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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
vs	Versus	551
pts	Points	560
Stud	A highly skilled individual	565
BF	Batters faced	565
W	Win	570
Clutch	Ability to perform under pressure	573
GOAT	Greatest of all time	574
PB	Personal best	574
Skol	Good health	579
FF	Fantasy football	580
Throw the game	Lose the game on purpose	580
GF	Games finished	582
Ace	Hole in one	582
ownage	Completely owned	583
MLB	Major League Baseball	583
Beast mode	Dominating gameplay	584
DQ	Disqualify	585
WWE	World Wrestling Entertainment	585
Ceiling	Upside of a player	585
HR	Home run	586
RBI	Runs batted in	586
SB	Super Bowl	586
Tater	Home run	586
DFS	Daily Fantasy Sports	586
ROY	Rookie of the Year	587
Mulligan	Redo	587
March Madness	NCAA Basketball Tournament	587
Basebrawl	Baseball brawl	587
WR	Wide receiver	587
LeBroning	Flopping	588
DL	Disabled list	588
Closer	A relief pitcher that finishes a baseball game	588
Set the table	To get on base so other hitters can score the baserunners	588
Handcuff	A fantasy football backup player	588
LFG	Let's freaking go	588
MVP	Most valuable player	589
avg	Batting average	589
Mendoza line	.200 batting average	589
Rundown	Baserunner stranded between two bases	589
Bush league	Amateur play	589
FFL	Fantasy football league	589
Snake draft	Draft where the last pick in one round is the first in the next	589
YPG	Yards per game	589
NBA	National Basketball Association	590
NHL	National Hockey League	590
L	Losses	590
2B	Second base	590
Chin music	Pitch that nearly hits the batter's head	590
Can of corn	An easy catch by a fielder	590
BOAT	Best of all time	590
ref	Referee	591
SB	Stolen bases	591
Bracket buster	A team that upsets a highly ranked team	591
Victory lap	Golf ball that spins around the hole then falls in	591
PPR	Points per reception	591
TE	Tight end	591
Ghostship	A fantasy football team with no owner	591
Trade bait	A good player that entices other teams to trade for him	591
PF	Points for	591
Kayfabe	Pretending something fake is real	591
Washed	No longer good	591
Fanboy	A dedicated male fan	592
stats	Statistics	592
WCW	World Championship Wrestling	592
Mash	To hit a baseball well	592
Wheels	Fast legs	592
DP	Double play	592
TP	Triple play	592
Texas wedge	Putt from off the green	592
Sleeper	A player drafted late but exceeds expectations	592
Honors	Hit first from the tee in golf	592
rec	Receptions	592
Half-PPR	Half-point per reception league	592
WC	World Cup	593
FIFA	Fédération Internationale de Football Association	593
NLDS	National League Division Series	593
Homer	Home run	593
Single	Hit that results in the batter getting to first base	593
ship	Championship	593
IR	Injured reserve	593
Cinderella	Underdog sports team	593
One and done	A single elimination tournament	593
JAG	Just a guy	593
DER	Defensive Efficiency Rating	593
Steeze	Style and ease	593
WR	World record	593
Saddam Hussein	Golf shot from one bunker into another bunker	593
ADP	Average draft position	593
Draft dasher	A fantasy football owner who drafts a team and abandons it	593
Waiver hawk	A fantasy sports owner who patrols the waiver wire	593
RB	Running back	593
RB1	Starting fantasy running back	593
WR1	First starting fantasy wide receiver	593
Vulture back	A running back who takes scoring chances from the starter	593
Undroppable	A player who cannot be dropped from a fantasy team	593
Stream	Rotating players in and out of a lineup	593
Bullish	Positive outlook	593
Degen	A gambler who makes foolish bets	593
Mark	A fan who believes pro wrestling is real	593
OT	Overtime	594
SLG	Slugging percentage	594
Final Four	Last four competitors	594
Leather	Defense ability	594
Paint the corner	To pitch the ball over the edge of home plate	594
GSH	Grand Slams	594
Grand Slam	Winning the four major golf tournaments	594
Steezy	Style and ease	594
Put him on skates	To make a person stumble over himself	594
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	594
DNF	Did not finish	594
QB	Quarterback	594
Fish	Casual fantasy sports player	594
Shark	An experienced fantasy sports player	594
Reach	To draft a player too soon	594
Bearish	Negative outlook	594
Sweeper	A breaking ball that sweeps horizontally	594
Busted bracket	A ruined tournament prediction	594
Ups	Jumping ability	595
MMA	Mixed martial arts	595
Siv	Bad goaltender	595
AB	At bat	595
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	595
ALCS	American League Championship Series	595
Dinger	Home run	595
LCS	League Championship Series	595
Ruthian	Powerful	595
Meatball	Easy pitch to hit	595
Grounder	A baseball hit on the ground	595
Double	Hit that results in the batter getting to second base	595
Triple	Hit that results in the batter getting to third base	595
OPS	On-base Plus Slugging Percentage	595
ACL	Anterior cruciate ligament	595
ppd	Postponed	595
On deck	Batting second	595
On the screws	Hard hit	595
R	Runs	595
Maddux	Complete game shutout with less than 100 pitches	595
TC	Total chances	595
Bag	A base	595
Bases juiced	Baserunners on all three bases	595
Yakker	Curve ball	595
Bruh	Friend	595
And one	A play where a player is fouled while making a basket	595
Snowman	Golf score of 8	595
Hangman	Golf score of 9	595
Auction draft	A fantasy sports draft where owners bid on players	595
Flier	Gamble on a risky player	595
Flyer	Gamble on a risky player	595
Fleecing	Taking advantage of a person through a trade	595
att	Attempts	595
tar	Receiving targets	595
Floor	Downside of a player	595
Millennial baseball	A baseball strategy of swinging for home runs instead of base hits	595
Put over	Make someone look good	595
Unforced error	An easily-avoidable mistake	595
Posterize	To dunk on an opponent	595
Pull	To hit a ball to the same side of the field in which you bat	595
Triple-double	Achieving double digits in three categories in a basketball game	595
CR7	Cristiano Ronaldo	595
Ball don't lie	You get what you deserve	595
Talking smack	Saying disrespectful things	595
def	Defense	596
ERA	Earned run average	596
Yard	Home run	596
K	Strikeout	596
SO	Strikeouts	596
ALDS	American League Division Series	596
Bomb	A home run	596
Ace	Best starting pitcher	596
SP	Starting pitcher	596
C	Catcher	596
Baltimore chop	Baseball hit that takes a large hop over an infielder	596
1B	First base	596
WAR	Wins Above Replacement	596
Sweet Sixteen	Last 16 teams in a tournament	596
Elite Eight	Last eight teams of March Madness	596
Bracket	Diagram of tournament games	596
Rubber	Pitcher's plate	596
Cellar dweller	A team constantly in last place	596
Shoestring catch	Catch made just above a player's shoes	596
Cellar	Last place	596
A	Assists	596
Four bagger	Home run	596
Twin killing	Two outs on the same play	596
Turn two	To record a double play	596
Leadoff	First batter in the lineup	596
Cleanup	Player batting fourth in the lineup	596
fpct	Fielding percentage	596
Two bagger	Double	596
SV	Saves	596
Cheddar	Good fastball	596
Togger	Soccer	596
Round-tripper	Home run	596
Rainmaker	High trajectory golf shot	596
Slept	To hit someone hard	596
Drop	A ball dropped from a golfer's outstretched arm	596
Albatross	Three strokes under par	596
d	Defense	596
QBBC	Quarterback by committee	596
int	Interception	596
FR	Fumble recovery	596
oprk	Opponent ranking	596
fum	Total fumbles	596
sck	Sacks	596
sfty	Safety	596
Truthiness	Truth based on feelings	596
Minnow	Weak fantasy sports player	596
Woj bomb	A breaking report by Adrian Wojnarowski	596
Get buckets	To dominate	596
Zebra	A game official	596
Cut a promo	Stage a promotional interview	596
On fire	Performing very well	596
Fade	To purposely disregard a player	596
1Q	First quarter	596
Lettuce	Thick, curly, beautiful hair	596
Buzzer beater	A score made as the buzzer sounds	596
Cooked	Defeated	596
BPA	Best player available	596
Bubble team	A team on the edge of qualifying for a tournament	596
FTMFW	For the mother f***ing win	597
tourney	Tournament	597
Jock	Athlete	597
Goon	An unintelligent, often muscular person	597
NFC	National Football Conference	597
AFC	American Football Conference	597
USWNT	United States Women's National Team	597
BB	Bases on balls	597
NLCS	National League Championship Series	597
P	Pitcher	597
Bloop	Weakly hit fly ball	597
3B	Third base	597
RF	Right field	597
SS	Shortstop	597
Bracketology	Predicting who will win a tournament	597
E3	Error made by the first baseman	597
E4	Error made by the second baseman	597
Double play	Two outs on the same play	597
Bronx cheer	Noise that signals mockery	597
High and tight	High and inside pitch	597
Dish	Home plate	597
Cheese	Good fastball	597
Uncle Charlie	Curve ball	597
WS	World Series	597
XBH	Extra base hits	597
Grand Slam	A four-run home run	597
Paint the black	To pitch the ball over the edge of home plate	597
Sweet spot	The part of the bat that provides the best contact	597
Circus catch	Acrobatic catch	597
G	Games played	597
Three bagger	Triple	597
Annie Oakley	Free pass	597
HB	Hit batsmen	597
Supersub	A player who often scores as a substitute	597
Grand Slam	Winning the four major tennis tournaments	597
LIPS	Late inning pressured situations	597
RW	Relief wins	597
Put out fires	Get out of difficult situations	597
Shelled	Beaten badly	597
OR	Olympic record	597
IOC	International Olympic Committee	597
Worm burner	Very low golf shot	597
Die in the hole	Golf shot that makes it to the hole and falls in	597
RBBC	Running back by committee	597
Fire sale	When an owner trades players away	597
IDP	Individual defensive player	597
proj	Projected	597
Flex	Fantasy football position that can be a RB, WR, or TE	597
QB1	First starting fantasy quarterback	597
Garbage time	Time during a blowout game where strategies change	597
Damaged goods	A person who has one or more major flaws	597
Honnolding	Standing up straight on a narrow ledge with your back to the wall	597
MLBPA	Major League Baseball Players Association	597
LOOGY	Left-handed One Out Guy	597
Heel	Villain	597
PR	Personal record	597
chip	Championship	597
Hops	Jumping ability	597
Putting on a clinic	Performing exceptionally well	597
Cannon	An impressive throwing arm	597
DB	Defensive back	597
Rock	A basketball	597
Breaking ankles	Causing a player to stumble	597
Lumber	Baseball bat	597
Go deep	Hit a home run	597
Tunneling	Throwing different pitches with a similar trajectory to fool hitters	597
Breakfast ball	A redo shot from the first tee	597
natty	National championship	597
LANK	Let a naysayer know	597
Foul bait	Acting to get a foul called	597
KO	Knockout	597
HOF	Hall of fame	598
PED	Performance enhancing drug	598
HGH	Human growth hormone	598
WWF	World Wrestling Federation	598
USMNT	United States Men's National Team	598
CS	Caught stealing	598
RP	Relief pitcher	598
Ride the pine	Sit on the bench	598
Cycle	Single, double, triple, and home run	598
LF	Left field	598
CF	Center field	598
OF	Outfield	598
CFP	College Football Playoff	598
TNF	Thursday Night Football	598
Cutting down the nets	Won a basketball tournament	598
E5	Error made by the third baseman	598
E6	Error made by the shortstop	598
E7	Error made by the left fielder	598
E8	Error made by the center fielder	598
E9	Error made by the right fielder	598
Around the horn	Double play from third to second to first base	598
Triple play	Three outs on the same play	598
Brushback	Pitch that almost hits the hitter	598
Pickle	Baserunner stranded between two bases	598
Hotbox	Baserunner stranded between two bases	598
Hill	Pitcher's mound	598
Wheelhouse	Hitter's power zone	598
On the button	Hard hit ball	598
LOB	Left on base	598
SF	Sacrifice Flies	598
GS	Games started	598
inn	Innings played	598
Charity stripe	Free throw line	598
Bases loaded	Baserunners on all three bases	598
hld	Hold	598
IP	Innings pitched	598
IRA	Inherited runs allowed	598
Lift the silverware	Win a trophy	598
Fireman	Late-inning relief pitcher	598
Pea	A ball traveling at a high speed	598
Punchout	Strikeout	598
Cutter	A breaking fastball	598
Pin-seeker	Golf shot hit straight at the flagstick	598
Alec Guinness	Out-of-bounds	598
Keeper league	Fantasy sports league where you keep your players	598
Serpentine draft	Draft where the last pick in one round is the first in the next	598
Bust	A player who does not perform well	598
Front nine	First nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	598
Gimme	Easy golf putt	598
Scratch golfer	A golfer with a handicap of zero	598
yds	Yards	598
YPA	Yards per attempt	598
PA	Points against	598
Face	Hero	598
celly	Celebration	598
OG	Olympic grandma	598
Yard sale	A bad crash	598
Brick	A shot that squarely clangs off the rim or backboard	598
Dropping dimes	Making difficult passes for assists in basketball	598
Dime	Assist	598
FKT	Fastest known time	598
Jumper	Jump shot	598
oppo	Opposite field	598
Trey	3-point shot attempt	598
Rinsed	Defeated	598
Juicing	Taking performance-enhancing drugs	598
Got that dog in him	Driven to succeed	598
CB	Cornerback	598
3Q	Third quarter	598
De-cleated	Hit very hard	598
Hockey hair	Long, flowing hair with flipped wings	598
Three-peat	Winning a championship three times in a row	598
Own goal	A counterproductive decision	598
Handles	The ability to handle a basketball	598
Deadly	Excellent	598
Revenge arc	Quest to get revenge	598
Juiced	Muscular from steroids	598
Shove	To pitch well	598
BABIP	Batting average on balls in play	598
Oppo boppo	Opposite field home run	598
Brotherly shove	A play where the quarterback is shoved to gain yards	598
He's him	He is impressive	598
Pick	An interception	598
Tuddy	Touchdown	598
Walk-off	A score that instantly wins a game	598
Locked in	Doing well	598
Foul merchant	A player known for drawing fouls	598
hesi	Hesitation	598
Heat check	Taking a difficult shot after making several in a row	598
Clamp	Defensive domination	598
Web gem	An amazing defensive play	598
Bomb	A massive wave	598
Hooper	A skilled basketball player	598
pl8	Plate	599
HMP	Half marathon pace	599
Circle button	Spin move	599
Heater	Fastball	599
Hot corner	Third base	599
Southpaw	Left-handed pitcher	599
Homer	Hometown sports fan	599
Jam	To pitch near a batter's hands	599
MNF	Monday Night Football	599
OROY	Offensive Rookie of the Year	599
RPI	Ratings Percentage Index	599
E1	Error made by the pitcher	599
Alley oop	A pass to a teammate who puts the ball in the basket	599
Blowing a raspberry	Making a jeering noise	599
In the hole	Batting third	599
Touch em all	Home run	599
GIDP	Ground into double play	599
NP	Number of pitches	599
TPA	Total plate appearances	599
Table setter	A player who gets on base so other hitters can hit him in	599
Frozen rope	Line drive baseball hit	599
IBB	Intentional bases on balls	599
OFA	Outfield assists	599
RF	Range factor	599
PB	Passed balls	599
AO	Fly outs	599
Golden Slam	Tennis Grand Slam and the Olympics gold medal	599
Super Slam	Tennis Grand Slam and Year-End Championship	599
PA	Plate appearances	599
Backdoor slider	A pitch that breaks over the plate	599
Whiff	Swinging strikeout	599
Par	Number of strokes to complete a golf course hole	599
Birdie	One stroke under par	599
Nineteenth hole	Golf clubhouse bar	599
Reload	To take another shot after a bad shot	599
Nuked	Hit a golf ball a great distance	599
OB	Out-of-bounds	599
Nip it	Hit a golf ball cleanly	599
Amelia Earhart	Golf shot that looks good but you can't find	599
Back-door putt	Putt that spins around a hole and drops in	599
Danny DeVito	Five foot putt	599
Squirrel	Tee shot into the rough	599
Breakout	A player who performs surprisingly well	599
Mock draft	Simulated draft	599
Bare lie	A golf ball laying directly on the ground	599
Tight lie	A golf ball laying directly on the ground	599
Double eagle	Three strokes under par	599
Fore	Watch out	599
Handicap	Numerical score that represents a golfer's ability	599
Ready golf	Golfers hit when ready	599
Inward nine	Last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	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
YAC	Yards after catch	599
prk	Position rank	599
i	Interception	599
VAR	Video assistant referee	599
IL	Injured list	599
WOAT	Worst of all time	599
Work	A scripted event	599
Worked shoot	A scripted event that contains unscripted elements	599
Olympic grandma	An old female Olympian	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
Take the L	Take the loss	599
Stee	Style	599
Bricklayer	A basketball player who is shooting a lot of bricks	599
FMVP	Finals Most Valuable Player	599
R2R	Rim-to-rim	599
AEW	All Elite Wrestling	599
Swish	A made shot in basketball that hits only the net	599
Downtown	Beyond the 3-point line	599
Splash	A made shot that only touches the basketball net	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
Bucket	A made basketball shot	599
Ice cold	Shooting poorly	599
Double-double	Achieving double digits in two categories in a basketball game	599
pred	Predator	599
Clean sheet	Shutout	599
DST	Defense and Special Teams	599
2Q	Second quarter	599
4Q	Fourth quarter	599
Throwing	Losing a winnable game on purpose	599
Four-peat	Winning a championship four times in a row	599
Coast to coast	The entire length of a playing field	599
Nutmeg	Kicking the ball between an opponent's legs	599
CGSO	Complete game shutout	599
Go deep	Run a route far downfield	599
Mossed	Catching a football over another player	599
Tush push	A play where the quarterback is pushed to gain yards	599
Pick-six	An interception returned for a touchdown	599
Red zone	Area between the 20-yard line and the goal line	599
roids	Steroids	599
dub	Win	599
Sweep	Winning all the games in a series	599
Gentleman's sweep	Winning all the games in a series except one	599
Unethical hooper	A skilled basketball player who uses annoying tactics	599
Ethical hooper	A basketball player who relies on pure skill to dominate	599
Middy	Mid-range jump shot	599
OTB	Off the board	600
Baller	A cool person	600
Hoops	Basketball	600
EPO	Erythropoietin	600
Owned	Dominated	600
NWO	New World Order	600
j	Jump shot	600
Ribby	Run batted in	600
CG	Complete games	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
DROY	Defensive Rookie of the Year	600
E	Errors	600
E2	Error made by the catcher	600
HBP	Hit by pitch	600
Putout	Out	600
PO	Putouts	600
GRSL	Grand Slams	600
Rope	Line drive baseball hit	600
sac	Sacrifice bunts	600
GO	Ground outs	600
bk	Balks	600
Eagle	Two strokes under par	600
Quail high	Very low golf shot	600
Abominable snowman	Golf score of 9	600
Botox	Putt that lips out of the hole	600
Afraid of the dark	Putt that doesn't go in the hole	600
Joe Pesci	A difficult five foot putt	600
Shank	To hit the ball poorly	600
Bogey golf	Level of golf play that equals 1 shot over par	600
Chunk	A golf shot that makes a divot	600
Fat shot	A golf shot that takes a chunk out of the ground	600
The turn	Halfway point of a round of golf	600
Outward nine	First nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	600
Dogleg	A golf hole with a fairway that bends	600
Dogleg left	A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the left	600
ffb	Fantasy football	600
Sham bomb	A breaking report by Shams Charania	600
Shoot	An unscripted event	600
Boards	Rebounds	600
Facial	Slam dunk on a player's face	600
Rib	Run batted in	601
CGL	Complete game losses	601
FIFAWWC	FIFA Women's World Cup	601
Bush	Amateur play	601
UR	Unearned runs	601
Bogey	One stroke over par	601
Double bogey	Two strokes over par	601
Triple bogey	Three strokes over par	601
Sandbagger	A golfer who plays better than he claims	601
Sunday ball	A do-over golf shot	601
Tester	A putt that tests a golfer's skill	601
Velcro	Slow green	601
Back nine	Last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course	601
Shotgun start	Golfers are sent to each hole to start at the same time	601
Cup	Hole	601
Double dogleg	A golf hole with a fairway that has two bends	601
Dogleg right	A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the right	601
ST	Special teams	601
PPR	Possible points remaining	601
Mickelson	To hit a golf ball while it is still moving	601
Flow	Long, thick, luscious hair	601
James Joyce	Putt that is hard to read	602
Divot	Chunk of grass and soil	602
PVO	Position vs. opponent	602
ret	Kick or punt returner	602
FOMOH	Fear of missing out on hockey	603
Donk	Donkey	603
TTTHCS	Things that Tim Howard could save	604
MCL	Medial collateral ligament	600
SNF	Sunday Night Football	600
The beautiful game	Soccer	600
Boxed set	Singles, doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam	600
Worldie	Amazing	600

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