====== Abbreviations and Tremulous Lingo ====== ===== Humans ===== ==== Weapons ==== * Painsaw = Saw, Psaw * Shotgun = Shotty * Lasgun = Las * Chaingun = Chain * Pulse Rifle = Pulse, Pulser, Prifle * Grenade = Nade * Flamethrower = Flamer * Lucifer Cannon = Luci * Mass Driver = MD ==== Upgrades ==== * Helmet = Helm * Jetpack = Jet * Human Camping with a Jetpack = Jettard (derogatory) * Battery Pack = Battpack, Batt * Battlesuit = Bsuit, BS * Battlesuit and Chaingun = Chainsuit / CSuit * Battlesuit and Pain Saw = PainSuit / PSuit * Battlesuit and Lucifer Cannon = Lucisuit ==== Structures ==== * Reactor = Reac, RC * Telenode = Spawn, Node, Tele * Medistation = Medi, Med * Machinegun Turret = Ret, MT * Armoury = Arm, Armo * Defense Computer = DC * Tesla Generator = Tesla ===== Aliens ===== ==== Classes ==== * Advanced = Adv, + * Large group of attacking dretches = dretch swarm, dretch storm * Basilisk = Lisk, Basi * Marauder = Mara * Dragoon = Goon * Tyrant = Rant, Tyr ==== Structures ==== * Overmind = OM * Acid Tube = Tube * Trapper = Trap * Booster = Boost ===== Miscellaneous Terms ===== * Not leaving the safety of your base = Camping * Camping with a Jetpack = Skycamping, Jettarding * Repeatedly giving the other team an easy kill = Feeding * Deconstructing a structure (both teams) = Deconning * One who maliciously deconstructs structures to disrupt the game = Deconner * Incoming Enemy = Inc * Fighting with a (advanced) granger (likely to die) = Battle granger * Human who hides in a hard-to-reach area and camps to kill dretches = Cracktard/Pipetard * Build points = BP * Friendly fire = FF * Server-specific system for giving credits and evolution points to specific players = share * Server-specific system for donating credits and evolution points to the team = donate * Sudden death = SD * Player who intentionally or repeatedly obstructs other players, preventing them from attacking or retreating = blocker * Credits = creds, cr, c * Evolution points = evos, evp, ep * Search for alien structures after main base has been destroyed = egghunt * Construction of eggs outside of / without a main base = eggspam * Arbitrarily scattered turrets = turret farm * Human player deliberately destroying human base = nader * A player who knows nothing, and is unwilling to listen or learn, but acts like they know everything = noob (Derogatory) * A player who is new to the game, but willing to listen and learn = newb, newbie