amateur hour

- game played with less experienced players.

getting some lovin'

-receiving useful tiles from previous player.

early commitment

-taking any available discarded tiles early in the game.

deng!

- exclamation of annoyance when your turn is skipped or an unwanted tile is picked up.

blank tiles

- a wild card (tile) that can be used as any other tile

13 unique wonders

- a ill-fated hand consisting of one of each of the winds and dragons, 1 and 9 of each suit and one extra of any of the above to complete the eyes.
- Sarah Gee's favourite hand.
- also known as 13 orphans.

lockdown

- when another player's desired tile is spitefully placed face down in your hand

cheap win

- a low scoring win that elicits abuse from other players

self-touch

-picking up your own winning tile

American style

- also known as "The Charleston"

- game style where dealer has the right to demand any 3 tiles to be taken from the next player. The next player does the same until all players have the correct number of tiles.

- dealer must call American style after first look at their hand and not after game has begun.

- dealer may demand swaps to continue until they are satisified with their hand.

my chi is blocked

-when one does not receive the tiles one wishes for.

feeling the andy

- when one is channeling the luck and skill of Andy Lau's character from that mahjong movie

Windows (95 or 2000)

- fancy name for tile that resembles a blue rectangle
- also known as blue dragon

liquorice all sorts

-when one has or is collecting tiles of all suits.

hots for the dots

-when one is collecting the suit of dots