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There is no shortage of acronyms and abbreviations used in sports. Each sport has its own shorthand, so it can be difficult to remember what all the different abbreviations mean. The following list is a good reference to help you understand the meaning of all the slang terms used during sporting events and in the post-game analysis. You can also view specific baseball slang, golf slang, and fantasy football slang.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
BF	Batters faced	562
vs	Versus	566
pts	Points	567
PB	Personal best	576
Stud	A highly skilled individual	577
Clutch	Ability to perform under pressure	578
W	Win	579
FF	Fantasy football	583
GOAT	Greatest of all time	583
Beast mode	Dominating gameplay	585
Ace	Hole in one	585
DQ	Disqualify	587
ownage	Completely owned	587
Throw the game	Lose the game on purpose	587
HR	Home run	588
MLB	Major League Baseball	589
WWE	World Wrestling Entertainment	590
SB	Super Bowl	590
PPR	Points per reception	590
Skol	Good health	590
LFG	Let's freaking go	590
ROY	Rookie of the Year	591
GF	Games finished	591
Handcuff	A fantasy football backup player	591
WR	Wide receiver	591
NHL	National Hockey League	592
LeBroning	Flopping	592
2B	Second base	592
Mulligan	Redo	592
Basebrawl	Baseball brawl	592
FFL	Fantasy football league	592
Snake draft	Draft where the last pick in one round is the first in the next	592
YPG	Yards per game	592
PF	Points for	592
DFS	Daily Fantasy Sports	592
Ceiling	Upside of a player	592
ref	Referee	593
RBI	Runs batted in	593
DL	Disabled list	593
One and done	Single elimination tournament	593
Closer	A relief pitcher that finishes a baseball game	593
Rundown	Baserunner stranded between two bases	593
Set the table	To get on base so other hitters can score the baserunners	593
Bush league	Amateur play	593
RB	Running back	593
WR1	First starting fantasy wide receiver	593
Half-PPR	Half-point per reception league	593
FIFA	Fédération Internationale de Football Association	594
avg	Batting average	594
SB	Stolen bases	594
SO	Strikeouts	594
Tater	Home run	594
Triple	Hit that results in the batter getting to third base	594
IR	Injured reserve	594
Chin music	Pitch that nearly hits the batter's head	594
Can of corn	An easy catch by a fielder	594
Put him on skates	To make a person stumble over himself	594
WR	World record	594
DNF	Did not finish	594
Victory lap	Golf ball that spins around the hole then falls in	594
Texas wedge	Putt from off the green	594
ADP	Average draft position	594
Honors	Hit first from the tee in golf	594
RB1	Starting fantasy running back	594
Fanboy	A dedicated male fan	595
ups	Jumping ability	595
stats	Statistics	595
WCW	World Championship Wrestling	595
AFC	American Football Conference	595
WC	World Cup	595
SLG	Slugging percentage	595
ACL	Anterior cruciate ligament	595
ship	Championship	595
ppd	Postponed	595
Bracket buster	A team that upsets a highly ranked team	595
Mendoza line	.200 batting average	595
TP	Triple play	595
Bases juiced	Baserunners on all three bases	595
Steeze	Style and ease	595
Saddam Hussein	Golf shot from one bunker into another bunker	595
Slept	To hit someone hard	595
TE	Tight end	595
Ghostship	A fantasy football team with no owner	595
rec	Receptions	595
Fish	Casual fantasy sports player	595
Bearish	Negative outlook	595
Bullish	Positive outlook	595
Put over	Make someone look good	595
Mark	A fan who believes pro wrestling is real	595
NLDS	National League Division Series	596
Wheels	Fast legs	596
March Madness	NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament	596
On deck	Batting second	596
Cellar dweller	A team constantly in last place	596
Steezy	Style and ease	596
Snowman	Golf score of 8	596
Draft dasher	A fantasy football owner who drafts a team and abandons it	596
Sleeper	A player drafted late but exceeds expectations	596
Albatross	Three strokes under par	596
QB1	First starting fantasy quarterback	596
Flier	Gamble on a risky player	596
Vulture back	A running back who takes scoring chances from the starter	596
Trade bait	A good player that entices other teams to trade for him	596
Shark	An experienced fantasy sports player	596
Undroppable	A player who cannot be dropped from a fantasy team	596
Stream	Rotating players in and out of a lineup	596
Reach	To draft a player too soon	596
Kayfabe	Pretending something fake is real	596
BOAT	Best of all time	596
OT	Overtime	597
Jock	Athlete	597
NBA	National Basketball Association	597
NFC	National Football Conference	597
USWNT	United States Women's National Team	597
Dinger	Home run	597
LCS	League Championship Series	597
Homer	Home run	597
Meatball	Easy pitch to hit	597
Bloop	Weakly hit fly ball	597
Single	Hit that results in the batter getting to first base	597
1B	First base	597
3B	Third base	597
OPS	On-base Plus Slugging Percentage	597
Final Four	Last four teams	597
Elite Eight	Last 8 teams	597
DP	Double play	597
JAG	Just a guy	597
Paint the corner	To pitch the ball over the edge of home plate	597
DER	Defensive Efficiency Rating	597
G	Games played	597
Annie Oakley	Free pass	597
Supersub	A player who often scores as a substitute	597
Grand Slam	Four major golf tournaments	597
And one	A play where a player is fouled while making a basket	597
IOC	International Olympic Committee	597
Waiver hawk	A fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire	597
Drop	A ball dropped from a golfer's outstretched arm	597
QB	Quarterback	597
Flex	Fantasy football position that can be a RB, WR, or TE	597
d	Defense	597
Flyer	Gamble on a risky player	597
fum	Total fumbles	597
Truthiness	Truth based on feelings	597
Minnow	Weak fantasy sports player	597
Floor	Downside of a player	597
Woj bomb	A breaking report by Adrian Wojnarowski	597
Millennial baseball	A baseball strategy of swinging for home runs instead of base hits	597
Honnolding	Standing up straight on a narrow ledge with your back to the wall	597
Cut a promo	Stage a promotional interview	597
Heel	Villain	597
Take the L	Take the loss	597
def	Defense	598
tourney	Tournament	598
HMP	Half marathon pace	598
WWF	World Wrestling Federation	598
ERA	Earned run average	598
Yard	Home run	598
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	598
ALCS	American League Championship Series	598
Ace	Best starting pitcher	598
Mash	To hit a baseball well	598
SP	Starting pitcher	598
Ruthian	Powerful	598
Baltimore chop	Baseball hit that takes a large hop over an infielder	598
Grounder	Baseball hit on the ground	598
Double	Hit that results in the batter getting to second base	598
WAR	Wins Above Replacement	598
RF	Right field	598
TNF	Thursday Night Football	598
Cinderella	Underdog sports team	598
Cutting down the nets	Won a basketball tournament	598
Sweet Sixteen	Last 16 teams in a tournament	598
Bracket	Layout of tournament games	598
E1	Error made by the pitcher	598
E3	Error made by the first baseman	598
E4	Error made by the second baseman	598
E5	Error made by the third baseman	598
E6	Error made by the shortstop	598
Double play	Two outs on the same play	598
Rubber	Pitcher's plate	598
On the screws	Hard hit	598
Shoestring catch	Catch made just above a player's shoes	598
Cellar	Last place	598
XBH	Extra base hits	598
A	Assists	598
R	Runs	598
Twin killing	Double play	598
Turn two	To record a double play	598
Leadoff	First batter in the lineup	598
Cleanup	Player batting fourth in the lineup	598
Circus catch	Acrobatic catch	598
fpct	Fielding percentage	598
TC	Total chances	598
Two bagger	Double	598
Bag	Base	598
Charity stripe	Free throw line	598
GSH	Grand Slams	598
Lift the silverware	Win a trophy	598
Grand Slam	Four major tennis tournaments	598
SV	Saves	598
Pea	A ball traveling at a high speed	598
Punchout	Strikeout	598
Yakker	Curve ball	598
Shelled	Beaten badly	598
Round-tripper	Home run	598
Rainmaker	High trajectory golf shot	598
Hangman	Golf score of 9	598
Die in the hole	Golf shot that makes it to the hole and falls in	598
Squirrel	Tee shot into the rough	598
RBBC	Running back by committee	598
Bust	A player who does not perform well	598
Fire sale	When an owner trades players away	598
Scratch golfer	A golfer with a handicap of zero	598
IDP	Individual defensive player	598
proj	Projected	598
FR	Fumble recovery	598
Fleecing	Taking advantage of a person through a trade	598
oprk	Opponent ranking	598
tar	Receiving targets	598
sck	Sacks	598
Get buckets	To dominate	598
Degen	A gambler who makes foolish bets	598
PR	Personal record	598
On fire	Performing very well	598
Posterize	To dunk on an opponent	598
FKT	Fastest known time	598
Putting on a clinic	Performing exceptionally well	598
pl8	Plate	599
PED	Performance enhancing drug	599
HGH	Human growth hormone	599
Circle button	Spin move	599
Owned	Dominated	599
Siv	Bad goaltender	599
USMNT	United States Men's National Team	599
BB	Bases on balls	599
Ribby	Run batted in	599
AB	At bat	599
CS	Caught stealing	599
K	Strikeouts	599
ALDS	American League Division Series	599
RP	Relief pitcher	599
C	Catcher	599
Ride the pine	Sit on the bench	599
Hot corner	Third base	599
Southpaw	Left-handed pitcher	599
Homer	Hometown sports fan	599
Cycle	Single, double, triple, and home run	599
LF	Left field	599
SS	Shortstop	599
CFP	College Football Playoff	599
OROY	Offensive Rookie of the Year	599
Bracketology	Predicting the NCAA Basketball Tournament	599
E7	Error made by the left fielder	599
Alley oop	A pass to a teammate who puts the ball in the basket	599
Bronx cheer	Noise that signals mockery	599
Dish	Home plate	599
In the hole	Batting third	599
Uncle Charlie	Curve ball	599
WS	World Series	599
LOB	Left on base	599
GIDP	Ground into double play	599
NP	Number of pitches	599
SF	Sacrifice Flies	599
TPA	Total plate appearances	599
GS	Games started	599
Four bagger	Home run	599
Sweet spot	The part of the bat that provides the best contact	599
Maddux	Complete game shutout with less than 100 pitches	599
IBB	Intentional bases on balls	599
PB	Passed balls	599
Three bagger	Triple	599
Golden Slam	Tennis Grand Slam and the Olympics gold medal	599
LIPS	Late inning pressured situations	599
Put out fires	Get out of difficult situations	599
Backdoor slider	A pitch that breaks over the plate	599
Togger	Soccer	599
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	599
OR	Olympic record	599
Pin-seeker	Golf shot hit straight at the flagstick	599
Worm burner	Very low golf shot	599
OB	Out-of-bounds	599
Back-door putt	Putt that spins around a hole and drops in	599
Keeper league	Fantasy sports league where you keep your players	599
Serpentine draft	Draft where the last pick in one round is the first in the next	599
Auction draft	Draft where owners bid on players	599
Breakout	A player who performs surprisingly well	599
Mock draft	Simulated draft	599
Front nine	First nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	599
Back nine	Last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	599
Gimme	Easy golf putt	599
ffb	Fantasy football	599
RB2	Second starting fantasy running back	599
QB2	Second starting fantasy quarterback	599
WR2	Second starting fantasy wide receiver	599
WR3	Third starting fantasy wide receiver	599
K	Kicker	599
FPG	Fantasy points per game	599
yds	Yards	599
QBBC	Quarterback by committee	599
int	Interception	599
Garbage time	Time during a blowout game where strategies change	599
Damaged goods	A person who has one or more major flaws	599
att	Attempts	599
YPA	Yards per attempt	599
prk	Position rank	599
PA	Points against	599
sfty	Safety	599
Sham bomb	A breaking report by Shams Charania	599
Zebra	A game official	599
MLBPA	Major League Baseball Players Association	599
LOOGY	Left-handed One Out Guy	599
WOAT	Worst of all time	599
Face	Hero	599
celly	Celebration	599
Shoot	An unscripted event	599
Work	A scripted event	599
Worked shoot	A scripted event that contains unscripted elements	599
Olympic grandma	An old female Olympian	599
OG	Olympic grandma	599
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	599
Smark	A fan who knows pro wrestling is scripted	599
Tweener	A wrestler who is neither hero nor villain	599
Ballin	Playing sports well	599
Stee	Style	599
Yard sale	A bad crash	599
chip	Championship	599
Brick	A shot that squarely clangs off the rim or backboard	599
Dropping dimes	Making difficult passes for assists in basketball	599
Dime	Assist	599
FMVP	Finals Most Valuable Player	599
R2R	Rim-to-rim	599
AEW	All Elite Wrestling	599
Fade	To purposely disregard a player	599
Swish	A made shot in basketball that hits only the net	599
Downtown	Beyond the 3-point line	599
Hops	Jumping ability	599
Splash	A made shot that only touches the basketball net	599
Jumper	Jump shot	599
Making it rain	Hitting 3-point shots	599
Flop	An exaggerated fall	599
Air ball	A missed shot that doesn't hit the rim or backboard	599
oppo	Opposite field	599
Pull	To hit a ball to the same side of the field in which you bat	599
Boards	Rebounds	599
Bucket	A made basketball shot	599
Trey	3-point shot attempt	599
Ice cold	Shooting poorly	599
Triple-double	Achieving double digits in three categories in a basketball game	599
Double-double	Achieving double digits in two categories in a basketball game	599
pred	Predator	599
EPO	Erythropoietin	600
NWO	New World Order	600
j	Jump shot	600
L	Losses	600
Bomb	Home run	600
P	Pitcher	600
OF	Outfield	600
MNF	Monday Night Football	600
E	Errors	600
Hotbox	Baserunner stranded between two bases	600
Wheelhouse	Hitter's power zone	600
Touch em all	Home run	600
Grand Slam	Four-run home run	600
inn	Innings played	600
bk	Balks	600
Cheddar	Good fastball	600
Par	Number of strokes to complete a golf course hole	600
Eagle	Two strokes under par	600
Birdie	One stroke under par	600
Nineteenth hole	Golf clubhouse bar	600
Reload	To take another shot after a bad shot	600
Nuked	Hit a golf ball a great distance	600
Nip it	Hit a golf ball cleanly	600
Amelia Earhart	Golf shot that looks good but you can't find	600
Danny DeVito	Five foot putt	600
Bare lie	A golf ball laying directly on the ground	600
Double eagle	Three strokes under par	600
Fore	Watch out	600
Ready golf	Golfers hit when ready	600
Inward nine	Last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	600
ST	Special teams	600
PPR	Possible points remaining	600
FOMOH	Fear of missing out on hockey	601
Jam	To pitch near a batter's hands	601
DROY	Defensive Rookie of the Year	601
E9	Error made by the right fielder	601
Blowing a raspberry	Making a jeering noise	601
Cheese	Good fastball	601
Frozen rope	Line drive baseball hit	601
CGL	Complete game losses	601
PA	Plate appearances	601
Bush	Amateur play	601
Quail high	Very low golf shot	601
Abominable snowman	Golf score of 9	601
Alec Guinness	Out-of-bounds	601
Botox	Putt that lips out of the hole	601
Afraid of the dark	Putt that doesn't go in the hole	601
Joe Pesci	A difficult five foot putt	601
Shank	To hit the ball poorly	601
Tight lie	A golf ball laying directly on the ground	601
Bogey golf	Level of golf play that equals 1 shot over par	601
Chunk	A golf shot that makes a divot	601
Fat shot	A golf shot that takes a chunk out of the ground	601
Handicap	Numerical score that represents a golfer's ability	601
The turn	Halfway point of a round of golf	601
Outward nine	First nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	601
Dogleg	A golf hole with a fairway that bends	601
Dogleg left	A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the left	601
PVO	Position vs. opponent	601
VAR	Video assistant referee	601
Rib	Run batted in	602
CG	Complete games	602
RPI	Ratings Percentage Index	602
HBP	Hit by pitch	602
GRSL	Grand Slams	602
Table setter	A player who gets on base so other hitters can hit him in	602
Bogey	One stroke over par	602
Double bogey	Two strokes over par	602
Sunday ball	A do-over golf shot	602
Tester	A putt that tests a golfer's skill	602
Velcro	Slow green	602
Divot	Chunk of grass and soil	602
Shotgun start	Golfers are sent to each hole to start at the same time	602
Cup	Hole	602
Double dogleg	A golf hole with a fairway that has two bends	602
i	Interception	602
Triple bogey	Three strokes over par	603
Sandbagger	A golfer who plays better than he claims	603
James Joyce	Putt that is hard to read	603
Dogleg right	A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the right	603
Donk	Donkey	603
Mickelson	To hit a golf ball while it is still moving	603
TTTHCS	Things that Tim Howard could save	604
Hoops	Basketball	600
Heater	Fastball	600
NLCS	National League Championship Series	600
Tater trot	Home run trot	600
ER	Earned runs	600
Line drive	Hard hit baseball in the air	600
Texas Leaguer	Weak fly ball hit to the outfield	600
OBP	On-base Percentage	600
CF	Center field	600
MCL	Medial collateral ligament	600
SNF	Sunday Night Football	600
E2	Error made by the catcher	600
E8	Error made by the center fielder	600
Around the horn	Double play from third to second to first base	600
Triple play	Three outs on the same play	600
Brushback	Pitch that almost hits the hitter	600
High and tight	High and inside pitch	600
Pickle	Baserunner stranded between two bases	600
Leather	Defense ability	600
Hill	Pitcher's mound	600
On the button	Hard hit ball	600
Putout	Out	600
PO	Putouts	600
Paint the black	To pitch the ball over the edge of home plate	600
Rope	Line drive baseball hit	600
sac	Sacrifice bunts	600
OFA	Outfield assists	600
RF	Range factor	600
AO	Fly outs	600
GO	Ground outs	600
Bases loaded	Baserunners on all three bases	600
HB	Hit batsmen	600
hld	Hold	600
IP	Innings pitched	600
IRA	Inherited runs allowed	600
FIFAWWC	FIFA Women's World Cup	600
The beautiful game	Soccer	600
Super Slam	Tennis Grand Slam and Year-End Championship	600
Boxed set	Singles, doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam	600
RW	Relief wins	600
Fireman	Late-inning relief pitcher	600
Cutter	Cut fastball	600
Whiff	Swinging strikeout	600
UR	Unearned runs	600
YAC	Yards after catch	600
IL	Injured list	600
Bricklayer	A basketball player who is shooting a lot of bricks	600
Clean sheet	Shutout	600
Worldie	Amazing	600