Board

general

The community cards dealt face-up in the middle of the table.

All players share the board. Texture (wet vs dry, paired, two-tone, etc.) drives postflop strategy more than your two hole cards do.

See also

Action
Your turn to act, or the overall betting activity in a hand.
Bad Beat
Losing a hand where you were a heavy statistical favorite.
Cooler
A hand where two players have very strong holdings — unavoidable losses happen.
Fish
A weak, losing player.