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- soggy biscuit
- A (probably mythical) game in which a group of boys masturbated onto a biscuit, with the last boy to ejaculate having to eat the biscuit. No-one has ever admitted to having played soggy More…
- space invaders
- Game for masochistics. A row of younger kids would line up against a wall, while the shooter would throw a tennis ball or kick a football at them. Each 'hit' would kill off that kid until More…
- spazmerrack
- Boys-only playground game played for one year only! An especially contrived derivation of 'spastic'., The game would be played with as many people as possible from one's peer group. One More…
- spear the queer
- Playground game, somewhat akin to Rugby, where one lad runs around with a ball while pursued by his classmates who try to tackle him. There are no end zones, no scoring, any type of ball More…
- spider goalie
- Same principle as 'fly goalie'. See also: fly goalie =circa 1990's, UK
- spidermonkey
- Sort of game anyway. Basically you screamed this and jumped on your friends (victims) back. They would usually stagger a few more yards or fall to the floor. The 'trick' for the victim is More…
- spin the bottle
- Girl would spin a milk bottle or similar and she would have to kiss the boy the neck pointed to (french kiss preferred). Then the boys took turns to spin the bottle on the girls (Note: More…
- spit(2)
- Spit was also a card game played in school I was similar to patience with two people, the quickest person to get rid of all their cards wins. So-called because you were supposed to spit More…
- spitfires and messerschmitts
- Basically 'it' or 'tip' but played on bikes. See also: it
- split the kipper
- See also: knifey, mumblypeg
- spooner
- Term to describe the result when a player in a lunch/ break time football kickabout would strike the ball with the shin or 'flick' with the shoe, causing the ball to arc gracefully miles More…
- spot
- Football based game for 2 to however many players. Participants take it in turn to kick ball against a wall. Only one touch was allowed and missing the wall or hitting the ball above a More…
- spot keeper, spot goalie
- Version of Rush Goalie, but with no specifically designated keeper. Any one who was on "the spot" at the time, ie in a position to save the ball, could act as goalkeeper. See also: More…
- spuds
- This was a method used to determine who would be 'It' first. You could have big spuds, or little spuds. Little spuds you just held out two fists, big spuds both hands clasped together. Then More…
- squibs, squibsies, squibsy
- Indicate immunity from being "it" or "tag". e.g., "No, no, I'm squibs!"; "Can't get me, I've got squibsies!" If you were squibs, you could show it by crossing the fingers More…
- stacks on, pile up
- An Australian playground event. It Begins when When a person is lying on, or has just fallen to, the ground, and somebody nearby cries out "STACKS ON!". The person that has made the More…
- stall
- Game where the stallholder would lean valuable football cards or stickers (like teams or club badges) against a wall and the player(s), squatting at a certain distance, would attempt to More…
- stamp out
- Kids would tag each other to give or get rid of "Cooties," and sometimes the kids would try to tag the tagger right back, so Stamp Out was invented. The kid would shout Stamp Out! and More…
- stamps, stampsies
- An occasional rule of a game of conkers: if someone's conker came off their string, or they dropped it, the opponent would be allowed to stamp on the conker if the owner didn't pick it up More…
- steely
- A "marble" made of stainless steel instead of glass. They ranged in size from tiny ball-bearings to huge 'tenners'. See also: dobber, alley bomper, tenner =UK
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