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A number of unofficial terms find regular usage in the game. This glossary lists some of the more common ones players may see:
Contents
General Terminology
A
AFK
- Acronym for "Away From Keyboard". This is used to refer to any period of time where a player stands still too long, which often can result in the player being kicked or moved to Spectator.
- Aerial / Air shot / Airshot
- The hitting or killing of an opponent who is in midair, usually following a juggle.
- Airstab
- The act of killing an enemy by falling behind a player and backstabbing them as a Spy.
- Airblast / Compblast
- Slang for Pyro's compression blast ability.
- Axtinguish
- A colloquialism that describes the Critical hit that occurs when a burning enemy is struck by the Axtinguisher.
B
- Backcapping / Back-capturing / Backcapture
- See back-capping.
- Battlemedic
- A Medic that focuses on killing opponents rather than healing his teammates, likely making use of the Blutsauger. Battlemedics are often looked down upon by teammates, as Medics are expected to fulfill their role as a Support class.
- Bodyshot / Bodyshotting
- An attack where a Sniper kills a player by shooting him in the body with a Sniper Rifle. Sometimes a player may deliberately go for a bodyshot because it is more reliable than attempting a headshot. Bodyshotting is often looked down upon by players as it appears to require less skill than a headshot.
- Bodyshotter
- A Sniper that repeatedly bodyshots to intentionally irritate the enemy.
- Slang for the Sydney Sleeper, since the weapon can't deal headshot criticals.
- Bomb
- Synonym for the Cart in Payload modes.
- BRB
- Acronym for "Be Right Back".
- Buff
- Term meaning a change in the status of something, which can include:
- A Medic's Overhealing ability, or the state of a player being overhealed (e.g. player has been "buffed"),
- Slang for a weapon or item's game mechanics being improved or made stronger (antonym: nerf),
- A charged Buff Banner or Battalion's Backup deployed for use by the team.
- Bunny hopping / bhopping
- An Exploit common to most Source games where a player can use timed jumps and a specific rotation to move faster than normal. This has been fixed in the Orange Box engine.
- Bushwhacking
- Term for killing a Jarate-covered opponent with the Bushwacka.
C
- Camping / Spawn Camping
- See Camping.
- Cap / Capping / Capped
- Short for "Capture," "Capturing," and "Captured," respectively. Refers to the completion of an objective such as a Control Point capture or returning the enemy's Intelligence to one's base.
- Carpets / Sticky Carpets
- Large groups of Stickybombs that render certain areas impassable until dealt with.
- Chaincap
- Capturing the next point immediately after the previous point has been captured.
- Cheap
- An adjective applied to a tactic that is effective but requires little skill or effort. For an example see W+M1.
- Chievements / Chieves
- Slang term for Achievements.
- Circle Strafe
- See Circle strafe.
- Clean
- Refers to the tradability of an item. If an Item is clean it can be freely traded. See Trading
- Cornering
- Fighting at a dangerous target by strafing out of cover, firing, then strafing back into cover, generally at a corner. Used against Sentry Guns in particular, as they take time to aim and will reset when a player is out of view.
- Courtyard
- Map-specific to 2Fort. Refers to the large area that connects the Hayroom, Downstairs (Sink room), Straight, and Long Hallway in both bases.
- CP
- Short for Control point.
- Crit(s)
- Abbreviation of Critical hit.
- Crocket
- Portmanteau of a Critical hit Rocket.
D
- DC / D/C
- Synonym for "disconnected" or "disconnect".
- Demo
- May refer to:
- A Demoman,
- A demo recording.
- Demoknight
- A Demoman wielding the Chargin' Targe whilst actively using their melee weapon; commonly the Eyelander , Scotsman's Skullcutter or Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. These are often referred to as "Targelanders". Demoknights wielding the Bottle may be referred to as Bottleknights.
- Demopan
- A Demoman carrying the Frying Pan, the Bounty Hat, the Chargin' Targe and the Dangeresque, Too?.
- DH
- Acronym for the Soldier's Direct Hit unlock.
- DM / DeathMatch
- An unofficial game mode wherein the main goal is to kill the most players. May also refer to a map running Control Point or Capture the Flag, but has had the required entities removed or placed out of reach. Also used to refer to Arena mode.
- Dirty
- Refers to the tradability of an Item. If an Item is dirty it cannot be freely traded and instead requires Gift Wrap to transfer it. See Trading
- DR
- Acronym for the Spy's Dead Ringer unlock. In some contexts, it could also be a signal to their team members that an enemy Spy equipped with the Dead Ringer is nearby.
- Drop
- May refer to:
- Any item given to a player by the Drop System.
- The failure of a Medic to use a full ÜberCharge before dying.
E
- Engie / Engy / Engi
- Abbreviation for the Engineer.
F
- 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.
- Failstab
- A knife attack that registers as a normal hit, despite being aimed at an opponent's back due to Lag compensation.
- FAN / FaN
- Acronym for the Scout's Force-A-Nature unlock.
- Farming
- The act of obtaining something more rapidly over time than was originally intended. Could refer to:
- Obtaining achievements en masse,
- Using idling or other methods to obtain hats or weapons via the item drop system.
- Flag
- Synonym for the Intelligence in Capture the Flag maps.
- Frag
- Refers to getting a kill, usually used if the victim is Gibbed, also used to refer to video compilations of kills
- IE Frag Videos.
G
- G.R.U
- Acronym for the Gloves of Running Urgently melee weapon unlock used by the Heavy.
- Griefing
- Causing grief or annoying other players for fun.
- Also see Griefing.
H
- Halo-caust
- A slang term used to reference the September 2, 2009 event where Valve penalized players who had been using Steamstats to idle. The term is derived from the nickname for the halo that non-offending players received, placed in combination with a reference to the Holocaust.
- Hayroom
- Map-specific to 2Fort. Refers to the room in front of the primary resupply/spawn room for both teams. So named because it contains little more than Hay.
- HHHH
- An abbreviation for the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker (sometimes seen as "UHHHH", noting the Unusual rarity of the item.)
- HLDJ/HLSS
- Programs used to play music and other sounds via voice chat. Often used for mic spamming. Half Life D.J. (Disc Jockey) and Half Life Sound System respectively.
- Huntspam / Lucksman / Arrow Spam
- Terms used to describe players who use the Huntsman weapon unlock for the Sniper. Its 'lucky' qualities are attributed to the arrow's projectile hitbox.
- H.W.G / HWGuy
- Acronym for Heavy Weapons Guy.
I
- Idler
- May refer to:
- Someone who is present on the server but is deliberately AFK for a long period of time to earn items via the item drop system,
- Someone who uses external idling programs or uses idling servers for the same purpose.
- Instakill
- A kill which is inflicted in a single hit, such as out-of-bounds fall damage, being hit by a Train or being caught in the Payload explosion.
- Intel
- Abbreviation for the Intelligence "flag" in Capture the Flag maps.
J
- Juggling
- Juggling is the use of weapons to suspend enemies in the air. See Juggling.
K
- KDR / (K/D) / KADR
- Acronym for "Kill-death ratio" or "Kill Assist Death Ratio". May be expressed as a ratio ("27 Kills:7 Deaths") 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.
- K.G.B
- Acronym for the Killing Gloves of Boxing.
- Kitchen Warrior
- A Soldier wearing a Stainless Pot with the Frying Pan equipped.
- Knock back / Knockback
- An effect from weapons that knock back opponents.
- See Knock back
- Kritcharge / Kritz / Kritzed
- Slang for a Kritzkrieg's ÜberCharge, or being subjected to one.
L
- Lag
- The effect experienced by players who display erratic movement due to poor framerates or server connection.
- See Lag compensation.
- Leeching
- A Disguised Spy gaining health from an enemy Medic, Dispenser or Payload cart.
- LF
- Acronym for "Looking For" indicating that a player is looking for a particular item or a Clan/Team.
- Lowball
- To offer a low or not equal to what is being traded offer when Trading items.
M
- Macro / Macros
- Using a key bind, .cfg file (see scripting), or external program to automate an in-game process to make it faster or easier. While examples can be auto-rocket jump scripts or auto re-disguise as Spy, the term macro usually refers to the use of such scripts to quickly say a chat message without typing it. Can be useful for quick communication with the team
- (I.E. pressing b states "Lets capture Control Point B").
- Marked
- Used to signal teammates that an enemy has been hit by the Fan O'War and is now receiving Mini-Crits.
- The Red Heavy is marked!
- Meatshot
- When all of the pellets fired from spread weapons such as the Shotgun or Scattergun hit the target, thereby doing massive damage. The term was made famous by Daniel "carnagejohnson" Sturdivant.
- Mic / Mike
- A microphone, used for communication over voice chat.
- Micspam
- The act of repeatedly playing sounds, music, or generally abusing the game's voice chat feature. This may involve:
- Using external software to stream sound files,
- Creating noise by singing, blowing into the microphone, or simply talking incessantly in order to disrupt others
- This is generally considered griefing, and is frowned upon. However, some servers, known as "Micspam Servers", welcome this, allowing players to play music clips to entertain the server population.
- Medieval Medic
- A common type of Medic in Medieval mode, also a Medic with medieval weapons.
- Monopoly Pyro
- A Pyro equipped with both the Whiskered Gentleman and the Ghastly Gibus.
N
- Nades
- Abbreviation of "grenades," referring to the projectiles fired from the Demoman's Grenade Launcher.
- Nat
- Short for Natascha.
- Nerf
- A term used to describe a weapon or item that has been downgraded, or had its capabilities reduced. Typically weapons are "nerfed" for gameplay balance reasons (i.e., the item is significantly overpowered, or provides too great an advantage over other players). (antonym: buff)
- Nest
- The collectivized area of an Engineer and his buildings.
- Ninja
- Colloquial of stealing something; generally a Capture Point, or a typed response.
- See also: Back-capping
- N00b / Noob / Nub / Newb / Newbie
- A derogatory term used to imply that a player is new to the game and/or unskilled. "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. "Newb" however, may be used by an individual when describing themselves, or as a non-offensive description of a new player who, although lacking experience, is willing to learn from more experienced players.
O
- OMGWTFBBQ
- An Internet acronym expressing great shock and amazement. A combination of "Oh my god" (OMG) and "What the fuck" (WTF), two exclamations that are often said in tandem, with "Barbecue" (BBQ) added in order to make a set of three three-syllable, three-symbol acronyms. Also the name of a Pyro achievement that often results in a surprised exclamation from the victim of the Hadouken.
- OP
- Acronym for "overpowered", in reference to game balance.
- Owned / Pwned
- A term applied to a player that has been defeated in an humiliating fashion.
- Organic Warrior
- A sniper carring the Huntsman, the Tribalmans Shiv and Jarate/Razorback/Darwins Dangershield.
P
- Pipebomb / Pipes
- An alternate name for the projectiles fired by the Demoman's Grenade Launcher.
- Most often used in conjunction with a class type (e.g., "Pocket Medic" or "Pocket Pyro"), the term describes a player who is focusing support to a single other teammate. The term, often used in the context of "Pocketing", references the idea of taking the supporting player, putting them in a pocket, and carrying them around. Pocketing is a normal part of competitive play. (See: Roamer)
- Poof / Poofing / Puff
- Slang for the Pyro's compression blast ability.
- Poofer
- Term for the normal Flamethrower which has the compression blast ability (see above).
- Poor and Irish
- A description used for a player who does not own any hats, coined by the Gentle Manne of Leisure in a hidden update page.
- Pub
- Abbreviation for "public server".
- Pubber
- A derogatory term for a player that frequents public servers as opposed to competitive ones.
- Pub Stomp
- A practice in which multiple experienced or competitive players join a public server with the intention of winning in a spectacular fashion, often as a means of displaying dominance.
- Puff'n'Sting
- A technique whereby a Pyro lights an enemy on fire with the Flamethrower, uses the compression blast to shove them against a wall (the 'puff'), and then switches to the Axtinguisher for the kill (the 'sting'). This is especially powerful because of the guaranteed Critical hit provided when the Axtinguisher is used on an enemy that is on fire. This technique is also commonly used with the Powerjack.
R
- Rage
- May refer to:
- The "Rage" meter a Soldier builds up when using the Buff Banner or Battalion's Backup unlock.
- When a player becomes angry while playing (see Ragequit).
- Ragequit
- Slang for a player disconnecting from a server, presumably out of frustration, anger, or humiliation associated with a losing streak.
- Rambo Medic
- See Battlemedic.
- Revving
- Spinning up the Heavy's Minigun using the alternate-fire button. May also refer to the delay experienced when the Minigun is spun up prior to shooting using the primary-fire button.
- RTD / 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 respectively.
- RTV / Rock The Vote
- In servers running an RTV plug-in, Rocking the Vote occurs when a majority of the players on the server vote to play a different map.
- Rush
- See Rush.
- Revengineer
- An Engineer with the Frontier Justice and the Gunslinger equipped.
S
- Sentry / SG / Sentry Gun / Gun / Turret
- An Engineer's Sentry Gun.
- Sidestab
- An alternate name for Spinstab.
- Solly
- A Soldier.
- Spamming / Spam
- Can 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 in the game, the latter sometimes called "whoring."
- See Spamming.
- Spawn
- The area in which the player initially spawns and/or any area in which they respawn.
- Spawn Camping / Spawn-camping
- A situation in which one team is camping the other team's spawn point, which results in killing players as they attempting to enter or depart. Commonly considered to be a "cheap" tactic.
- See Camping.
- Spec
- Abbreviation for Spectate.
- Spiral
- Map-specific to 2Fort. Refers to the Spiral-shaped corridor leading down from the Hayroom towards the Intelligence area.
- Spy Cap/Spycap
- A strategy where a Spy will lurk near a locked control point (usually the final point because of the accelerated control point timing) with the intentions of capturing it as soon as it is unlocked and before the enemy team has time to retreat from defending the previous point.
- Spy Checking
- The act of "checking" teammates and/or a specific area for Spies. It usually refers to Pyros attempting to detect enemy Spies by using the Flamethrower on other members of their team, but Spy Checking can also be done by other classes by firing upon teammates.
- See Spy-checking.
- Spy Crab
- A Spy that imitates the movement of a crab by crouching and looking up while having the Disguise Kit equipped. Also refers to a taunt associated with the Disguise Kit.
- Spyro
- Portmanteau for a Spy disguised as a Pyro.
- SR / SCO-RES / Sco Res
- Acronym for the Demoman's Scottish Resistance.
- Stab'n'Sap
- Slang for a technique whereby a Spy Backstabs an Engineer from behind, then immediately switches to the Electro Sapper and saps the Engineer's Sentry Gun before it kills him.
- Stacking / Team-Stacking
- Refers to one team being composed of players who work together and/or are more skilled than the other. The most common case is a public server, notorious for their lack of teamwork, has one team of competitive players.
- Stairstab / Jumpstab
- The act of jumping over another player's head from an elevated height as a Spy, and Backstabbing them before they can respond.
- Steam-rolling
- Used to describe an unfair match-up between teams that are of completely different skill levels, resulting in quick rounds. Similar to Stacking.
- Stickies
- Slang for Stickybombs.
- Straight
- Map-specific to 2Fort. Refers to the straight staircase leading down to the third resupply room. Sometimes referred to as L-shaft.
- Sword and Board
- Another name for Demoknight. It refers to a Demoman who uses the Chargin' Targe and the Eyelander at the same time.
T
- Tele / TP
- Abbreviation for an Engineer's Teleporter.
- Telefrag
- Portmanteau of Teleport and Frag -- killing a opponent by teleporting into them when they are standing on a teleporter exit. The term comes from the early days of online deathmatches in id Software's seminal first-person shooter Quake (video game).
- 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.
- Typefrag
- Killing an opponent that is typing in chat. Also known as a typekill.
U
- Über / Invuln / Charge
- Abbreviation for ÜberCharge.
- Übered
- Someone who is being ÜberCharged.
- UHHHH
- An abbreviation for the Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker (sometimes seen as just "HHHH").
- UP
- Acronym for "underpowered", in reference to game balance.
W
- W+M1
- Literally, "Forward (Default key W) and MOUSE1" - a derogatory term applied to a suicidally aggressive Pyro, often connotative of a lack of skill.
- W+M2
- Literally, "Forward (Default key W) and MOUSE1" - derived from W+M1, the term is similarly used to refer to Pyro players who only use the Compression Blast ability to reflect projectiles, without using the Flamethrower's primary fire attack.
- Wallhugging
- Tactical slang for a Sniper hiding behind walls and only revealing himself when attacking.
- Wrenching
- The act of repairing / upgrading a building with the Wrench.
- May also be used to refer to the act of killing a Spy.
- Wep
- Abbreviation for weapon, used in trading discussion.
- WTB
- Acronym for "Want To Buy" or "Willing to Buy", indicating that a player is seeking a particular item.
- WTS
- Acronym for "Want To Sell" or "Willing to Sell", indicating that a player is selling a particular item.
- WTT
- Acronym for "Want To Trade" or "Willing to Trade", indicating that a player has a particular item trade in mind.
Competitive Terminology
- These are some of the terms which players use in competitive gameplay.
B
- Blandlands
- Shortened as "Blands", a term used by players referring to Badlands. This is only used by players not wishing to play the map, commonly because they have probably played the map a number of times in a short space of time.
- Bombing
- A derogatory term referring to when a Soldier rocket jumps above the enemy and shoots at the Medic in order to either force ÜberCharge or to get him killed.
C
- 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 or Ventrilo.
E
- ETF2L
- Acronym for European Team Fortress 2 League. It is the central hub of the European Competitive TF2 scene.
- See ETF2L.
G
- G-Pit
- Shortened for Gravel Pit.
- Granlands
- Refers to the two most popular maps used in competitive play: Badlands and Granary. This term is usually used in PuGs when the teams agree to play two maps, E.g. "Which maps did you guys want to do?", "Granlands?", "Sure".
L
- Lit
- To be low on health. Commonly used when referring to opponents, although priority friendly classes such as the Demoman and pocket will use this term when calling for a Medic.
- See also "Tagged".
- Lobby
- Refers to the website TF2Lobby. A popular website used to organize pickup games.
P
- The player that defends the Medic and is their primary healing target.
- Pop
- A synonym for "use an Über"; for example the phrase "They popped" means "They used their Über." Can also be used in phrases such as "Pop the Über" or "Pop it!"
- PUG/Mix
- Antonym for "Pick Up Game/Group", referring to a private game with team compositions determined by out-of-game communication (as opposed to a clan match or pub).
R
- Roamer
- Refers to the Soldier that is not pocketing the Medic. Roamer's typical primary mission is to take out the enemy Medic.
- 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 provide another strategic advantage.
S
- Scrim / Skirmish
- A practice match between two teams. Usually played in the competitive 6v6 format or the 9v9 highlander format.
- Steamroll
- Sometimes referred to simply as a "roll", the term is figurative language describing a very fast completion of the game's objective after it begins, often in relation to a "crushing defeat".
- Sticks
- Refers to Stickybombs. Usually used to warn teammates of a sticky trap or that they are on an important location. E.g., "Sticks on cap!" meaning "There are stickies on the control point!".
T
- Tagged
- When an enemy has been severely hit with a single shot, usually shots dealing damage of 60hp and above, e.g. "The Medic is tagged for 70", meaning the enemy Medic has taken 70 damage.
- See also "Lit".