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= Acronyms =
 
= Acronyms =
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| {{Hl3}} |'''abbreviation'''
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CTF=[[Capture the Flag]]
| {{Hl3}} |'''meaning'''
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FFA=[[Free For All]]
| CTF || [[Capture the Flag]]  
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OFFA=Open Free For All (Everyone may kill each other regardless of team color)
| FFA || [[Free For All]]  
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RH=[[Rabbit Hunt]]
| OFFA || Open Free For All (Everyone may kill each other regardless of team color)  
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HTF=Hold the Flag
| RH || [[Rabbit Hunt]]  
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KOTH=King of the Hill
| HTF || Hold the Flag  
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R=(Team's) Right
| KOTH || King of the Hill  
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L=(Team's) Left
| R || (Team's) Right  
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RF=Red flag
| L || (Team's) Left  
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GF=Green flag
| RF || Red flag  
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BF=Blue flag
| GF || Green flag  
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PF=Purple flag
| BF || Blue flag  
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HF=Have fun
| PF || Purple flag  
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GC=Good Cap. - Used when your team caps an opposing teams flag
| HF || Have fun  
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GJ=Good Job. Often said to the team when a teammate has just captured the opposing team's flag
| GC || Good Cap. - Used when your team caps an opposing teams flag  
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GL=Good Luck
| GJ || Good Job. Often said to the team when a teammate has just captured the opposing team's flag  
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GS=Good shot. Generally used when a particularly difficult shot kills you
| GL || Good Luck  
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GG=Good game
| GS || Good shot. Generally used when a particularly difficult shot kills you  
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G1=Good One (shot)
| GG || Good game  
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NP=No Problem - mostly used as a response if you're teamkilled
| G1 || Good One (shot)  
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NR=Not Responding - as seen on the scoreboard, indicating a problem with a player's connection to the server
| NP || No Problem - mostly used as a response if you're teamkilled  
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NS=Nice Shot
| NR || Not Responding - as seen on the scoreboard, indicating a problem with a player's connection to the server  
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N1=Nice One (shot)
| NS || Nice Shot  
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SRY=Sorry
| N1 || Nice One (shot)  
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THX=Thank You
| SRY || Sorry  
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TK=Team Kill, to kill another member of one's own team.
| THX || Thank You  
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TY=Thank You
| TK || Team Kill, to kill another member of one's own team.  
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WTF?=Something's not quite right..... (Vulgar)
| TY || Thank You  
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WTH?=Similar to WTF - cleaner version
| WTF? || Something's not quite right..... (Vulgar)  
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PC=Pass Camp: Stand on the enemies base waiting for a teammate to capture the flag. Then, after the cap immediately grab the enemies flag and pass it to the center of the map  
| WTH? || Similar to WTF - cleaner version  
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or to its map specific save-point. Saying this could either mean, that your own team is getting "passcamped" or that there is a chance to passcamp for the own team's score.
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| PC || Pass Camp: Stand on the enemies base waiting for a teammate to capture the flag. Then, after the cap immediately grab the enemies flag and pass it to the center of the map  
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or to its map specific save-point. Saying this could either mean, that your own team is getting "passcamped" or that there is a chance to passcamp for the own team's score.  
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= Jargon =
 
= Jargon =
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Base=Usually referring to your own base. (eg: ST base! "There's someone with stealth in/at/near our base")
| {{Hl3}} |'''abbreviation'''
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| {{Hl3}} |'''meaning'''
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Boom=Players of a team about to be capped will all explode. Thus a "boom" is appropriate.
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| Base || Usually referring to your own base. (eg: ST base! "There's someone with stealth in/at/near our base")  
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Bots=Non-human-player tanks.
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| Boom || Players of a team about to be capped will all explode. Thus a "boom" is appropriate.  
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Camping=Staying in one place with the same flag for a long time. If you do this you are ''a camper''.
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| Bots || Non-human-player tanks.  
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Capping=Capturing the other teams flag, verb ''to cap''.
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| Camping || Staying in one place with the same flag for a long time. If one does this one is ''a camper''.  
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Flag Running=Working against your own team, taking your team's flag towards the other team's base. If you do this you are a ''flag runner''.
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| Capping || Capturing the other teams flag, verb ''to cap''.  
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Flag Shopping=Rapidly picking up and dropping flags, in order to find a particularly powerful or useful one. Also known as ''flag farming''.
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| Flag Running || Working against your own team, taking your team's flag towards the other team's base. If you do this you are a ''flag runner''.  
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Geno, G, or GGG =Genocide Flag, usually when seen it chat by itself it warns that an opposing team player has the flag so be careful.
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| Flag Shopping || Rapidly picking up and dropping flags, in order to find a particularly powerful or useful one. Also known as ''flag farming''.  
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In=Inside the base (if applicable)
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| Geno, G, or GGG || Genocide Flag, usually when seen it chat by itself it warns that an opposing team player has the flag so be careful.  
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J/Jump/Jumper/Launcher=Either a world object that launches a tank in the air, or a tank that has used said world object. "st j r" means stealth jumper right.
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| In || Inside the base (if applicable)  
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Lang=Language, Watch your language. (Please don't respond with the language you speak.)
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| J/Jump/Jumper/Launcher || Either a world object that launches a tank in the air, or a tank that has used said world object. "st j r" means stealth jumper right.  
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Laser Spamming=Uselessly, blindly, rapidly shooting with the laser flag, often resulting in team kills.
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| Lang || Language, Watch your language. (Please don't respond with the language you speak.)  
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N, S, E, W=North, South, East, West. Compass points relative to the map. (eg: "Where the rabbit?" "N inside hut" or "SE corner")
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| Laser Spamming || Uselessly, blindly, rapidly shooting with the laser flag, often resulting in team kills.  
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Out=Directly outside the base (if applicable)
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| N, S, E, W || North, South, East, West. Compass points relative to the map. (eg: "Where the rabbit?" "N inside hut" or "SE corner")  
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Mid, or Ctr=Middle of the map
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| Out || Directly outside the base (if applicable)  
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Pass=Send the flag to the middle, or to a safe zone. See [[Jumping#Dropping_Flags|this article]].
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| Mid, or Ctr || Middle of the map
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Pyr/Pyra=Pyramid
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| Pass || Send the flag to the middle, or to a safe zone. See [[Jumping#Dropping_Flags|this article]].  
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Runner=Usually means "flag runner", above as in "we have a runner" but may also mean teammate carrying enemy flag as in "cover our runner."
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| Pyr/Pyra || Pyramid  
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Spamming=Filling the chat box with meaningless text.
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| Runner || Usually means "flag runner", above as in "we have a runner" but may also mean teammate carrying enemy flag as in "cover our runner."  
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Spawn camping=Sitting near a team's spawn site waiting to kill them when they respawn after their flag is captured.
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| Spamming || Filling the chat box with meaningless text.  
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Spawn killing=Killing someone as soon as they spawn.
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| Spawn camping || Sitting near a team's spawn site waiting to kill them when they respawn after their flag is captured.  
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Tele=Teleporter
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| Spawn killing || Killing someone as soon as they spawn.  
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Theirs=Attack the other team's flag, or used to signify the other team's base.
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| Tele || Teleporter  
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Twr=Tower, as in "ST on the right GM Twr"
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| Theirs || Attack the other team's flag, or used to signify the other team's base.  
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Ours=Protect your team flag, or used to signify your team's base.
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| Twr || Tower, as in "ST on the right GM Twr"  
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Watch!=Watch out! or Guard! (eg: Watch ours!)
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| Ours || Protect your team flag, or used to signify your team's base.  
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Win=Kill everyone on the map. At the same time.
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| Watch! || Watch out! or Guard! (eg: Watch ours!)  
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| Win || Kill everyone on the map. At the same time.  
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= See Also =
 
= See Also =
* [http://bzflag.org/documentation/flags Flag Abbreviations]
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* [[Flag List|Flag Abbreviations]]
 
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang Common Internet Slang]
 
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang Common Internet Slang]
  
 
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