Acronyms and Slang

PlanetSide, like all games, seems to have it's own language when referring to items or places in game. This is a listing of known acronyms. If there is a term you know that is not listed, feel free to add it into the proper category.

For general gaming slang or leetspeak (not PlanetSide-specific), see Leet.

Continental Nicknames

Amerish

Amer

Battle Islands

BI, BI's

Ceryshen

Cery

Cyssor

Cys, CyssorSide

Desolation

Deso

Esamir

Esa

Forseral

Fors, Forsy

Hossin

Hos

Ishundar

Ish

Oshur

Osh

TR/VS/NC

Sanctuary

Sanc

Searhus

Sear

Solsar

Sol

0-9

4th Empire

Derogatory term for (real or perceived) players who join the Empire with the current advantage.

A

AA

Anti Aircraft (MAXes, BFRs, Wall Turrets, Cerberus Turrets, and Skyguards.)

Aircav

Air Cavalry

ammo

Short for ammunition.

AMS

Advanced Mobile Station. Name for the mobile spawn point vehicle.

ANT

Advanced Nanite Transport. The vehicle that carries NTUs to distribute to NTU Silos.

ANT drop

The action of ejecting an Advanced Nanite Transport from a Galaxy or Lodestar near an NTU Silo. Also another name for ANT run.

ANT run

A mission to refill depleted or critical NTU Silos, often utilizing a Galaxy or Lodestar to speed up the travel to and from Warpgates.

Assfire

Refers to the Starfire MAX

AT

Ancient-Tech. Having to do with Core Combat assets.

AV

Anti-Vehicular certification, MAXes, or weapons.

B

BD

short for Back Door, referring to the back door of a base.

Badge

Refers to Merit Commendations, because one can wear shoulder patches denoting one's merits.

Bailure

The act of fighting in a Mosquito and then dropping onto the target after your vehicle is destroyed. Then repeating this single tactic until you log. or One who bails from a plane before they would die, denying the attacker, usually anti-air, the kill.

Bait

Grouping of enemy (or friendly) troops that are being susceptible to a particular attack. Flavors include OS Bait, Liberator Bait, and Thumper Bait.

Bang Buggy

Slang term for the Terran Republic Marauder

Bang Bus

Common term used when referring to a Sunderer variant troop transport. Also called Sundy, Funbus, Mack Truck, and Winnebego.

BEP

Abbreviation for Battle Experience Points

BFR Hunter (Biffer Hunter)

A solo Infantry whose sole intent is to hunt enemy BFRs and destroy them, either by dropping on them from above, or rushing them from a base. Sometimes work in pairs, but rarely in groups of 3 or more.

Biffer

BFR (BattleFrame Robotics)

Big Bird

A slang term for a New Conglomerate player at BR14 to BR24. Refers to the predominately yellow armor suit.

Bluebie

Slang term for a (often new) New Conglomerate player, BR1 to BR6. It is a reference to the predominately blue armor suit.

Boomer

Remotely detonated charge created from an ACE and planted by Combat Engineers.

BR

Battle Rank. See CR.

Brick

Slang for the Galaxy dropship.

BEP

Battle Experience Points The experience points you collect from killing enemies, capturing bases and exploring the world of Planetside.

C

Caver, Ferret

Soldiers who battle in the Caverns.

CC

Control Console, the capture point for bases and towers. Also refers to Core Combat.

Click-Click

A historical way radio operators would acknowledge receipt of a transmission by sending 2 short "clicks" of static ("Everyone understand?" reply: "cc").

CEP

Command Experience Points The experience points you collect from being a squad leader.

CE

Combat Engineering, common referrence in the field for Mines, Spitfire turrrets. ("Get some CE down at this base please!")

Cloaker

Player who uses the Infiltration Suit

CoF

System used to determine where shots are fired. See Cone of fire

Cerb / Cerbs

Cerberus Turrets

Cert

Certifications

Chair

One-Manned Field Turret ("Deploy more Chairs!")

CN

Chinese player

cont lock, contlock

Continental lock or Continent lock.

CR/BR

Command Rank and Battle Rank.

Crackhammer

A common TR term for the NC Jackhammer.

Crash

An assault from a large group of the exact same unit all in one large wave. Most common variety being a MAX Crash

CTD

Crash to Desktop ("Sorry, I'm back after a CTD")

CY

short for courtyard, referring to the area between the facility's structure and the surrounding base walls.

CyssorSide

A derogatory term for fighting on Cyssor. Due to the size of the continent and base links, battles usually last a long time (sometimes multiple days) and are often a three way.

Chiggers

Group of defenders that have dug-in and proven difficult to remove.

D

DC, DCMAX

Dual-Cycler, TR Anti Infantry MAX.

DC'ed

disconnected due to connection problems.

deci

Decimator Anti-vehicle weapon.

deli

Deliverer troop transport.

Deployables

Name for items created with the ACE, such as Mines, Spitfires, Boomers, and Motion Sensors. Often interchanged with "CE."

Drain

The process of damaging an enemy base causing the base to deplete all of it's NTUs for auto-repairing its structures. (JamQ Guide on how to drain a Base.)

Duck Walk

A celebratory "dance" players sometimes do after a base capture (or if there are no enemies to kill while waiting for the timer). Usually done by forming a line with other players and crouch walking while doing an emote, usually the cabbagepatch or dunno emotes. Also called a Conga Line.

E

EAMS

Enemy AMS. (Specify location if reporting one, e.g., EAMS @ BD.)

Es

Esamir.

ESAV

Empire Specific Anti-Vehicular weapons (Lancer, Phoenix, and Striker).

ESMA

Empire Specific Medium Assault weapons (Pulsar, Gauss, and Cycler). Not to be confused with EAMS.

Eterm

Equipment Terminal.

ENG/Engy

Engineers, collectively.

F

Fagrider

Another name for the Vanu Sovereignty Magrider.

Fagrocket

Another name for the Phoenix rockets.

FD

Front Door, refering to the entrance to the main lobby in the base's courtyard. ("Pick me up at FD")

FLB

Facility Linked Benefits. Refers to base benefits that link through the lattice to other facilities.

FodderSide

PlanetSide Reserves

Fodderling

Sometimes derogatory term for a Reservist player.

ForumSide

Refers to the "game" of posting alot on the PlanetSide Forums.

Fraggle

Referring to a player who loves to play in the caverns. ("We need some Fraggles to protect that cavern lock in Byblos!")

Fragstab

The act of throwing a Fragmentation grenade quickly followed by a Melee-Boosted knife attack to kill an enemy almost instantly.

G

Gal

Abbreviation for the Galaxy

Gal Gunship / GG

Abbreviation for the Galaxy Gunship

Gal Bomb

Charging a (typically unloaded) Galaxy into a target

Gal drop

A hotdrop of soldiers from a Galaxy class transport. MAXes and Rexos expected.

Gal Spam

Multiple Galaxies being used a "Gal Bombs"

Gaybot

Another name for BFRs (BattleFrame Robotics), used by people who are against BFR's

Gen

Generator

Gen Drop / "Drop The Gens!"

Common referrence to the tactic of destroying (Dropping) the Generator ("Drop their generator so we can break their defense!"). In context of defense, an enemy Galaxy dropping troops near the generator, especially at Bio Labs ("Gen drop incoming! Defend the generator!").

Gen Hold

Furthering the Gen Drop tactic of destroying the base's Generator (usually a Technology Plant) and holding the Generator Room to prevent the enemy from repairing it.

Ghostbuster

A player with the expertise of hunting and killing cloakers.

Ghost Hack

Hacking a continent with little to no resistance from the enemy.

Glue

Armor Canisters for armor or vehicular repair. Also the act of repairing. ("I'm going to glue the gen.")

GlueGun

Referring to the Nano Dispenser

Granny Hacking

Hacking without the Hacking or Advanced Hacking abilities.

Grunt

See: Infantry

H

HA

Heavy Assault certification or weapon.

Hax0r , Haxxor , Haxx0r

An Advanced Hacker or someone that uses illegal hacks.

HART

Refers to the HART shuttle, its drop pods, its launch building, or that mode of transportation in general. "I'm going to HART in rather than use the warpgates."

Hotdrop

The act of flying over a base, tower, or any other location where the "LZ" (landing zone, dropzone) is otherwise "hot" (under fire) and unavailable for landing and dropping the contents of a Galaxy or Lodestar

Har/Harry

Harasser vehicle.

HUD

Heads-up Display

Hunter

Short form of BFR Hunter

I

Imo

"In My Opinion"

Infy, Infil

Cloaked enemy, also refers to the Infiltration Suit.

Infil Suit

Abbreviation for the Infiltration Suit

Instagib

The process of being killing or being killed instantly. Most commonly used when the target was at full health and was killed in a single attack. "That Jackhammer just instagibbed me!"

J

Jihad

The act of attacking a BFR as a solo Infantry. This assault promises the death of the Infantry, but it may also result in the target BFR being destroyed. Also used in reference to attacking a superior target, groups of targets, or an unattackable target (ie tree or wall) using means that guarantee the death of the attacker almost instantly.

JJ

"Jump Jets". Term from BattleTech that can be applied to VS MAXes with their JumpJet systems, and the Flight-Variant BFRs with their JumpJets.

Juice

"Armor Juice" refers to the Armor Canisters used by the Nano Dispenser, and "Medic Juice" refers to Health Canisters used by the Medical Applicator.

K

KAAOS Drop

Named after the Emerald TR outfit KAAOS. Using Air Cavalry vehicles in large groups to drop on an objective, similar to a Galaxy drop, but twice the air speed of a Galaxy. This drop would then be followed by a surge run to a specific objective in the base.

Killwhore

Player whose only purpose of the game is (or appears to be) the rapid increase of their kill count, whether highly skilled at it or not.

Kitchen (aka Barracks)

Refers to the lounge that is behind the spawn room

KS

Kill Steal, someone taking the kill after you did most of the work for it.

KSer

Kill Stealer, someone who takes the last hit and is awarded the kill after you did all the damage to the target.

KK

Ok.

L

laze

to mark a location with the Laze Pointer.

LD

Linkdead; lost connection to server.

LFS, LFSM, LFO, LFP

Looking For Squad, Looking for Squad Members, Looking For Outfit, Looking for Platoon

LLU

Lattice Logic Unit. Capture the flag element of Planetside.

LoS

Line of Sight. "I almost had the kill until a friendly stepped in my LoS, getting me grief."

M

MA

Medium Assault certification or weapons.

Mag

Magrider. Also called "Magmower"

Meat Shield

Any player that likes to run directly into the hail of enemy bullets, there by providng you with instant cover, intentionally or not.

Mods

Short for the Core Combat Modules

Mono

Short for Monolith

N

newb

Newbie, a new player. Note that newb/newbies are usually willing to learn and improve - with guidance. ex

"Hey, look at that newb over there, he looks kinda lost, I'm gonna go give him some help."

NME

Enemy

noob (insult)

Someone, potentially a new player, that is unskilled and refuses to improve, or refuses help to improve (ie

training, advice). ex "Wow, look at that total noob. He'll never get better if he keeps playing like that."

N00b Conglomerate

A derogatory term for the New Conglomerate empire, or a Reservist playing on the New Conglomerate empire.

noobfire

Refers to the Starfire MAX

noobhammer

Insult form of the NC Jackhammer, commonly used by both players killed by it, and sometimes used by players using the weapon referring to how overpowered they think this weapon is.

O

omw

On my way.

otw

On the way.

OS

Orbital Strike

P

pinvite

Platoon Invite

PJ , PJ's , Pajamas

Refers to the Standard Exo-Suit.

PK

Player Kill. When one kills another player, but this more often used in par to "TK".

PKer

Someone who makes a habit of killing others. This is often used in place of TKer.

pl

Platoon Leader

poplock, pop lock

Population lock

Potato

The Spiker

present

High Explosive Mine ("I left some presents by the BD.")

PS

Personal Shield, PlanetSide

Q

R

raid

A sudden attack on enemy territory, usually preceded by a buildup of forces in Sanctuary.

RCL

Short for "recall," the act of sending a force back to the friendly sanctuary.

rdy

Ready.

REK

Remote Electronics Kit. Used to disable IFF locks, hack Control Consoles, hack terminals, and jack vehicles

Rexo (or ReXo)

Reinforced Exo-Suit.

rez

The act of being reconstructed (resurrected, revived) by an Advanced Medic.

rgr, Rog

Roger, ok.

rolling coffin

Sunderer.

S

SA

Special Assault certification or weapons.

Sanc

Refers to an empire's Sanctuary

ScatMax

Refers to the New Conglomerate Scattercannon Anti-Infantry MAX

Scrub

Refers to a player whose objectives are unclear, or you just don't know the guy, a stranger to you. "What's this so-n-so scrub doing?"

SEP

Support Experience Points, Experience points you gain from Support activities

SG

Refers to either the Sturmgrenadier or Serious Gamers outfit, or the Skyguard Anti-Aircraft Buggy.

Skeets, Skeeter, Mossies

Common referrences to the Mosquito aircraft.

Skillfire

Refers to the Starfire MAX

Skillguard

Refers to the Skyguard anti-air vehicle

Skycoffin

A derogatory term for the Skyguard Anti-aircraft buggy

softy/softies/soft target

Infantry players not currently manning a vehicle or using a MAX.

sl

Squad Leader

slider

Magrider.

SOI

Sphere of Influence(SOI) around towers and bases.

SOL

Solsar. Also a crude way of denoting bad luck.

Spam

The act of firing constantly at a target, often to the point of emptying the clip, regardless of whether or not there are actual enemies in that area ("spamming a back door with Maelstroms", "rocket-spamming infantry")- Also used to describe chat flooding ("quit spamming global chat!")

spec ops

Special Operations. Refers to surgical strike missions such as destroying generators, Galaxy drop operations on bases and towers, or intense small squad missions apart from the main force.

SplatMAX, SplatterMAX

Common referrence to the NC Anti Infantry MAX, the Scattercannon .

Spit/Spitter

Spitfire Turrets

Sqd

Squad

Squids/ Squidies

Pilot term for infantry on the ground. "Enemy squid with AA".

Squishy

Common reference to a non-MAX soldier. Usage "One squishy spot left in Gal!"

Stone

Another name for Monolith

Strafemonkey

An insult often uttered by players frusturated by the excessive use of strafe tactics by a Heavy Assault weilding opponent.

Sundy

Sunderer variants

T

Thun/Thundy

Thunderer, the New Conglomerate-specific advanced Deliverer.

TK

Teamkill - when one intentionally (or unintentionally) kills a teammate. Often happens with OSes. Also Total Kills

TKer

Someone who makes a habit of killing teammates, or trying to. They may be attempting to sabotage, or incite other players to kill them and thusly earn grief points.

TS

TeamSpeak, (Teamspeak RC2) free 3rd-party voice-over-ip communication software. Can also refer to (although rare) TeamSound, a similar voice communication software product.

TSO

TeamSpeak Overlay, a tool that shows a semi-transparent overlay whilst playing a game. The overlay lights up whenever someone talks, showing their name so you know who's talking.

TOH

Time on Hack, how much time is remaining for the facility's hack to complete.

TTK

Time to Kill, time it takes for a given weapon to kill an opponent

tubes

Respawn Tubes.

U

UberWood

Primary species of Auraxian Plantlife, aka the invincible, indestructible, inflammable, unstoppable, unbreakable and utterly unsmashable Auraxian Trees which just CANNOT be damaged. At all. 'Nerf the trees..'

V

VG, Van, Vang, Vanny

Vanguard

Van00b

Offensive term for the Vanu Sovereignty - used when one is being attacked by several Vanu Reservists - ie

"Help! I'm being swarmed by Van00bs!"

Vent

Ventrilo, voice communication software.

VPad

Vehicle Creation Pad. See also VT.

VT, Vterm

Vehicle Terminal

V-V-H

Sometimes typed as a way of greeting. It is a reference to the ingame voice macro system. Comonly seen on Forumside.

W

WG

Warpgate

WP

Waypoint. "Head to purple wp 1."

Walking Coffin

MAX units.

woot/w00t

Positive exclamation. ("Woot CR5!")

wootrasser

Harasser

WTG

Way to go!

Whale

Slang term for the Galaxy dropship.

X

XP/BEP/CEP/SEP

Experience Points, Command/Battle/Support Experience Points

Y

Z

zerg

Adopted from StarCraft, referring to mass movements of troops with little or no tactical movement whatsoever, or an empire's primary assault. Once used to describe the Terran Republic towards the start of PlanetSide. "Look at that foot zerg..it's like a sea of red.." "Send the zerg to Forseral, and have them beat on the VS at Ogma for a bit."