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
AO	Area of Operation
AWOL	Away Without Official Leave = Desertion
Baldie/Crewie	A Marine who's new to the game (new marine had the default bald hairstyle, now the default is crew cut)
BC	Barrel Charger
BFA	Burst Fire Adapter
BE	Battlefield Execution = Executing someone without warning and providing a reason later after the execution.
Boot	Rookie = A Marine who's new to the game
Cades	Barricades.
CAS	Close Air Support
CASEVAC	Close Air Support and emergency Evacuation
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
CQC	Close Quarters Combat
Cryo/Cryosleep	A general SS13 term for Hypersleep.
CT	Cargo Technician
Danger Close	Friendly forces are within close proximity of the CAS or mortar target.
DNR	Do not resuscitate = The player of a dead character has disconnected or joined as a xeno/pred
Doc	Doctor (it may be Squad Medic)
DS(1&2)	Almayer Dropship
EB	Extended Barrel
Engi/Engie	Engineer
EORG	End of Round Grief = Griefing at the end of the current round. This is a ban offense!
ERT	Emergency Response Team
E Tool	Entrenching Tool
FF	Friendly Fire
FUBAR	Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recovery/Recognition
FOB	Field Operating Base
Frag	(Fragmentation) Grenade
Flamer	M240 Incinerator Unit or the M430-T Incinerator Unit
FM	Fire Mission
Grunt	Basic Soldier / Marine / Standard
Gyro	Gyroscopic Stabilizer
HC	High Command (admins)
HPR / LMG	Heavy Pulse Rifle or the M41AE2
HQ	Headquarters
IB	Internal Bleeding/Iron Bears
Jamaican	Predator
Jones	The USS Almayer's cat. It is loosely inspired by the cat with the same name in Alien and Aliens.
KIA	Killed In Action
KOS	Kill On Sight
LOS	Line of Sight / Lane of Sight
LOF	Line of Fire
LZ(1&2)	Landing Zone
Mag	Magazine
Maint	Maintenance Shaft
Mag/Mag Strap/Harness/MH	Magnetic Harness
Medevac	Medical Evacuation (via dropship)
MIA	Missing In Action = Contact lost with the marine
MP	Military Police
MR	Medical Researcher
MSR	Main Supply Road (e.g. Hydro road in LV-624)
MT	Maintenance Technician
'Nade	Grenade (Usually High Explosive Grenades)
Normandy	Almayer Dropship 2
OB	Orbital Beacon/Bombardment
OW	Overwatch
OR/OT	Operating Room/Operating Theater
Pajamarine	Any marine who forgets to put on his or her uniform.
PMC	Private Military Contractors
PO	Pilot Officer
QF/QFA/Quickie	Quickfire Adapter
QRF	Quick Reaction Force
RC	Recoil Compensator
Re	Researcher
RDS	Red Dot Sight
RO	Requisitions Officer
ROE	Rules of engagement
RTB	Return to base
SADAR	Shoulder-launched Active-homing Disposable Anti-tank Rocket. Or the former name of the M5 RPG.
SB	Supply Beacon
SBR	Station Bound Radio
SD	Self-Destruct area at the rear of the ship on the upper level.
Sentry	UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
SL	Squad Leader
SG/Smartie	Smartgun/Smartgunner
SO	Staff Officer
Spec	Specialist
SSD	Space Sleep Disorder / Sudden Sleep Disorder = The player is away from the keyboard or closed his client and left the game.
TC	Tankcrew
TFORT/TF	Table Fort in map LV-624
UPP	Union of Progressive Peoples
V Grip/VG and A Grip/AG	Vertical Grip and Angled Grip
W-Y / Wey-Yu	Weyland-Yutani
WIA	Wounded-in-Action
WO	Whiskey Outpost/Warrant Officer
XO	Executive Officer

All Medical Slang & acronyms

Slang Term:	Meaning:
ABK	Advanced Burn Kit
AFAK	Advanced First Aid Kit
ATK	Advanced Trauma Kit
Bicard/Bicar/Bicari	Bicaridine
Chem	Chemistry
Clonex	Clonexadone
CPR	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cryo	Cryo cells found in Medbay
Cryox	Cryoxadone
Derm / Derma	Dermaline
DAF/Dead dead	Dead As Fuck, can't be revived (revive timer ran out/husk/decap/bursted)
Defib	Emergency defibrillator
Dex	Dexalin
Dex+	Dexalin +
Dylo	Dylovene
FAK	First Aid Kit
Hyper	Hyperzine
IB	Internal bleeding
Imi	Imidazoline
IMS	Incision Management System
Inaprov	Inaprovaline
Kelo	Kelotane
KeloDerm	Kelotane mixed with Dermaline
Medvendor / Wey-Yu Med	WeylandMed Plus
OD	Overdose
OR	Operation room
Oxy / Ox	Oxycodone
Peri	Peridaxon
QC	Quick Clot
Sitrep	Situation Report
Tram	Tramadol
Tricord	Tricordrazine

Alien Slang & acronyms

Slang Term:	Meaning:
Auto Spitter/Metal Spitter	UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
Boom Rock	M20 Claymore Mine
Boom Stick	M40 HEDP Grenade
Boom Tube	M5 RPG (formerly known as SADAR)
Fire Spitter	M240 Incinerator Unit or the M430-T Incinerator Unit
Furry Hosts/Small Hosts/Smalls	Monkeys / Farwas / Stoks / Neaeras
Glow sticks	Flares
Headhunters/Headtakers	Predators
Hosts	Infectable entities
Long Spitter	Sniper
(Beeping) Red Can	(Fired) Orbital Beacon
Metal Bird	Almayer Dropships
Queen Mother / Space Empress	Admin
Skyfire	Orbital Bombardment / Close Air Support
Tall Hosts/Talls	Humans
Turtle	Tank