Planetside slang/jargon

Mooks · 2012-07-20, 10:38 PM

Having gone through several topics, it reminded me of the jargon and slang we used back in the good ol' days. The wiki I found about PS jargon didn't include most of the jargon, so I made a little list of most of the PS terminology, but I feel I'm missing out on some... anyone?

Elmo/TR: Terran Republic player
Barney/VS: Vanu Sovereignty player
Smurf/NC: New Conglomerate player
BR: Battle Rank
CR: Command Rank
AA: Anti-Air
AV: Anti-Vehicle
AI: Anti-Infantry
Veh/Air Term/Vterm/Aterm: Vehicle/Aircraft Terminal
Backhacking: Involves hacking a base with a defence force on it OR attack of a rear-line base by a third empire.
Ghosthacking: Involves hacking a base with no defence force on it
CC: Base/Tower Control Console
Gen: Base Generator
BD/Backdoor: Refers to the backdoor of a base/facility
Rep/Repping: The act of repairing
Glue Gun: Repair tool
Glue: Repair ("Need some glue!")
Med Juice/Engy Juice: Healing/Repairing
Cloaker/Ninja/Ghost: Infiltrator using a cloak suit
Ghosting: Seizing a continent or number of bases with no to minimum resistance.
Max crash: A tactic involving masses of MAX units assaulting a target (base/tower)
HA: Heavy Assault
JH/Noobhammer: Jackhammer (NC Heavy Assault weapon)
Mag/Magmower: Magrider (VS Tank)
MCG/McGun: Mini Chaingun (TR Heavy Assault weapon)
Bang Bus/Fun Bus: Slang for the surrenderer troop carrier
Mossie/Skeeter: Mosquito (Light Air Fighter)
Gal: Galaxy Air Transport
GG: Galaxy Gunship
Van/Vanny: Vangaurd (NC Tank)
Libby: Liberator bomber
Phant: Phantasm
AMS: Advanced Mobile Station, also known as the mobile spawn point.
ANT: Advanced Nanite Transport, energy hauler for bases.
OL: Outfit Leader
SL: Squad Leader
PL: Platoon Leader
OS: Orbital Strike
Resec: Resecuring a base
Softy: Non-max or light/medium armored infantry
Rexo: Reinforced Exo-suit / heavy armored infantry
Threeway: Battles involving all three factions
Circle Jerk: When all 3 empire are stuck on the same cont, making no progress for hours or days. Threeway meets stalemate.
Zerg: Unorganized battles where the army with the biggest numbers wins
LFS: Looking For Squad
Cap: Capturing (base/tower capture)
Cont: Continent
Camp: The act of waiting, defending or sieging an area.
Farming: the act of making easy kills
Caver: Players who spent the bulk of their play time in caves.
Hotdrop/Gal Drop: The act of dropping from a Galaxy into a "hot" zone/battlezone
(Hot)Dropper/Bailer: Someone dropping or bailing from an Air vehicle.
Jack/Jacking: Hacking an enemy vehicle
Nades: Granades
Vet: Veteran

DirtyBird · 2012-07-20, 10:41 PM

http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/...nyms_and_Slang

Add to it if need be.

Slide Surveyor · 2012-07-20, 11:20 PM

You forgot hillbilly.

SUBARU · 2012-07-20, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Slide Surveyor

You forgot hillbilly.

That might be the first PS2 nick name

soulsurfsublime · 2012-07-21, 12:29 AM

Well the most used acronym I see used lately has to be:

Vet: Veteran

EisenKreutzer · 2012-07-21, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by soulsurfsublime

Well the most used acronym I see used lately has to be:

Vet: Veteran

Thats not an acronym, it's an abbreviation. An acronym is a word made out of the first letters of a sentence or name, like NASA or YOLO.

SenorSteve · 2012-07-21, 10:27 AM

Juice! Comes in two delicious flavors. Med Juice and Engy Juice.

Glue Gun, and Glue

Rep, repping: repairing

Dropper, Hot Dropper, Bailer

Bailure

Gal drop

BD, Backdoor

Xeller · 2012-07-21, 12:57 AM

Also, I know it is going to take me awhile to call Heavy Assault by its proper name. I'm just going to say "Rexo" for awhile (REinforced eXO-suit for new comers).

Zulthus · 2012-07-21, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Xeller

Also, I know it is going to take me awhile to call Heavy Assault by its proper name. I'm just going to say "Rexo" for awhile (REinforced eXO-suit for new comers).

Well, that is what they're wearing, so I'll always be saying Rexo. Easier to say and we all know what we're talking about.

fvdham · 2012-07-21, 01:55 AM

Ghost = Infiltrator
GG = Galaxy Gunship
Farming = making lots of kills easily
Gen = base generator

While you were farmed by the GG a ghost sneaked into the gen.

exLupo · 2012-07-21, 02:03 AM

I'd always heard Backhack to, more specifically, mean attacking a rear-line base, defenders or no. Often done by the 3rd empire not already involved in a cont battle.

"WTF, NC backhack? There goes the cont."
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And while we're at it. Cont: Continent, later turned into planets. Still called conts.
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Lesser used: Circle Jerk: When all 3 empire are stuck on the same cont, making no progress for hours or days. Threeway meets stalemate.

"How's Cyssor going?"
"Circle Jerk, hour 36."
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Libby: Liberator bomber
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Caver: Players who spent the bulk of their play time in caves.
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McGun: TR Heavy Assult Mini-Chaingun

Roidster · 2012-07-21, 02:26 AM

i always called the 3 way on cyssors at Leza a 3 way fuck fest

Phant: Phantasm

and what about the
AMS and ANT,and of course REXO

Emperor · 2012-07-21, 02:42 AM

I don't know if anyone will actually remember this, but since PS2 has a flamethrower this time around, is anyone going to call it the Jawa?

GreatMazinkaise · 2012-07-21, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by Emperor

I don't know if anyone will actually remember this, but since PS2 has a flamethrower this time around, is anyone going to call it the Jawa?

Why would you call a flamethrower a Jawa? Jawas usually use blasters or ion weapons...

Emperor · 2012-07-21, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise

Why would you call a flamethrower a Jawa? Jawas usually use blasters or ion weapons...

On the official PS1 forums, when the game was still in alpha, a member named CrazyJawa used to talk about flamethrowers all the time to the point where everyone started referring to it as the Jawa. (Its official name at the time was flamespitter, I think)