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StarCraft 2 Slang
Blizzard's StarCraft was one of the most popular real-time strategy (RTS) games of all time. StarCraft II (SC2) has created a resurgence in the StarCraft community and has also provided a new collection of slang terms. Whether you're just starting out in Bronze league or you've laddered up to Master, it's important to be familiar with StarCraft slang. Below are some of the chat slang terms every StarCraft II player should know.
| Slang Term | Meaning | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Kiting | Moving while avoiding attack | 300 |
| Barcraft | Bar gathering for StarCraft | 260 |
| Bioball | Biological unit group | 500 |
| bling | Baneling | 300 |
| DT | Dark templar | 300 |
| Natural | Natural expansion | 500 |
| chargelot | Charge Zealot | 300 |
| CC | Command Center | 367 |
| PF | Planetary Fortress | 500 |
| toss | Protoss | 450 |
| TPvPZ | Terran Protoss versus Protoss Zerg | 500 |
| FFE | Forge fast expand | 500 |
| sc2nite | StarCraft 2 tonight? | 367 |
| gglords | Broodlords | 300 |
| ovie | Overlord | 233 |
| Skytoss | Protoss air units | 300 |
| WW | Well won | 400 |
| GFG | Good friggin' game | 400 |
| PP | Pause please | 133 |
| HOTS | Heart of the Swarm | 267 |
| BG | Bad game | 240 |
| pwnage | Ownage | 350 |
| Ragequit | Angrily exiting | 250 |
| rax | Barracks | 233 |
| TvP | Terran versus Protoss | 400 |
| TvZ | Terran versus Zerg | 400 |
| TvT | Terran versus Terran | 250 |
| PvP | Protoss versus Protoss | 400 |
| PvT | Protoss versus Terran | 400 |
| PvZ | Protoss versus Zerg | 400 |
| ZvT | Zerg versus Terran | 350 |
| ZvP | Zerg versus Protoss | 400 |
| ZvZ | Zerg versus Zerg | 400 |
| Bio | Biological units | 200 |
| Metagame | Outside game preparation and strategies | 250 |
| ling | Zergling | 200 |
| Cheese | Cheap strategy | 325 |
| re | Replay | 250 |
| epm | Effective actions per minute | 400 |
| Speedling | Zergling with Metabolic Boost | 350 |
| FF | Focus fire | 250 |
| BO | Build order | 400 |
| MMM | Marine, Marauder, Medivac | 300 |
| mech | Mechanical units | 400 |
| muta | Mutalisks | 450 |
| robo | Robotics Facility | 400 |
| ggs | Good games | 267 |
| BO3 | Best of three | 300 |
| Smurf | Hidden alternate character | 260 |
| WOL | Wings of Liberty | 400 |
| GSTL | Global StarCraft Team League | 300 |
| GGL | Good game loser | 300 |
| FFA | Free for all | 167 |
| DPS | Damage per second | 200 |
| HP | Hit points | 130 |
| APM | Actions per minute | 200 |
| GGA | Good game all | 200 |
| vent | Ventrilo | 300 |
| imba | Imbalanced | 300 |
| Nerf | Weaken | 300 |
| newb | Newbie | 250 |
| Buff | Strengthen | 200 |
| Turtling | Playing defensively | 300 |
| Micro | Unit micromanagement skill | 200 |
| Macro | Economy management skill | 200 |
| Kek | Korean laugh | 360 |
| Gogo | Go now | 300 |
| blizz | Blizzard | 300 |
| nuke | Nuclear missile | 300 |
| hax | Hacks | 400 |
| BO5 | Best of five | 175 |
| WCG | World Cyber Games | 350 |
| Tilted | Aggravated | 233 |
| gm | Grandmaster | 200 |
| Ghosting | Observing an enemy player | 200 |
| LOTV | Legacy of the Void | 267 |
| GSL | Global StarCraft League | 200 |
| MLG | Major League Gaming | 180 |
| IGN | In-game name | 300 |
| Rush | To quickly attack and cause damage | 300 |
| Squishy | Low base health or defense | 300 |
| Burst | Combination of attacks in a short span of time | 300 |
| Base race | Simultaneous attacks on enemy bases | 233 |
| HF | Have fun | 200 |
| n00b | A new or inexperienced user | 267 |
| op | Overpowered | 120 |
| RTS | Real-time strategy | 120 |
| sc2 | StarCraft 2 | 150 |
| WP | Well played | 150 |
| BM | Bad manner | 267 |
| Gosu | Highly skilled | 150 |
| Uber | The best | 150 |
| Keke | Korean laugh | 275 |
| eSports | Electronic sports | 125 |
| Mid game | Middle phase of a game | 200 |
| Early game | Beginning phase of a game | 200 |
| Late game | Later stages of a game | 150 |
| GG | Good game | 107 |
| GL | Good luck | 117 |
| FTW | For the win | 150 |