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's new to the game
Boot	Rookie = A Marine who's new to the game
Cades	Barricades.
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
CQC	Close Quarters Combat
CT	Cargo Technician
DAF	Dead As Fuck = Usually used by medical staff to describe someone who is unrevivable.
Doc	Doctor (it may be Squad Medic)
DS(1&2)	Almayer Dropship
EB	Extended Barrel
Engie	Engineer
ERT	Emergency Response Team
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
Jamaican	Predator
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
Mag/Mag Strap/Harness	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
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
QF/Quickie	Quickfire Adapter
Re	Researcher
RDS	Red Dot Sight
RO	Requisitions Officer
RC	Recoil Compensator
SB	Supply Beacon
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	Smartgun/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.
TFORT/TF	Table Fort in map LV-624
UPP	Union of Progressive Peoples
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
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
Dead dead	Can't be revived (revive timer ran out/husk/decap/burst)
Defib	Emergency defibrillator
Dex	Dexalin
Dex+	Dexalin +
Dylo	Dylovene
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
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
Furry Hosts/Small Hosts	Monkeys / Farwas / Stoks / Neaeras
Glow sticks	Flares
Headhunters	Predators
Hosts	Infectable entities
Long Spitter	Sniper
(Beeping) Red Can	(Fired) Orbital Beacon
Metal Bird	Dropship
Queen Mother / Space Empress	Admin
Skyfire	Orbital Bombardment / Close Air Support
Tall Hosts	Humans