Alternative "definitions"

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Since square dancing has a lot of vocabulary, some calls can be described in many ways. Sometimes these might be easier to remember than the real definition; other times they might just be silly / fun. Here's a collection of them; many are ones I've come up with, and many are "folklore".

Note that most of these are not actually equivalent, for many reasons (roll direction, parts, behavior under concepts like fractional stable, etc). If the paths walked on the floor are homotopic to the real call -- i.e., you can wiggle them around to look like the right thing without changing how they cross -- then I'm calling it good enough.

• plusspin chain thru: piecewise generous thirdly fractal 4/5 any hand swing the fractions
• pluscrossfire: couples 1/4 twosome trade (from 2FL)
• plusscoot back: tandem twosome trade
• plusdouble pass thru: cross concentric pass thru
• pluspass the ocean: fractal fan the top
• pluslinear cycle: hinge, circulate, couple up (works for advanced too)
• pluspeel off: tandem 1/4 twosome u turn back outwards
• A2trail off: tandem 1/4 twosome trade
• A2pass & roll: (touch and) scoot back and circulate
• C1recycle: hinge, drag the centers couples hinge. This works for both facing couples recycle and box recycle!
• C1plenty: little, split circ 2, rewind (left) little. (It's a conjugation!) Choose the mirroredness of the rewind little such that you turn in roll direction at the end.
• C2grand single cross trade & wheel: hinge, grand working as centers catch 1. Similar things go for the rest of the family.
• C2walk out to a wave: #1-#3 are tandems of 3 1/4 threesome, box circulate; trailing ends run
• C2grand chain eight: funny right pull by, mirror 1/2 circulate, hinge like a couple up. This is nice because it unifies the 3 seemingly-unrelated definitions, and I think many people think of the call this way.
• C2stack the line: tandem partner 1/2 tag. "Partner 1/2 tag" is not a real call, but similarly this makes the definition feel more intuitive for many people.
• C3Aplan ahead: 1±1/2 circulate, hinge, cross concentric vertical 3/4∓1/4 tag, new ends working (rewind hinge and) roll as if you could. This is really silly.
• C3Aflare out to a line: couples twosome 1/2 zoom
• C3Alink up: couples 1/4 twosome peel and trail
• C3Arally: little, triple boxes 1/2 zoom, very centers trade
• C3Acentral rally: "swing, slip". This is completely wrong, but it's homotopic to the right thing!
• C3Aswing chain thru: 8/9 rims trade (any hand) remake. I did not come up with this myself, Guy Steele called it at a C2 dance in a gimmick tip about weird fractionalizations.
• C3B(n) steps at a time: first (n) are tandem (n)some 1/4 solid, grand peel and trail and roll
• C3Bgood show: ends working stable couple up. This one is particularly well known, I think.
• C3Brevolve to a wave: leading belles u turn back (away from center), recycle
• C4replace the column: tandem tandem 1/2 twosome single (left) loop and 1/2 tag. The tag is left if from a RH column, right otherwise.
• C4roll out to a column: couples 1/4 twosome tandem twosome right roll to a wave
• C4triple cast: ends (of each wave) disconnected fan back, finish it