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 | 268 |
| SMP | Survival Multiplayer | 281 |
| IRL | In real life | 309 |
| Noob | Newbie | 315 |
| IDK | I don't know | 318 |
| NP | No problem | 329 |
| AFK | Away from keyboard | 336 |
| TTYL | Talk to you later | 347 |
| Stack | The full amount of held items | 370 |
| mod | Modification | 387 |
| TY | Thank you | 390 |
| sus | Suspicious | 399 |
| WTF | What the f*** | 405 |
| Vanilla Minecraft | Unmodified Minecraft | 409 |
| tp | Teleport | 419 |
| CoD | Call of Duty | 421 |
| OMG | Oh my gosh | 424 |
| IK | I know | 427 |
| VR | Virtual reality | 431 |
| OP | Overpowered | 441 |
| WP | Well played | 442 |
| xp | Experience | 445 |
| lvl | Level | 454 |
| Y | Why | 456 |
| wut | What | 456 |
| PC | Personal computer | 458 |
| DPS | Damage per second | 459 |
| PvP | Player versus player | 460 |
| GLHF | Good luck have fun | 460 |
| Aimbot | Automatic aiming bot | 463 |
| Fail | Failure | 464 |
| Pot | Potion | 466 |
| YW | You're welcome | 473 |
| Facepalm | To place your palm on your face in embarrassment | 488 |
| HUD | Heads up display | 497 |
| Nerf | Weaken | 498 |
| hax | Hacks | 499 |
| Buff | Strengthen | 502 |
| Whoa | Expression of surprise | 503 |
| Griefing | Irritating other players | 504 |
| Biome | Minecraft region | 504 |
| PS4 | PlayStation 4 | 506 |
| pick | Pickaxe | 506 |
| Scrub | Loser | 510 |
| Rekt | Wrecked | 510 |
| KK | OK | 510 |
| Mid game | Middle phase of a game | 513 |
| Twitch | Video game streaming website | 514 |
| MC | Minecraft | 514 |
| RNG | Random number generator | 515 |
| GG no re | Good game, no rematch | 515 |
| Mob | Minecraft creature | 516 |
| FPS | First-person shooter | 517 |
| HP | Hit points | 518 |
| ATM | At the moment | 519 |
| HP | Health points | 519 |
| Notch | Minecraft creator | 520 |
| G2G | Got to go | 522 |
| MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game | 522 |
| AD | Attack damage | 524 |
| GL | Good luck | 526 |
| Dog water | Worthless | 526 |
| LoL | League of Legends | 526 |
| ADC | Attack damage carry | 527 |
| n00b | A new or inexperienced user | 527 |
| LAN | Local Area Network | 527 |
| rp | Roleplay | 528 |
| Main | Main character | 528 |
| Kappa | Sarcasm | 529 |
| FFS | For f***'s sake | 529 |
| FFA | Free for all | 529 |
| Yeet | To throw something out of rage | 529 |
| Glitching | Malfunctioning video game | 530 |
| Grinding | Performing repetitive tasks to level up | 530 |
| 1337 | Leet | 531 |
| NPC | Non-player character | 531 |
| Easter egg | A hidden message | 531 |
| Camping | Staying in one spot | 531 |
| ak | AK-47 | 533 |
| SOS | Save our souls | 536 |
| NS | No s*** | 536 |
| grats | Congratulations | 536 |
| Trolling | Posting offensive comments | 537 |
| 360-noscope | 360 no scope | 538 |
| COC | Clash of Clans | 538 |
| Gamer | A video game player | 538 |
| Kiting | Moving while avoiding attack | 539 |
| AI | Artificial intelligence | 539 |
| ARAM | All random all mid | 540 |
| FTW | For the win | 542 |
| Jungling | Killing neutral monsters in the jungle | 543 |
| Creeper | Hostile mob | 543 |
| GL HF | Good luck have fun | 544 |
| KDA | Kills Deaths Assists | 544 |
| KS | Kill steal | 544 |
| ADS | Aiming down sight | 544 |
| deagle | Desert Eagle | 544 |
| l8r | Later | 545 |
| TYVM | Thank you very much | 545 |
| OOM | Out of mana | 545 |
| Spleef | Minecraft multiplayer game | 545 |
| DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | 545 |
| MTG | Magic: The Gathering | 545 |
| NT | Nice try | 546 |
| Nuke | An ability that deals a lot of damage | 546 |
| 2M2H | Too much to handle | 546 |
| GTA | Grand Theft Auto | 546 |
| cd | Cooldown | 546 |
| WoW | World of Warcraft | 547 |
| KDR | Kill death ratio | 547 |
| Ragequit | To angrily quit a game | 547 |
| Turtling | Playing defensively | 549 |
| mod | Moderator | 550 |
| AS | Attack speed | 550 |
| OIC | Oh, I see | 550 |
| AOE | Area of effect | 550 |
| vs | Versus | 550 |
| Poggers | Amazing | 550 |
| BF | Big freaking sword | 551 |
| Tower diving | Attacking an opposing player under his tower | 551 |
| TDM | Team deathmatch | 551 |
| Camper | A player who doesn't move | 552 |
| BFG | Big Freakin' Gun | 552 |
| CYOA | Cover your own a** | 553 |
| RL | Real life | 553 |
| Tryhard | A person who cares too much about winning | 553 |
| CTF | Capture the flag | 553 |
| RPG | Role-playing game | 554 |
| BK | Back | 554 |
| Ditto | Same | 556 |
| LF | Looking for | 556 |
| DM | Deathmatch | 556 |
| Instalock | Quickly lock in your character selection | 556 |
| HS | Headshot | 557 |
| Speedrun | An attempt to play through a video game as fast as possible | 557 |
| sux | Sucks | 557 |
| Domed | Headshotted | 557 |
| Chungus | A cute, chunky creature | 557 |
| ammo | Ammunition | 558 |
| Debuff | Weakening effect | 558 |
| Griefer | An irritating player | 558 |
| Wha | What | 559 |
| sfx | Special effects | 559 |
| crit | Critical Strike | 559 |
| SSP | Survival Single Player | 559 |
| SOB | Son of a b**** | 560 |
| PK | Player kill | 560 |
| Esports | Electronic sports | 560 |
| MLG | Major League Gaming | 560 |
| d/c | Disconnected | 560 |
| pwned | Owned | 560 |
| IGN | In-game name | 560 |
| Pig | A Minecraft mob | 560 |
| dl | Download | 561 |
| WB | Welcome back | 561 |
| 2EZ | Too easy | 561 |
| Woah | Expression of surprise | 561 |
| pts | Points | 561 |
| NS | Nice shot | 562 |
| AP | Ability power | 562 |
| AYFKM | Are you freaking kidding me | 562 |
| w00t | Joy and excitement | 563 |
| BG | Bad game | 563 |
| dmg | Damage | 564 |
| Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts online | 564 |
| Self-report | Reporting your own kill | 565 |
| ltr | Later | 565 |
| CC | Crowd control | 565 |
| GGs | Good games | 566 |
| SoH | Slight of Hand | 566 |
| aa | Autoattack | 566 |
| Squidward | Villager | 567 |
| Rdy | Ready | 567 |
| PS | PlayStation | 567 |
| Champion | League of Legends player-controlled character | 567 |
| AR | Assault rifle | 568 |
| BM | Bad mannered | 568 |
| Skelly | A Minecraft Skeleton | 568 |
| ult | Ultimate ability | 568 |
| Subs | Subscribers | 568 |
| FNF | Friday Night Funkin' | 569 |
| GM | Game master | 569 |
| newb | Newbie | 569 |
| Squishy | Low base health or defense | 569 |
| hi5 | High five | 569 |
| BSTS | Better safe than sorry | 570 |
| S-tier | Top rank | 570 |
| WTS | Want to sell | 570 |
| cdr | Cooldown reduction | 570 |
| Ganking | Launching a surprise attack | 570 |
| alt | Alternate character | 570 |
| dc | Disconnect | 570 |
| mats | Materials | 570 |
| Disco | Discord | 570 |
| GB | Guild bank | 570 |
| KIA | Killed in action | 570 |
| Ding | Level up | 570 |
| W | Win | 570 |
| Cow | Minecraft mob | 570 |
| TK | Team kill | 571 |
| PBE | Public beta environment | 571 |
| inv | Invite | 571 |
| OST | Original soundtrack | 571 |
| TOS | Terms of service | 571 |
| ZvT | Zerg versus Terran | 571 |
| Get oofed | Get wrecked | 571 |
| ^5 | High five | 572 |
| Obby | Obstacle course | 572 |
| SC2 | StarCraft 2 | 572 |
| GGA | Good game all | 572 |
| Jebaited | Deceived | 572 |
| Carries | MOBA players that carry their team | 572 |
| SU | Shut up | 573 |
| pwn | To dominate | 573 |
| Inc | Incoming | 573 |
| LFG | Looking for group | 573 |
| Gogo | Go now | 573 |
| AMP | Adventure Multiplayer | 573 |
| FUBAR | Fouled up beyond all recognition | 574 |
| 2.5D | Game that is halfway between 2D and 3D | 574 |
| PB | Personal best | 574 |
| Clutch | Ability to perform under pressure | 574 |
| Speedrunner | A gamer who plays through a video game as fast as possible | 574 |
| Torch | To beat someone in competition | 574 |
| shud | Should | 574 |
| Boosting | Unfair level boosting | 574 |
| Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 574 |
| mob | Monster | 574 |
| Triggered | Angry | 574 |
| FMJ | Full metal jacket | 574 |
| N64 | Nintendo 64 | 574 |
| nuke | Nuclear missile | 574 |
| Leech | Freeloader | 574 |
| SYIH | See you in hell | 575 |
| WYB | Watch your back | 575 |
| GFG | Good friggin' game | 575 |
| PP | Pause please | 575 |
| MCYT | Minecraft YouTuber | 575 |
| 25m | Twenty-five man | 575 |
| Support | Champion who plays on the bottom lane | 575 |
| Chicken | Minecraft mob | 575 |
| Netherrack | Nether block | 576 |
| cata | Cataclysm | 576 |
| rep | Reputation | 576 |
| Tilted | Aggravated | 576 |
| Q | First champion ability | 576 |
| Twink | Powerful low-level character | 576 |
| POW | Prisoner of war | 577 |
| UY | Up yours | 577 |
| Pwn3d | Owned | 577 |
| TF | Twisted Fate | 577 |
| MMO | Massively multiplayer online | 577 |
| pwnd | Owned | 577 |
| GTFO | Get the f*** out | 577 |
| Aggro | Aggressive | 577 |
| AP | Attack power | 577 |
| AC | Armor class | 577 |
| IBF | Internet best friend | 577 |
| Dunk on | Make fun of | 577 |
| Uber | Excellent | 577 |
| CCG | Collectible card game | 577 |
| LCS | League Championship Series | 577 |
| combo | Combination | 577 |
| proc | Programmed random occurrence | 577 |
| Marinating | Gaining a Crewmate's trust and then killing them | 578 |
| HF | Have fun | 578 |
| Boss | Main bad character | 578 |
| Enchanter | A champion that helps increase the effectiveness of allies | 578 |
| 50/50 | Simultaneously killing an accuser and their accused | 578 |
| BO5 | Best of five | 578 |
| MCPE | Minecraft Pocket Edition | 578 |
| HCG | Hardcore Gamer | 578 |
| S2U | Same to you | 578 |
| kgo | Ok, go | 578 |
| Farm | To gather supplies | 578 |
| Peel | To protect a champion | 578 |
| GJ | Good job | 579 |
| W8 | Wait | 579 |
| YRL | You are lame | 579 |
| WTFF | What the f***ing f*** | 579 |
| AH | Auction house | 579 |
| Throw the game | Lose the game on purpose | 579 |
| Beast | An awesome person | 579 |
| Peeling | Protecting a champion | 579 |
| KEKW | Laughter | 579 |
| PS3 | PlayStation 3 | 579 |
| BBIAB | Be back in a bit | 580 |
| BO3 | Best of three | 580 |
| WTBH | What the bloody hell | 580 |
| LFM | Looking for more | 580 |
| Boss run | A series of bosses in a row | 580 |
| LGS | Local game store | 580 |
| DGA | Don't go anywhere | 580 |
| gratz | Congratulations | 580 |
| MOBA | Multiplayer online battle arena | 580 |
| Mald | Mad and bald | 580 |
| brez | Battle resurrection | 580 |
| Rush | To quickly attack and cause damage | 580 |
| ezpz | Easy peasy | 580 |
| Keke | Korean laugh | 580 |
| BC | Be cool | 581 |
| Flaming | Angering other Internet users | 581 |
| GAL | Get a life | 581 |
| D&D | Dungeons and Dragons | 581 |
| ul | Upload | 581 |
| OTP | On the phone | 581 |
| KMMFA | Kiss my motherf***ing a** | 581 |
| OMDB | Over my dead body | 581 |
| HMP | Hardcore Multiplayer | 581 |
| ULPP | Unluckiest person on the planet | 581 |
| Gas | Great | 581 |
| U mad bro | Are you mad? | 581 |
| Owner | Player that controls the minion | 581 |
| MT | Mistype | 581 |
| Elo | Elo rating system | 581 |
| KOS | Kill on sight | 581 |
| Never lucky | No luck while playing a game | 581 |
| Babysit | To assist a champion in getting more powerful | 581 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 581 |
| DotA | Defense of the Ancients | 581 |
| Ghosting | Observing an opponent's gameplay | 581 |
| Early game | Beginning phase of a game | 581 |
| Late game | Later stages of a game | 581 |
| CMP | Creative Multiplayer | 581 |
| Turtle | A gamer who plays defensively | 581 |
| ugh | Disappointed | 581 |
| BBL | Be back later | 582 |
| TCG | Trading card game | 582 |
| TRS | That really sucks | 582 |
| POC | Piece of crap | 582 |
| Woot | Woohoo! | 582 |
| F2P | Free-to-play | 582 |
| HT | Hi there | 582 |
| nub | Newbie | 582 |
| gm | Grandmaster | 582 |
| ats | Attack speed | 582 |
| Oneshot | Beat in one attempt | 582 |
| TvT | Terran versus Terran | 582 |
| CC | Command Center | 582 |
| POG | Play of the game | 582 |
| SWTOR | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 582 |
| PvZ | Plants vs. Zombies | 582 |
| blizz | Blizzard | 582 |
| Speedling | Zergling with Metabolic Boost | 582 |
| Mooshroom | Minecraft mob | 583 |
| w84m | Wait for me | 583 |
| ESAD | Eat s*** and die | 583 |
| br | Bathroom | 583 |
| Take my energy | Good luck | 583 |
| Sadge | Sad | 583 |
| L2P | Learn to play | 583 |
| HM | Hard mode | 583 |
| PvC | Player versus computer | 583 |
| GS | GilvaSunner | 583 |
| INT | Intelligence | 583 |
| Last hitting | Striking the final hit on a creep | 583 |
| Pubstomp | To annihilate an uncoordinated opposing team | 583 |
| Chip damage | Damage inflicted on a blocking opponent | 583 |
| STR | Strength | 583 |
| Farmed | Repetitively killed or gathered | 583 |
| Gosu | Highly skilled | 583 |
| DM | Dungeon Master | 583 |
| Dono | Donation | 583 |
| Topdeck | To draw from your deck | 583 |
| NES | Nintendo Entertainment System | 583 |
| Diving | Venturing far into enemy territory | 583 |
| ownage | Completely owned | 584 |
| Wewt | Woot | 584 |
| Beast mode | Dominating gameplay | 584 |
| Mic up | Voice chat with me | 584 |
| MS | Movement speed | 584 |
| BF2 | Battlefield 2 | 584 |
| WTT | Want to trade | 584 |
| HPS | Heals per second | 584 |
| LoS | Line of sight | 584 |
| Loot | Treasure | 584 |
| IAP | In-app purchase | 584 |
| char | Character | 584 |
| Dece | Decent | 584 |
| Hax | To encounter bad luck | 584 |
| KEKL | Cackling laughter | 584 |
| xbl | Xbox Live | 584 |
| Bling | Baneling | 584 |
| Rax | Barracks | 584 |
| TvZ | Terran versus Zerg | 584 |
| PvT | Protoss versus Terran | 584 |
| Raid | To send viewers to another streamer's stream | 584 |
| NDS | Nintendo DS | 584 |
| GM | Good move | 585 |
| pwnt | Owned | 585 |
| Lethal | A game-ending amount of damage | 585 |
| Y/R | Yeah, right | 585 |
| BAMF | Bad a** mother f***** | 585 |
| Minion | Game creature | 585 |
| bot | Bottom lane | 585 |
| PC | Player character | 585 |
| ovie | Overlord | 585 |
| WAS | Wait a second | 585 |
| HAN | How about now? | 585 |
| PUBG | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | 585 |
| wsp | Whisper | 585 |
| DOT | Damage over time | 585 |
| Fog | Unseen areas of a League of Legends map | 585 |
| MDPS | Melee damage per second | 585 |
| RTS | Real-time strategy | 585 |
| APM | Actions per minute | 585 |
| IGL | In-game leader | 585 |
| imba | Imbalanced | 585 |
| ITRW | In the real world | 585 |
| Ace | Solo winner | 585 |
| Mob | Mobile video game character | 585 |
| jc | Jewelcrafter | 585 |
| DEX | Dexterity | 585 |
| d20 | A twenty-sided die | 585 |
| Bioball | Group of Terran biological units | 585 |
| DT | Dark Templar | 585 |
| Natural | Natural expansion | 585 |
| chargelot | Charge Zealot | 585 |
| TvP | Terran versus Protoss | 585 |
| Toss | Protoss | 585 |
| frag | Player kill | 585 |
| Ling | Zergling | 585 |
| DQ | Disqualify | 585 |
| Modder | A person who creates mods | 585 |
| Base race | Simultaneous attacks on enemy bases | 585 |
| GGP | Gotta go pee | 585 |
| epm | Effective actions per minute | 585 |
| nooblet | Young newbie | 585 |
| Feed | To repeatedly get killed by enemy champions | 586 |
| Robo | Robotics Facility | 586 |
| HOMM | Heroes of Might and Magic | 586 |
| ARTS | Action real-time strategy | 586 |
| Scratch damage | Damage delivered to a blocking opponent | 586 |
| Effin | F***ing | 586 |
| TFB | Too freakin' bad | 586 |
| Teemo | The swift scout | 586 |
| Butter | Gold | 586 |
| Aggro deck | Aggressive card deck | 586 |
| Denying | Killing your own creeps to prevent your enemy from killing them | 586 |
| WCG | World Cyber Games | 586 |
| MOH | Medal of Honor | 586 |
| Jungler | A jungle killing player | 586 |
| LFK | Let's freaking Kompete | 586 |
| Initiator | A DOTA hero that starts a team fight | 586 |
| Boss | Awesome person | 586 |
| FOC | Free of charge | 586 |
| LOTV | Legacy of the Void | 586 |
| CS | Creep score | 586 |
| irl | A real-life person | 586 |
| SWYP | So what's your problem | 586 |
| AON | All or nothing | 586 |
| OHKO | One-hit knockout | 586 |
| MC | Mind Control | 586 |
| top | Top lane | 586 |
| CG | Close game | 586 |
| Choob | Skilled player who intentionally plays badly | 586 |
| Macro | Economy management skill | 586 |
| CHA | Charisma | 586 |
| Bio | Biological units | 586 |
| Board clear | Move that clears the opponent's board of minions | 586 |
| Clip chimp | A Twitch user who creates out-of-context video clips | 586 |
| Kek | Laughing out loud | 586 |
| Dump stat | An ability that an RPG player doesn't prioritize | 586 |
| Creep | A basic unit | 586 |
| WPT | World Poker Tour | 586 |
| DON | Double or nothing | 586 |
| Boomstick | Doom shotgun | 586 |
| D3 | Diablo III | 586 |
| GM | Good match | 587 |
| Netdecker | A player who looks up decks online | 587 |
| IM | Instant message | 587 |
| LUPP | Luckiest person on the planet | 587 |
| spd | Spinning piledriver | 587 |
| NH | Nice hand | 587 |
| DFL | Dead freaking last | 587 |
| SG | SilvaGunner | 587 |
| FTEW | For the epic win | 587 |
| LF1M | Looking for one more | 587 |
| Chipping | Attacking a blocking opponent | 587 |
| NVE | Not very effective | 587 |
| Sticky | A plasma grenade that sticks to objects | 587 |
| HL | Half-Life | 587 |
| FGSQTC | For gosh's sake quit the crap | 587 |
| Sussy baka | Suspicious fool | 587 |
| CG | Coconut gun | 587 |
| SM64 | Super Mario 64 | 587 |
| Rush deck | Aggressive card deck | 587 |
| Larper | Live action role-player | 587 |
| Rush down | To play aggressively to defeat an opponent | 587 |
| lulz | LOL | 587 |
| STT | Single table tournament | 587 |
| OOC | Out of character | 588 |
| HYE | Have you ever | 588 |
| FTL | For the loss | 588 |
| SEAL | Slaying everyone and laughing | 588 |
| F | A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected | 588 |
| WOTLK | Wrath of the Lich King | 588 |
| XB | Xbox | 588 |
| Micro | Unit micromanagement skill | 588 |
| SS | Short stacked | 588 |
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