List of online-gaming slang

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This list is of slang terms used in the context of online gaming. General internet slang is also used. See:

• List of Internet slang
• List of computer-related jargon
• List of Internet slang specific to thread-based communication

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10-4 : "OK" or "Acknowledged" or "Roger that" (from CB radio jargon)

1337 : Elite player

20 : "Location" (from CB radio jargon)

411 : A situation report

[edit] A

AC : Armor Class (in role-playing games)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

Ack : "Acknowledged"

AFC : "Away From console"

AFK : "Away From keyboard" or "a free kill"

Aggro : To provoke, purposefully or by accident, any amount of enemies<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

AoE : "Area of Effect"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref> or "Age of Empires"

AP: "Attack Power"

AT : "Arranged Team" (used in RTS-games)

[edit] B

Barr : a boss battle in an MMORPG that was easier than expected

Bio or Bio Break : Term often used in DDO to inform other players that the poster is gone to use the washroom.

Bish : A term derived from a comical myspace comment. Slang for "bitch."

Boot : to eject a player from a server (otherwise known as kick)

BF2 : Battlefield 2

BFG : "Big Fucking Gun" or "Bio-Force Gun" (Creator joke from DOOM series)

BRT : "Be Right There"

BM : "Bad Manner" (often seen in StarCraft)

Buff : Either the act of using magic / techniques / skills to temporarily increase the abilities of a character, or a character type who can use such.

BYOB : "Bring Your Own Box", box referring to a computer. Also "Bring You Own Beer" or "Bring Your Own Bombs".

BYOC : "Bring Your Own Computer" (the norm for huge computer gaming events)

[edit] C

Camping : Remaining in one location to avoid detection. Usually for the purpose of ambushing or sniping.

Char : Character

Check Up : While waiting in the Lobby for a game to start, to "check up" is to indicate that you are ready to start playing.

CK : "Character Kill" ~ Term used in PSO for deliberately corrupting another player's character file, thereby rendering it inoperable.

CoD : "Call of Duty"

CoX : "City of Heroes/Villains" (referring to the combined state of the two online games, and sometimes also to possible additions to the "City of...." series)

CPL : "Cyberathlete Professional League"

CT : "Counter-Terrorist" (in Counter-Strike)

CTF : "Capture the Flag"

CS : "Counter-Strike"

CSCZ: "Counter Strike: Condition Zero"

CSS : "Counter-Strike: Source"

[edit] D

DAOC : "Dark Age of Camelot"

D&D : "Dungeons & Dragons"

DD : "Don't Die" (used in online RTS games) , "Direct Damage" or "Double Damage"

DDO: "Dungeons and Dragons Online"

DM : "DeathMatch" or "Dungeon Master"

Ding : to Level up

DITF :Dick In The Face

DOT : "Damage Over Time"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

DoD : "Day of Defeat"

DoDs : "Day of Defeat: Source"

DPS : "Damage per Second."

Dupe : "To duplicate items, usually in MMOs person who does that is called a Duper."

[edit] E

ESL : Electronic Sports League

ESWC : Electorinic Sports World Cup

[edit] F

F2P :"Free To Play" [FTP]

FF : "Friendly Fire", also "Final Fantasy"

FFA : "Free-For-All" (a game mode in which there are no teams)

FFS : "For Fuck's Sake"

FPS : "First Person Shooter" or "Frames Per Second"

Frag : to kill (not only from fragmentation grenade: see frag)

FSOD : "Frozen Screen of Death" ~ Where the entire game freezes up indefinitely. Experienced often in the past on Phantasy Star Online as a result of inappropriate or malicious code use, often causing corruption of character data.

[edit] G

G2G: "Got To Go" ("Got 2 Go")

GB : used as short form for "gangbang", which is approximately the same as "gank" in DotA

Gank : to defeat by excessive force (when attacking an enemy in a game)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

GBA : "Game Boy Advance"

GCN : "Nintendo Gamecube"

GF : "Good Fight" or girl friend

GG : "Good Game", "Good Group", also "Good Going", sometimes used sarcastically. Can also be Guild Group, i.e. a set group for a guild.

GGG : "Go, Go, Go!"

GH : "Good Half" (used in online round-based games such as Counter-Strike)

GJ : "Good Job"

GL : "Good Luck"

GLF : "Group Looking For", used when a team is forming for a mission and looking for more, typically followed with a list of requested character types/builds

GLHF : "Good Luck & Have Fun"

GM : "Game Master" or "Good Match"

Griefer : one who employs tactics such as team-killing, vehicle stealing, and spawn-raping<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

GTFO : (get the fuck out)

GW : "Good Work" (also used sarcastically), or an abbreviation of the game Guild Wars

GWF : "Guild Wars : Factions"

[edit] H

Hax : cheating (used by players who have suffered at the hands of a cheater, or "hax0r")

Haxor : hacker (someone using mods in game)

Hasu : "noob" (from the Korean equivalent)

HIO : "Hole In One", used in online golf games, most notably Albatross 18

HK  : "Honor Kill", from World of Warcraft

HoT : "Heal Over Time"

HPB : "High Ping Bastard" (someone with high latency)

HS: "Head Shot"

[edit] I

IDDQD : Famous Doom God-mode cheat.

IRL : "In Real Life"

ISO : "In Search Of" (used while trading items in online games)

IYOKTPOTDS : "If you only knew the power of the dark side." Used by many dark side users who have just beaten their cowardly opponents in any type of STAR WARS game

IGL: "I Got Lag" used in online games on some consoles

[edit] J

JKLOL : Just Kidding Laugh(ing) Out Loud

[edit] K

Kit : (failure in the eyes of gamers everywhere)

KOS : "Kill On Sight" (designates enemies in online games whom, based on their prior actions, one should kill)

KS : "Kill Steal" (the act of one player defeating an enemy that another player was attacking or previously weakened)

[edit] L

Langelos : Requesting a 1v1 IRL and demanding a player's home address due to lack of pvp ability

Lamer : a know-nothing or a person using so-called lame strategies

Leech/Leach: one who gains experience points by being on your party without fighting (typically in Diablo II)

Legit : Legitimate. I.E. without hacks nor unfair play of any kind. Typically used in PSO since this isn't a problem with patchable PC games.

LFG : "Looking For Group", usually followed by your character type/build<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

LFP : "Looking for Party". Similar term to LFG, often used in Guild Wars.

LFM : "Looking for more" often with a numrical intention. eg. LF3M

LFMo : "Looking for Monk", because "monks" are the healers in Guild Wars and very sought after. The last two letters can be substituted for the abbreviated letters of any of the other classes where necessary.

LMAO : "Laugh My Ass Off", a friendly way of lauging more severely than "LOL".

LMFAO : "Laughing My Fucking Ass Off"

Lobby : A virtual waiting room. Gamers wait here for the next game to start in a specific 'room'. If you enter the lobby while a game is already in progress, you can usually watch its progress while waiting for it to end. (Also, in RuneScape, means 'lobster'.)

LOL : "Laugh(ing) Out Loud" (A friendly, non-sarcastic way of laughing)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

Loot : To loot somebody is to steal their belongings (RPGs and MMORPGs) normally without having killed the person yourself.

LTB : "Looking To Buy", used often in mmorpgs to denote a player who is looking to buy a specific item.

LVL : abbreviation of "level". Usually used when asking for someone else's statistics (ex: "What lvl are you?") or when exclaiming you have gained an experience level.

L2P : "Learn to Play"

Lrn2Play : "Learn to Play"

LTS : "Looking To Sell", a MMORPG term used to broadcast that a player is looking to sell an item usually in high demand by other players.

[edit] M

MA : Main Assist, i.e. the player picking the target for the group or raid

MAH : Main Aggro Holder, i.e. heavy tank holding agro to control high end pve mobs.

Meat Shield : An up-front fighter, usually attacked first by enemies.

MM : "Minion Master", a Guild Wars term for necromancers who specialise in raising armies of undead minions (and tend to be overpowered as a result)

Mob : Either a large group of individually weak characters / npcs / foes (noun) or to defeat the opposition by sheer weight of numbers (verb). "Swarm" is also used similarly.

Mob : "Mobile", something that can move (mostly used in MMORPGs) or a foe in-game ("watch out for the mobs").<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

Mod : "Modification"

MUD : "Multi-User Dungeon"

MUSH : "Multi-User Shared Habitat"

[edit] N

Nade : A death by grenade.

Nerfed: used in MUDs to express a certain class being changed and downgraded.<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

Newb : some one new to a game. (not to be confused with Noob or NOOb)

NFS : "Not For Sale" (used in MMORPGs when someone wants to buy another player's equipment)OR Need For Speed

Ninja: A player who takes/steals anything without asking the other players

NOL : To replace another player's Phantasy Star Online character model with that of an NPC (so named because the initial NPC characters were turned into was called NOL).

Noob or N00b: a general derogatory term: jerk, idiot, ass, etc. (not to be confused with newbie or newb)

NORE : "No Rematch" (usually used by the victor)

NPC : "Non-Player Character", a in-game person not controlled by a player (mostly in RPGs and MMORPGs)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

NP : "No Problem" (as response to an apology)

NRG : Shorthand for "Energy" used in Guild Wars, used to designate the lack thereof. Typically only used if there is someone on the team who has spells to boost energy regeneration

NS : "Nice Shot" (used in FPSes)

NT : "Nice Try"

Nuker : A character primarily capable of doing particularly high damage per unit time, typically with spellcasting or equivalent special abilities.

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OHK : "One-Hit Kill" (used in FPSes)

OHKO : "One-Hit Knock-Out" (used in fighting games)

OMFG : "Oh My Fucking God"

OMFL: "Oh My Fucking Lag!"

OMFGLMFAO : "Oh my fucking god, Laughing my fucking ass off"

OMG: "Oh My God/Gosh/Goodness/Golly"

OML : "Oh, My Lag!"

OMW : "On My Way"

OOB : "Out Of Bounds"

OOC : "Out-Of-Character", used in MMORPG or MUD settings when a player isn't acting out his/her part) or "Out Of Curiosity"

OOA : "Out of ammo" Any form of a shoot 'em up game where the player has used all of his/her ammunition

OOM : "Out Of Mana" (used in games with a mana bar)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

OOW : "On Our Way" (similar to OMW)

OTW : "On The Way"

Own : to defeat someone in a game, to take control of someone's system, or to simply "be awesome"

[edit] P

Pipe : To teleport back to town / safe area (from "Telepipe" item in PSO)

PK/PKer : "Player Killer" (or "to Player Kill")<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

PMSL : "Pissing Myself Laughing"

PSO : "Phantasy Star Online"

PST : "Please Send Tell", a request for interested players to send a private message

Pub : "Public", can refer to open servers or to players not belonging to any clan

PUG : "Pick-Up Group", a group of players gathered on the fly without knowing each other

PvE : "Player Versus Environment"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

PvM : "Player Versus Monster"

PvP : "Player versus Player"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

Pwn: Deliberately misspelled variation of the word “own” used in video games (Mainly FPS and RTS).

[edit] R

Rax : Barracks

Remort : To start again at the lowest level, with point modifiers raised, depending on character classes (Mainly RPG's)

Res : Resurrect (either referring to a spell / ability that can be cast to bring back dead characters in game, or referring to an automated process in some MMORPGs)

RGR : "Roger"

RL : "Real Life"

ROFL: "roling on the floor laughing"

ROFLCOPTER: "usually the highest form of "rolling on floor laughing" in terms of intensity to the situation.

ROFLMAO: "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off"

ROFLMFAO: "rolling on the floor laughing my fucking ass off"

RS : An abbreviation for the popular MMORPG game RuneScape

RPG : Role Playing Game

RTS : "Real-Time Strategy" (As opposed to turn-based strategy)

RTSD : "Rush That Shit Down" (That is, take advantage of a good thing while it lasts: originally used to describe a play style wherein one overwhelms his opponent with many quick, up-close attacks. See Rush.)

RTL : "Report The Loss" (used lightheartedly when a teammate dies)

RT : "Real Time" or "Random Team"

Rush : To quickly go attack the opponent just a few minutes after the beginning.

Rusher : A player who rushes to the attack at the start of a game. Usually refers to an opposition player.

[edit] S

Sheefag : Someone who constantly kills the opposing players with a banshee (Halo). The term sheefag is directed as an insult.

Smacktard : Someone on an online game who spends all his time talking himself up.

SNAFU : "Situation Normal All Fucked Up" (from military slang, frequently used outside the Internet as well)

Sniperwhore : Somebody who uses a sniper rifle alot and gains alot of kills from using it by camping are sometimes referred to as sniperwhores or sniperbitch.

SP : "Single Player", could also mean "Skill Point" as in Guild Wars

Spawn Camp : to wait at a spawn point for a weapon or vehicle to spawn, also to camp at the enemy spawn point to spawn kill.

Spawn Kill : to kill an enemy within seconds of them spawning

Spawn Point : a player's starting (or, after being killed, re-starting) position

Spawn Rape : persistent spawn killing or destruction of unused vehicles and base defenses

STW : "Share The Wealth"

STFU : "shut the fuck up" also stoofoo

[edit] T

T : "Terrorist" (in Counter-Strike)

T4U2D : "Time For You To Die"

Tank : A character with particularly high defence, typically used to draw damage away from the rest of a group.

TDM : "Team Death Match"

Teabagging : In first-person shooters, the action of crouching down onto the face of a dead player that the killer killed.

TMR@IA : "The Monkeys Are At It Again" (used to blame the staff of online gaming communities for any in-game screw-ups)

TNL : "To Next Level" (preceded by experience needed to level up)

TOD: "Time Of Death" (used in calculating when a monster may spawn in an MMORPG)

TP : "Team Player" or "Take Point" (also "Town Portal" in several Blizzard games or "Telepipe" in PSO)

TK : "team kill" to kill a team mate

TKFT: "team killing fucktard"

TY4P : "Thank You For Playing"

TT or T.T : An emoticon expressing crying (each T represents a closed eye with a stream of tears falling from it). Usually used to mock a player that is complaining about the game.

TTYL : "Talk To You Later"

Twink : A lower-level player who has access to, or is using, items that are unattainable for newer players due to their price or rarity. (Used in MMORPGs)

Typekill : Getting killed while typing.

[edit] V

VGG : "Very Good Game"

Villies: Villagers (Age of Empires Series only)

Valks: Valkries (Age Of Mythology only)

[edit] W

Wallhack : A form of hack which lets the player see through walls.

WoW : An abbreviation for the popular MMORPG game "World Of Warcraft"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

WP : "Well Played"

WTB : "Want To Buy"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

WTS : "Want To Sell"<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref>

WTT : "Want To Trade"

WMAO: "Waiting My Ass Off" (used during very laggy games)

[edit] X

[edit] Y

YTMND- You're The Man Now, Dog (a sign of appreciation. Also a very popular homegrown website)

[edit] Z

Zerg : to use overwhelming numbers to overcome an enemy (originated with StarCraft but now more commonly refers to many lower-leveled players overcoming a higher-leveled player)<ref name="WoWGlossary">WoW.com -> Info -> Basics -> Glossary (English). Retrieved on 2006-08-17.</ref> or a term to refer to Koreans.

[edit] References

fr:Lexique du jeu vidéo