Like any sport, gymnastics has it's own lingo and terms. Sometimes these phrases get lost in translation and below are 10 things that mean one thing to gymnasts, and something completely different to everyone else.

1. "Splits" don’t have anything to do with dessert

2. "Giants" aren’t characters from a fairy tale

3. A "pullover" is not a sweatshirt

4. "Bars" aren’t places you go to buy drinks and party

5. An "aerial" is not the Disney mermaid


6. "Wolf jumps" don’t have anything to do with the howling animal…


7. …and "eagle giants" don’t have anything to do with the bird


8. "Flip flops" are not a piece of apparel to wear to the beach


9. "Bridges" aren’t something you use to cross a body of water

10. F’s are actually better than A’s

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