World War II Online - Glossary

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6: A directional term that means straight behind you, analogous to the numbers on a clock
12: A directional term that means straight in front of you, analogous to the numbers on a clock
3: A directional term that means 90 degrees right of your current facing, analogous to the numbers on a clock
9: A directional term that means 90 degrees left of the direction you are facing, analogous to the numbers on a clock
88: Short for the German 88mm Flak Cannon
38t: light Panzer
109: German fighter aircraft model
110: German Plane
111: German Bomber Model
232: German Scout Car
252: German Armored Half Track with a mounted machine gun.
2lbr: British anti-tank gun
911: Text emergency announcement to signify that a town is in danger of being overrun
666: Warning you have a EA on your 6
33: OGM - Getting Started


AFK: Away from Keyboard
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
Alpha: Military phonetic term for the latter A
AFC: Away from Computer
Ammo: Common term for ammunition
Assist: A shared kill
AAA: Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Ack: Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AP: Armor Piercing Ammo
ACM: Air Combat Maneuver
Alt: Altitude
Angels: 1,000 feet
Augur: To crash into the ground
Away: Ordinance Away
a-13: British light tank
a-15: British Medium Tank
ab: Army Base, the Army’s spawning point
af: Air Field, the Air Force’s spawning point
AHC: Allied High Command
ai: Artificial Intelligence sentries
at: anti-tank
atm: At The Moment
ARFR: French Army
Axis: Axis side of the game
atg: anti tank gun
atr: anti tank rifle


BRB: Be Right Back
Bravo: Military phonetic term for the latter B
Back: Back from being AFK or AFC
BG: Big grin, emote
Bug: An error in the game code
BZ: Means 'busy'
BnZ: Boom and Zoom, a type of air combat that focuses on keeping your energy up
Bail: To bail out of your plane
Bandit: Enemy Aircraft
BFM: Basic Flight Maneuver
Bingo: Out of Fuel
Bogey: An unidentified aircraft
Buff: Common term for a Bomber
Bus: Common term for a transport aircraft
beddy: British truck
binocs: binoculars
bofors: Bofors 40mm heavy AA gun
BEF: British Expeditionary Force
Brg: Bearing
Bindo Ammo: Out of Ammo


Charle: Military phonetic term for the latter C
CC: Copy,Comply or Click, Click. Basically, it means you understand or affirmative
Clr: Means 'clear'
Crunchie: Common term for infantry
Cya: See you later
cap: take a flag or Combat Air Patrol, depending on usage
Con: Contact, an unidentified aircraft
Check 6: Look behind you, specifically for enemies
CV: Aircraft Carrier
camle: CA Mle38 light AA gun
camel: CA Mle38 light AA gun
camo: camouflage
ch: radio channel
char: Frnch Char B1 heavy tank
CO: Commanding Officer
CRS: Cornered Rat Software—WWIIOL developers (AKA: The Rats)
ctd: Crash-to-Desktop
CP: Choke Point
Choke Point: Town
Cap (1): Capture a table
Cap (2): Combat Air Patrol (Fighter Cover)
CAS: Close Air Support

Delta: Military phonetic term for the latter D
D#: Distance from target in # yards
Disco: Means you lost connection from the game host
Dump: Means a large number of players lost connection to the game host
Dweeb: A new or inexperienced player
Ditch: Landing outside of an airstrip, usually out of necessity
Dogfight: An air to air battle
DD: Destroyer
d520: French aircraft model
daimler: British armored scout car
db7: French Bomber Model
docks: spawning point for small naval ships
Drag: lead EA low to destination
depot: Infantry spawn Point 3 storey bulding with roof access and multiple exits usually sighted near a flag building.

Echo: Military phonetic term for the latter E
EI: Enemy Infantry
ET: Enemy Tank
EP: Enemy Plane
EB: Enemy Boat
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
E: See Energy
Energy: A term used by pilots to describe the available maneuvering power of an aircraft, whether by thrust or altitude
Eggs: Bombs
ews: Early Warning System-The AI alarm system
EA: Enemy Airplane
ED: Enemy Destroyer
EDD: Enemy Destroyer
EF: Enemy Fighter
ETD: Estimated time of Departure
EFam: Enemy Fairmille (Rarely used because of threat level) Fam then usually followed later by ID. Axis)


Foxtrot: Military phonetic term for the latter F
FE: Means the game front end or client software
FF: Friendly Fire
FPS: First Person Shooter or Frames Per Second
FWIW: For What Its Worth
Furball: A large dogfight
fb: Fire Base/Forward Base between two cities where a small garrison can spawn.
fire bug: When a unit is observed as firing endlessly, can be fixed easily by shooting a round
FAF: French Air Force
Fubar: Messed up
fmb: Fairmile boat
Feet Wet: Aircraft Passed over coastline heading out to sea
Feet Dry: Aircraft Passed over coast line heading inland


Golf: Military phonetic term for the latter G
Gang Bang: When one side is hreatly outnumbered by another side
GDR: Grin, Duck and Run, an emote
GG: Good Game
GTG: Got To Go
GJ: Good Job
Golden BB: A single shot that disables your vehicle
Grab: To gain altitude
GHC: German High Command
gl: Good Luck!


Hotel: Military phonetic term for the latter H
H2H: Head to Head
Hdg: Heading
Heh: Laughing, an emote
HE: High Explosive
HEAT: High Explosive Anti Tank
Hurri: Hawker Hurricane
Heavy: Fully loaded
HO: Head On
Hvy: Heavy
Hull Down: To take up a poistion in which on the turret of your tank is visible
h75: French fighter model
h81: French fighter model
handle: A player's game name, also known as a tag
havoc: British bomber model
he111: German bomber model
HAAC: Hold at all cost


India: Military phonetic term for the latter I
IB: In Bound
IP: Ingress Point, point at which an attack starts
IMO: In My Opinion
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
In: Engaged with the enemy
inb: inbound
inf: infantry
Inf spawn: at FB a raised earthen berm surrounded by barbed wire where infantry spawn from. In ABs currently a green 2 storey bulding with 2 exits.


Juliet: Military phonetic term for the latter J
Joy: Enemy Spotted
JABO: German for Fighter-Bomber
ju: A german dive bomber, also known as a stuka


Kilo: Military phonetic term for the latter K
K/D: Kill / Death ratio
Klick: Common term for a Kilometer
K: 1,000 feet
kia: Killed in Action
KM: Kreigsmarine = German Navy


Lima: Military phonetic term for the latter L
Ltr: Later
L8r: Later
Loc: Location or Whats your Location?
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
Lawndart: Someone who has crashed into the ground
Lvl: Level
laffly: French truck
laffy: French truck
libbed: liberated
los: Line of sight
lw: Luftwaffe


Mike: Military phonetic term for the latter M
MG: Machine Gun
m8: mate or buddy
matty: British heavy tank model
morris: British puller
murderhole: windows in bunkers and the small openings in the walls of stone-walled army bases
Mar Nat: French Navy


November: Military phonetic term for the latter N
Newbie: A new or inexperienced player
No Joy: No enemy spotted
No Vis: Not Visible, no enemy spotted
NME: Enemy
NP: No Problem
n: north
nade: grenade
nj: nice job
nvm: never mind
n00b: a newbie, or someone who is new.


Oscar: Military phonetic term for the latter O
OB: Out Bound
OMW: On My Way
OTW: On The Way
OTR: On The Runway
oic: Officer in Command, also known as CO.
omg: "Oh My God"
opel: German truck

Papa: Military phonetic term for the latter P
Piece: Assist in a kill
Ping: Hit on an enemy
Poof: I'm logging off now
Pos: Position or Whats your position?
Prolly: Probably
pan: French Armored scout car, panhard is the full name.
pannie: French Armored scout car, panhard is the full name.
pwn: with humiliating ease defeating the enemy
pm: Private Message, type a player’s name into a radio slot once the chat window is open, XMIT off for other channels, type message in the chat bar
pz: panzer


Quebec: Military phonetic term for the latter Q


Romeo: Military phonetic term for the latter R
ROLF: Roll On The Floor, an emote
ROLFLMAO: Roll On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off, an emote
RGR: Roger, affirmative
RW: Roger Wilco, a voice communications program
Roll: Take Off
r-35: French light tank
RAF: Royal Air Force, the British Air Force
Rats: Cornered Rat Software—the makers of WWIIOL, also called CRS
recon: reconnaissance
rr: Railroad
rtb: Return to base (origin of spawn of spawn or on other friendly grounds)
rdp: Research and Development Progress
RN: Royal Navy


Sierra: Military phonetic term for the latter S
Sitrep: Situation Report, whats your status?
Spit: Supermarine Spitfire
Stuka: In German it means Dive Bomber, also a common name for the German Ju87 Dive Bomber
S!: , O>, S!, <>, Salute over chat
s: south
s-35: French Medium tank
SA: Situational Awareness—being aware of your surroundings
sapper: demolitions type infantry, the engineers per se
satchel: explosive charges that sappers have
smg: Sub-machine gun infantry
spawn: to enter the game world
stug: German medium support vehicle
snafu: Situation noraml all messed up
spd: Speed


Tango: Military phonetic term for the latter T
Thnx: Thanks
TY: Thank You
Tracer: Type of round used in machine guns that show the trajectory of the round by glowing
TnB: Turn and Burn, a type of fighting that focuses on angles and turning
tg: Tail Gunner


Uniform: Military phonetic term for the latter U
UP: Ready to fire

Victor: Military phonetic term for the latter V
Vis: Visible, enemy spotted
VOX: Voice Communications
VV: Victor Victor, See CC
Vulch: To strafe a plane during take off
vicky: British light support vehicle
Veh spawn: at FB large camo net covered buildign from which Tanks ATGS and AA guns. Spawn in ABs currently a Brown multi doored building ...soon™™ to change


Whiskey: Military phonetic term for the latter W
Warp: When a player moves unaturaly in the game world due to network lag
Wilco: Will comply
WRU: Where are you?
WTG: Way To Go
WEP: War Emergency Power
Winchester: Out of Ammo
w: west
w00t!: Cheer
wtf: "What the heck"
wth: "What the heck"
WWIIOL: World War II Online


X-Ray: Military phonetic term for the latter X
XO: Executive Officer, or second in command

Yankee: Military phonetic term for the latter Y


Zulu: Military phonetic term for the latter Z