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 |
---|---|---|
SMP | Survival Multiplayer | 318 |
GG | Good game | 321 |
IRL | In real life | 382 |
Stack | The full amount of held items | 392 |
Noob | Newbie | 397 |
AFK | Away from keyboard | 400 |
mod | Modification | 412 |
IDK | I don't know | 425 |
Vanilla Minecraft | Unmodified Minecraft | 427 |
tp | Teleport | 430 |
CoD | Call of Duty | 438 |
NP | No problem | 445 |
WP | Well played | 455 |
VR | Virtual reality | 457 |
TTYL | Talk to you later | 458 |
sus | Suspicious | 458 |
op | Overpowered | 459 |
lvl | Level | 465 |
DPS | Damage per second | 469 |
PvP | Player versus player | 471 |
xp | Experience | 472 |
pot | Potion | 478 |
Aimbot | Automatic aiming bot | 479 |
GLHF | Good luck have fun | 483 |
WTF | What the f*** | 485 |
Fail | Failure | 488 |
PC | Personal computer | 500 |
TY | Thank you | 503 |
HUD | Heads up display | 504 |
Nerf | Weaken | 505 |
Griefing | Irritating other players | 508 |
hax | Hacks | 509 |
Buff | Strengthen | 510 |
OMG | Oh my gosh | 513 |
Biome | Minecraft region | 513 |
Facepalm | To place your palm on your face in embarrassment | 517 |
Rekt | Wrecked | 518 |
Mid game | Middle phase of a game | 519 |
pick | Pickaxe | 520 |
wut | What | 521 |
IK | I know | 523 |
RNG | Random number generator | 523 |
Mob | Minecraft creature | 523 |
PS4 | PlayStation 4 | 524 |
MC | Minecraft | 525 |
HP | Health points | 525 |
MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game | 526 |
Twitch | Video game streaming website | 526 |
FPS | First-person shooter | 527 |
Notch | Minecraft creator | 528 |
GG no re | Good game, no rematch | 529 |
Y | Why | 531 |
Glitching | Malfunctioning video game | 531 |
HP | Hit points | 532 |
Main | Main character | 532 |
Scrub | Loser | 532 |
ADC | Attack damage carry | 533 |
Kappa | Sarcasm | 533 |
LoL | League of Legends | 534 |
AD | Attack damage | 535 |
1337 | Leet | 536 |
TLDR | Too long, didn't read | 537 |
n00b | A new or inexperienced user | 538 |
Dog water | Worthless | 538 |
GL | Good luck | 539 |
FFA | Free for all | 539 |
NPC | Non-player character | 539 |
RP | Roleplay | 540 |
Grinding | Performing repetitive tasks to level up | 540 |
360-noscope | 360 no scope | 541 |
ak | AK-47 | 542 |
COC | Clash of Clans | 543 |
KK | OK | 544 |
Camping | Holding position | 545 |
LAN | Local Area Network | 545 |
Easter egg | A hidden message | 547 |
KS | Kill steal | 547 |
YW | You're welcome | 548 |
grats | Congratulations | 548 |
deagle | Desert Eagle | 548 |
ADS | Aiming down sight | 549 |
Kiting | Moving while avoiding attack | 549 |
MTG | Magic: The Gathering | 549 |
Jungling | Killing neutral monsters in the jungle | 550 |
ARAM | All random all mid | 550 |
cd | Cooldown | 550 |
G2G | Got to go | 551 |
BF | Big freaking sword | 551 |
Spleef | Minecraft multiplayer game | 551 |
GL HF | Good luck have fun | 551 |
Creeper | Hostile mob | 553 |
AOE | Area of effect | 553 |
Turtling | Playing defensively | 553 |
GTA | Grand Theft Auto | 553 |
OOM | Out of mana | 554 |
BFG | Big Freakin' Gun | 554 |
Trolling | Posting offensive comments | 554 |
CYOA | Cover your own a** | 555 |
Nuke | An ability that deals a lot of damage | 555 |
KDA | Kills Deaths Assists | 555 |
SOS | Save our souls | 556 |
Poggers | Amazing | 556 |
TDM | Team Death Match | 556 |
Camper | A player who doesn't move | 557 |
Gamer | A video game player | 557 |
SSP | Survival Single Player | 558 |
POV | Point of view | 558 |
DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | 558 |
LF | Looking for | 558 |
KDR | Kill death ratio | 558 |
Ragequit | To angrily quit a game | 558 |
Tryhard | A person who cares too much about winning | 558 |
CTF | Capture the flag | 559 |
AS | Attack speed | 561 |
Yeet | To throw something out of rage | 561 |
WoW | World of Warcraft | 561 |
Debuff | Weakening effect | 561 |
Tower diving | Attacking an opposing player under his tower | 561 |
Speedrun | An attempt to play through a video game as fast as possible | 561 |
mod | Moderator | 562 |
Griefer | An irritating player | 562 |
vs | Versus | 562 |
Pig | A Minecraft mob | 562 |
ATM | At the moment | 563 |
POS | Piece of s*** | 563 |
MLG | Major League Gaming | 563 |
2EZ | Too easy | 563 |
HS | Headshot | 563 |
ammo | Ammunition | 563 |
Instalock | Quickly lock in your character selection | 563 |
DM | Deathmatch | 563 |
Domed | Headshotted | 563 |
NT | Nice try | 564 |
NS | Nice shot | 564 |
Chungus | A cute, chunky creature | 564 |
IGN | In-game name | 564 |
RPG | Role-playing game | 565 |
RL | Real life | 565 |
Esports | Electronic sports | 565 |
FFS | For f***'s sake | 565 |
PK | Player kill | 565 |
pwned | Owned | 565 |
AI | Artificial intelligence | 565 |
dl | Download | 566 |
pts | Points | 566 |
WB | Welcome back | 566 |
FTW | For the win | 566 |
2M2H | Too much to handle | 566 |
CC | Crowd control | 566 |
dmg | Damage | 566 |
crit | Critical Strike | 566 |
Whoa | Expression of surprise | 566 |
SOH | Slight of hand | 567 |
BM | Bad mannered | 567 |
w00t | Joy and excitement | 568 |
Squidward | Villager | 568 |
NS | No s*** | 569 |
Self-report | Reporting your own kill | 569 |
l8r | Later | 570 |
MTFBWY | May the Force be with you | 570 |
Subs | Subscribers | 570 |
aa | Autoattack | 571 |
GGs | Good games | 571 |
AP | Ability power | 571 |
d/c | Disconnected | 571 |
AR | Assault rifle | 571 |
TMNT | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 571 |
Champion | League of Legends player-controlled character | 572 |
Squishy | Low base health or defense | 572 |
SOB | Son of a b**** | 573 |
GM | Game master | 573 |
mats | Materials | 573 |
sfx | Special effects | 573 |
GB | Guild bank | 573 |
OIC | Oh, I see | 574 |
TYVM | Thank you very much | 574 |
PBE | Public beta environment | 574 |
PS | PlayStation | 574 |
dc | Disconnect | 574 |
AYFKM | Are you freaking kidding me | 574 |
AMP | Adventure Multiplayer | 574 |
Cow | Minecraft mob | 574 |
newb | Newbie | 574 |
Jebaited | Deceived | 574 |
Skelly | A Minecraft Skeleton | 574 |
Carries | MOBA players that carry their team | 575 |
ltr | Later | 575 |
ult | Ultimate ability | 575 |
inv | Invite | 575 |
Wha | What | 575 |
cdr | Cooldown reduction | 575 |
KIA | Killed in action | 575 |
BG | Bad game | 575 |
Boosting | Unfair level boosting | 575 |
Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts on Twitch.tv | 575 |
FMJ | Full metal jacket | 575 |
ZvT | Zerg versus Terran | 575 |
2.5D | Game that is halfway between 2D and 3D | 575 |
SU | Shut up | 576 |
BK | Back | 576 |
Woah | Expression of surprise | 576 |
OST | Original soundtrack | 576 |
alt | Alternate character | 576 |
Ganking | Launching a surprise attack | 576 |
Get oofed | Get wrecked | 576 |
Support | Champion who plays on the bottom lane | 576 |
TOS | Terms of service | 576 |
Torch | To beat someone in competition | 576 |
Gogo | Go now | 576 |
PB | Personal best | 576 |
Netherrack | Nether block | 576 |
WTS | Want to sell | 577 |
Clutch | Ability to perform under pressure | 577 |
inc | Incoming | 577 |
GGA | Good game all | 577 |
Triggered | Angry | 577 |
rdy | Ready | 577 |
sux | Sucks | 577 |
Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 577 |
W | Win | 577 |
Ditto | Same | 577 |
hi5 | High five | 577 |
Speedrunner | A gamer who plays through a video game as fast as possible | 577 |
Disco | Discord | 578 |
AC | Armor class | 578 |
proc | Programmed random occurrence | 578 |
sc2 | StarCraft 2 | 578 |
mob | Monster | 578 |
Ding | Level up | 578 |
Q | First champion ability | 579 |
BSTS | Better safe than sorry | 579 |
LCS | League Championship Series | 579 |
^5 | High five | 579 |
combo | Combination | 579 |
GFG | Good friggin' game | 579 |
PP | Pause please | 579 |
Tilted | Aggravated | 579 |
rep | Reputation | 579 |
TK | Team kill | 579 |
N64 | Nintendo 64 | 579 |
Twink | Powerful low-level character | 579 |
Leech | Freeloader | 579 |
Farm | To gather supplies | 580 |
SYIH | See you in hell | 580 |
HCG | Hardcore Gamer | 580 |
pwn3d | Owned | 580 |
Marinating | Gaining a Crewmate's trust and then killing them | 580 |
MMO | Massively multiplayer online | 580 |
pwnd | Owned | 580 |
Boss | Main bad character | 580 |
aggro | Aggression | 580 |
LFG | Looking for group | 580 |
cata | Cataclysm | 580 |
HMP | Hardcore Multiplayer | 580 |
Ghosting | Observing an opponent's gameplay | 580 |
Chicken | Minecraft mob | 580 |
kgo | Ok, go | 580 |
AP | Attack power | 581 |
shud | Should | 581 |
25m | Twenty-five man | 581 |
Owner | Player that controls the minion | 581 |
Beast | An awesome person | 581 |
Never lucky | No luck while playing a game | 581 |
MOBA | Multiplayer online battle arena | 581 |
OTP | On the phone | 582 |
TF | Twisted Fate | 582 |
LFM | Looking for more | 582 |
D&D | Dungeons and Dragons | 582 |
LGS | Local game store | 582 |
KEKW | Laughter | 582 |
Dunk on | Make fun of | 582 |
Boss run | A series of bosses in a row | 582 |
nuke | Nuclear missile | 582 |
BO5 | Best of five | 583 |
FUBAR | Fouled up beyond all recognition | 583 |
BF2 | Battlefield 2 | 583 |
Obby | Obstacle course | 583 |
WTBH | What the bloody hell | 583 |
GTFO | Get the f*** out | 583 |
Late game | Later stages of a game | 583 |
ats | Attack speed | 583 |
Mooshroom | Minecraft mob | 583 |
Ace | Solo winner | 583 |
Uber | The best | 583 |
SWTOR | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 583 |
Topdeck | To draw from your deck | 583 |
Dono | Donation | 583 |
WYB | Watch your back | 584 |
pwn | To dominate | 584 |
Boss | Awesome person | 584 |
Gas | Great | 584 |
MCYT | Minecraft YouTuber | 584 |
50/50 | Simultaneously killing an accuser and their accused | 584 |
oneshot | One shot completion | 584 |
Choob | Skilled player who intentionally plays badly | 584 |
Early game | Beginning phase of a game | 584 |
DOTA | Defense of the Ancients | 584 |
Turtle | A gamer who plays defensively | 584 |
Hax | To encounter bad luck | 584 |
UY | Up yours | 585 |
IAP | In-app purchase | 585 |
Babysit | To assist a champion in getting more powerful | 585 |
KMMFA | Kiss my motherf***ing a** | 585 |
S-tier | Top rank | 585 |
POW | Prisoner of war | 585 |
CG | Computer Graphics | 585 |
Enchanter | A champion that helps increase the effectiveness of allies | 585 |
gratz | Congratulations | 585 |
DM | Dungeon Master | 585 |
CMP | Creative Multiplayer | 585 |
PC | Player character | 585 |
WTFF | What the f***ing f*** | 585 |
Peel | To protect a champion | 585 |
Gosu | Highly skilled | 585 |
Diving | Venturing far into enemy territory | 585 |
S2U | Same to you | 585 |
CCG | Collectible card game | 585 |
Beast mode | Dominating gameplay | 585 |
IGL | In-game leader | 585 |
Last hitting | Striking the final hit on a creep | 585 |
PS3 | PlayStation 3 | 585 |
BBIAB | Be back in a bit | 586 |
BBL | Be back later | 586 |
GAL | Get a life | 586 |
U mad bro | Are you mad? | 586 |
STR | Strength | 586 |
ul | Upload | 586 |
BAMF | Bad a** mother f***** | 586 |
OMDB | Over my dead body | 586 |
Pubstomp | To annihilate an uncoordinated opposing team | 586 |
Butter | Gold | 586 |
Rush | To quickly attack and cause damage | 586 |
WTT | Want to trade | 586 |
Elo | Elo rating system | 586 |
brez | Battle resurrection | 586 |
PvZ | Plants vs. Zombies | 586 |
xbl | Xbox Live | 586 |
F2P | Free-to-play | 586 |
Base race | Simultaneous attacks on enemy bases | 586 |
Aggro deck | Aggressive card deck | 586 |
INT | Intelligence | 586 |
Keke | Korean laugh | 586 |
NES | Nintendo Entertainment System | 586 |
blizz | Blizzard | 586 |
Raid | To send viewers to another streamer's stream | 586 |
DEX | Dexterity | 587 |
Mob | Mobile video game character | 587 |
W8 | Wait | 587 |
IBF | Internet best friend | 587 |
Scratch damage | Damage delivered to a blocking opponent | 587 |
ESAD | Eat s*** and die | 587 |
TFB | Too freakin' bad | 587 |
Y/R | Yeah, right | 587 |
d20 | A twenty-sided die | 587 |
Lethal | A game-ending amount of damage | 587 |
Dece | Decent | 587 |
ARTS | Action real-time strategy | 587 |
Woot | Woohoo! | 587 |
gm | Grandmaster | 587 |
Dump stat | An ability that an RPG player doesn't prioritize | 587 |
POG | Play of the game | 587 |
MT | Mistype | 587 |
KOS | Kill on sight | 587 |
Minion | Game creature | 587 |
Mald | Mad and bald | 587 |
YRL | You are lame | 587 |
Fog | Unseen areas of a League of Legends map | 587 |
Creep | A basic unit | 587 |
HPS | Heals per second | 587 |
D3 | Diablo III | 587 |
Feed | To repeatedly get killed by enemy champions | 587 |
HT | Hi there | 587 |
AH | Auction house | 587 |
Flaming | Angering other Internet users | 587 |
GS | GilvaSunner | 587 |
SG | SilvaGunner | 587 |
BO3 | Best of three | 587 |
char | Character | 587 |
Wewt | Woot | 587 |
top | Top lane | 587 |
bot | Bottom lane | 587 |
HL | Half-Life | 587 |
Modder | A person who creates mods | 587 |
HOMM | Heroes of Might and Magic | 587 |
Peeling | Protecting a champion | 587 |
jc | Jewelcrafter | 587 |
FNF | Friday Night Funkin' | 587 |
XB | Xbox | 587 |
Take my energy | Good luck | 587 |
bling | Baneling | 587 |
Macro | Economy management skill | 587 |
DT | Dark templar | 587 |
Natural | Natural expansion | 587 |
chargelot | Charge Zealot | 587 |
rax | Barracks | 587 |
TvP | Terran versus Protoss | 587 |
TvZ | Terran versus Zerg | 587 |
TvT | Terran versus Terran | 587 |
PvT | Protoss versus Terran | 587 |
CC | Command Center | 587 |
SWYP | So what's your problem | 587 |
frag | Player kill | 587 |
Throw the game | Lose the game on purpose | 587 |
DQ | Disqualify | 587 |
ownage | Completely owned | 587 |
Farmed | Repetitively killed or gathered | 587 |
CHA | Charisma | 587 |
Loot | Treasure | 587 |
Clip chimp | A Twitch user who creates out-of-context video clips | 587 |
Kek | WoW Orcish laugh | 587 |
Larper | Live action role-player | 587 |
lulz | LOL | 587 |
PUBG | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | 587 |
GGP | Gotta go pee | 587 |
OHKO | One-hit knockout | 587 |
DON | Double or nothing | 587 |
epm | Effective actions per minute | 587 |
Speedling | Zergling with Metabolic Boost | 587 |
nooblet | Young newbie | 587 |
Chip damage | Damage inflicted on a blocking opponent | 587 |
BC | Be cool | 588 |
Teemo | The swift scout | 588 |
GJ | Good job | 588 |
GM | Good match | 588 |
GM | Good move | 588 |
HF | Have fun | 588 |
OOC | Out of character | 588 |
Netdecker | A player who looks up decks online | 588 |
w84m | Wait for me | 588 |
robo | Robotics Facility | 588 |
Rush deck | Aggressive card deck | 588 |
nub | Newbie | 588 |
TRS | That really sucks | 588 |
Mulligan | To replace cards in your starting hand | 588 |
POC | Piece of crap | 588 |
Rush down | To play aggressively to defeat an opponent | 588 |
br | Bathroom | 588 |
HYE | Have you ever | 588 |
FTL | For the loss | 588 |
WAS | Wait a second | 588 |
WCG | World Cyber Games | 588 |
HAN | How about now? | 588 |
spd | Spinning piledriver | 588 |
NH | Nice hand | 588 |
L2P | Learn to play | 588 |
DFL | Dead freaking last | 588 |
MOH | Medal of Honor | 588 |
LOTV | Legacy of the Void | 588 |
FTEW | For the epic win | 588 |
PvC | Player versus computer | 588 |
MS | Movement speed | 588 |
FF | Focus fire | 588 |
Denying | Killing your own creeps to prevent your enemy from killing them | 588 |
wsp | Whisper | 588 |
DOT | Damage over time | 588 |
Sticky | Sticky hand grenade used in the Halo series | 588 |
LoS | Line of sight | 588 |
MDPS | Melee damage per second | 588 |
RTS | Real-time strategy | 588 |
APM | Actions per minute | 588 |
DGA | Don't go anywhere | 588 |
CG | Coconut gun | 588 |
SM64 | Super Mario 64 | 588 |
imba | Imbalanced | 588 |
FOC | Free of charge | 588 |
ITRW | In the real world | 588 |
Jungler | A jungle killing player | 588 |
AON | All or nothing | 588 |
LFK | Let's freaking Kompete | 588 |
gnite | Goodnight | 588 |
LUPP | Luckiest person on the planet | 588 |
VU | Visual upgrade | 588 |
TCG | Trading card game | 588 |
Mic up | Voice chat with me | 588 |
Board clear | Move that clears the opponent's board of minions | 588 |
HM | Hard mode | 588 |
Bioball | Biological unit group | 588 |
Micro | Unit micromanagement skill | 588 |
Bio | Biological units | 588 |
KEKL | Cackling laughter | 588 |
toss | Protoss | 588 |
ling | Zergling | 588 |
Sadge | Sad | 588 |
ezpz | Easy peasy | 588 |
irl | A real-life person | 588 |
Effin | F***ing | 588 |
SS | Short stacked | 588 |
Initiator | A DOTA hero that starts a team fight | 588 |
ovie | Overlord | 588 |
Chipping | Attacking a blocking opponent | 588 |
NDS | Nintendo DS | 588 |
NVE | Not very effective | 588 |
WPT | World Poker Tour | 588 |
STT | Single table tournament | 588 |
CG | Close game | 588 |
Boomstick | Doom shotgun | 588 |
ULPP | Unluckiest person on the planet | 589 |
CS | Creep score | 589 |
pwnt | Owned | 590 |
MC | Mind Control | 590 |
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