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A list of commonly used terms and abbreviations (Note: Terms with a # sign can be used with multiple numbers)
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== Abbreviations ==
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;NSW:[[No Starworld]]
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;Hecked up:When you finally get a 1:22, but it's only by a half second
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;NCNSW:[[No Cape, No Starworld]]
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;AC:[[All Castles]]
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;Fuzzed Up:When you are the best at Any%, have the perfect run going, then lose cape 3 times and get Game Over
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;YI:[[Yoshi's Island]]
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;DP:[[Donut Plains]]
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;NCNSW:Shorthand for No Cape/StarWorld
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;VD:[[Vanilla Dome]]
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;FoI:[[Forest of Illusion]]
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;YI#:Yoshi's Island
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;CI:[[Chocolate Island]]
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;VoB:[[Valley of Bowser]]
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;DP#:Donut Plains
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;SW:[[Star World]]
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;SP:[[Special World]]
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;VD/Dome#:Vanilla Dome
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;IL:[[Individual Level]]
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;RNG:[[RNG|Random Number Generator]]
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;BB#:Butter Bridge
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;TAS:Tool Assisted Speedrun / Tool Assisted Superplay
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;GBK:[[Groovy]] Boss Kill
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;FOI#:Forest of Illusion
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;CMBK:[[Cookie Mountain]] Boss Kill
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;DBK:Double Boss Kill--getting both GBK and CMBK in a single run
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;CI/Choco#:Chocolate Island
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== General Terms ==
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;Wiggle/Left-Right/Turnback:While running, pressing left for a short time to slow down. Useful for manipulating enemy spawns or for correcting a jump that went too far.
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;VoB#:Valley of Bowser
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;Long Jump: Tapping jump and immediately regrabbing and holding it to get a low jump but slow falling, resulting in a longer jump.
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;Clip: Falling through or getting stuck any sort of solid platform.
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;SW#:Star World
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;Wall Clip:When running into a wall at a high speed, and Mario acts as if he were standing on solid ground for a frame. Allows for a wall jump, but also kills [[Mechanics|P-Speed]] and spin jumps.
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;Corner Clip:When running into a corner at the top of a wall, and Mario hits the wall and the floor at the same time. Mario makes it to the platform, but [[Mechanics|P-Speed]] is lost. If Mario is going fast enough, he can actually fall through the block.
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;IL: Individual Level: Getting a single exit as fast as possible, regardless of whether or not it can be used in any full-game run. Sometimes has restrictions (small only).
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;Wall Jump:Jumping on the frame(s) Mario is technically standing on solid ground during a wall clip.
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;Stair Clip/Slope Clip: When jumping at a shallower angle than the slope at the right place, Mario can fall through the slope.
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;Dark Room:The room before the Bowser fight and after the doors where it is dark until you hit the light switch
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;Yoshi Clip: Using Yoshi to easily clip through a solid block. See [[Yoshi Clips]].
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;Block Dupe: Abusing bad collision to create extra blocks by hitting them with an item at a particular position.
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;Door#:Referring to the numbered Doors inside of Bowser's Castle
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;Wings: The item that Yoshi can grab to go to a bonus room and end the level prematurely. Usually refers to spawning unintended wings using block dupes. See [[Wings]].
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;Shell Jump: Throwing a shell midair and jumping off of it immediately after. See [[Shell Jumps]].
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;Bowser#:Different stages of fighting Bowser (1: first stage of fight where Bowser swoops back and forth; 2: second stage of fight where Bowser follows Mario while hovering; 3: last stage of fight where Bowser smashes on the ground and follows Mario
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;Item Swap: Allowing Yoshi to eat any sprite in the game by removing the item off of Yoshi's tongue as he is grabbing it.
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;Cloud: The cloud Lakitu rides around in; usually refers to the item swap that gives you a cloud in your item box. See [[Cloud]].
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;RNG: Random Number Generator. Used to refer to variable factors that are beyond a player's control.  
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;Orb: The green ? orb at the end of [[Sunken Ghost Ship]]. Usually refers to the item swap that gives you an orb in your item box. See [[Orb]].
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;Neutral Jump/Hopping Glitch: Abusing speed mechanics to make Mario move ever-so-slightly faster by releasing right on the D-pad. Can be used to eke out an extra game second on the clock.
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;Zip/"Smashola":Glitch where Mario twirls blocks and moves through them very fast
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;Fast Yoshi: Block duping a Yoshi block, which causes Yoshi to hatch quickly. Usually used in [[Yoshi's Island 2]] for [[11 Exit]] runs.
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;Fast Fly: Abusing speed mechanics to make Mario fly faster by tapping right until Mario is flying as fast as he can. See [[Mechanics|Flying]].
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;Orb:[[Orb]] Glitch
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;Pipe Fly/Door Fly: Abusing flying mechanics to retain flight after entering a door or pipe.
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;Sticky Fly: Abusing flying mechanics to stick to a ceiling while flying.
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;Cloud: [[Cloud]] Glitch
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;Yoshi Flight: Abusing flying mechanics to enter the flying state while riding Yoshi.
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;One Tile Fly: Landing on a single block and taking off again.
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;Wings:Yoshi [[Wings]], usually referring to a glitch allowing you to turn Yoshi blue and go up into the sky, ending the level.
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;Zips/Tornadoes/Smashola: Abusing collision mechanics to quickly move downward by pushing Mario through yellow turn blocks.
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== Strat Nicknames ==
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;Clip:Going through the wall/out of bounds.
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;Underball: Going under the Podoboo in room 1 of [[Iggy's Castle]].
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;Dank-Ass Iggy Room: Getting a 282 on the game timer in room 1 of [[Iggy's Castle]] without doing Underball.
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;TAS:Tool Assisted Speedrun, using a device to make a non-human only gameplay.
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;Morton Fly: Spin flying up room 3 of [[Morton's Castle]].
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;Fast Red Switch: Hitting the P-switch and getting pipe fly in [[Red Switch Palace]].
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;wwww:Japanese equivalent of lol
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;Dirty Eerie: Taking off before the two Eeries in [[Vanilla Ghost House]].
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;Ride of Shame: Riding on the skull rafts in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] without flying past them.
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;スーパーマリオワールド: Japanese for Super Mario World
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;Yolo Fly: Skipping the 2nd skull raft in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] by performing a very tight spin fly without doing a turnback.
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;Blargg Skip: Skipping the skull raft after the midway point in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] by bouncing off a Blargg.
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;Early Ellies: Stolen from Super Mario 64, Early Ellies (Elevators) is when you 1 cycle the vertical room in Castle 2
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;Raft Skip: Completely skipping the skull raft after the midway point in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] by using Yoshi flight.
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;Vanilla Dode 3: Doing all the fastest strats in [[Vanilla Dome 3]]; nicknamed after speedrunner [[Dodechehedron]].
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;Wiggle: A quick left and right motion that you do mid-air to manipulate enemy spawns.
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;Goal Post Eat: Getting an unintentional item swap in [[Star World 3]] that results in Baby Yoshi eating the goal tape, making the normal exit unbeatable.
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;Awesome Flower: Grabbing the fire flower in [[Awesome]].
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;Red Block Thing: Taking off from the lowest Red ! Block while getting the secret exit of [[Vanilla Dome 1]].
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;Getting Mooned/Getting Blocked/Scraping: Flying through a level with obstacles in the air, but losing flight due to crashing into them instead of flying over.
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;Back to the Future: Getting 288 on the game timer in the first room of [[Ludwig's Castle]].
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;Left Side Clip: Yoshi clipping on the left side of the ledge in [[Forest of Illusion 2]].
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;Dickbutt: The visual cue for jumping in [[Forest Secret Area]].
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;Dirty Bubble: Taking off before the first bubble in [[Forest of Illusion 3]].
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;Roy Fly: Flying through the first half of [[Roy's Castle]], skipping the block snake.
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;Dirty Hole: Taking off before the first hole in [[Choco-Ghost House]].
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;Cooter Kill: Finishing off Wendy in [[Wendy's Castle]] by hitting her the third time while she is sticking out of a pipe upside-down.
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;Scroll-less Despawn: Despawning one of the Boo Rings in [[Sunken Ghost Ship]] by manipulating when the Boo Cloud appears.
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;Sexy Slide: Smoothly gliding through the one tile hole in [[Valley Ghost House]] by the key and keyhole.
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;Sandbar: The second room of [[Valley of Bowser 2]].
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;Sandbar Clip: Clipping through the sandbar to save 12 seconds.
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;The Double: Clipping through the sandbar twice to save 18 seconds.
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;The Triple: Clipping through the sandbar three times to save 18.5 seconds.
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;The Quad: Clipping through the sandbar three times, then clipping through the floor in the 3rd room to save 19 seconds.
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;Cape Kill: The optimal strategy for defeating Bowser by flying in the sky at certain times to hit him as quickly as possible.
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;Ball Skip: Hitting Bowser while his is preparing the toss a ball, which causes him to not throw it.
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;Cloud Kill: The optimal strategy for defeating Bowser by using the [[Cloud]] to skip Bowser's animations.
 
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Revision as of 07:45, 4 January 2017

Abbreviations

NSW
No Starworld
NCNSW
No Cape, No Starworld
AC
All Castles
YI
Yoshi's Island
DP
Donut Plains
VD
Vanilla Dome
FoI
Forest of Illusion
CI
Chocolate Island
VoB
Valley of Bowser
SW
Star World
SP
Special World
IL
Individual Level
RNG
Random Number Generator
TAS
Tool Assisted Speedrun / Tool Assisted Superplay
GBK
Groovy Boss Kill
CMBK
Cookie Mountain Boss Kill
DBK
Double Boss Kill--getting both GBK and CMBK in a single run

General Terms

Wiggle/Left-Right/Turnback
While running, pressing left for a short time to slow down. Useful for manipulating enemy spawns or for correcting a jump that went too far.
Long Jump
Tapping jump and immediately regrabbing and holding it to get a low jump but slow falling, resulting in a longer jump.
Clip
Falling through or getting stuck any sort of solid platform.
Wall Clip
When running into a wall at a high speed, and Mario acts as if he were standing on solid ground for a frame. Allows for a wall jump, but also kills P-Speed and spin jumps.
Corner Clip
When running into a corner at the top of a wall, and Mario hits the wall and the floor at the same time. Mario makes it to the platform, but P-Speed is lost. If Mario is going fast enough, he can actually fall through the block.
Wall Jump
Jumping on the frame(s) Mario is technically standing on solid ground during a wall clip.
Stair Clip/Slope Clip
When jumping at a shallower angle than the slope at the right place, Mario can fall through the slope.
Yoshi Clip
Using Yoshi to easily clip through a solid block. See Yoshi Clips.
Block Dupe
Abusing bad collision to create extra blocks by hitting them with an item at a particular position.
Wings
The item that Yoshi can grab to go to a bonus room and end the level prematurely. Usually refers to spawning unintended wings using block dupes. See Wings.
Shell Jump
Throwing a shell midair and jumping off of it immediately after. See Shell Jumps.
Item Swap
Allowing Yoshi to eat any sprite in the game by removing the item off of Yoshi's tongue as he is grabbing it.
Cloud
The cloud Lakitu rides around in; usually refers to the item swap that gives you a cloud in your item box. See Cloud.
Orb
The green ? orb at the end of Sunken Ghost Ship. Usually refers to the item swap that gives you an orb in your item box. See Orb.
Neutral Jump/Hopping Glitch
Abusing speed mechanics to make Mario move ever-so-slightly faster by releasing right on the D-pad. Can be used to eke out an extra game second on the clock.
Fast Yoshi
Block duping a Yoshi block, which causes Yoshi to hatch quickly. Usually used in Yoshi's Island 2 for 11 Exit runs.
Fast Fly
Abusing speed mechanics to make Mario fly faster by tapping right until Mario is flying as fast as he can. See Flying.
Pipe Fly/Door Fly
Abusing flying mechanics to retain flight after entering a door or pipe.
Sticky Fly
Abusing flying mechanics to stick to a ceiling while flying.
Yoshi Flight
Abusing flying mechanics to enter the flying state while riding Yoshi.
One Tile Fly
Landing on a single block and taking off again.
Zips/Tornadoes/Smashola
Abusing collision mechanics to quickly move downward by pushing Mario through yellow turn blocks.

Strat Nicknames

Underball
Going under the Podoboo in room 1 of Iggy's Castle.
Dank-Ass Iggy Room
Getting a 282 on the game timer in room 1 of Iggy's Castle without doing Underball.
Morton Fly
Spin flying up room 3 of Morton's Castle.
Fast Red Switch
Hitting the P-switch and getting pipe fly in Red Switch Palace.
Dirty Eerie
Taking off before the two Eeries in Vanilla Ghost House.
Ride of Shame
Riding on the skull rafts in Vanilla Dome 3 without flying past them.
Yolo Fly
Skipping the 2nd skull raft in Vanilla Dome 3 by performing a very tight spin fly without doing a turnback.
Blargg Skip
Skipping the skull raft after the midway point in Vanilla Dome 3 by bouncing off a Blargg.
Raft Skip
Completely skipping the skull raft after the midway point in Vanilla Dome 3 by using Yoshi flight.
Vanilla Dode 3
Doing all the fastest strats in Vanilla Dome 3; nicknamed after speedrunner Dodechehedron.
Goal Post Eat
Getting an unintentional item swap in Star World 3 that results in Baby Yoshi eating the goal tape, making the normal exit unbeatable.
Awesome Flower
Grabbing the fire flower in Awesome.
Red Block Thing
Taking off from the lowest Red ! Block while getting the secret exit of Vanilla Dome 1.
Getting Mooned/Getting Blocked/Scraping
Flying through a level with obstacles in the air, but losing flight due to crashing into them instead of flying over.
Back to the Future
Getting 288 on the game timer in the first room of Ludwig's Castle.
Left Side Clip
Yoshi clipping on the left side of the ledge in Forest of Illusion 2.
Dickbutt
The visual cue for jumping in Forest Secret Area.
Dirty Bubble
Taking off before the first bubble in Forest of Illusion 3.
Roy Fly
Flying through the first half of Roy's Castle, skipping the block snake.
Dirty Hole
Taking off before the first hole in Choco-Ghost House.
Cooter Kill
Finishing off Wendy in Wendy's Castle by hitting her the third time while she is sticking out of a pipe upside-down.
Scroll-less Despawn
Despawning one of the Boo Rings in Sunken Ghost Ship by manipulating when the Boo Cloud appears.
Sexy Slide
Smoothly gliding through the one tile hole in Valley Ghost House by the key and keyhole.
Sandbar
The second room of Valley of Bowser 2.
Sandbar Clip
Clipping through the sandbar to save 12 seconds.
The Double
Clipping through the sandbar twice to save 18 seconds.
The Triple
Clipping through the sandbar three times to save 18.5 seconds.
The Quad
Clipping through the sandbar three times, then clipping through the floor in the 3rd room to save 19 seconds.
Cape Kill
The optimal strategy for defeating Bowser by flying in the sky at certain times to hit him as quickly as possible.
Ball Skip
Hitting Bowser while his is preparing the toss a ball, which causes him to not throw it.
Cloud Kill
The optimal strategy for defeating Bowser by using the Cloud to skip Bowser's animations.
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