

Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 00:16:00 - [1]

EVE Slang and Acronym List



I'm reposting my Slang and Acronym list, having returned to EVE. I think it's still a useful resource, but the original thread was locked for inactivity.



When I was a newbie to EVE, I often found that I ran into a wall of acronyms, abbreviations and slang. Sometimes you can figure out what's being said by context, other times by using the Lexicon but quite often I had to ask someone or persist in my noobishness.



So, I present this posting, my attempt to put together a resource for the EVE Community, especially those needing to figure out what all the long-timers are saying to each other.



I'll try to keep this post up to date. I've put some real "duh" ones on here, because the 1-2 day old players won't know some of this.



I've made this list with an eye more toward slang than acronyms, although I include some of the more common ones. This is to be the most help possible to the new EVE pilot.



Please let me know if you have any thoughts for additions.



EVE Slang and Acronym List



AB

Afterburner



active tank

(see also tank)A tank that relies on capacitor-using modules to repair damage to shield/armor/hull and the associated modules to keep those running such as capacitor boosters and rechargers



aggro

Being attacked, usually by NPCs



aggress

Attacking or being attacked to get a flag (see flag)



align

Orienting on a warpable object to reduce time to enter warp. You should do this if you want to get out quickly.



alt

A second character controlled by the same player, usually on another account



anti-pie

Anti-(player)pirate



AF

Assault Frigate



AU

Astronomical Unit- the distance from Sol to Earth is one AU, about 149 million km



autopest

A Tempest(ship) that uses autocannons as its primary offensive weaponry



BC

Battlecruiser



BCU

Ballistic Control Unit, an old term for the new Ballistic Control System (bcs)



BCS

Ballistic Control System.



blasterthron

A Megathron(ship{ that uses blasters as its primary weaponry



blob

Large gang of ships



blue

Has positive standings (blue + sign)



BPC

Blueprint Copy



BPO

Blueprint Original



Breaking tank

Doing enough damage or draining enough energy to overcome a ship's tanking ability.



bubble

Mobile warp disruptor or Interdiction Sphere, an anchorable object used to yank ships out of warp.



BS

Battleship



camp

Waiting at a static point, usually a jumpgate, to attack ships



can

See jetcan



canflagging

Taking ore or loot from a jetcan to get a flag in hopes of being attacked



carebear

Player who avoids PvP



ceptor

Interceptor



Chaining

The act of keeping one NPC alive from a group, in order to allow the entire group to respawn



CONCORD

NPC military in hisec



CONCORDed

Being blown up by CONCORD (ouchie)



CONCORDokkened

See CONCORDed



Continued in Part 2...



Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 00:17:00 - [2]

corp

Corporation (MMO term would be guild or player association)



covops

Covert Ops (duh)



CS

Command Ship



Cyno

Cynosural field, used to jump capital ships to



Damps

Remote Sensor Dampener, reduces target's lock range and increases lock time



DCU

Damage Control Unit



DD/DDD

Doomsday Device (Run, Forrest, run!)



dec/decced

See wardec



Dessie

Destroyer



dictor

Interdictor (ship)



EANM

Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane



ECM

Electronic Counter Measures



ECCM

Electronic Counter-Counter Measures



EW

Electronic Warfare



faction

One of several NPC factions



faction mod

Modules from a faction, usually with improved stats (and higher cost)



Farm

Torepeat a mission or plex without completing it, causing NPCs and rewards to respawn.



FC

Fleet Commander



flag/flagging

Being temporarily marked as attackable or hostile



frig

Frigate



ftw

For the win



gang

Group of pilots



gank

To attack and destroy a ship/pod with overwhelming force



gate

Jumpgate



geddon

Armageddon (ship)



GF

Good Fight, often heard in local after a scrap.



GSC

Giant Secure Container, an anchorable container with a password.



GTC

Game Time Card



Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 00:17:00 - [3]

Gyros

Gyrostabilizers



HAC

Heavy Assault Cruiser



HAM

Heavy Assault Missile



hisec

High Security space, 0.5 to 1.0. Protected by CONCORD



IBTL

I Beat The Lock/In Before The Lock. Don't do this, ISD hates it.



IG

In-game



IGB

In-game browser



ISD

Interstellar Services Division- volunteers who mod the forums, run events, etc



indy

Industrial ship, such as the Iteron or Badger



inty

Interceptor



itty

Iteron (ship)



jet

Jettison



jetcan

Jettison can, temporary container produced when you jettison cargo



jetcanning/jetcan mining

Mining from your hold into a jetcan



Jita 4-4

Eve's main trade hub at the Caldari Navy Assembly Plant at planet 4, moon 4 of the Jita system. Quite often lagged and very busy.



jumpclone

A special clone type you can "jump" to without having to travel



kessie

Kestrel (ship)



kiting

Leading an aggroed NPC along like you're pulling it on a string. Usually done to keep out of weapons range.



LAR

Large Armor Repairer



lowsec

Low Security space, 0.1 to 0.4. No CONCORD protection



LP

Loyalty Points, given by agents as reward for missions, redeemable for offered items



m3

Meters cubed, the basic measurement of cargo space



main

The character you play most of the time



MAR

Medium Armor Repairer



Mega

Megathron(ship) or Megacyte(mineral)



mod

Modules, the things you put on your ship



Mom

See Mothership.



MS

Mothership



MWD

Microwarpdrive OR Mobile Warp Disruptor



myrm

Myrmidon (ship)



nano/nanoship

A ship fitted with nanofiber modules



necro/necropost

Replying to an old thread to bring it back to the top of the list. Don't do this, ISD hates it.



newb/noob/newbie

New player



newbcorp/noobcorp

An NPC corporation that newly created charaters are assigned to



NBSI

Not Blue, Shoot It



Neut

Energy neutralizer, a weapon that reduces the target's energy (capacitor)



Nos

Nosferatu/energy vampire, a weapon that extracts the target's energy (capacitor) to the ship using it



nosdomi

A Dominix(ship) that uses nos/energy vampires as its primary offensive weaponry, usually with drones to do damage



NPC Corp

A corp run by NPCs. Players cannot select these but can be assigned to them when leaving a player corp





Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 00:18:00 - [4]

nanocurse

A Curse(ship) fitted for speed using nanofiber modules



NRDS/NRDSI

Not Red, Don't Shoot It



passive

Generally means either not requiring any energy directly (passive tank) or not alerting a player that they are being targeted (passive targeting)



passive tank

(see also tank, active tank) A tank that uses modules which augment a ship's normal recovery abilities instead of relying on capacitor-heavy items such as shield boosters



passive targeting

A targeting module that can lock a ship without informing them



PDU

Power Diagnostic Unit



Pew-Pew

Combat (sound of guns firing)



pie

Pirate, usually applied to players



phoon

Typhoon (ship)



popped

Having ones' ship destroyed (does not necessarily imply being podded)- "Those rats popped my phoon! :(" OR emptying a jettison can, causing it to "pop" (vanish)



POS

Player Owned Station OR Player Owned Structure



pod

This is pod



podded

Getting blown up in your pod (ie, made dead)



pod-killed

See podded



point(s)

Warp Scrambler or Stabilizer strength, which is measured in points ("Get a point on him!")



QFT

Quoted for truth, meaning "I agree".



rat

Pirate, 99% of the time applied to NPCs (see pie. I like pie.)



rax

Thorax (ship)



red

Has negative standings to you (red - sign)



rig

Module you can add to your ship, which cannot be removed without destroying it



RL

Real life (get one, they're great. Or so I hear)



RMR

Red Moon Rising, a previous EVE expansion (current is Empyrean Age)



RP

Roleplay OR Research Points



RSD

Remote Sensor Dampener (See Damps)



SAR

Small Armor Repairer



SB

Shield booster, Sensor Booster; sometimes Stealth Bomber or Smartbomb



scram

Warp Scrambler (See WS)



safe/safespot

See SS



SISI

Singularity, the EVE test server



sniper

A ship (usually a BS) fitted for max damage and range at expense of all else



Smarties

Smartbombs, omnidirectional pulse weapons



sp

Skillpoints



SPR

Shield Power Relay





Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 00:19:00 - [5]

SS

Safespot. A point in space not near a warpable object, such as halfway between two planets, which affords some protection vs hostiles



stargate

See Jumpgate



tank

Your ship's ability to offset damage done to it through regeneration or repair systems, such as shield boosters, armor/hull repairers, and hardeners



tbh

To be honest



Thron

Megathron(ship)



TQ

Tranquility, the live EVE server



ty

Thank you (you're welcome!)



wardec

War declaration



web

Refers to stasis webifiers, a module that slows down a target ship in combat





Chaplain''Dextomus





Posted - 2008.09.02 01:27:00 - [8]

Great... First realy good and informative thread I've read in ages in here



Xtreem

Gallente

Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers



Posted - 2008.09.02 01:47:00 - [9]

Edited by: Xtreem on 02/09/2008 01:49:14



great post :)



add can flipping also - Taking ore or loot from a jetcan and placing it into another can of your own making to get the player flagged to yourself



also hic - heavy intradictor, bubble maker capable of sphere and directed jamming, needs no ammo to use



Aioa

Planetary Assault Systems



Posted - 2008.09.02 10:27:00 - [10]

WB. A few new ones for you:



HIC

Heavy Interdictor (Cruiser)



EAF

Electronics Attack Frigate



JF

Jump Freighter



JC

Jump Clone



Your 'nanoship' definition needs a little update imo. Nanoships don't really use nanos much these days :)

More if I think of them.



Rebal 88

Minmatar

Infernal Syndicate

Ethereal Dawn



Posted - 2008.09.02 10:41:00 - [11]

Edited by: Rebal 88 on 02/09/2008 10:41:39

Awesome! I say sticky!



Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 12:09:00 - [12]

Originally by: Xtreem Edited by: Xtreem on 02/09/2008 01:49:14



great post :)



add can flipping also - Taking ore or loot from a jetcan and placing it into another can of your own making to get the player flagged to yourself



also hic - heavy intradictor, bubble maker capable of sphere and directed jamming, needs no ammo to use



Done- thanks. :)





Jimer Lins

Gallente

Federation Fleet



Posted - 2008.09.02 12:10:00 - [13]

Originally by: Aioa WB. A few new ones for you:



HIC

Heavy Interdictor (Cruiser)



EAF

Electronics Attack Frigate



JF

Jump Freighter



JC

Jump Clone



Your 'nanoship' definition needs a little update imo. Nanoships don't really use nanos much these days :)

More if I think of them.



Done and done. Thanks for the updates. I updated the nanoship description, after today's patch it may need another change. ;)





Sovereign533

Caldari

PPN United

Against ALL Authorities



Posted - 2008.09.02 13:02:00 - [14]

Edited by: Sovereign533 on 02/09/2008 13:02:49

CPR - Capacitor Power Relay

(a dvh one:)

rep - as in repping, repairing something (ship, structure, yourself). as in rep me, ask someone to remote repair yourself



cap - capacitor, or capital ship

afaik - as far as i know

LY - light year (distance between systems for capital ship jumping or jump bridges)

bridge - jump bridge (pos module) or titan bridge (being slung to another system by a titan)

OOG - out of game (linking a website and telling them the ingame board doesn't work with it)

OOC - out of corp (an OOC character is a neutral character out of corp for empire work)

WCS - Warp Core Stabilizer (can't come up with good explanation)



Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.03 17:45:00 - [15]

Originally by: Sovereign533 Edited by: Sovereign533 on 02/09/2008 13:02:49

CPR - Capacitor Power Relay

(a dvh one:)

rep - as in repping, repairing something (ship, structure, yourself). as in rep me, ask someone to remote repair yourself



cap - capacitor, or capital ship

afaik - as far as i know

LY - light year (distance between systems for capital ship jumping or jump bridges)

bridge - jump bridge (pos module) or titan bridge (being slung to another system by a titan)

OOG - out of game (linking a website and telling them the ingame board doesn't work with it)

OOC - out of corp (an OOC character is a neutral character out of corp for empire work)

WCS - Warp Core Stabilizer (can't come up with good explanation)



Thanks- I'll add these soon.







Aioa

Planetary Assault Systems



Posted - 2008.09.07 07:10:00 - [16]

Sunday bump and a couple of additions.



AWU

Advanced Weapon Upgrades (a skill)



CNR

Caldari Navy Raven (Real name: Raven Navy Issue)

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Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.11 18:23:00 - [17]

Haven't forgotten the list. :) Thanks for the recent suggestions, will add them.







Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.11 19:06:00 - [18]

Originally by: Aioa Sunday bump and a couple of additions.



AWU

Advanced Weapon Upgrades (a skill)



CNR

Caldari Navy Raven (Real name: Raven Navy Issue)



Added these and the ones above.









Joe Starbreaker

Suddenly Ninjas



Posted - 2008.09.12 06:18:00 - [19]

PWNAGE = phased weapon navigation array generation extron (a meta level 4 target painter)







Flash Bombardo

Minmatar



Posted - 2008.09.12 11:06:00 - [20]

WT - War target





"I have not problem with prostitute, but the kiddy dools is to much for me" - Orcan



Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.12 18:01:00 - [22]

Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972



Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.



This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.







Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.12 18:02:00 - [23]

Originally by: Flash Bombardo WT - War target



Added, thanks much. :)







Ana Vyr

Caldari



Posted - 2008.09.12 18:41:00 - [24]

I ran into a thread talking about being "on grid" and "off grid" which seemed to mean "running a mission" vs "not being on a mission run"...is that correct?





Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.12 19:39:00 - [25]

Originally by: Ana Vyr I ran into a thread talking about being "on grid" and "off grid" which seemed to mean "running a mission" vs "not being on a mission run"...is that correct?



Not quite. "Grid" refers to the local space in which objects are visible to you. "Off-Grid" means an object isn't loaded or visible. One common tactic is to warp in at a range that's within the grid, but outside of locking/shooting range, so as to load all the objects (enemies), and then warp to them for the pew-pew. That way you avoid the grid-load lag.



I'll think about how to consolidate that down to a short explanation. :D







MotherMoon

Huang Yinglong



Posted - 2008.09.13 07:45:00 - [26]

Originally by: Jimer Lins Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972



Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.



This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.





oh sorry I didn't see your link in the op, I wasn't trying to post to be like "already done" but too add them in case you were missing any :)









Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.14 02:33:00 - [27]

Originally by: MotherMoon Originally by: Jimer Lins Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972



Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.



This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.





oh sorry I didn't see your link in the op, I wasn't trying to post to be like "already done" but too add them in case you were missing any :)



No worries. :) I appreciate the input.









Salpad

Caldari

Deep Core Mining Inc.



Posted - 2008.09.14 12:51:00 - [28]

Originally by: Jimer Lins

Thanks- I'll add these soon.





Do you want a bunch of suggestions for how to improve the existing items? Often they are just small changes, even tiny changes, that I think will make the list even more helpful to noobs than it already is.



Or does nitpicking bother you?



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Salpad



Gieron

Middleton and Mercer LLP

Sylph Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.14 16:56:00 - [29]

stabs

See WCS.



tyvm

Thank you very much.



yw

Your welcome.







Jimer Lins

Gallente

Noir.

Trinity Nova Alliance



Posted - 2008.09.15 00:33:00 - [30]

Originally by: Salpad Originally by: Jimer Lins

Thanks- I'll add these soon.





Do you want a bunch of suggestions for how to improve the existing items? Often they are just small changes, even tiny changes, that I think will make the list even more helpful to noobs than it already is.



Or does nitpicking bother you?





Doesn't bother me in the least. Some of it may be out of date or could use better phrasing. Worst case, if I disagree I won't make the change. ;)



Any input is good, so bring it on.



