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The world of Las Vegas strip clubs is full of colorful terminology. Here’s some of our favorite strip club slang.

Air Dance. An “air dance” is used to describe a lap dance without contact. It’s not a compliment to the dancer.

LAS VEGAS GLOSSARY OF TERMS 86'd (eighty-sixed): The act of getting booted from a casino for cheating. Action: Sum total of your winnings. All in: In poker, to put your last remaining chips into the pot. Ante: In poker, a small portion of the minimum bet that each player is. Casino Terms Lingo & Jargon: D-F. D'Alembert System: a bankroll strategy of adding one unit after a losing bet while one unit is deducted after a winning bet. Dime: casino jargon for betting $1,000. Dirty Money: the losing bets gathered by the dealer.

Rock. A “rock” is an unflattering description of a customer who nurses his drinks, doesn’t tip dancers onstage and doesn’t get lap dances. Rocks are also referred to as “gawkers.”

Extras. “Extras” describes acts related to prostitution in a strip club. By the way, prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas. Which is why it never happens here. Ever.

About 10,000 exotic dancers make their living in Las Vegas. We’re generous like that.

Raincoater. A “raincoater” is stripper slang for a customer that’s not particularly discerning about a dancer’s looks. He’s more into lots of physical contact.

George. A generous tipper.

Off-Stage Fee. The “off-stage fee” is the fee a dancer pays the strip club to skip dancing onstage (lap dances and VIP rooms are more profitable).

McDance. A perfunctory dance done with an extreme lack of enthusiasm or imagination.

Whale. The term “whale” in a strip club has the same meaning it does in a casino. It’s slang for a customer who spends big and takes advantage of a club’s VIP room, often for long periods of time.

ATF. “ATF” stands for “all-time favorite,” meaning a customer’s preferred dancer.

Game Boy. What strippers sometimes call a customer’s manhood.

Vulture. A stripper who hovers near the door of a strip club waiting to pounce on new arrivals.

Tip Rail. The “tip rail,” also known as “pervert row” or “sniffer’s row,” is the row of seats around a strip club’s stage. If you sit in those seats, you’re expected to tip frequently.

Bird Dog. A “bird dog” is strip club slang for the bouncer who monitors the private dance room, often called the Champagne Room.

Zoned. This term describes the trance-like state some dancers go into when they’re working. It typically results from drugs or boredom.

Peeler. “Peeler” is another term for stripper.

7-Up Factory. A “7-Up Factory” is a strip club where all the dancers are particularly attractive, in other words, they rank seven or better on a 1-10 scale.

Beater. A “beater” is a dancer who, while onstage, can’t keep to the beat of the music.

Stripper pole moves include the Crucifix, Fireman Spin, Pencil, Cupid, Gemini, Angel and Carousel.

Bolt-Ons. Breast implants.

Snaking. “Snaking” is the practice of watching a lap dance someone else is getting. Not popular with dancers, as you can imagine.

House Fee. A “house fee” is the fee dancers have to pay to work in a strip club on a given night.

Chum the Waters. The strategy of tipping generously onto a stage to receive more attention from dancers for the rest of the evening.

Juice Bar. “Juice bars” are strip clubs that serve no alcohol, just soft drinks.

White Knight. This is a pejorative slang term used by dancers when a customer thinks they can “save” the dancer from their life as a stripper.

Civilian. A “civilian” is a woman at a strip club who doesn’t work there.

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Hurl Story. An obviously manufactured sob story told by a stripper to elicit a more generous tip, sometimes called a “mercy tip.”

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Spiff. A “spiff” is the fee a cabbie gets for delivering a customer to a strip club. (This is why cab or limo driver recommendations are always suspect.)

Blind Lap. Getting a lap dance before seeing the dancer give someone else a lap dance.

Mileage. In strip clubs, “mileage” refers to how much bang you get for your buck. If you get a great lap dance for $20, and another guy gets a terrible lap dance for his $20, you got more “mileage.”

If you’re as endlessly fascinated by this subject as we appear to be, check out our Five Things We Never Knew About Las Vegas Strippers.

Almost 40 million people visit Vegas each year with almost 5 million convention delegates that stop on by too. Almost $10 billion a year is earned in gaming revenues paid to Clark County. The following catalog of Las Vegas slogans include some of the most famous tourist slogans for the city and featured casino taglines.

A Many Splendored Thing.
A place in the sun.
Because winning is the most fun.
Classic Las Vegas at Its Best.
Every city has a soul.
First on the Fabulous Strip.
Got it. And Flaunting It.
Happiest casino on earth.
Have fun in the sun.
It’s not for everyone.
Just the right amount of wrong.
Maximum luxury, exclusive sensation.
Maximum Vegas.
Miracle In The Desert.
Oh Yeah.
Remember To Breathe.
Stay Classic.
Take her for a spin.
The City of Entertainment.
The Greatest City in Las Vegas.
The Magic of Las Vegas.
The Miracle in the Desert.
Vegas starts here.
We Treat You Like A Winner.
We’re Changing Everything.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Where girls go to play.
Where Las Vegas Begins.
Where the Sky’s the Limit.
Words Will Fail You.
Your Vegas is showing.

Las Vegas is known as sin city, were anything can happen. The following infographic outlines 7 interesting facts you did not know about Vegas that most likely contribute to is well known nickname. There are three times as many casinos that churches making it difficult for people to not feel tempted. Five of the biggest hotels there combined have more hotel rooms than all of San Francisco.

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