Glossary of player terms
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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:
Glossary
AFK
- Acronym for "Away from keyboard".
- Aerial / Air shot / Airshot
- The hitting or killing of an opponent in midair, usually following a juggle.
- Airblast
- Slang for Pyro's compression blast ability.
- Backcapping / Back-capturing / Backcapture
- See back-capping.
- Bodyshot / Bodyshotting
- An attack where a Sniper deliberately disregards attempting a headshot and instead aims for an enemy's body.
- Bodyshotter
- A Sniper that repeatedly bodyshots to intentionally irritate the enemy.
- BRB
- Acronym for "Be right back".
- Buff
- Term meaning a change in a player's status, which can include:
- A Medic's Overhealing ability, or the state of a player being overhealed (player has been "buffed");
- Slang for a weapon or item's game mechanics being improved or made stronger (antonym: nerf);
- A charged Buff Banner ready for deployment,
- Bunny hopping / bhopping
- See Exploits#List of Patched Exploits.
- Camping / Spawn Camping
- See article.
- Cap, Capping, Capped
- A control point capture, or the act of capturing a control point.
- Carpets / Sticky Carpets
- Large groups of sticky bombs that render certain areas impassable until dealt with.
- Bomb, the / Kart
- Synonyms for the Payload Cart.
- Cheap
- An adjective applied to a tactic that is effective but requires little skill or effort. Frequent use of these tactics is commonly known as "spamming".
- See also: Spamming
- Circle strafe
- See article
- Crit(s)
- Abbreviation of Critical hit
- Crocket
- Portmanteau of a critical-boosted Rocket
- Crit ÜberCharge / Kritcharge / Kritz
- Slang for a Kritzkrieg's ÜberCharge, or in its verb form being subjected to one.
- DC / D/C
- Antonym for "disconnected" or "disconnect".
- Demo
- May refer to
- A Demoman;
- A demo recording (see Help:Recording demos).
- Demoknight
- A Demoman that wields the Chargin' Targe in conjunction with the Eyelander or Scotsman's Skullcutter.
- DH
- Acronym for the Soldier's Direct Hit unlock.
- DM
- May refer to:
- A player or class's "DeathMatch", meaning their combat prowess.
- The Arena game mode.
- DR
- Acronym for the Spy's Dead Ringer unlock. In some contexts, the acronym may also be used to indicate that a Spy is using the Dead Ringer in their loadout.
- Engie / Engy
- Abbreviation for the Engineer.
- Facestab
- A Spy's knife attack that registers as a backstab despite appearing to hit their opponent's front.
- See also: Backstab: Issues.
- Failstab
- A knife attack that registers as a normal hit, despite being aimed at an opponent's back.
- 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 in mass
- using idling or other methods to obtain hats or weapons via the item drop system
- G.R.U
- Acronym for Gloves of Running Urgently.
- Griefing
- See article.
- Huntspam / Lucksman / Arrow Spam
- Terms for the Huntsman, its 'lucky' qualities being attributed to its large hitboxes (it uses the same hitboxes as flame particles).
- 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 / Flag
- Abbreviation for for the Intelligence "flag" in Capture the Flag maps.
- Juggling
- See article.
- KDR
- Acronym for "Kill-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 play.
- K.G.B
Acronym for Killing Gloves of Boxing.
- Knock back
- See article.
- Lag
- The effect experienced by players who display erratic movement due to poor framerates or server connection.
- Leeching
- A disguised Spy gaining health from an enemy Medic, Dispenser or Payload cart.
- Mic
- 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 mic, or simply talking incessantly in order to disrupt others.
- Some servers promote micspam, and are sometimes referred to as "micspam servers". Players are encouraged to take turns playing music and use soundclips to entertain the server population.
- Mix
- See PUG.
- Nades
- Projectiles fired from the Demoman's Grenade Launcher.
- Needle boosting
- See article.
- Nest
- The collectivized area of an Engineer and his buildings.
- N00b / Noob / Nub / Newb / Newbie
- A derogatory term used to imply that a player is new to the game and/or unskilled.
- OP
- Acronym for "overpowered", in reference to game balance.
- Owned / Pwned
- A term applied a player that has been defeated such that it is humiliating to them.
- Pipebomb
- An alternate name for the projectiles of the Demoman's Grenade Launcher.
- Poof / Poofing
- 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 negative term for a player who frequents public servers.
- PUG
- 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).
- Rage
- Term that refers to the "Rage" meter a Soldier builds up when using the Buff Banner or Battalion's Backup unlock.
- Ragequit
- Slang for a player disconnecting from a server, presumably out of frustration, anger, or humiliation associated with a losing streak.
- RTD / Roll The Dice
- A reference to the same command used to trigger a random effect, or "roll the dice", in servers running an RTD plug-in.
- RTV / Rock The Vote
- A reference to the same command used to trigger a map vote, or "rock the vote", in servers running an RTV plug-in[citation needed].
- Rush
- See article.
- Scrim
- A focused multiplayer match, often between clans.
- SG / Sentry / Gun / Turret
- An Engineer's Sentry Gun
- Sidestab
- An alternate name for Spinstab.
- Sol / Solly
- A Soldier.
- Spamming / Spam
- Can refer to:
- The act of deliberately concentrating firepower within particular area in an attempt to get kills;
- An unwanted abundance of something such as chat messages, a specific class, or a certain tactic in the game;
- See also: Micspam, Cheap
- Spawn
- The area in which you initially spawn and/or any area in which you respawn.
- Spawn Camping
- A situation in which the enemy team is camping your spawn entrance, killing you as soon as you get out.
- Spec
- Abbreviation for Spectate.
- Spy Cap
- Using a Spy to secretly capture a control point by slipping behind enemy lines and uncloaking on the point.
- Spy-checking
- The act of "checking" teammates and areas where teammates are for Spies.
- 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 the same taunt associated with the Disguise Kit.
- Spyro
- Portmanteau for a Spy disguised as a Pyro
- SR / SCO-RES
- Acronym for the Demoman's Scottish Resistance
- Stab'n'Sap
- Slang for a technique where a Spy backstabs an Engineer from behind, then immediately switches to the Electro Sapper and saps their Sentry Gun and other buildings before the enemy Engineer can respawn.
- Stairstab
- The act of jumping over another player's head from an elevated height as a Spy and backstabbing them before they can respond.
- Steamroll
- Figurative language describing a very fast completion of the the game's objective after it begins, often in relation to a "crushing defeat".
- Stickies
- Slang for Sticky bombs.
- Sword and Board
- Slang for a Demoman that wields the Chargin' Targe and the Eyelander, to a lesser extent The Scotsman's Skullcutter.
- See also: Demoknight
- Tele / TP
- Abbreviation for an Engineer's Teleporter.
- Telefrag
- Portmanteau for killing a opposite team player by standing on their teleporter exit.
- Turtling
- See article
- Über / Invuln
- Abbreviation for ÜberCharge.
- Übered
- Someone who is being ÜberCharged.
- UP
- Acronym for "underpowered", in reference to game balance.
- W+M1
- Literally, "FORWARD and MOUSE1" - a derogatory term applied to a suicidally aggressive Pyro, often connotative of a lack of skill.
- W+M2
- Literally, "FORWARD and MOUSE2" - derived from W+M1, the term is similarly used to refer to Pyros who only use the compression blast ability to reflect projectiles, but avoid 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 your Wrench.
- May also be used to refer to the act of killing a Spy.
- WTB
- Acronym for "Want To Buy", indicating that a player is seeking a particular item.
- WTS
- Acronym for "Want To Sell", indicating that a player is selling a particular item.
- WTT
- Acronym for "Want To Trade", indicating that a player has a particular item trade in mind.
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