Call of Duty Wiki:Glossary

This is a glossary of various player terminology, seen in varying levels of usage among players. Since slang and acronyms are always being invented, along with new games, this list will never be truly complete.

''Please note: Any terms on this page must be well-known, free of offending content, and as clear-cut as possible. All terms must be related to Call of Duty or Call of Duty Wiki explicitly. Other online terminology can be found on Urban Dictionary.''

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 * 360: When the player spins 360 degrees. May also refer to Xbox 360.
 * 3arc: Treyarch.
 * 402: Robert Bowling's nickname.

A

 * Accolade: 'Badges' awarded to players after matches for certain achievements (i.e. most kills, highest killstreak).
 * Admin: Administrator.
 * ADS: Aiming Down Sights.
 * AEAE: All editors are equal.
 * AfD: Articles for Deletion.
 * AFC: Away From Controller
 * AFK: Away From Keyboard.
 * Aimbot: A program used by a hacker to gain easy headshots etc. by automatically aiming the weapon without the player using the normal controls. Using said aimbot will result in a permanent ban on the Steam network, PSN and Xbox LIVE. It is similar to the aiming program used by campaign NPCs and Black Ops multiplayer bots.
 * Anon: An anonymous user.
 * AR: Assault Rifle.
 * Auto Aim or Aim Assist: Consoles always default to a setting that assists the user with bringing the crosshairs to nearby; near-center enemies.

B

 * BB: Short for Be Bold.
 * Baby Gun: Slang for Shangri-La's 31-79 JGb215.
 * Balls to the Wall: Reckless playstyle.
 * Banging: The act of hitting someone with a Flashbang, Nova Gas, Concussion Grenade, etc.
 * BBL: Be back later.
 * BEL: Behind Enemy Lines, a game mode in Call of Duty.
 * Blops: Slang for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
 * BO: Call of Duty: Black Ops 
 * Bolts: Slang for Bolt-Action Rifles.
 * Boosting: The act of two or more players collaborating and killing each other repeatedly, usually to obtain kills/headshots/killstreaks without having to put in much effort, usually considered cheating.
 * BRB: Be right back.
 * Buff: An increase in the effectiveness of an item as the result of a patch.

C

 * Campaign: The singleplayer story mode of the game. Can also refer to the separate (though still linked plot-wise) stories of the mode, for example the American campaign and the British campaign.
 * Camping: The act of staying in one specific area of a map (usually a corner or a building) while waiting for enemies to come into visual range.
 * Camper: A term used for someone who camps. Campers are disliked by many players who believe that the strategy is unfair.
 * Cap: An abbreviation for capture the flag game mode. Also commonly used with regards to the act of capturing the opposing team's flag while playing.
 * Charlie: The "C" flag placed on any given map in Domination (Charlie being the NATO phonetic alphabet equivalent to the letter C) and also contemporary slang term given to the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War.
 * Cheap scoper: An insult used against quickscopers.
 * Christmas Noob: Refers to the wave of inexperienced players that get a Call of Duty game on Christmas Day.
 * Clutch: A situation in which a player makes a last stroke to win the match while losing by many points.
 * Also used to refer to the act of the last player alive in a match of Search and Destroy winning a round by killing the rest of the other team.
 * Co-Op: Short for co-operation, a mode that requires two or more players.
 * Collateral: When the player gets multiple kills with a single sniper rifle shot.
 * Cook: Holding a live grenade before throwing it; shortens the amount of time enemies have to react.
 * Commando Noob: A player who runs around knifing (usually with the tactical knife attachment) with a Marathon, Lightweight and Commando Class setup in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
 * CT: Combat Training.
 * Core: Non-hardcore modes.
 * Crawler: A zombie who has had its leg(s) blown off by an explosion, resulting in it crawling (much slower movement), and as a result, giving players more time to do things such as upgrading weapons and build barriers without being threatened. This term can also be used to refer to Crawler Zombies.
 * CQC: Close quarters combat.

D

 * DBAD: Short for Don't be a dick.. A policy on Call of Duty Wiki, which states that you should not try and start flame wars, trolling, etc..
 * DDD: Short for Don't delete discussions. A policy on Call of Duty Wiki, that states that a user is not to delete any discussion on a talk page.
 * DFTT: Short for Don't feed the trolls.
 * Deagle: Short for Desert Eagle.
 * Dedicated server: A non player-hosted server. This means it is hosted by the publisher(s)/developer(s) of the game.
 * Demo: Short for Demolition gametype.
 * Diver: Similar to dropshooting, a person who, upon seeing an enemy, dolphin dives and either knifes the enemy or shoots at his feet.
 * DM: Deathmatch, a multiplayer game mode.
 * Dolphin Dive: Slang for Dive to Prone.
 * Dropshot: Going prone immediately upon encountering an enemy in close quarters combat in order to avoid gunfire while shooting.

E

 * Elevator Glitch: A former glitch that caused the player to rise straight up into the air. Is considered a form of cheating by many.
 * Emblem: A part of the player's callsign system. In Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 they are preset, but in Black Ops the player can make their own.

F

 * FA: Short for "Featured Article"
 * Famas Noob: When a player uses the Famas in Call of Duty: Black Ops extensively.
 * Feed: When a player appears on the kill feed rapidly because they killed three or more enemies without getting interrupted by other kills.
 * FFA: Free-for-All.
 * Firecap: The maximum firerate for single shot weapons. The lower the firecap, the longer time between shots.
 * First Blood: Getting the first kill at the start of a match.
 * Flamewar: A verbal war between multiple players/users. Commonly includes heavy insulting.
 * Flaming: The act of cussing or insulting another user/player or a game with the hopes of starting an argument.
 * FPS: First-person shooter.
 * Friendly fire: Shooting an ally. This can cause failure in single player and is a setting that can be enabled in multiplayer.

G

 * GL: Short for Grenade Launcher.
 * Grenade spamming: Excessive usage of grenades/Semtex with little or no actual aiming.
 * GOML: Get On My Level.
 * Glitch: A mistake, or error in the game code that is often used to operate outside the game rules and gain an unfair advantage over other players.

H

 * Hacker: Someone who alters the game's code, often giving them an unfair advantage. Highly frowned upon and a bannable offense.
 * Hardscope: To use a scoped weapon such as a sniper rifle by aiming down the scope and taking aimed shots quickly after sighting an enemy player. Often contrasted with quickscope.
 * Hit marker: Sound and visual "x" referring to when a player hits another player by shooting, grenades, or equipment.
 * Host: The player running a multiplayer game for other players to join. Applies to console versions of Call of Duty games and to PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
 * HQ: Headquarters.
 * Holo: Holographic Sight.
 * HUD: Head-up display. This is the on-screen overlay that shows information such as remaining ammo, match scores, the cross-hairs and the mini-map.

I

 * ID: Improvement Drive
 * IRC: Internet Relay Chat, on Call of Duty Wiki often refers to the IRC channel.
 * IRL: In Real Life.
 * IW: Infinity Ward.

J

 * Jerry: A contemporary slang term for the Germans during World War II.
 * Jug:The Zombie perk Juggernog or Juggernaut.
 * Jugs: A term used for the Juggernog perk in Zombies. Also a term for the Juggernaut in Modern Warfare 2 and 3.

K

 * K/D Whore: A player who tries their hardest to get a good Kill/Death ratio every game, so their overall kill/death ratio is high.
 * KD or K/D: Kill to death ratio. Mostly seen as the higher the more skilled player.
 * K.I.A.: Killed in action.
 * Killcam: The game-winning or final kill of the match, which is usually displayed for all members of the lobby to see.
 * Killsteal: The act of killing someone that someone else was already trying to kill.
 * Kraut: Derogatory term for Germans during WWII.

L

 * Lag: Refers to either framerate lag or network lag. Network lag (or connection lag) is the delay between messages being sent over the internet. Framerate lag is when the (frames per second) is low. Network lag often occurs with bad internet, and framerate lag is very common on slower PCs.
 * Lag Switch: Cheat device designed to disrupt internet communication to the game server, causing all players in the match, aside from the user, to suffer high lag.
 * LMG: Light Machine Gun, or in some cases, Large Machine Gun.
 * Longshot: The act of killing a player over a long distance (distance depends on weapon's range). A 'medal' is awarded to players that get longshots.

M

 * Marty: Short for Martyrdom.
 * M.I.A.: Missing in action.
 * Mic (or Mike): Short for microphone.
 * Mod: Can either refer to 'moderator' or 'modification'. A moderator is a person that oversees the activity of something, such as a forum. A game modification is when a part of a game is altered, normally resulting in an unfair advantage in multiplayer, but can also be used to make the actual game very different.
 * Modded controller: A controller with a trigger that is modified to simulate rapid presses when held down, allowing the user to fire semi-automatic weapons as if they were fully automatic.

N

 * Nade: Short for grenade.
 * NAT: Network Address Translation.
 * Nerf: A reduction in the effectiveness of an item as the result of a patch.
 * Ninja Defuse: Act of defusing a bomb a few seconds after an enemy plants it in Search and Destroy.
 * Noob: Generally a derogatory term used to express resentment toward another player. Slang for "newbie", which refers to the player being new.
 * Noob tube: Derogatory term used to express resentment toward grenade launchers.
 * No-Scope: Getting a kill with a sniper rifle by hip-firing.
 * NPC: Non-playable character.
 * Nub: Alternative for Noob.
 * Nuke boosting: The act of boosting (see section B) to be able to call in a Tactical Nuke or a MOAB.
 * NUW: New User Welcomer.
 * NVA: Short for North Vietnamese Army.

O

 * OMA: One Man Army.
 * OP: Overpowered.
 * Overpowered: A weapon, perk, piece of equipment or another in-game item that gives a player a significant advantage over other weapons.

P

 * Panic Knife: The act of instinctively, or purposely knifing an enemy extremely close to the player without thought.
 * PaP: Short for Pack-a-Punch.
 * Point Whore: The act of stealing all points from friendly players in Zombie Mode.
 * PSN: PlayStation Network.

Q

 * Quick Scoping (QS): An act where a player aims down the sights (mostly with a sniper rifle), stays scoped in for a second or less, shoots and scopes out. Used as an alternative to hipfiring to ensure the bullet goes to the center of the screen.
 * Quad: Four kills in quick succession.

R

 * Ragequit: Ending or leaving a game mid-way because of anger toward the game or current situation.
 * RCP: Recent Changes Patroller.
 * Reload cancel: Cancelling a reload by momentarily sprinting, quickly switching weapons or meleeing before the animation is completed (but the gun is reloaded) to resume firing quicker.
 * Ricochet Rules: Game mode which, in the event of a player firing at a team-mate, all damage will be returned to the player firing.
 * RfA: Request for adminship.
 * RfB: Request for bureaucrat.
 * RfR: Request for rollback.

S

 * S&D or SnD: Search & Destroy, a multiplayer game mode.
 * Screen looking/watching: Watching another player's screen (In Splitscreen) to know things about them that would otherwise be unknown.
 * Shrink Ray: A nickname used by many players for the 31-79 JGb215, due to its complicated name.
 * SMG: Small machine gun
 * Spam: Excessive spraying of a high-capacity weapon and constantly throwing smoke grenades/stuns/flashbangs/frags/Semtex.
 * Spawn camp: To camp at a spawning point in hopes of getting easy kills.
 * Spawnkill: To kill a player as they spawn or immediately spawned, often frowned upon.
 * Spray & Pray: To aimlessly auto fire, praying of getting your kills.
 * Sysop: System Operator

T

 * Tac Insert or Tac: Short for Tactical Insertion.
 * Tac Knife: Short for Tactical Knife
 * Tac Noob: A player who uses the tactical insertion excessively.
 * Tango Down: Statement referring to the elimination of a target.
 * TDM: Team Deathmatch.
 * TI: Tactical Insertion.
 * Trickshot: Doing different actions such as weapon switching and random spinning, and eventually proceeding to trying to get a kill with a sniper rifle. Usually involves jumping from an edge of a tall structure and shooting mid-air.
 * Try hard: A term used by inferior players to complain about players that are doing better in the game.
 * Try hard class: A class that is supposedly better than other classes on average, or commonly used.

U

 * UotM: User of the Month.
 * UTP: User Treatment Policy.

V

 * VC: Vietcong

W

 * Walking Bush: Slang for a player whose character is wearing a Ghillie Suit.
 * Wall Bang: The act of getting a bullet penetration kill.
 * Wall Hack: A program used by hackers to see through walls.
 * W.I.A.: Wounded in action.
 * WaW: Call of Duty: World at War.
 * Wonder Waffle: A slang term for the Wunderwaffe DG-2.

X

 * XBL: Xbox Live, a multiplayer network for the Xbox 360 system.
 * XP: Experience Points, a method of earning points through the game to level up.

Z

 * Zone/Zoning: Covering one particular area of the map in multiplayer, but continuously moving around in that area so that it does not turn into camping.