• Action - Normally used to describe a body movement as opposed to a step.
  
• Brush - Mostly used to indicate one foot closing to another without replacing weight (e.g. your standing leg is your right leg, and you can "brush" your left foot to your right leg, without stepping onto the left leg)
• Compression - When the weight of the 2 social dance partners are moving toward's from one another.
• Counter balance - When the weight of the 2 social dance partners are moving away from one another.
• Demi-point - In social dancing, this indicates when we point our legs and feet away from the standing leg, but keep the balls of our feet and toes in contact with the floor. This is normally done with foot pressure in the pointing leg. This is different from a ballet "demi pointe" where the full weight of the body is on the pointing leg.
• Follower - In a social dance couple, this is the person following.
• Follow(ing) - In social dancing, this is the act of responding to the signals and cues from the leader.
  
• Foot directions - The direction that your moving foot travels in relation to either the standing foot or the line of travel
  
• Foot position - The position of your feet relative to one another. This can also be used to refer to foot directions.
  
• Foot pressure - The amount of pressure in the free leg or foot that is towards the floor.
• Frame - The manner in which hold your upper body upright, with arms extended to create a shape towards your partner. The shape of the frame can change based on the dance and also the step pattern.
• Free leg - The leg that is free to move (i.e. not the standing leg)
• Leader - In a social dance couple. this is the person leading.
• Lead(ing) - In social dancing, this is when the leader creates a signal or cue to invite the follower to change their step/pattern.
• Lead/Follow Communication - This is the process of leading and following using the skills of timing, foot positions, frame and weight.
• Line (1) - This Imaginary reference line (or lines) used to indicate the space in which we are dancing on. Multiple lines can be used to indicate where we traveling to and from.
• Line (2) - The line you create by aligning your body or limbs in a certain direction (e.g. leg lines).
• Line of dance - For traveling dances, this is the counter-clockwise line of travel around the room. Line of dance refers to the direction of travel.
• Moving leg - This is the leg that is moving or stepping (i.e. not the standing leg).
• Point - In social dancing, indicates when we point our legs, feet and toes away from the standing leg. Depending on the dance, this can be with our without foot pressure.
• Reaction (1) - A movement that occurs as a result of a preceding step or action (e.g. my arm swung to the right because my body turned to the right). 
• Reaction (2) - From a leader/follower perspective, this is when one partner responds to the movements of the other partner.
• Split weight - Indicates when are weight is divided evenly between both legs. This is not used commonly in the majority of social dancing, since our goal is to alternate feet in rhythm with our partner.
• Standing leg - The leg that is taking your body weight
• Step - Indicates when we shift our weight from one foot to another (e.g. from our left foot to our right foot). Without the transfer of weight, it's not a step.
• Swinging leg - The leg that is free to move (i.e. not the standing leg)
• Tap - Indicates when you "tap" the floor with your free foot without changing weight onto it
• Timing - At the basic level, this is the repeated rhythm in which you move your feet to the beat. Specifically, this is "step timing". In later stages, timing can be given to other movements that are not steps (e.g. other body movements).
• Together - Bringing your feet together and shifting to weight to the opposing leg
• Weight - The force of your body through your leg(s) and into the ground. Most of the time our weight is transitioning from one foot to another.
• Weight-bearing leg - The leg that is taking your body weight
• Weight distribution - The distribution of your body weight across both your feet (e.g. 70-30, 100-0, or split weight)
• Weight transfer - The controlled transfer of your body weight from one foot to another