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>a 'Boogie' -- Is this just another term for an organized getting together of
>jumpers for sport and competition?

It can also be used as a verb: "I boogied on down to the formation"

>a 'freak jump' -- Apparently some method of falling. Is this the
>'human badminton birdie' negative arch position?

A freak dive is doing CONTROLLED RW on your back.  It's fun - but
it takes lots of practice.

>a 'dirt dive' -- I THINK this means practicing RW maneuvers on the ground.
>If not, it sounds painful.

Absolutely correct.  A Mystery dive, on the other hand, has no dirt dive.
The participants read about their part in the dive off a scrap of paper
on jump run.

>Could someone please clue in a novice jumper so I too will be able to toss
>these terms around? Also, if you are familiar with any other bizarre skydiving

dump        - Open your parachute. "I dumped at three grand"
snivel      - What a slow opening parachute does.
	    - A way of getting on a good load.
dead spider - Someone negative arching below a formation.
floater     - A slow-falling skydiver.  Exits first and flies UP to formations.
funnel      - The collapse of a formation.
down the mine - ditto.
trash pack  - fast way to pack a parachute.
Mr Bill     - One jumper holds on to the other through opening.
	      Then climbs up and stands on his shoulders.
	      Then backloops off - everybody "Oh noooo..Mr Bill"

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