Glossary of player terms/ja

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ほっほっほ、どんなもんだい！ 聴く — スカウト

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『Team Fortress』シリーズには特有のスラング、略語がいくつか存在します。このプレイヤー用語集では、プレイ中に目にする機会があるであろう用語を確認することができます。

一般用語

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2ez

Too easy(楽勝だ！)の略語です。

3 starred

１つや２つだけでなく、３つすべての目標を達成したコントラクトの事を指します。

3CP / 4CP / 5CP

『3コントロールポイント』、『４コントロールポイント』、『５コントロールポイント』の略語です。それぞれ合計３つ、４つ、５つのコントロールポイントがあるマップを指します。

A

Achievement server / achievement map

​普通に遊んでいるプレイヤーの邪魔をすることなく、実績の解除を目的にプレイできる専用サーバー、もしくはマップの事を指します。こういったサーバーでは、プレイヤーはマップ本来の目的を妨げることなく、技術を磨いたり他のプレイヤーと交流することが可能です(参照：griefing)。ごく一般的な実績解除サーバーの特徴は以下の通りです。

• 両チームのスポーン地点の距離が近く、リスポーンまでの時間も短く設定されているため、持続的に戦闘に参加していられる。
• 両チームの衝突の無い、お互いの実績解除のために協力できる安全な部屋。
• 実績解除もしくはレベル上げ​の為にbotやアイドリングプレイヤーを自動で提供してくれる機能。
• パズルや迷路、隠し扉や隠し部屋などのお遊び的要素。
• ボクシングやサッカー、パイロテニスなどのスポーツに特化したマップ。

同義語：アイドルサーバー

関連項目：トレーディングサーバー

Airshot / aerial

もっと詳しく: エアショット

空中にいるプレイヤーに発射体が当たることです。通常はジャグリングを経てエアショットが成功します。

ADS

『Aiming down sights(サイトを覗き込んで撃つ)』の略語です。TF2では主にスコープを除くスナイパーを指します。『ADSing』と動詞として使われることもあります。

AFK

『away from keyboard(離席中)』の略語です。何か理由があってパソコンから離れているプレイヤーや、ゲームを放置しているプレイヤーの事を指します。

Airblast

圧縮ブラストの事を指します。

Alternate account

自分の情報を隠すためなど、色々な用途で使われるサブのSteamアカウントの事を指します。

Amby

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• スパイのサブ武器、アンバサダーの略語。
• 他の武器を一切使わないというわけではないが、アンバサダーばかりを使うスパイの事。

Amputation Station

アンピュテーターの挑発で味方を回復しながら、１か所に突っ立っているメディックを指します。

Anger/Anger Sniper

フレンドリーファイアをしたり、キル後にタウントを取ったり、無礼で品のないバインドを使用したり、AWPerハンドを好み、Angerを身に着けたりしているちょっとイタいスナイパーの事を指します。

AoE

『area of effect（効果範囲)』の略語です。ソルジャーのロケットランチャーやデモマンのグレネードランチャーなどの、発射物付近のプレイヤーや建物、その他のゲーム内オブジェクトにダメージを与えうる武器の事を指します。

Aussie

オーストラリウム武器の略語です。

Autobalance

もっと詳しく： チームバランス

両チームのバランスが釣り合わないとサーバーのホストが判断した際に、別のチームに強制的に移動させられることを指します。

Axtinguish

炎上中のプレイヤーをアクスティングイシャーで倒した際に起こるクリティカルヒットの事を指します。

B

Backcapping

もっと詳しく：裏取り

剥奪まで時間のかかるコントロールポイントを相手チームがキャプチャーしようとしてる間に、こちらも敵の背後のコントロールポイントをキャプチャーすることを指します。例えば相手チームが２番目のコントロールポイントをキャプチャーしている間に、こちらは剥奪までの時間が比較的短い最終コントロールポイントに忍び込む戦法です。

Bait/Baiting

囮を使って敵に攻撃させたり、敵が誰かを追いかけている間に、仲間が敵の背後に忍び込んで殺す戦法を指します。囮として主にパイロやスパイが選ばれます。またエンジニアが囮になって敵をセントリーガンの前に誘導したり、デモマンが囮になって敵を粘着爆弾の付近に寄せ付けることも可能です。

Bakestaybed

『バックスタブ』の発音に寄せたスラングです。TF2コンテンツクリエイターのJerma985氏から広まっていきました。

Battle Engie / Battle Engineer

セントリーガンを予期せぬ場所に設置したり、メイン武器で敵を倒しに行ったりと、積極的に最前線で戦うエンジニアを指します。安価かつ素早く作れるコンバットミニセントリーを彼らは好むため、主にガンスリンガーを装備しています。ジャグを好むプレイヤーもいます。

Battle Med / Battle Medic

仲間の回復より敵を殺すことに積極的なメディックを指します。彼らはブルートザオガーを好んで使用します。バトルメディックはサポートクラスなのに仲間を回復しないメディックなので、あまりチームメイトから歓迎されないでしょう。

Beam

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• メディガンから出る回復ビームの事。
• WatergateのUFOのビームの事。（仲間が牽引ビームの中に入りマップのミッションを達成すると「We are in the beam」とアナウンスが聞こえます。このセリフはこのマップの代名詞でもあり、興奮したときの歓声としてTF2コミュニティ内で使われています。）

Berd

鳥の頭シリーズの装飾を着けているプレイヤーを指します。この用語はGmodやSFMでよく使われます。

Bhopping / bunny hopping

主にこのどれかを指します。

• スピードを増加させるジャンプおよびエアストレイフの事。 (TF2で使用する機会はごくわずか)
• しゃがんで移動速度を変えずに視界を下に向ける事。
• ジャンプ直後にしゃがみ、より遠くに行く動き。これは ロケットジャンプ、粘着爆弾ジャンプ、その他爆発系ジャンプをする際によく使われる。関連項目：ジャンプ.
• 繰り返しジャンプして、敵の攻撃をかわしたり地面の爆風のダメージから身を守る事。
• ゲームのシステムを上手くかわすために、地面に着地したタイミングでジャンプする事。（通常はマーケット・ガーデナーを使用時に使うテクニック。攻撃が空振りしても、このテクニックを使えば着地した後でもクリティカルヒットを与えられる。）

Bind

テキストチャットに打てる文を一文、どれかのキーにバインドすることを指します。(bind key "say text"のコンソールコマンドを使用して、コマンドをバインドしたいキーを"key"、キーを押したときチャットに入力したい文章を"text"に割り当てます。)

Birb

Birdと意味は変わりませんが、フレンドリーでマヌケな行動をする、チキンキエフを身に着けているヘビーを主に指します。

Bird

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• アルキメデスやEinなどの、プレイヤーの肩に乗る鳥のマスコット系装飾アイテム。
• ハロウィンシーズン限定で身に着けられる、メディメデスやEingineerのような鳥の頭の装飾アイテム。

Bird Scout

武器の効果で得られる追加のジャンプを沢山使い、飛び回っているスカウトの事です。

Bodyshot

スナイパーが敵の頭部ではなく胴体を狙ってキルする事を指します。

関連項目：ヘッドショット

Bodyshotter

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• 頭を狙わず胴体ばかり撃つスナイパーの事。
• スナイパーのメイン武器、マキナのこと。この武器は上乗せダメージと貫通効果があるので、プレイヤーは胴体を狙いがちになる。

Bodysnatched

ユア・エターナル・リワードでキルされることを指します。殺されたプレイヤーはテキストチャットやボイスチャットで自分が死んだと伝えることができます。この用語は『SF/ボディ・スナッチャー』というSF映画にちなんでいます。

Bomb

主にこのどれかを指します。

• ペイロードカートの事。
• 粘着爆弾やロケットなどの爆発する発射体。
• ソルジャーであればロケットジャンプ、デモマンであれば粘着爆弾ジャンプを使い、飛び回りながらプレイヤーたちを可能な限り爆撃する事。
• Mann vs Machineのロボットたちが運ぶ爆弾。
• Bombinomiconが使う爆弾。

Bonk / Bonk!

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• 喉ごしガツン! アトミックパンチの略。
• サンドマンでスタンさせられたときに見れるアイコン。

Bonus ducks

End of the Lineアップデートの際に『Bonus Duck』を獲得するとメラスマスから聞けたセリフを指します。また『Carnival of Carnage』などのメラスマスが関係するイベントなどで、驚きや興奮を表すときにも使われます。

Box Spy / Box Trot Spy / box crab

『Box Trot』のタウントを使って、戦略的にフィールドを移動したり、フィールド上のオブジェになりすますプレイをするスパイを指します。うまく気づかれなければ、コントロールポイントをキャプチャーしたりコントロールポイントのキャプチャーを妨害する事も可能です。

Boxing​​

​お互い近接武器だけで戦うヘビー達を指します。

Buff

主にこのどれかを指します。

• ソルジャ―の装備しているバフバナー、バタリオンズ・バックアップ、コンカラーがチャージされた状態の事。
• メディックによってオーバーヒールされている状態の事。
• ゲームのバランスを整えるために武器を強化する事を指すスラング。反意語は『Nerf』。

関連項目：ゲームバランス（Wikipedia)

Butterknife

主にこのどれかを指します。

• スパイがバックスタブでは無いナイフ攻撃で敵をキルする事。
• バックスタブをしない、ナイフでの攻撃の事。
• 相手をバックスタブせず普通にナイフ攻撃する事。スパイ対スパイの戦いになった時や、その他の接近戦でよく起こる。

Bushwhack

ジャラテまみれにした相手を​ブッシュワッカで殺すことです。

C

C9

ペイロードやコントロールポイントのゲームの最後においてチームメイトらがゲームを去ってしまい、敵にコントロールポイントの剥奪やタイムオーバーによる勝利を許してしまう状態の事を指します。Cloud9という北米のeスポーツチームがOverwatchでやらかしたミスがこの用語の元ネタです。

Caber

ウラプール・ケイバ―の略語です。

Caberknight

ウラプール・ケイバーを装備し、集団を相手にチャージでクリティカルヒットを狙いに行くデモナイトの事を指します。

Camping

関連項目：キャンピング

プレイヤーが戦う上で有利な１つの場所にとどまる事ですが、通常は敵が入ってきそうな場所や通過しそうな場所に待ち伏せする行為の事を指します。

• 良い面：いくつかのクラスは、キャンピングをすると戦いやすくなるように作られています。例えばヘビーがCP付近に留まることや、デモマンが粘着爆弾のトラップに誰かが引っかかるのを待つことや、スナイパーが有利に戦える場所、特にそのためにマップ上に配置された地形（キャンプと呼ばれる）にキャンピングする事です。
• 悪い面：キル稼ぎには有利だが、あんまりチームの勝利に結びつかない場所でキャンピングをする事（アイドリングとは異なる）や、チーム全体がありえない場所にキャンピングし明らかにゲームを崩壊させるであろう状態です。おもにスポーンキャンプなど。

一時的に物陰に隠れたり、エンジニアがデバイスを守ったり、長くない待ち伏せをする行為にこの用語は使いません。

Cannon

ルーズ・キャノンの略語です。

Cannon Jumping

ルーズ・キャノンの爆発タイミングを利用して、長距離を移動できる爆発的なジャンプをする事を指します。

Cannon Knight

ルーズ・キャノンを使うハイブリッド・ナイトの一つを指します。主にキャノン・ジャンプをした後に空中でチャージをします。

Cap

コントロールポイントを剥奪する、敵の機密情報を剥奪する、カートを押すなどのゲームの目的の完了を指します。

Carry Scout

クリティコーラを使っているスカウトの事です。

Carrying

プレイヤーまたは複数のプレイヤーが、ゲームの目的を達成するために他のチームメイトよりもかなり貢献している状態を指します。

Chaincap

前のコントロールポイントが剥奪出来た直後に続けて次のコントロールポイントも剥奪する事です。

Chainsap

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• 一度に複数のデバイスをサッピングする事。
• 1つのデバイスに何度もサッパーを仕掛け、エンジニアの修理を妨害する行為。

Chainstab

スパイに気づいていない敵の背中を次々にバックスタブで倒していくコンボの事です。

Cheesing

特定の実績やコントラクトのシステムを経ず、ゲームをプレイしているうちに意図されていないより簡単な手順でコントラクトもしくは実績を達成できてしまった状態です。（例えばわざと落下死や溺死を受けることによってPlayer Destructionにて何回でも魂を拾えたりするもの）もしくは相手チームのフレンドリーなプレイヤーと協力したりする方法です。

Chievements / Chieves / Cheevos / Achievos

アチーブメント（実績）の略語です。

Chokepoint (or choke)

幅が狭く、プレイヤー達が密になって進むような場所の事を指します。特に迂回ルートのない道の事を言います。このような場所では効果範囲内にダメージを与えられる武器を使うと防御が簡単です。

Circle strafe

関連項目：Circle strafing

敵に狙いを固定して攻撃しながら、敵の周りを動き回る行為です。

Civilian

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• とあるバグを利用して、プレイヤーを意図的にリファレンス・ポーズにする行為。
• Team Fortress Classicでは使われていたがTeam fortress 2において未使用であるCivilianというクラスの事。

Clutch

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• 試合の勝ち負けにかかわる重要な瞬間。
• 押されている状況の中で発揮できる好プレー。

Crutchと混同しないように。

Collateral

スナイパーがマキナを使い、一回のフルチャージショットで2人以上を仕留める事です。

Collector

このどちらかを指します。

• レベルの値が大きいアイテムを好んで集めるプレイヤー。
• コレクターズクオリティのアイテム。

Combat Class

動きやすさと引き換えに火力と体力が高くなるクラスの事で、主に最前線で戦います。ソルジャー、デモマン、ヘビーが当てはまります。

Combo

このどちらかを指します。

• メディックとその回復対称を指す言葉。（状況によって色々呼び方が変わります。例えば『ヘビーコンボ』だと、メディックがヘビーを回復している事を指します。）
• ディグリーサー、リザーブ・シューター、もしくはパニック・アタックの高速武器切り替えを生かした戦術の事。（例えばパイロがディグリーザーで敵に点火し、その武器切り替えの速さを生かしすぐさまフレアガンに持ち替え、クリティカルヒットを敵にお見舞いすることができます。）

Comp

Competitive playの略語です。

Cornerstab

関連項目：バックスタブ

角に待ち伏せて敵をバックスタブする、トリックスタブの戦術の一つです。具体的な方法は、囮となって敵をおびき寄せ、角に隠れ敵が来るのを待ちます。

CP

コントロールポイントの略語です。

Cratering

落下ダメージによる死亡の事です。非常に高い高さから落下した場合や、爆発物によって地面に勢いよく叩きつけられることで死亡します。

Crit

クリティカルヒットの略語です。

Crit Heal

ターゲットが10～15秒の間一切ダメージを受けなかった際に、メディガンでの回復やアンピュテーターの挑発による回復のレートが2、3倍になる事です。

Critana/Kritana

ハーフ座頭市がTough Breakアップデートでランダムクリティカルを削除される前にかつてファンが呼んでいた古いニックネームです。

Crocket

クリッツとロケットのかばん語です。

Crumpkin kill

倒した敵が落としていく ハロウィーンのカボチャから得たブーストで、敵をクリティカル攻撃で倒すことです。（クリッツ・パンプキンを縮めて言ったものです。）

Crutch

プレイヤーのスキル不足を補う武器への侮蔑語です。

Clutchと混同しないように。

Custom map

TF2コミュニティのメンバーが制作したが、ゲーム内に正式に追加はされていないマップ。

D

Deathmatch/DM

主にこのどれかを指します。

• アリーナモードの非公式な呼び方。
• マップの目的の達成より、キルを稼ぎたいプレイヤー。
• キャプチャー難易度があまりにも高いために、本来の目的を捨てて殺し合いを楽しむマップ。Hightowerなどがその例です。

Demo

主にこのどちらかを指します。

• 録画(DEMO)機能の事。
• デモマン。

Democrab

コンシェンシャス・オブジェクターやSaxxyなどの近接武器を構えながらしゃがみ歩きをし、カニの真似をするデモマンの事です。これはカニスパイの派生ミームです。プレイヤーは特定の武器を使用しないとデモクラブになれません。カニのようなポーズになってしまう理由は、武器の特殊仕様によって反対側の腕がグリッチを起こしてしまうからです。

Demoknight

May refer to:

• A Demoman typically wielding the Chargin' Targe, Tide Turner or Splendid Screen that actively uses their melee weapon. Variations of the term usually refer to their other equipped weapons. Demoknights wielding the Bottle may be referred to as "Bottleknights", whereas Demoknights wielding the Sticky Jumper may be referred to as "Jumperknights" or "Rocketknights".

See also Community Demoknight strategy.

• In Mann vs. Machine, a robot Demoman variant that uses the Chargin' Targe and Eyelander.

Demonstration Man

Slang for the Demoman, used in a silly fashion. Derives from the word "demonstration", which becomes "demo" when shortened.

Demopan

A Demoman carrying the Frying Pan, Bounty Hat, Chargin' Targe, and Dangeresque, Too?, referring to a popular community fad.

Demospam

Derogatory term used to describe a Demoman who spams his Grenade Launcher or Stickybomb Launcher without aiming.

Derping

Silly behavior that could include repeated taunting or antics for their own sake; potentially a form of griefing if performed during combat or excessively during Setup time.

DH

Acronym for the Direct Hit.

Direct Miss

Fan name for the Direct Hit, which lacks a large splash radius and requires precise aim. Inexperienced players using this weapon will often miss their shots.

Dom/Doms

Abbreviation of Domination(s).

Donk

May refer to:

• The Double Donk that occurs with the Loose Cannon.
• A Demoman that uses the Sticky Jumper and the Loose Cannon.

DR

Acronym for the Dead Ringer weapon for the Spy. In some contexts, it could be used as a signal that an enemy Spy equipped with the Dead Ringer is nearby.

Dr. Enforcicle

A label for a Spy player who uses the Dead Ringer, Enforcer, and the Spy-cicle together. The term is a portmanteau of the latter two weapons, with the Dead Ringer's common abbreviation "DR" used at the beginning.

Drop

May refer to:

• Any item given to a player by the item drop system.
• The failure of a Medic to deploy an ÜberCharge before dying, despite being fully charged.

E

Edging

Fighting an immobile target by strafing out of cover, firing, then strafing back into cover, generally at a corner. This tactic is especially effective against Sentry Guns, as the Sentry Gun's slow turn rate makes it easy to shoot at before it can return fire, and the Sentry Gun's hitbox edge can be hit without the Sentry Gun being able to target the player's center.

Engie / Engi / Engy

Abbreviation for the Engineer.

Edgy/Edgelord

Term generally related to players that wears dark or black-painted cosmetic items, like a Sniper wearing a black-painted Anger.

Engineer nest

Slang term used to describe a location where one or more Engineers have set up multiple Buildings.

Engi"nearing"

Slang term used to describe the Rescue Ranger's pick-up ability.

EOTL

Abbreviation for the End of the Line Update.

EZ/ez

Abbreviation for "easy", usually used in conjunction with "GG".

F

F2P

May refer to:

• An acronym for "Free-2-Play" (Free-to-play), used to describe new players who do not possess a Premium account.
• A derogatory term referring to a player lacking skill, based on the generalization of non-Premium players being less skilled at the game.
• Abbreviation for the Free to Play update.
• Anything that can be obtained without becoming a Premium player, such as the Ghostly Gibus and Pyrovision Goggles.

See also: Free-to-play on Wikipedia and P2P

Facestab

A Spy's knife attack that registers as a backstab despite appearing to hit their opponent's front due to lag compensation.

See also: Backstab issues

FAN / FaN

Acronym for the Force-A-Nature weapon for the Scout.

Farming

The act of obtaining something with less time commitment or in-game contribution than was originally intended (from the misconception that farmers do nothing but wait for their crops to grow). May refer to:

• Obtaining achievements through achievement servers or in ways outside of regular gameplay.
• Using idling or other methods to obtain cosmetics or weapons via the item drop system.
• Rapidly ranking up a Strange weapon in specific servers or maps that are designed to do so, also referred to as "leveling".

See also: Idler

Fat Scout

Refers to a Heavy who primarily uses either the Shotgun, Family Business, or Panic Attack rather than his primary weapon. He may also frequently equip the Gloves of Running Urgently or Eviction Notice.

Field of View / FOV

A term to describe how much a player can see onscreen at a time.

Flag

Synonym for the Intelligence in Capture the Flag maps.

Flank

Refers to any particular alternate route that can bypass enemies. These are often lengthy and out of the way or require jumping or swimming. Examples of flanks include the waterways in Well (Control Point), the back routes through the Lobby on Badwater Basin, or Spiral Straircase also on Badwater Basin.

Flare punch

A term to describe the act of a Pyro manipulating flame particles to use the Flare Gun (usually paired with the Degreaser) to crit an enemy Pyro in the short time span that they are on fire.

Flyro

A Pyro using the Thermal Thruster.

FoW

Acronym for the Fan O'War.

Frag

Synonym for "kill," often used when the player killed has been gibbed.

Frag video

Refers to a video that records a player's kills in the game.

Friendly / friendlies (also peaceful)

May refer to:

• The act of not fighting. "Friendly" can either be a verb or a noun, where "friendlies" is the plural of the noun. Players may do so out of boredom, frustration due to being on the losing team, or to propose a stalemate. To counteract how overly-friendly behavior stops legitimate games, some servers have a plugin called "Friendly Mode," which turns users into ghosts that cannot harm or be harmed. Common examples of friendly behavior include:
  • Crouching while walking.
  • Using voice commands in a humorous way (such as using the "No" voice command to respond to "The Sniper is a Spy!" or repeatedly using the "Help!" voice command as the Heavy).
  • Giving Sandviches or other edibles to enemies as a Heavy.
  • Starting a group or two-player Action taunt, such as the Conga or Flippin' Awesome.
• A teammate.

G

Garden/Gardened

To kill an enemy with a Critical hit from the Market Gardener. Term can also be used in a joking sense to describe an instance where another player launches themselves and delivers a finishing blow with any melee weapon upon landing.

GG/gg

Good game, sometimes from a moral or sportsmanship standpoint rather than winning/losing.

GJ/gj

Good job, used often at the end of a game in a manner similar to GG.

GR/gr

May refer to:

• Good round. Used when the match is composed of more than one round (like Stopwatch matches on A\D and Payload maps, or "First to X" matches).
• "Get rekt".

Gibus

May refer to:

• A shortened version of either the Ghostly Gibus, Ghastly Gibus, Ghastlier Gibus, or Ghastlierest Gibus, often associated with novice players or players without a premium account due to the fact that obtaining one of these hats is easy and possible without obtaining a premium account.
• A player wearing one of the aforementioned hats.

Gibusvision

May refer to:

• A slang term for wearing a combination of a Gibus hat and the Pyrovision Goggles. As with the term "Gibus," this is associated with novice or non-premium players.
• A term for a player, usually a Sniper, that wears both the Gibus and Pyrovision Goggles, and has very poor awareness. These players rarely notice their surroundings.

Googly Eyes

Slang for the Sight for Sore Eyes.

Goomba Stomp / Goomba stomp

Goomba stomp: Killing another player by jumping on their head with the Mantreads or Thermal Thruster.

Goomba Stomp: A server mod that allows players to kill enemies by simply jumping on their heads, even without use of the Mantreads.

The name is a reference to the Goomba enemy from Nintendo's Mario video game franchise.

Gottam

A slang term deriving from the Engineer voice command line "Gotta move that gear up!"

Griefing

Main article: Griefing

Deliberately causing annoyance to players on the server, either to one's own team or the opposing team. Oftentimes, griefing involves the use of map or weapon exploits.

Grinding

May refer to:

• Working continuously on the actions for a specific achievement or Contract Objective, particularly those that must be repeated several times or require a great number of attempts (from the concept that grinding is a slow but steady way to shape metal). Since the action might not be the best for some tactical situations, a few may consider it idling in some situations. As opposed to farming, the player is actively in a game with other players and is usually contributing in some way to the objectives, if indirectly.
• Repeatedly damaging one's self to speed building of ÜberCharge by a companion Medic, particularly referred to as self-damage grinding.

Grocket

Grordbort's rockets, crash-landed rockets that appeared on a few maps for some months in 2011.

Groundstalling

A term to describe the act of airblasting an enemy into the ground, which the game still counts as mid-air, and mini-critting them with the Reserve Shooter.

This is outdated as of the Jungle Inferno Update, which no longer allows the weapon to mini-crit players launched into the air by the Pyro's airblast.

GRU / GORU GoRU

Acronym for the Gloves of Running Urgently.

Gunshot bride

A highly exaggerated term for a well-aimed airshot. Originates from a video named 300% skilled airshot, where a Soldier lands a slow-motion airshot on a Demoman while Pendulum's Propane Nightmares plays in the background.

Gunspy

A label for a Spy who uses his primary weapon more than his melee weapon.

G. [name of item]

An item of the Genuine quality.

H

Hacking / hacker / hacks

Main article: Hacking

Hacking: The method of using illicit programs to gain an unfair advantage against other players.

Hacker: A player who hacks.

Hacks: An illicit program that allows a player to gain unfair advantages against other players.

Hale

May refer to:

• Saxton Hale
• The boss in VS Saxton Hale Mode, where the boss can be Christian Brutal Sniper, Horseless Headless Horsemann, Vagineer, or Saxton Hale.

Halo-caust

A slang term used to reference the 2009年9月2日 パッチ where Valve penalized players who had been using external programs to idle. As a result, some servers (primarily those run by people that didn't get Cheater's Laments) began opting "anti-halo" policies, even going so far as to use mods that changed the Cheater's Lament to form various insults targeting the wearer. The term is derived from the nickname for the Cheater's Lament that non-offending players received, placed in combination with a reference to the Holocaust.

HHH

An abbreviation for the Horseless Headless Horsemann.

HHH Axe / HHHH

An abbreviation for the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. Synonym: UHHHH.

Hoovy

A friendly Heavy. Plural: Hoovies. The Sandvich is a popular secondary weapon for Hoovy players, as they tend to drop it for both teammates and enemies to replenish their health.

Slang term for Heavy, often used in a silly fashion.

Huddah

A simplified translation of one of the Pyro's mumbles.

Hybrid Knight

A Demoknight who mostly uses the Grenade Launcher due to the shields giving temporary crits (mini-crits with the Tide Turner) during a charge.

I

Idle server / idle map

A server or map dedicated to hosting Idling players, but with less emphasis on Achievements (Example: Achievement Idle). See also Achievement server or Leveling server.

Idler/Idling

May refer to:

• On an active game server (especially in Casual Mode), someone who is otherwise not participating in the game, but is not particularity bothering anyone, possibly indicated by staying in spawn, staying far from the action, grinding Achievements or Contracts, or having a very low score, said behavior stated as grounds for Vote Kicks.
  • Similar activities done on Idling, Trading, Leveling, or Achievement servers.
• Someone who is present on the server but is deliberately not playing the game for a long period of time to earn items via the item drop system. Main article: Idling.
  • Someone who uses external idling programs or uses Idling or Achievement servers for the same purpose.

Instakill

A kill achieved in a single hit with the player being killed having full health. Examples include a charged headshot a Backstab or an environmental kill, such as being hit by a Train or being caught in the Payload cart's explosion at the end of a round.

Intel

Abbreviation for the Intelligence in Capture the Flag maps.

Invuln

A term for ÜberCharge. Synomyms: "Über" and "charge".

J

Jar

Short for Jarate.

Jarate chop

A hit with the Bushwacka after covering an enemy in Jarate.

Juggling

Main article: Juggling

Refers to the use of weapons to temporarily suspend enemies in the air.

Jump map

Main article: Jump maps

A map designed for practicing jumping skills for the Soldier, Demoman, and Scout.

Jumper

Refers to either the Rocket Jumper, Sticky Jumper, or B.A.S.E Jumper.

K

Katana

Alternative term for the Half-Zatoichi.

K/D and K/A/D

Acronym for "Kill-Death Ratio" and "Kill Assist Death Ratio". May be expressed as a ratio (27:7) or a decimal number (1.75 KDR). Medics will often present their KDR as a ratio of assists to deaths, as kills are not usually accumulated in conventional Medic play.

KGB

Acronym for the Killing Gloves of Boxing.

Kick

May refer to:

• The act of votekicking a player in the hopes of kicking them out of a server, or if an administrator is present on a community server, immediately kicking.
• A shorthand version of the Kazotsky Kick.

Knockback

The movement of a player, caused by an outside source. Often associated with weapons such as the Force-A-Nature.

See Knock back.

Kritz

Slang for the ÜberCharge of the Kritzkrieg, or being subjected to one.

K Then/K

Term for a player response after experiencing some random or luck-based event, in a "so that happened" way. Common examples are Crit kills, unintentional kills, facestabs, kills with the Manntreads, and collateral kills.

L

Lag

Main article: Lag compensation

The effect experienced by players who display erratic movement due to high latency.

See also: Lag on Wikipedia

Last

Short for the last control point. On Control Point or Payload maps, it refers to the last control point or cart checkpoint that the attackers have to capture to win the game.

Leapstab

Main article: Backstab

A form of trickstabbing by jumping from an elevated position and backstabbing an enemy upon or before landing on the ground as the Spy.

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Leveling server

A server primarily for players to rapidly increase the levels​ of​ Strange items​.​

Lft

Abbreviation of "looking for team"; often added after a player's name to advertise that they are interested in joining a competitive team.

Lime Scout

Term for a Scout with cosmetics painted The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime, acting as a Tryhard. Like an Anger Sniper, they are usually depicted as killing friendlies, using rude binds, and taunting after most kills.

Lucksman

A term used for the Huntsman, referring to the ease of getting kills with this weapon, only having to rely on "luck," due to the arrows' large hitboxes.

M

Mann Up

Short for the Mann Up Mode in Mann vs. Machine.

Mini / Mini-Sentry

Short for "Combat Mini-Sentry Gun".

Main

A class which a player mostly plays or only plays in any given match.

Matador stab

Main article: Backstab

A form of trickstabbing by tricking an enemy to follow you and then quickly strafing to the side to sidestab him.

Marked

Used to signal teammates that an enemy has been hit by the Fan O'War.

Market Garden

Using the Market Gardener while rocket jumping. Usually referred to a kill using the weapon while in mid-air. May also refer to similar airborne kills using the melee weapon as a different class.

Meat

Refers to either the Buffalo Steak Sandvich or the Ham Shank.

Meat turret/Meat sentry

A Heavy that defends a Dispenser with more or less continuous revolution, frequently Spy Checking, and shooting incoming Rockets and destroying Stickies.

Meatshot

When all or most of the bullets fired from weapons with large spreads, such as the Shotgun or Scattergun, hit the target, thereby doing massive damage.

Medic buddy

A Medic's Pocket. Main article: Medic buddy

Medic Girlfriend

A term used for a player's pocket Medic who will never leave their side, even if there's someone else who needs healing directly in front of them. They might also have the “No” voice command bound to their WASD keys and the player they are healing is usually referred to as their “boyfriend,” most commonly a Soldier.

Meem

Slang for "MEDIC!"—often used in a silly fashion. It originated from the community fad which came from taking the Medic's "MEDIC!" voice line, cutting off the second half, playing the first half, and then, immediately playing it backwards, causing it to replicate the word "meme".

Meme Spoon

Slang for Market Gardener

Meta

The most effective way to play the game competitively, deemed by the community. Usually refers to certain playstyles or weapon loadouts.

Meta 6/meta team

In the context of Mann vs. Machine, a team that is the same as the one shown in Mann vs. Machine (teaser) (Scout, Demo, Soldier, Heavy, Medic, Engie).

MG

Abbreviation for Market Garden or Market Gardener

Mic/Mike

A microphone, used for communication over voice chat.

Mic spam

Originally described as the act of repeatedly playing sounds, music, or generally abusing the game's voice chat feature. It has since grown to include all manner of sound playing. Third party software is often used to accomplish this, including HLDJ, Virtual Audio Cable, and Manycam. Micspam can be considered either entertaining or griefing, depending on the server.

Positive aspects of mic spam may include:

• Playing music for the server.
• Playing comedic soundbites from TV shows, movies, standup acts, and more.
• Playing appropriate sound files on specific occasions for humorous effect.

Negative uses of mic spam may include:

• Repeatedly playing the same audio file to annoy other players.
• Playing sounds that are high in bass or volume and can potentially damage other players' speakers, headphones, or even hearing.
• Periodically playing an irritating noise during a fraction of a second, making it very difficult for others to see who broadcasted the sound.
• Creating noise by singing, blowing into the microphone, or simply talking incessantly to disrupt others.
• Using voice modification software to manipulate one's voice to sound either extremely high pitched or robotic to disrupt others.

Other uses of mic spam may include:

• Unintentionally caused by excessive background noise.
• Attempting to voice chat with a broken or bad quality microphone.

Mid

Short for the middle control point. Used most commonly on five-point Control Point maps.

Mmph

May refer to:

• A simplified translation of one of the Pyro's muffles.
• The MMPH meter, a meter on the Phlogistinator that fills based on fire damage.

MvM

Short for Mann vs. Machine.

N

Naked

A player who does not wear any cosmetic items.

N1/n1

Nice one.

Nerf

Slang for a weapon's attributes being made weaker for game balance. Antonym: "buff".

See also: Nerf on Wikipedia

Ninja

May refer to:

• A Spy wielding the Conniver's Kunai.
• Term for a player who sneakily "steals" something—generally, a capture point.

See also: Back-capping

Ninjaneer

May refer to:

• An Engineer who tries to get behind enemy lines, then secretly builds a nest of Buildings to teleport teammates in and ambush the enemy from behind.
• An Engineer who uses the Eureka Effect to escape from the front lines when in trouble. He may try to return to the enemy base via a hidden Teleporter Exit shortly afterwards.

See also: Team strategy: The Ninjaneer

Noscope

Shooting as a Sniper with a Sniper Rifle without zooming in. Commonly associated with the Classic due to its tendency to scope and get headshots without requiring the player to zoom in.

Noob

General gaming slang for an inexperienced or new player. "Noob" and its homophones are generally considered to be more offensive, denoting someone with a lack of skill attributable to a deeper level than simple inexperience.

NS/ns

Nice shot.

O

OMGWTFBBQ

A Pyro Achievement achieved by taunt killing an enemy as the Pyro.

Official map

In the context of this Wiki, especially, a map that has been released into the game through a Patch made by Valve, hence "official"; these include Valve maps developed by Valve and Community maps made by members of the TF2. Again, for the purposes of this Wiki, official status is not lost by the map when withdrawn from the game in a later patch.

OOF/oof

Usually a response to something humorous happening in a game (i.e. a Soldier blowing himself up.)

OP

General acronym for Overpowered, used both seriously and jokingly to describe a powerful weapon.

P

P2P

An acronym for "pay-to-play," used to describe a user with a premium account; often used jokingly to suggest that premium users have advantages over non-premium users.

See also: F2P

Peaceful

See Friendly / friendlies.

Phlog

Short for Phlogistinator.

Phlogro / Phlog Pyro

Pyro equipped with the Phlogistinator. See Phlogro strategy.

Pimp Hat

Slang term for the Hustler's Hallmark cosmetic for the Demoman.

Pipebomb / Pipes / Pills

Alternate name for the projectiles fired by the Grenade Launcher.

Pipe Jesus

Term used when referring to an extremely skilled player who can hit almost all of their pipes (Grenades)

Piss

Slang for Jarate.

Pissrifle / Pissgun

Slang for the Sydney Sleeper.

Piss Sniper

Sniper that uses the Sydney Sleeper and Jarate, and in most cases, the Bushwacka.

Pocket

May refer to a player whose role is to focus support on a single teammate:

• A player who is the primary healing target of a Medic.
• A Medic who primarily heals one particular ally.
• A Pocket Pyro or Pybro who protects an Engineer.

Point

Short for Control Point.

Point and Click Adventure

A derogatory term for Sniper that simplifies his playstyle to that of a point & click adventure game

Pop

A synonym for using an ÜberCharge, used to quickly communicate to one's teammates in the middle of a battle.

Damaging an Über Medic robot in Mann vs. Machine so that it activates its ÜberCharge in the event that it cannot be killed outright.

Pootis

A slang term derived from the Heavy voice command "Put Dispenser here!"

PoV demo

A recorded demo that has been recorded from the player's point of view.

Pro

May refer to:

• A term used when a skilled move has been executed.
• An accomplished player, often one who specializes in competitive play.

Pub

Stands for "Public" (short for public server) and may refer to:

• Official servers run by Valve, accessible via Quickplay prior to the Meet Your Match Update.
• May also refer to official non-competitive servers run by Valve, now accessible via Casual Mode.

Pubbing

Playing in Valve-run Casual servers

Pub push

When the atttacking team on Payload doesn't push the cart until Overtime, usually succeeding in capturing the checkpoint.

Pubstomp

A practice in which one or more very experienced competitive players join a pub with the intention of soundly defeating opposing team of less skilled players.

Puff

Slang for compression blast.

Puff'n'sting

A technique whereby a Pyro lights an enemy on fire with the Degreaser, uses the compression blast to knock them into the air, and then takes advantage of the Degreaser's switch time to kill the opponent with his melee weapon. Switching to his secondary weapon to finish off opponent is instead known as a "Puff'n'Shoot".

PUG

Acronym for "pick-up game" (also known as a lobby) in which players will organize to play a match following the competitive format of Highlander, 6v6, or 4v4 games.

Punish

Taking advantage of an enemy's mistake

Push

May refer to:

• The act of escorting the Payload cart.
• An organized attack in which several players simultaneously move into enemy territory and attack in an attempt to overpower an enemy's defenses and complete an objective, such as capturing a control point or advancing the cart; often accompanied by an ÜberCharge.
• The CTF map Push from Team Fortress Classic.

PvE

Player versus Environment

Pybro

A Pyro who helps friendly Engineers by checking for Spies, airblasting projectiles away from buildings, and removing Sappers with the Homewrecker, Maul, or the Neon Annihilator, as well as any Pyro playing mainly to protect other teammates. See Pybro strategy.

Pyro tennis

A game played by Pyros on a tennis court (of sorts) where they air blast the "Happy Birthday Team Fortress" beach ball back and forth over the net.

Pyrocar

Synonym of W+M1. The term was created after a player decided to play Pyro with a steering wheel peripheral, literally becoming a "Pyro car" [1].

Pyroshark

A term used for Pyros who use the Neon Annihilator to attack enemies whilst underwater; often jokingly used as though the Pyro character is a literal shark. See Pyroshark strategy.

Q

QQ

General gaming slang originating from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, in which the keyboard key combination Alt + Q + Q would quit the game. Nowadays, it is interpreted as an emoticon with a pair of crying eyes. Often used in a deriding manner (e.g., "QQ more" ["Cry more"]).

Quickscope

Quickly zooming in and instantaneously headshotting with any of the Sniper's primary weapons that are capable of doing so.

R

Rage

May refer to:

• The "Rage" meter a Soldier builds up when using the Buff Banner, Battalion's Backup, or Concheror.
• The Knockback Rage ability the Heavy may buy as an upgrade in Mann vs. Machine.
• A player who is upset by what is happening in the game or the actions they may take because of their anger, e.g., Griefing or rage quit.

Rage Heavy

A term used for a player who uses the Heavy as a last ditch effort after a losing streak or bout of frustration, hoping to use his large firepower to gain kills easily.

Can also be used with other classes; e.g., a player might Rage Pyro after suffering a streak of backstab deaths.

Rage hacks

The method of hacking with the intent to get as many kills and cause as much annoyance as possible, not trying to look legit.

See also: Griefing, Legit hacks

Rage Pyro

A term for an enraged player who switches to Pyro, mostly due to an enemy who is dominating them and/or taunting at them.

Rage quit

Leaving the game because of frustration or anger with the round or other players.

Random crit

Commonly used description to describe when a player receives a critical hit that is not caused by a specific attribute of a weapon. Can be used as an acknowledgement when a fight may be prematurely over between two players attempting to fight fairly.

RDM

An abbreviation of "random deathmatch", describing a situation in which players on both teams focus on killing each other instead of fulfilling the match's objectives. Players engaged in a random deathmatch may go so far as to grief or votekick players who do attempt to meet the objectives. In game modes with no timer, such as Payload Race, this can continue indefinitely.

Reflect

A term used when the compression blast is used to send enemy projectiles back towards the enemy team.

Revving

May refer to:

• Spinning up the Heavy's primary weapon using the alternate-fire button.
• The delay experienced when the Minigun spins up prior to shooting using the primary fire button.

RNG

Abbreviation for "random number generation"; used to describe situations that are heavily dependent on luck such as random critical hits or Rock, Paper, Scissors.

RNGesus

Portmanteau of 'RNG' and 'Jesus' to either:

• Personify the RNG as an entity
• Refer to a player that has a lot of luck, especially in reference to Random Crits

Roll The Dice

An unofficial server plugin that allows players to "roll the dice" using a command. Upon rolling the dice, players are granted some form of benefit or handicap, such as unlimited crits or being frozen in place for a short period of time.

Roller

A Grenade Launcher projectile that has bounced.

Rock The Vote

An unofficial server plugin that allows players to change the map if a certain number of players in a server uses the command.

Rush

The practice of attempting to complete an objective quickly with all the players of one team playing as the same class. A "Scout Rush" would make use of entirely Scouts.

• See Rush.

Revengineer

An Engineer who uses the Frontier Justice to fight after his Sentry Gun has been destroyed. They're commonly using the Gunslinger since the Combat Mini-Sentry is more expendable.

S

Salt / salty

A term used to describe frustration or overreaction or a player who is frustrated or overreacting, respectively.

Sap'n'stab

Slang for a technique wherein a Spy lures an Engineer to a building by sapping it and then backstabs him as returns to repair it.

Scoot

Slang term for Scout, often used in a silly fashion.

Scramble

Refers to a vote to auto-rearrange both teams and restart the round for team balance. As of the Meet Your Match Update, calling such a vote is no longer possible in Valve servers/Casual matches. Community servers may still allow such a vote, though sometimes it is done via alternate methods to the voting system the game comes with.

See also: Autobalance

Script Kiddie

Derogatory term for a player using third-party software to gain an unfair advantage.

Scunt

Portmanteau of "Scout" and "cunt", usually used as a derogatory term to describe overly ambitious Scout mains or Scouts in general.

Second scoping

A Sniper dueling technique which consists of waiting until the opposing Sniper scopes before scoping in yourself to headshot them while they adjust to the view.

Sentry

Short for "Sentry Gun".

Sentry nest

A Sentry Gun, Dispenser, and possibly a Teleporter exit packed tightly together. Associated with turtling.

SF

Festive weapons of Strange quality (e.g. "SF Scattergun").

Shield

One of the three shield secondaries for Demoman: the Chargin' Targe, the Splendid Screen, or the Tide Turner.

Shpee

Humorous slang term for a novice or inexperienced player playing as the Spy, often used as though the Spy character is a literal baby animal.

Sidestab

Main article: Backstab

Backstabbing an enemy from their side rather than their back. The backstab "hitbox" is exceedingly wide and allows a Spy player to backstab an enemy without directly facing his back.

Situational

A weapon or technique viewed only to be useful in very specific situations.

Snoipah

Humorous slang for the Sniper.

Solly

Slang for the Soldier.

Spah

Humorous slang term for a Spy, derived from the Engineer's pronunciation of the word "Spy" in his voice command lines, specifically, his sentry being sapped voiceline.

Spam / Spamming

May refer to:

• The act of deliberately concentrating firepower within particular area in an attempt to get kills or deter enemy players from entering an area.
• Wanton firing of weapons such as the Grenade Launcher with little or no deliberate aim.
• An unwanted abundance of something such as chat messages, a specific class, or a certain tactic.
• Micspamming, the playing of music or a sound through the voice chat.

See Griefing.

Spawn

The area in which the player initially spawns or any area in which they respawn.

Spawn camping

A situation in which one team manages to secure the area around the other team's spawn point. This results in the latter team being killed upon leaving spawn without coordination or significant firepower. This is often considered unsporting when done to excess.

See Camping.

Spec

Abbreviation for the spectate feature.

Spelled

Refers to an item that has a Halloween Spell tool applied to it.

Spoob

A portmanteau of Spy and noob.

Spray

The custom decal that players can paint on most surfaces, such as walls or floors.

Spycap

A strategy where a Spy will lurk near a locked control point with the intention of capturing it as soon as it is unlocked, before the enemy team has time to retreat from defending the previous point. This is usually performed at the final point of a map due to the accelerated control point timing.

See Chaincap.

Spy checking / Spychecking

Main article: Spy checking

The procedure of firing at teammates to check if they are disguised enemy Spies as well as firing on open space to check for Cloaked Spies.

Spycrab / Spycrabbing

May refer to:

• A Spy that imitates the movement of a crab by crouching and looking up while having the Disguise Kit equipped. It has then became a popular fad. The Spy has a corresponding taunt which rarely occurs when taunting with the Disguise Kit, a reference to the original movement.
• A form of gambling in which participants are Spies and continuously taunt with the Disguise Kit. The rules may differ between groups; one example marks players who perform the "Spycrab" taunt as losers, continuing until there is only one person left.

Spygineer

May refer to:

• Portmanteau for a Spy disguised as a Engineer.
• A short-lived bug in which the Spy was able to build Dispensers.^[要出典]

See also: Ninjaneer.

Spyper

May refer to:

• Portmanteau for a Spy disguised as a Sniper.
• A Spy using the Ambassador.

Spyro

May refer to:

• Portmanteau for a Spy disguised as a Pyro.
• A Pyro player using the Backburner.

Squeaker

Refers to a younger player who uses their microphone often, usually unintentionally annoying others with a higher-pitched voice.

SR / ScoRes

Acronym for the Demoman's Scottish Resistance.

Stab'n'sap

Slang for a technique whereby a Spy backstabs an Engineer from behind and then immediately switches to the Sapper and saps the Engineer's Sentry Gun before it turns to kill him.

Stacking

May refer to

• One team being composed of players who work together or are more skilled than the other. The most common case is on a public server, having one team of skilled players against one that is less experienced or poorly organized.
• Multiple players being the same class, most notably new players who play Spy or Sniper.

Stairstab

Main article: Backstab

A form of trickstabbing by jumping down a flight of stairs to land behind and backstab a chasing enemy as a Spy. One method for doing so is for the Spy to "bait" the victim into following him up a flight of stairs.

Sticky / sticky

Short for Stickybombs.

Stickyspam

The act of continuously firing Stickybombs into enemy lines and immediately detonating them, as opposed to setting up sticky traps.

Sticky trap

The act of placing multiple Stickybombs in an area with the intention of detonating them upon an enemy unknowingly walking over them.

Stomp

See Roll / Rolling / Rolled.

Subclass

A specific weapon combination that drastically changes the way the class is played. Examples are the Demoknight, the Battle Engie, and the Trolldier.

Surfing

May refer to:

• Surfing, a mod that allows players to slant into walls (commonly referred to as ramps), causing them to accelerate rapidly and reach extremely high velocities.
• Surfing knockback/Surfing damage, a technique in which a player uses the knockback of a weapon (E.g. a rocket or a close-range Shotgun hit) to strafe or gain speed while continuously jumping to get out of a disadvantageous situation.

Survivability

The likelihood of the survival of a player in the battlefield.

S. [name of item]

An item of the Strange quality.

T

Tank

Main article: Tank

Noun: A character with sufficient firepower and health (Heavy or Soldier) to draw enemy attention and attacks toward themselves to protect other teammates.

Verb: To absorb damage for the team.

Tap

Being near the Payload cart for a brief moment to prevent it from backing up, resetting the timer. Scouts or briefly uncloaking Spies are the most practical for this task.

Targe

Short for the Chargin' Targe.

Tele

Short for the Teleporter.

Telefrag

Portmanteau of teleport and frag – killing an opponent by teleporting into them when they are standing on a teleporter exit. The term comes from id Software's seminal first-person shooter Doom.

See Telefrag.

Tele-Trap

Short for "teleporter trap".

A Teleporter used as an early warning system for incoming enemies, as enemies tend to destroy buildings they come across.

Patched Griefing tactic where a Teleporter Entrance was placed above an Exit, causing teammates arriving in the Exit to become stuck.

Griefing tactic where a Teleporter leads to a dead-end/inescapable room only accessible via Exploits.

Tickle fight

​Boxing ​done ​with the Holiday Punch​ only,​ with the objective of making the other player perform the Schadenfreude ​taunt due to one of the weapon's positive attributes.

Ticky Gun

A term for a completely unloaded and harmless Sentry Gun. In a minigame associated with the term, a team of Wrench-restricted Engineers try to reload the "Ticky Gun" while a team of Pyros tries to repel them using only compression blasts. The game ends when the Engineers are able to reload the Sentry Gun, killing the surrounding Pyros.

Tilt

A slang term for players who get extremely frustrated during a game.

Tour

May refer to:

• Tour of Duty missions, played on a Mann Up server in the Mann vs. Machine gamemode.
• The number of tours a player has played in Mann vs. Machine, which can be used to estimate their level of experience.

Trading server / Trade map

A server or map dedicated to attracting and hosting Idling players for the purposed of in-game Trading, often featuring elements of Achievement servers (examples: Trade Minecraft, Trade Plaza).

Trickstab

Main article: Backstab

Refers to when a player playing as the Spy takes advantage of the terrain to outmaneuver and backstab an enemy who is aware that they are a Spy. There are many different variations of the term, all meaning different things: "stairstab," "cornerstab," "leapstab," and "matador stab".

Trolldemo

Portmanteau of "Troll" and "Demo". Commonly refers to a Demoman using the the Sticky Jumper and the Ullapool Caber or any other melee to attack his enemies.

Trolldier

Portmanteau of "Soldier" and "troll". Commonly refers to a Soldier seeking to fight with primarily the Market Gardener. He may also wield the Rocket Jumper and/or Mantreads.

Tunnelvision

A player who is is oblivious of anything to the side or behind them. As the name suggests, these players seem to be focused on what is ahead of them, rarely moving to the side and walking in straight lines.

Turtling

"Digging in" and employing extremely defensive tactics. May also refer to Engineer setting up a Sentry Gun and Dispenser next to each other, and then remaining in close proximity for a substantial period of time while constantly repairing the buildings.

Tryhard

(from Die Hard)

• A derogatory term for a player perceived as taking the present Casual or otherwise less-competitive game too seriously, possibly to the irritation of other players, perhaps through voice chat or text chat.
• An aggressive player on a server where the other players have agreed to be Friendly and are possibly socializing or cooperating on Achievements or Contracts. Antonym: "Idler".

U

Über

Short for "ÜberCharge". Synomyms: "charge" and "invuln".

Übered

A player who is currently being ÜberCharged.

Überchain

A strategy where a Medic "Übercharge"s another Medic using the "Ubersaw". That Medic then collects Übercharge using the Ubersaw's advantages until the Übercharge ends. The Medic who wielded the Ubersaw then ÜberCharges the first Medic, repeating the cycle.

UHHHH

An abbreviation for the Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. Synonyms: "Headtaker," "Headtaker," and "Headtaker".

V

Vac

May refer to:

• Abbreviation for the Valve's Anti-Cheat system.
• An abbreviation for the Vaccinator.

Vacc

Another abbreviation for the Vaccinator.

Vanilla

May refer to:

• A loadout consisting entirely of Stock weapons.
• A server with no mods or plugins installed.

Volvo

Slang for Valve, typically used in a silly fashion. Originates from the similar pronunciations of "Volvo" and "Valve".

VRH

Abbreviation of the Virtual Reality Headset.

V. [name of item]

An item of the Vintage quality.

W

W+M1

Literally, "forward (Default key W) and MOUSE1," a derogatory term referring to an aggressive player playing as the Pyro (or occasionally the Heavy), often connotative of a lack of skill. It refers to players who mindlessly rush (W) and fire their primary weapon (M1) without caring to flank or strategize with teammates. An example in action would be a Pyro who tries to charge the Phlogistinator's "Mmmph" meter by charging into battle instead of using well-timed ambushes.

W+M2

Literally, "forward (Default key W) and MOUSE2," derived from "W+M1". The term is similarly used to refer to players playing as the Pyro and only using the compression blast ability to reflect projectiles or shove enemies around without using the primary fire attack of the primary weapon.

Windmill(s)/Windmilled

Refers to a Sniper Robot's melee attack animation in which he swings his arm in a full circle like a windmill. When killed by one, it's often called "being windmilled". Used mostly, if not exclusively, in the mvm community.

War Pig

May refer to:

• The Soldier cosmetic with the same name.
• A player who often overestimates their own skill. This term is also associated with some weapons and other hats that these kind of players use.

Warp / Warping

An extreme form of Lag compensation in which a player seems to be teleporting from place to place due to extreme latency.

Weapon heckling

Using a class's repositioning abilities, such as the Scout's speed, to continuously force an opponent to use a disadvantageous weapon. For example, a Scout can maintain a safe distance from a Pyro, forcing the Pyro to equip the Shotgun, which is then outdamaged by the Scattergun at close range.

Wep

Abbreviation for weapon, used in trading discussions.

Whip

Slang for the Disciplinary Action.

A verb referring to using the Disciplinary Action to boost the speed of you and a teammate.

Wot/Wat/Wut

Humorous slang for "what", commonly used when a player does something extremely unnatural or funny. An example would be if a charging Demoman kills a cloaked Spy unintentionally.

WP/wp

Abbreviation for 'Well Played', commonly expressed with the 'Good Game' abbreviation to create 'GGWP/ggwp'

Wrenching / wrenched

May refer to:

• The act of repairing/upgrading a building with a wrench.
• The act of killing an enemy with a wrench.

Y

YER

Acronym for the Your Eternal Reward weapon for the Spy.

Z

Za Hando

Fan nickname for the Hot Hand, referencing the character Okuyasu Nijimura's Stand called "The Hand", from the fourth part of the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable.

Competitive terminology

These are some of the terms which players use in competitive gameplay.

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4v4 / 4v4s / 4s

Shorthand for a competitive format where there are only 4 players per team. All classes can be used, but there can only be one of each class at a time. Additionally, the Heavy and Medic are banned from being used at the same time. The standard line up tends to consist of a a Scout, a Soldier, a Demoman, and a Medic. This format tends to promote more offclassing.

6v6 / 6v6s / 6s

Shorthand for a standard competitive format where there are six players per team, commonly consisting of two Scouts, a Soldier who stays with the Medic (referred to as a "Pocket"), a second Soldier that focuses on utilizing alternate routes to attack the enemy (referred to as a "Roamer"), one Demoman, and one Medic.

B

Beef/beefing

Refers to when a player makes an error while doing something requiring mechanical skill, especially when said player would normally succeed.

Bombing

Refers to when a player playing as the Soldier or Demoman rocket or sticky jumps above enemy players in order to shoot explosives down upon them.

C

Charge

Short for "ÜberCharge." Synomyms: "Über" and "invuln."

Comms

Short for communication. This refers to players communicating to each other either by using the in-game text chat or through voice chat, or more commonly an outside voice over IP (VoIP) program such as Mumble, Ventrilo, or Discord.

D

Destroyed

Similar to "lit," this term describes an enemy player who has taken a large amount of damage and has very low health.

Dry push

Describes when an attacking team rushes the defending team's last point without having an ÜberCharge ready. Usually attempted when the defending team also doesn't have an ÜberCharge and the attackers outnumber the defenders.

E

ETF2L

Acronym for European Team Fortress 2 League. It is the central hub of the European competitive TF2 scene.

See ETF2L.

ESEA

Acronym for E-Sports Entertainment Association, a paid 6's league in North America. Generally, the highest skill players are in this league.

See ESEA.

F

Fat

Used as a positive adjective to refer to an extraordinarily good event in competitive play.

Force / Force pop

To damage a Medic or his heal target enough to urge a Medic to deploy his Übercharge in self-defense, rather than using it to push. The alternate form incorporates the usage of "pop" to refer to the usage of an Übercharge.

G

Generalist

A class that is viable to play at most of the time or is part of the core of a team, being Scout, Soldier, Demoman and Medic.

H

Have / Has

Indicates that a team's Medic has a full ÜberCharge ready to deploy.

Highlander / HL / 9s / 9v9 / 9vs9

A competitive match type wherein the nine-player roster of each team consists of one of every class.

L

Legit hacks

The act of using hacks to perform well in the game without being caught as being a hacker (ex. turning on aimbot for a quick moment, then turning it off.) Oftentimes, many players in popular competitive leagues have been "legit hacking" and have since been caught.

See also: Rage hacks

Lit

To be low on health. Commonly used to point out enemy players that can be easily finished off, although priority friendly classes such as the Demoman or Pocket will use this term when calling for a Medic.

Lobby

A synonym for "pug" ("pick-up-game"), popularized by the website TF2Lobby. Since TF2Lobby is no longer active, lobbies are primarily organized and played on TF2Center.

O

Offclassing

A technique involving deviation from the standard competitive class roster, often to accomplish a specific objective or eliminate a specific enemy player.

M

Maincalling

Coordinating and giving directions to your team. Mostly used in matches before pushing.

P

PUG

Acronym of "pick up game/group," which refers to a private game with team compositions determined by out-of-game communication (as opposed to a clan match or pub).

Pick / picking / picked

The act of focusing on and killing an enemy with minimal help.

R

Roamer

Refers to the Soldier that watches flank routes.

Roll / Rolling / Rolled

Figurative language describing a very fast completion of the game's objective after it begins, often in relation to a "crushing defeat".

Rollout

The specific path that a player takes on the way to the middle capture point. It is designed to get the player to that point as quickly as possible or to reach an advantageous position.

S

Scrim

Short for "scrimmage." Refers to a practice match between two teams.

Specialist

A class that is picked for specifics situations, like stopping an Übercharge push or last point defenses, being Pyro, Heavy, Engineer, Sniper and Spy.

U

UGC

Acronym for United Gaming Clans. It is a league that hosts competitive TF2 tournaments.

Trading terminology

These are some of the terms which players use when trading.

A

Adds

Low-value items added to a trade with valuable items to make the trade offer more enticing. Synonym: "sweets."

B

B/O

Abbreviation of "buyout," referring to the price a seller is aiming to sell their item for, usually in pure.

BFTC

Abbreviation for the Burning Flames Team Captain, the most valuable Unusual cosmetic in existence.

Bill's

Shorthand name for the Bill's Hat.

Bot

Automated player accounts that complete trades by an order-type basis. Many websites like scrap.tf offer completely automated trading bots to scrapbank or otherwise sell or buy items.

BP

Abbreviation for Backpack. Some servers have a !bp command that allow users to view inventories of others in-game.

Buds

Short for Earbuds, a superannuated currency once valued more than keys due to the fact that Team Fortress 2's old trading system could only fit eight items at a time in each trading window.

C

C/O

Abbreviation of Current Offers. Refers to a list of the current highest or "best" offers according to the seller.

Clean

Slang for items that are worth standard market price or higher due to certain factors that make them more appealing, such as

• An item that is usable in crafting. (See also: Craftable.)
• An item with no previous owners or history of scammers.

Craftable

An item that is usable in crafting.

See also: Uncraftable

D

Dirty

Slang for items that are worth lower than market price for certain reasons, such as

• An uncraftable item that can usually be obtainable through crafting. Such items may have been crafted with uncraftable materials (such as uncraftable Refined Metal) or bought from the Mann Co. Store before the 2012年11月29日 パッチ.
• Expensive items such as Unusual cosmetics that have been possessed by a trader marked as a scammer or duplicated by Steam Support.

Duplicated / duped

"Duped" is short for "duplicated." Refers to an item that was literally copied by Steam Support because the player possessing it accidentally deleted it, lost it due to a glitch, or lost it via a scam. Steam's newer policies state that Steam Support will no longer restore items after an accidental deletion, a glitch, or a scam, thus making duplicated items extinct aside from older items. Expensive duplicated items, such as Unusual cosmetics and items of the Collector's quality, are commonly valued at less than their market price. While duplicated items are no different in-game, it is possible to see that an item is duplicated by checking its history on certain trading sites. Cheaper items are usually not valued at less than their market values, however.

E

Effect / Unusual effect

Used to describe the particle effect of an Unusual cosmetic.

Escrow

A measure which prevents traders from obtaining their items until a set period of time after making a trade. Used in the trading community to describe whether they have activated Steam Mobile Authenticator, as trades can be held up to two weeks if either party is deactivated. Generally used in a distasteful tone by the community due to the complications that may arise from waiting 15 days before obtaining the items involved in a trade. Synonym: "trade hold."

G

Gen

Short for "generation." Refers to Unusual effects found from standard Mann Co. Supply Crates in order of their release: First generation effects can be unboxed from Crates #1 to #25, second generation from Crates #26 to #57, and so on. Generally, early generation effects are often the most expensive and sought after, while later generations are worth less.

GFP

Abbreviation for the Strange Professional Killstreak Golden Frying Pan, the most valuable and sought-after weapon in the game.

Glitched

An item that was obtained or modified by the use of a glitch. Certain items have been able to become painted, tradable, uncraftable, or other unique states when they were never intended to be. A glitched item is usually valued at a much higher price than its normal counterpart.

H

Highball

To propose a relatively higher-valued offer when trading items.

History

A term describing an item's previous owners. The history of an item can be inspected using certain trading websites and can determine whether it has been duplicated. Expensive items may be valued higher if they have a short history, and items with histories containing a trader marked as a scammer may be valued less.

HOUWAR

Abbreviation for the Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect, a valuable cosmetic occasionally used in place of currency.

I

ID

A specific number generated for every item in TF2, used to keep track of each item. It changes every time an item leaves an inventory or is modified (using a Name Tag, Description Tag, Paint Can, Killstreak Kit, or another item that can be used to modify another item).

An ID given to an item when it is first created (e.g., crafted, purchased, or gifted). Unlike the item ID, this ID never changes and can be used to determine if an item has been duplicated.

K

Key

Short for a standard Mann Co. Supply Crate Key, a currency in trading.

KS / Spec KS / Pro KS

Short for the Killstreak quality of a special weapon, from the order of Killstreak, Specialized Killstreak, and Professional Killstreak.

L

Lowball / lowballer

Lowball: The act of proposing an offer at a lower value than the seller's asking price.

Lowballer: A person who lowballs. The term "lowballer" is also often used to describe players who attempt to sell regular Unique weapons for expensive items, which is a form of sharking.

M

Max's Head / Max Head / Max

Abbreviation for the Max's Severed Head, a valuable cosmetic occasionally used in place of currency.

O

Offer

Short for a trade offer received or sent through Steam.

Overpay

Paying more than the asking price for an item. Usually occurs when a buyer is offering items rather than pure (raw currency, such as keys and metal). Usually, traders want a certain percentage added to the total value of the trade if the buyer pays in items rather than pure.

P

Pure

Paying in raw trade currency, such as Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys or metal. Most sellers prefer selling their items for pure, as it is easier and less time-consuming to buy other items they want with pure keys or metal, as opposed to having to resell the items gained from a trade for Keys or metal. Often, Australium weapons and common expensive cosmetics such as the Bill's Hat, Max's Severed Head, and Hat of Undeniable Wealth and Respect will suffice as an alternative to paying in Keys or metal, due to these cosmetics being expensive, common, and easy to resell.

R

Rec

Short for Reclaimed Metal.

See also: scrap

Ref

Short for Refined Metal.

See also: scrap

Robo-effect

Unusual effects unboxed from a Robocrate.

S

Scam / Scamming

A fraudulent method to steal others' items.

Scammer

A person who performs a scam.

SCM

An acronym for the Steam Community Market.

Scrap

Short for Scrap Metal.

See also: Rec and Ref

Scrapbanking

Refers to the practice of trading two unwanted craftable weapons in exchange for one Scrap Metal, and vice-versa.

Set

A term to describe selling multiple items in a single, themed set. Each item may be named or have Unusual effects which match the motif of the set (such as an entirely white Scout cosmetic set with a Blizzardy Storm hat, to fit with a snowboarder motif). Oftentimes, this is used to quickly sell an entire valuable set instead of selling each item one at a time, although in most cases it takes significantly longer to sell as most buyers only want a single item or multiple items in the set.

Sharking/shark

Sharking: A method of scamming which involves lying about the value of items to obtain items at cheaper prices.

Shark: A person who performs sharking.

Signed

An item that was Gift Wrapped or crafted by a player, thus including the name of the user in the description of the item. These "autographed" items are typically signed by influential figures in the Team Fortress 2 community (such as famous YouTube content creators, traders, or players in competitive leagues) to raise the value of the item due to the demand of fans.

Sparkle

Used to describe rare tradable items with the Community Sparkle effect, such as a Community Sparkle Vintage Lugermorph, some of which, although intended to be untradable, became tradable due to a glitch.

Sweets

Low-value items added to a trade with valuable items to make the trade offer more enticing, "sweetening" the deal. Synonym: "adds."

T

TC

An acronym for the Team Captain cosmetic.

Theme

Refers to Unusual cosmetics which supposedly have a fitting Unusual effect, to increase appeal and improve its selling price. Such examples include a Stormy Storm Hard Counter (an umbrella hat with rain) or an Aces High Hat of Cards (a playing card-themed hat),

See also: Set

Tier

An unofficial classification of rank when considering the pairing of Unusual hats with their effects. Sought-after hats with expensive effects are considered high tier and sell for very high prices, with some considered "God Tier" due to their rarity and desirability (eg. Burning Team Captain), while the opposite is true for unpopular hats or effects (eg. Nuts and Bolts Dread Knot).

Trader

Refers to players who are heavily involved in Team Fortress 2 trading.

Trade hold

See Escrow.

U

Uncraftable

An item that is not usable in crafting. Uncraftable items are usually valued at more than the craftable versions since the uncraftable version of most items is rarer than the craftable version.

See also: Craftable

Unus

Short for "Unusual," referring to an item of the Unusual item quality.

External links

• Internet slang on Wiktionary
• urbandictionary.com