Online Gaming Slang
In multiplayer games, every second counts. Messaging shorthand is a critical tool for communicating with other players during gameplay. Below is a list of slang terms used in online gaming that will help you communicate faster and, most importantly, avoid being a n00b.
You can also view specific terminology used in World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Dota 2, StarCraft II, Call of Duty, and Minecraft.
Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
---|---|---|
GG | Good game | 289 |
SMP | Survival Multiplayer | 293 |
IRL | In real life | 342 |
Noob | Newbie | 353 |
IDK | I don't know | 358 |
AFK | Away from keyboard | 360 |
Stack | The full amount of held items | 378 |
NP | No problem | 382 |
mod | Modification | 397 |
TTYL | Talk to you later | 401 |
Vanilla Minecraft | Unmodified Minecraft | 418 |
sus | Suspicious | 419 |
tp | Teleport | 423 |
CoD | Call of Duty | 430 |
WTF | What the f*** | 439 |
TY | Thank you | 442 |
VR | Virtual reality | 446 |
WP | Well played | 447 |
op | Overpowered | 449 |
xp | Experience | 454 |
lvl | Level | 460 |
DPS | Damage per second | 464 |
OMG | Oh my gosh | 465 |
PvP | Player versus player | 466 |
GLHF | Good luck have fun | 467 |
pot | Potion | 470 |
Aimbot | Automatic aiming bot | 470 |
Fail | Failure | 470 |
IK | I know | 473 |
PC | Personal computer | 476 |
wut | What | 482 |
Y | Why | 487 |
Facepalm | To place your palm on your face in embarrassment | 500 |
HUD | Heads up display | 501 |
Nerf | Weaken | 506 |
hax | Hacks | 507 |
Griefing | Irritating other players | 508 |
Buff | Strengthen | 509 |
PS4 | PlayStation 4 | 510 |
YW | You're welcome | 511 |
Biome | Minecraft region | 511 |
Rekt | Wrecked | 512 |
pick | Pickaxe | 515 |
Scrub | Loser | 518 |
Mid game | Middle phase of a game | 520 |
RNG | Random number generator | 520 |
MC | Minecraft | 520 |
KK | OK | 522 |
Mob | Minecraft creature | 522 |
FPS | First-person shooter | 524 |
HP | Health points | 524 |
HP | Hit points | 524 |
Twitch | Video game streaming website | 525 |
Notch | Minecraft creator | 525 |
GG no re | Good game, no rematch | 525 |
MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game | 527 |
AD | Attack damage | 527 |
Dog water | Worthless | 528 |
ADC | Attack damage carry | 528 |
Whoa | Expression of surprise | 528 |
GL | Good luck | 530 |
LoL | League of Legends | 530 |
Main | Main character | 531 |
Glitching | Malfunctioning video game | 531 |
G2G | Got to go | 532 |
n00b | A new or inexperienced user | 532 |
Kappa | Sarcasm | 533 |
NPC | Non-player character | 534 |
rp | Roleplay | 535 |
1337 | Leet | 535 |
FFA | Free for all | 535 |
ak | AK-47 | 535 |
ATM | At the moment | 536 |
Camping | Staying in one spot | 536 |
Grinding | Performing repetitive tasks to level up | 537 |
Easter egg | A hidden message | 538 |
LAN | Local Area Network | 538 |
grats | Congratulations | 540 |
360-noscope | 360 no scope | 540 |
COC | Clash of Clans | 540 |
FFS | For f***'s sake | 541 |
ARAM | All random all mid | 542 |
Kiting | Moving while avoiding attack | 542 |
SOS | Save our souls | 544 |
deagle | Desert Eagle | 544 |
FTW | For the win | 545 |
GL HF | Good luck have fun | 545 |
Creeper | Hostile mob | 546 |
Jungling | Killing neutral monsters in the jungle | 546 |
KS | Kill steal | 547 |
MTG | Magic: The Gathering | 547 |
Spleef | Minecraft multiplayer game | 547 |
Yeet | To throw something out of rage | 547 |
ADS | Aiming down sight | 547 |
Gamer | A video game player | 547 |
OOM | Out of mana | 548 |
Trolling | Posting offensive comments | 548 |
cd | Cooldown | 548 |
Nuke | An ability that deals a lot of damage | 549 |
Ragequit | To angrily quit a game | 549 |
KDA | Kills Deaths Assists | 550 |
GTA | Grand Theft Auto | 550 |
NS | No s*** | 551 |
KDR | Kill death ratio | 551 |
Turtling | Playing defensively | 551 |
NT | Nice try | 552 |
DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | 552 |
BF | Big freaking sword | 552 |
AS | Attack speed | 552 |
AOE | Area of effect | 552 |
l8r | Later | 553 |
vs | Versus | 553 |
Poggers | Amazing | 553 |
Tower diving | Attacking an opposing player under his tower | 553 |
2M2H | Too much to handle | 554 |
WoW | World of Warcraft | 554 |
BFG | Big Freakin' Gun | 554 |
TDM | Team deathmatch | 554 |
Camper | A player who doesn't move | 555 |
mod | Moderator | 555 |
CYOA | Cover your own a** | 556 |
Tryhard | A person who cares too much about winning | 556 |
TYVM | Thank you very much | 557 |
CTF | Capture the flag | 557 |
RPG | Role-playing game | 558 |
LF | Looking for | 558 |
SSP | Survival Single Player | 558 |
Instalock | Quickly lock in your character selection | 558 |
OIC | Oh, I see | 559 |
RL | Real life | 559 |
DM | Deathmatch | 559 |
Speedrun | An attempt to play through a video game as fast as possible | 559 |
AI | Artificial intelligence | 559 |
Debuff | Weakening effect | 560 |
Chungus | A cute, chunky creature | 560 |
Domed | Headshotted | 560 |
Pig | A Minecraft mob | 560 |
MLG | Major League Gaming | 561 |
Griefer | An irritating player | 561 |
HS | Headshot | 561 |
Wha | What | 561 |
ammo | Ammunition | 561 |
crit | Critical Strike | 562 |
pwned | Owned | 562 |
dl | Download | 563 |
PK | Player kill | 563 |
2EZ | Too easy | 563 |
Esports | Electronic sports | 563 |
NS | Nice shot | 563 |
Ditto | Same | 563 |
IGN | In-game name | 563 |
pts | Points | 563 |
BK | Back | 564 |
WB | Welcome back | 565 |
AP | Ability power | 565 |
CC | Crowd control | 566 |
dmg | Damage | 566 |
d/c | Disconnected | 566 |
sux | Sucks | 566 |
BG | Bad game | 566 |
Self-report | Reporting your own kill | 566 |
w00t | Joy and excitement | 567 |
sfx | Special effects | 567 |
Woah | Expression of surprise | 567 |
aa | Autoattack | 567 |
SOB | Son of a b**** | 568 |
Squidward | Villager | 568 |
ltr | Later | 568 |
SOH | Slight of hand | 568 |
PS | PlayStation | 569 |
Squishy | Low base health or defense | 569 |
Champion | League of Legends player-controlled character | 569 |
BM | Bad mannered | 569 |
GGs | Good games | 569 |
TMNT | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 570 |
Subs | Subscribers | 570 |
AYFKM | Are you freaking kidding me | 570 |
AR | Assault rifle | 570 |
Rdy | Ready | 571 |
Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts on Twitch.tv | 571 |
dc | Disconnect | 572 |
ult | Ultimate ability | 572 |
inv | Invite | 572 |
mats | Materials | 572 |
GB | Guild bank | 572 |
PBE | Public beta environment | 572 |
newb | Newbie | 572 |
Skelly | A Minecraft Skeleton | 572 |
cdr | Cooldown reduction | 572 |
BSTS | Better safe than sorry | 573 |
WTS | Want to sell | 573 |
W | Win | 573 |
Ganking | Launching a surprise attack | 573 |
TK | Team kill | 573 |
GGA | Good game all | 573 |
Disco | Discord | 573 |
ZvT | Zerg versus Terran | 573 |
Cow | Minecraft mob | 573 |
Get oofed | Get wrecked | 574 |
OST | Original soundtrack | 574 |
alt | Alternate character | 574 |
GM | Game master | 574 |
Carries | MOBA players that carry their team | 574 |
FMJ | Full metal jacket | 574 |
Jebaited | Deceived | 574 |
AMP | Adventure Multiplayer | 574 |
hi5 | High five | 574 |
2.5D | Game that is halfway between 2D and 3D | 575 |
KIA | Killed in action | 575 |
^5 | High five | 576 |
SU | Shut up | 576 |
PB | Personal best | 576 |
pwn | To dominate | 576 |
Inc | Incoming | 576 |
LFG | Looking for group | 576 |
SC2 | StarCraft 2 | 576 |
Support | Champion who plays on the bottom lane | 576 |
Torch | To beat someone in competition | 576 |
Ding | Level up | 576 |
Boosting | Unfair level boosting | 576 |
Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 576 |
TOS | Terms of service | 576 |
Gogo | Go now | 576 |
Speedrunner | A gamer who plays through a video game as fast as possible | 576 |
Q | First champion ability | 577 |
Obby | Obstacle course | 577 |
mob | Monster | 577 |
cata | Cataclysm | 577 |
PP | Pause please | 577 |
rep | Reputation | 577 |
Leech | Freeloader | 577 |
Netherrack | Nether block | 578 |
Clutch | Ability to perform under pressure | 578 |
Aggro | Aggressive | 578 |
Triggered | Angry | 578 |
LCS | League Championship Series | 578 |
WYB | Watch your back | 578 |
25m | Twenty-five man | 578 |
AC | Armor class | 578 |
N64 | Nintendo 64 | 578 |
Twink | Powerful low-level character | 578 |
FUBAR | Fouled up beyond all recognition | 579 |
Tilted | Aggravated | 579 |
Pwn3d | Owned | 579 |
MMO | Massively multiplayer online | 579 |
pwnd | Owned | 579 |
Chicken | Minecraft mob | 579 |
GTFO | Get the f*** out | 579 |
FNF | Friday Night Funkin' | 579 |
Marinating | Gaining a Crewmate's trust and then killing them | 579 |
combo | Combination | 579 |
WTFF | What the f***ing f*** | 579 |
GFG | Good friggin' game | 579 |
shud | Should | 579 |
TF | Twisted Fate | 579 |
Dunk on | Make fun of | 579 |
HCG | Hardcore Gamer | 579 |
proc | Programmed random occurrence | 579 |
SYIH | See you in hell | 580 |
HMP | Hardcore Multiplayer | 580 |
BO5 | Best of five | 580 |
S-tier | Top rank | 580 |
AP | Attack power | 580 |
Peel | To protect a champion | 580 |
Farm | To gather supplies | 580 |
Boss | Main bad character | 580 |
Beast | An awesome person | 580 |
CCG | Collectible card game | 580 |
MCYT | Minecraft YouTuber | 580 |
nuke | Nuclear missile | 580 |
BBIAB | Be back in a bit | 581 |
KEKW | Laughter | 581 |
POW | Prisoner of war | 581 |
Never lucky | No luck while playing a game | 581 |
WTBH | What the bloody hell | 581 |
LGS | Local game store | 581 |
Owner | Player that controls the minion | 581 |
kgo | Ok, go | 581 |
50/50 | Simultaneously killing an accuser and their accused | 581 |
Uber | The best | 581 |
Ghosting | Observing an opponent's gameplay | 581 |
PS3 | PlayStation 3 | 581 |
ats | Attack speed | 582 |
UY | Up yours | 582 |
S2U | Same to you | 582 |
OTP | On the phone | 582 |
KMMFA | Kiss my motherf***ing a** | 582 |
Boss run | A series of bosses in a row | 582 |
LFM | Looking for more | 582 |
MOBA | Multiplayer online battle arena | 582 |
Enchanter | A champion that helps increase the effectiveness of allies | 582 |
Late game | Later stages of a game | 582 |
Peeling | Protecting a champion | 582 |
Gas | Great | 582 |
D&D | Dungeons and Dragons | 582 |
HF | Have fun | 583 |
W8 | Wait | 583 |
Babysit | To assist a champion in getting more powerful | 583 |
Early game | Beginning phase of a game | 583 |
Flaming | Angering other Internet users | 583 |
BF2 | Battlefield 2 | 583 |
gratz | Congratulations | 583 |
Elo | Elo rating system | 583 |
Topdeck | To draw from your deck | 583 |
IBF | Internet best friend | 583 |
oneshot | One shot completion | 583 |
PvZ | Plants vs. Zombies | 583 |
DotA | Defense of the Ancients | 583 |
Throw the game | Lose the game on purpose | 583 |
Mooshroom | Minecraft mob | 583 |
SWTOR | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 583 |
GAL | Get a life | 584 |
TRS | That really sucks | 584 |
OMDB | Over my dead body | 584 |
Turtle | A gamer who plays defensively | 584 |
POC | Piece of crap | 584 |
Mald | Mad and bald | 584 |
br | Bathroom | 584 |
Dono | Donation | 584 |
MT | Mistype | 584 |
KOS | Kill on sight | 584 |
YRL | You are lame | 584 |
CMP | Creative Multiplayer | 584 |
MCPE | Minecraft Pocket Edition | 584 |
DGA | Don't go anywhere | 584 |
AH | Auction house | 584 |
Rush | To quickly attack and cause damage | 584 |
POG | Play of the game | 584 |
CC | Command Center | 584 |
U mad bro | Are you mad? | 584 |
BBL | Be back later | 585 |
BC | Be cool | 585 |
GJ | Good job | 585 |
TCG | Trading card game | 585 |
F2P | Free-to-play | 585 |
Butter | Gold | 585 |
ESAD | Eat s*** and die | 585 |
ul | Upload | 585 |
BO3 | Best of three | 585 |
Chip damage | Damage inflicted on a blocking opponent | 585 |
Woot | Woohoo! | 585 |
PC | Player character | 585 |
DM | Dungeon Master | 585 |
CG | Computer Graphics | 585 |
Boss | Awesome person | 585 |
GS | GilvaSunner | 585 |
char | Character | 585 |
IAP | In-app purchase | 585 |
IGL | In-game leader | 585 |
brez | Battle resurrection | 585 |
Pubstomp | To annihilate an uncoordinated opposing team | 585 |
Choob | Skilled player who intentionally plays badly | 585 |
Farmed | Repetitively killed or gathered | 585 |
irl | A real-life person | 585 |
Diving | Venturing far into enemy territory | 585 |
Last hitting | Striking the final hit on a creep | 585 |
Take my energy | Good luck | 585 |
Hax | To encounter bad luck | 585 |
NES | Nintendo Entertainment System | 585 |
blizz | Blizzard | 585 |
Speedling | Zergling with Metabolic Boost | 585 |
ugh | Disappointed | 585 |
pwnt | Owned | 586 |
TFB | Too freakin' bad | 586 |
BAMF | Bad a** mother f***** | 586 |
Beast mode | Dominating gameplay | 586 |
ownage | Completely owned | 586 |
Raid | To send viewers to another streamer's stream | 586 |
WAS | Wait a second | 586 |
Dece | Decent | 586 |
Loot | Treasure | 586 |
L2P | Learn to play | 586 |
HM | Hard mode | 586 |
Sadge | Sad | 586 |
WTT | Want to trade | 586 |
HPS | Heals per second | 586 |
MDPS | Melee damage per second | 586 |
HT | Hi there | 586 |
imba | Imbalanced | 586 |
MS | Movement speed | 586 |
Fog | Unseen areas of a League of Legends map | 586 |
xbl | Xbox Live | 586 |
Bling | Baneling | 586 |
Base race | Simultaneous attacks on enemy bases | 586 |
DT | Dark Templar | 586 |
Gosu | Highly skilled | 586 |
Rax | Barracks | 586 |
TvZ | Terran versus Zerg | 586 |
TvT | Terran versus Terran | 586 |
DQ | Disqualify | 586 |
STR | Strength | 586 |
bot | Bottom lane | 586 |
ULPP | Unluckiest person on the planet | 586 |
Keke | Korean laugh | 586 |
INT | Intelligence | 586 |
lulz | LOL | 586 |
NDS | Nintendo DS | 586 |
nub | Newbie | 586 |
ovie | Overlord | 587 |
Jungler | A jungle killing player | 587 |
w84m | Wait for me | 587 |
ARTS | Action real-time strategy | 587 |
Y/R | Yeah, right | 587 |
Minion | Game creature | 587 |
HAN | How about now? | 587 |
KEKL | Cackling laughter | 587 |
FTEW | For the epic win | 587 |
PvC | Player versus computer | 587 |
Denying | Killing your own creeps to prevent your enemy from killing them | 587 |
DOT | Damage over time | 587 |
LoS | Line of sight | 587 |
D3 | Diablo III | 587 |
RTS | Real-time strategy | 587 |
Clip chimp | A Twitch user who creates out-of-context video clips | 587 |
gm | Grandmaster | 587 |
top | Top lane | 587 |
Board clear | Move that clears the opponent's board of minions | 587 |
FOC | Free of charge | 587 |
SWYP | So what's your problem | 587 |
WCG | World Cyber Games | 587 |
Wewt | Woot | 587 |
LFK | Let's freaking Kompete | 587 |
Dump stat | An ability that an RPG player doesn't prioritize | 587 |
MC | Mind Control | 587 |
Aggro deck | Aggressive card deck | 587 |
Lethal | A game-ending amount of damage | 587 |
Bioball | Group of Terran biological units | 587 |
Natural | Natural expansion | 587 |
chargelot | Charge Zealot | 587 |
TvP | Terran versus Protoss | 587 |
Creep | A basic unit | 587 |
PvT | Protoss versus Terran | 587 |
Toss | Protoss | 587 |
frag | Player kill | 587 |
ezpz | Easy peasy | 587 |
OHKO | One-hit knockout | 587 |
PUBG | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | 587 |
d20 | A twenty-sided die | 587 |
DEX | Dexterity | 587 |
Scratch damage | Damage delivered to a blocking opponent | 587 |
GGP | Gotta go pee | 587 |
Mob | Mobile video game character | 587 |
HOMM | Heroes of Might and Magic | 587 |
Modder | A person who creates mods | 587 |
DON | Double or nothing | 587 |
epm | Effective actions per minute | 587 |
nooblet | Young newbie | 587 |
CS | Creep score | 587 |
Boomstick | Doom shotgun | 587 |
GM | Good match | 588 |
GM | Good move | 588 |
OOC | Out of character | 588 |
Sticky | Sticky hand grenade used in the Halo series | 588 |
HYE | Have you ever | 588 |
spd | Spinning piledriver | 588 |
FTL | For the loss | 588 |
NH | Nice hand | 588 |
DFL | Dead freaking last | 588 |
Rush down | To play aggressively to defeat an opponent | 588 |
Netdecker | A player who looks up decks online | 588 |
wsp | Whisper | 588 |
CHA | Charisma | 588 |
LUPP | Luckiest person on the planet | 588 |
APM | Actions per minute | 588 |
CG | Coconut gun | 588 |
Feed | To repeatedly get killed by enemy champions | 588 |
SG | SilvaGunner | 588 |
SM64 | Super Mario 64 | 588 |
ITRW | In the real world | 588 |
AON | All or nothing | 588 |
Teemo | The swift scout | 588 |
gnite | Goodnight | 588 |
HL | Half-Life | 588 |
Ace | Solo winner | 588 |
jc | Jewelcrafter | 588 |
Rush deck | Aggressive card deck | 588 |
Macro | Economy management skill | 588 |
Chipping | Attacking a blocking opponent | 588 |
ling | Zergling | 588 |
Mic up | Voice chat with me | 588 |
Initiator | A DOTA hero that starts a team fight | 588 |
NVE | Not very effective | 588 |
Kek | WoW Orcish laugh | 588 |
Robo | Robotics Facility | 588 |
WPT | World Poker Tour | 588 |
CG | Close game | 588 |
LOTV | Legacy of the Void | 588 |
STT | Single table tournament | 588 |
IM | Instant message | 589 |
Mulligan | To replace cards in your starting hand | 589 |
SEAL | Slaying everyone and laughing | 589 |
MOH | Medal of Honor | 589 |
LF1M | Looking for one more | 589 |
Effin | F***ing | 589 |
XB | Xbox | 589 |
Micro | Unit micromanagement skill | 589 |
Bio | Biological units | 589 |
SS | Short stacked | 589 |
WOTLK | Wrath of the Lich King | 590 |
Larper | Live action role-player | 590 |
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