəːt) *verbt*
the act of placing a large number of aces into the centre piles at the beginning of the game which pressures one's opponents to develop piles closer to the player, providing them with an advantage to the playing of their own cards.

* Holy shít guys, Eric is ***governerting*** hard this round!

N

**TBA**

O

### 100-percent skill (100% skill)

(wʌnˈhʌndrəd pəˈsent skɪl, wʌnˈhʌndrəd pɚˈsent skɪl) *phrase*
ironic phrase used when a player quickly gains the ability to call Nerts quickly due to excessive luck.

* It's ***100% skill*** bro!

### out-Nert

(aʊt'nəːt) *noun*
1. to out-Nert someone : the process of playing a card in the central pile before someone else.
2. to get out-Nerted : see Nerts-cucked (definition 1).
3. when someone wins a game of Nerts (less common).

* I out-Nerted Jenny so much last night. (definition 1)
* Dammit, Nathan! Stop out-Nerting me! (definition 2)
* I got out-Nerted pretty hard there. (definition 2)
* The beginning of the game was horrible, but in the end I managed to out-Nert everyone. (definition 3)

### Ozynertias

(ɒziˈnəːtis) *verb*
a sonnet written by Percy Bysse Shelley first published in 1818 that describes the exploits of pharaoh Ramesses II within the game of Nerts.

P

### premature Nert

(ˈprɛmətʃə nəːt, ˈprɛmətjʊə nəːt) *noun*
the undesirable act of calling Nerts when cards can still be played into the central piles, thus forfeiting the opportunity to earning more points.
**— Nert prematurely, *verb*, — prematurely Nerted, *verb***

* Oops, I did a ***premature Nert.***

S

### skill issue

(skɪl 'ɪʃuː, skɪl ˈɪsjuː) *phrase*
a pejorative phrase used to mock players who complain during a game.

* "Why are my cards so bad?"

"Hmm... I dunno man, sounds like a ***skill issue*** to me."
### slicker than a dolphin’s dīck

*phrase*
a crude phrase used to describe the euphoric sensation of playing in a low-latency Nerts lobby.

* Wow, my ping is 34ms. That’s ***slicker than a dolphin’s dīck***. It’s no wonder I’m out-Nerting everyone today.

### snertzophrenia

(ˌsnəːtsə(ʊ)ˈfriːnɪə) *noun*
a debilitating psychological disease in which the player believes he or she is truly playing a game of Nerts, but is in fact imagining the ordeal as a side-effect of prolonged Nerts gameplay.
**—snertzophrenic**, *noun, adjective* , **—snertzophrenically**, *adverb*.

* Mrs. Levinson, I'm afraid the test results have come back positive. Your husband has ***snertzophrenia***.
* "Where did Kenny go?"

"Oh Kenny? He had to be sent to a mental institution to see if they could control his ***snertzophrenic*** relapse."
"It happens to the best of us..."
W

### what's said in the Nerts lobby, stays in the Nerts lobby

*phrase*
a policy sworn to by all Nerts players, in which any discussions had within a Nerts lobby are received with absence of judgement, so that anything said by a Nerts player will not affect their relationship with their peers or their criminal record after the Nerts game has concluded.

* "Go to hell. I wish that you had been aborted."

"***What's said in the Nerts lobby, stays in the Nerts lobby***."
Z

### zamn use

(zam brʌg) *exclamation, phrase*
an exclamatory phrase used to indicate one's astonishment in a player's speed in finishing their Nerts pile.

* ***Zamn brug***! Alvin out-Nerted everyone again!