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

• AWOL = Away Without Official Leave = Desertion
• Boot = Rookie
• BO = Bridge officer
• CE = Chief Engineer
• Civie = Civilian
• Cheyenne = Dropship
• Chrome-Dome = Bald marine
• Cue Ball = Bald marine
• CL = Corporate Liaison
• CMO = Chief Medical Officer
• CO = Commander
• CT = Cargo Technician
• Doc = Doctor
• Engie= Engineer
• FF = Friendly Fire
• FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recovery/Recognition
• FOB = Field Operating Base
• Frag = (Fragmentation) Grenade
• Flamer = Flamethrower
• Grunt = Basic Soldier / Marine
• Gyro = Gyroscopic Stabilizer
• HQ = Headquarters
• IB = Iron Bears
• KIA = Killed In Action = Confirmed Death
• KOS = Kill On Sight
• LOS = Line of Sight / Lane of Sight
• LZ = Landing Zone
• Mag = Magazine
• Mag harness = Magnetic Harness
• Medevac/Medivac = Medical Evac (via dropship or drop pod)
• MIA = Missing In Action = Contact lost with the marine
• MP = Military Police
• MT= Maintenance Technician
• 'Nade = Grenade
• OB = Orbital Beacon / Bombardment
• Pajamarine = Any marine who forgets to put on his or her uniform
• PMC = Private Military Contractors
• PO = Pilot Officer.
• Rasputin = The Sulaco's Dropship
• Re = Researcher
• RDS = Red Dot sight
• RO = Requisitions officer/ Requestions office
• Sentry = UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
• Shrap Head = Colonial Marine
• SL = Squad Leader
• SM = Super Matter
• Spec = Specialist
• SSD = Space Sleep Disorder, an Ingame term to say that the player is away from the keyboard or closed his client and left the game.
• Vindicator = Drop pod
• Wey-Yu = Weyland-Yutani
• WIA = Wounded-in-Action
• XO = Executive Officer

Alien Slang & acronyms

• Hosts = Infectable entities
• Jelly = Royal Jelly
• Metal Bird = Dropship
• Metal Box = Drop pod
• Metal Spitter = Sentry Gun
• Boom Rock = Claymores