Slang

Colonial Marines has a variety of slang and acronyms used. This is an uncompleted compilation of slang that can be found used on the server.

All Marine Slang & acronyms

Slang Term:	Meaning:
Alamo	Almayer Dropship 1
AWOL	Away Without Official Leave = Desertion
Baldie	Bald Marine = A Marine who did not edit their character when they're new
Boot	Rookie = A Marine who's new to the game
CAS	Close Air Support
CE	Chief Engineer
CIC	Combat Information Center = A place where the Command Staff is
Civie	Civilian or Colonist (it may be Survivor)
CL	Corporate Liaison
CLF	Colonial Liberation Front
CMO	Chief Medical Officer
CMP	Chief Military Police
CO	Commander
CT	Cargo Technician
Doc	Doctor (it may be Squad Medic)
DS(1&2)	Almayer Dropship
Engie	Engineer
FF	Friendly Fire
FUBAR	Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recovery/Recognition
FOB	Field Operating Base
Frag	(Fragmentation) Grenade
Flamer	M240 Incinerator Unit
FM	Fire Mission
Grunt	Basic Soldier / Marine / Standard
Gyro	Gyroscopic Stabilizer
HQ	Headquarters
IB	Iron Bears
KIA	Killed In Action
KOS	Kill On Sight
LOS	Line of Sight / Lane of Sight
LZ(1&2)	Landing Zone
Mag	Magazine
Mag Strap/Harness	Magnetic Harness
Medevac	Medical Evacuation (via dropship or drop pod)
MIA	Missing In Action = Contact lost with the marine
MP	Military Police
MT	Maintenance Technician
'Nade	Grenade
Normandy	Almayer Dropship 2
OB	Orbital Beacon/Bombardment
Pajamarine	Any marine who forgets to put on his or her uniform.
PMC	Private Military Contractors
PO	Pilot Officer
Re	Researcher
RDS	Red Dot Sight
RO	Requisitions Officer
Sentry	UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
SL	Squad Leader
SG	Smartgunner]]
SO	Staff Officer
Spec	Specialist
SSD	Space Sleep Disorder = The player is away from the keyboard or closed his client and left the game.
UPP	Union of Progressive Peoples
W-Y / Wey-Yu	Weyland-Yutani
WIA	Wounded-in-Action
WO	Whiskey Outpost
XO	Executive Officer

All Medical Slang & acronyms

Slang Term:	Meaning:
Bicard/Bicar/Bicari	Bicaridine
Chem	Chemistry
Clonex	Clonexadone
Cryo	Cryo cells found in Medbay
Cryox	Cryoxadone
Derm / Derma	Dermaline
Defib	Emergency defibrillator
Dex	Dexalin
Dex+	Dexalin +
Dylo	Dylovene
Hyper	Hyperzine
Imi	Imidazoline
Inaprov	Inaprovaline
Kelo	Kelotane
KeloDerm	Kelotane mixed with Dermaline
Medvendor / Wey-Yu Med	WeylandMed Plus
OD	Overdose
Oxy / Ox	Oxycodone
Peri	Peridaxon
QC	Quick Clot
Tram	Tramadol
Tricord	Tricordrazine

Alien Slang & acronyms

Slang Term:	Meaning:
Hosts	Infectable entities
Furry Hosts	Monkeys / Farwas / Stoks / Neaeras
Tall Hosts	Humans
Headhunters	Predators
Metal Bird	Dropship
Metal Spitter/Auto Spitter	UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
Boom Rock	M20 Claymore/Mine
Boom Tube/Stick	SADAR