Note: This is an incomplete list of words. This list is not in alphabetical order.
Intamin AG, Arrow Dynamics, Bolliger & Mabillard, Vekoma, Etc.: Names of roller coaster manufacturing companies
Inversion: A section of track that turns riders upside-down.
G-Force: The gravitational force that you feel while riding a roller coaster.
Airtime: Negative G-forces. The feeling of flying out of your seat.
Shuttle Coaster: A roller coaster that does not make a complete circuit. One that goes forwards and backwards.
Hyper Coaster: A roller coaster commonly classified as over 200 feet tall, has only a lift hill, and no inversions.
Giga Coaster: A roller coaster classification by Intamin AG. Classified as over 300 feet tall, lift hill only, and no inversions.
Mega Coaster: A roller coaster classification by Intamin AG. Commonly classified as over 200 feet tall, lift hill only, and no inversions. Pretty much a Hyper Coaster.
Mega-Lite Coaster: A roller coaster classification by Intamin AG. Styled off the Mega Coaster, but smaller.
Overbanked Turn: A turn that is banked over 90 degrees.
Suspended Coaster: A roller coaster with swinging cars where the track is above your head.
Inverted Coaster: A roller coaster where the track is above your head, but the cars are fixed into one position. This way the coaster can go upside-down.
If there's a vocab word that I use and is not listed on here, I will explain what it means in that post.
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