Terminology

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Terminology

World of Warships is comprised of a diverse online audience. Its members interact regularly in battles and communicate via game-chat, the forum, or third-party applications. As with any online game, communication is extremely important. As a result, there are many terms that may appear in a discussion pertaining to World of Warships. Below is a list of some of the most common terminology that players may encounter.

Term	Definition
AA	Anti-Aircraft; usually refers to "AA" guns and capabilities (used to refer to small caliber guns)
AAA	Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Anti-Aircraft Armament; "Triple-A"
AFK	"Away from Keyboard"
Anchor	A position, typically on or near a flank, that is next to an island that forces the enemy deal with the anchor in order to win the flank
Angled	Sailing at a sharp angle to the enemy such that the ship's profile is narrow and the side armor presents a sharp angle that deflects most shells. Generally the preferred angle with which to take incoming fire, as it will mitigate the most damage
AP	Armor-Piercing shells
Area Denial	A spread of torpedoes that is used to deter or prevent an enemy or group from entering a desired location, or a consumable usage with the intention of pressuring a ship or aircraft out of a location
Bait-Dodge	A technique primarily used by cruisers and gunboat destroyers, where a player baits the enemy to take a shot at them, only to evade once the shot is taken, negating most or all damage
Balans	A term used ironically in reference to Russian/USSR ships being powerful
Battle-Line	A continuous area of influence that extends between ships in a given sector. Advancing the line applies pressure to the enemy while pulling the line alleviates pressure
BB	Battleship
Beam	Width of the ship
Blap	A large chunk of damage to an enemy ship that makes them vulnerable to allied follow-up attacks
Bounce	When a target ship is angled and the attacking ship's gun caliber does not allow for an overmatch of the target ship's armor, the shells will bounce off the armor of the target ship
Bow	Front of the ship
Bow-On/Bow Tanking	Sailing with the bow of the facing directly at the enemy. Restricts the number of guns that face the target, but the tactic reduces the ship's target size, and the ship's armor forms sharp angles that deflect incoming projectiles more easily.
Bracket	When a well-aimed salvo barely misses the ship due to dispersion
BRB	"I'll be right back"
Broadside	Sailing with the long ("broad") side of the ship facing the enemy, i.e. perpendicular. Allows the player to face all guns at a target, but presents a large, flat-faced target in return. Generally frowned upon as a tactic
Buff	Increasing the effectiveness of a ship
BZ	Bravo Zulu; well done
CA	Armored (heavy) Cruiser
Camper/Camping	Terms used to describe a player who sits in one spot for the majority of the game
Capping	When a player drives their ship into the objective area or enemy base
Carry	Performing far better than the rest of the team in an effort to secure a victory
CBT	Closed Beta Testing (or Tester), refers to an early period in the game's development
Chad	Taken from a meme, this is similar to a "YOLO" rush, in which a single ship rushes forward to engage enemy forces
Chunk	A noticeable amount of damage, but not crippling
Cit/Citted	"Citadel hit"
Citadel	The key areas of a ship where, if hit, result in maximum damage dealt
CL	Light Cruiser
Crossfires	Creating intersecting lanes of fire that make it impossible for the enemy ship to effectively angle.
CTD	"Crash to Desktop"
CV	Aircraft Carrier
Damage Farming	Reference to players who gave up on the objective and are just doing damage to enemy ships
Damage Saturated	When an area of a ship has sustained the maximum amount of damage possible; no further damage can be sustained at that section of the ship, regardless of total health pool
DCP/Damacon	When a ship uses its Damage Control Party consumable to repair fires or flooding. Typically used to indicate that a ship is susceptible to fires or flooding because it is incapable of repairing them (due to the consumable’s cooldown period)
DD	Destroyer
Deleted/Deletion	When a full health ship is destroyed instantly; see "devstrike," "One-shot"
Derp	A term that is typically used by some players to acknowledge that they just made a silly mistake or slip-up (either in the battle or in chat)
Devstrike	Short for "Devastating Strike"
DFAA/DF	Reference to the consumable: Defensive AA Fire
Disconnect/DC	When a player disconnects from the battle, whether accidentally or intentionally
Disengage	Breaking contact with the enemy
Dispersion	The spread of shells fired in a salvo; vertical dispersion being the distance between the highest and the lowest shell, and horizontal dispersion being the distance between the shell furthest left and right
DPM	Damage per minute
Draft	How deep the ship sits in the water
Farming	Taking advantage of a good position or an enemies poor position to accumulate a large chunk of damage on that ship
Fighter Lockup	When two fighter squads engage each-other, they become unable to move or follow other orders excluding strafe-escapes.
Fighter	When Fighter aircraft engage a Strike squadron, they slow it down and increase it's dispersion.
Fighter-Stacking	Using multiple squads of fighters in one lockup to double the DPS that is being dealt to the enemy squadron. The "Stacked" fighters can disengage without having to strafe.
Flank	The outermost sides of a teams battle lines
Flanker	A ship whose attributes make it ideal for holding a flank
Float	A ship that retains a position usually around the center of a battle formation for screening and line integrity
Focus Fire	Organized and repeated fire against a single target in the attempt to sink them or pressure them enough to run away
Frag rate/KD	Kill/Death Ratio
Freeboard	The height of the ship that sits above the waterline
Fun and Engaging	Traditional phrase used to express frustration after the player's ship has suffered a magazine detonation. Used to refer to detonations as a "fun and engaging" game mechanic
G2G/GTG	"Got to Go"
GLHF	"Good Luck and Have Fun!"
Going Dark	The act of going back into concealment
Gold	Refers to doubloons
Grind	The amount of time and effort it takes to play and progress through the tech tree
Gun Bloom	When, after firing the main guns, the ship's detection range "blooms" to the max range of the guns for 20 seconds.
Hard Cover	An object, such as an island, that breaks line of sight or protects ships from incoming shells and torpedoes
Hard Spotted	Being spotted by a ship within the player ship's detection range
HE	High-Explosive Shells
Hold	A hold is usually near the center of the map near an island and is positioned for supporting fire on one or more capture points
IJN	Imperial Japanese Navy
Island Hugging	A ship that hides behind islands for cover. Usually in an Anchoring or Holding position
Kek	Alternative to "LOL," used to indicate amusement
Kiting	Term used to describe the gameplay style of staying at medium to long range and maintaining constant gunfire on enemy targets, but returning to concealment when too many enemy ships engage the player
KM/KMS	Kriegsmarine (Germany)
KS/Kill Steal	Typically an accusation for the act of eliminating an enemy ship without "earning" the kill
Lead	Aiming a distance in front of or behind the target to counter their speed and direction
Lemming Train	When a large group of players on a team travels to one area or objective, often leaving other ships without support
LL	"Late load"
lol/LOL	"Laughing out loud"
LOLcit/LOLpen	Receiving a citadel hit from an unlikely angle
LOS	"Line of Sight"
Main	When a player prefers a specific type of ship (Ex: Cruiser main)
Manual-Bombing	The Alternate Attack for strike squadrons which allow for more precise strikes.
Meta	Term used to refer to what is currently thought of as the most popular/competent way to run a ship build, captain spec, or map strategy
MM/Matchmaking	The game's matchmaking system, which groups players together and places them into battle together
MN	Marine Nationale (France)
Mods/Moderators	Forum moderators who work for WarGaming and maintain order in the forums
Mods/Modifications	Term in reference to 3rd party game modifications that alter the game in some way. May also reference illegal mods such as hacks or cheats
Mong Rush	Similar to Shoving, except with the bulk, if not the entirety of, your team's ships, all in one concentrated blob
Nerf	Decreasing the effectiveness of a ship
o7, <o	A text emoji used as a salute, typically used as a sign of respect
OBT	Open Beta Testing (or Tester), refers to an early period in the game's development which happened after CBT
OMW	"On my Way"
One-Shot	When a full health ship is destroyed in a single salvo or is detonated with significant health remaining
OP (forums)	Original poster; person who started the forum thread
OP/Overpowered	Term used to describe an in-game item or vehicle which the player feels is too powerful and breaks the balance of the game; unfair to fight against
Open-Water Fighter	A ship whose gun arrangement or survivability that is better suited for fighting in the open ocean, only using islands to zone-out firing angles.
Overmatch	A game mechanic in which large-caliber armor-piercing projectiles ignore thin armor on impact, regardless of angle. A shell overmatches a piece of armor if its caliber exceeds 14.3x the armor's thickness.
Overpenetration/Ov	When a large caliber shell hits a lightly armored surface and travels straight through without dealing significant damage
PA	Pan-Asia
Paint Scraper	Close encounter with torpedoes
Pen/Penetration	When a shell penetrates the target ship for significant damage without a richochet or overpenetration
Perma-fire	Setting fire or causing flooding on a ship that has recently used damage control party meaning the fire or flooding will deal its maximum potential damage
Poi	A word often dropped in battle chat. Taken from Kantai Collection, a franchise that imagines historical warships as young women. Poi is the (in)famous verbal tic of Yuudachi, a personification of the 4th ship of the Shiratsuyu-class destroyers.
Popped/Popping	A consumable has been activated or used (Ex: "I just popped DFAA")
Port	Nautical term for the left side of the ship
Potato	Term used to describe the least skillful players (generally seen used as an insult)
Preemptive	A launch of torpedoes in a direction where an unseen target is predicted to go
Pressure	Attacking an enemy ship to achieve a desired outcome. That outcome includes but is not limited to; stopping a push, distraction, etc.
Proxy Spot	Refers to the automatic detection range when two ships are so close to each other that they become spotted, regardless of the status of their concealment
Pulling a Notser	A term used on occasion when a ship has grounded itself on an island; coined by WG-CC and YouTuber, Notser
Push	Moving closer to the enemy in an attempt to gain ground (or sea water) against them
PVE	Player vs. Environment; used to refer to Co-Op battles or Scenarios, where the player fights bots rather than other players
PvP	Player vs. Player; used to refer to Random, Ranked, and Clan battles, where the player fights other players, rather than bots
Railgun	A semi-joking term used to describe guns with very good ballistic performance and penetration.
Random Torp(s)	An unexpected encounter with torpedoes, though said torpedoes may not be aimed specifically towards the player's ship
Reverse Push	Reversing toward the enemy in a way that all of your firepower can be used while also giving your ship a viable escape. A form of kiting
RM	Regia Marina (Italy)
RN	Royal Navy
RNG	Random Number Generation; reference to the luck of rolling the dice as to whether a shot will hit and deal high damage or even miss completely
RNGesus	The embodiment of RNG, pray to him for good luck in battle.
Salt/Salty	A term that typically is used to describe an angry player in chat.
Screening	Typically referred to as the advance ships scouting torpedo threats for larger ships
Seal Clubbing	When a veteran player ventures into low tiers to fight inexperienced players
Shadow	Following an allied or enemy ship using your concealment to your advantage
Shooting the Bow	Passing in front of another ship's bow
Shooting the Stern	Passing behind another ship's Stern
Shove	In Competitive, a tactic involving a push up a flank, typically with cruisers
Sigma	A variable representing the probability of a volley's shells being close to the center of the player's aim
Silver	Refers to credits
Smoke Camping	Sitting still inside a smoke screen
Sniping	Typically used when describing a battleship that is far from the heart of the engagement that is trying to fire at enemy ships that are further than 15 to 20 kilometers away
Soft Cover	Something that obscures ships from being spotted but does not protect them from shells and torpedoes (Ex: smoke screens, cyclones)
Spawn	Where the players' ships start at the beginning of the match
Spec/Spec'd	Term used to declare what a ship/captain is built for, with the aim of providing tactical information to teammates (Ex: I'm spec'd for AA)
Squat	Holding a position, undetected early in a battle to exploit a hole in the enemy lines mid-game
ST	Super Tester, a player who has volunteered to assist Wargaming in testing the game, and thus has access to unreleased ships - but also agreed to a Non-Disclosure Agreement about them, and cannot discuss them with normal players
Starboard/STBD	Nautical term for the right side of the ship
Stealth Torp	Launching torpedoes while in concealment due to excellent surface detection range or the use of a smoke screen
Stern	Rear of the ship
Strafe	Alternative attack for fighters that triples damage per second output in the strafe area and prevents fighters from being locked up. Uses a large amount of ammunition and fighters cannot follow any order until the strafe is complete.
Strafe-Escape/Stra	Strafing is how to escape a Fighter-Lockup. For all carriers except Saipan, one aircraft is sacrificed during this maneuver.
Strats	Battle strategy
Stream Sniping	Following the Twitch Livestreams of Community Contributors in the hopes of ending up in the same match as them. The ultimate goal is to find and sink them. Often considered poor sportsmanship
Superstructure	Structures on the deck of ships
That's a Paddlin'	WG-CC The Mighty Jingles has made use of it to describe the often poor results of thinly-armored ships presenting their sides to hostile battleships.
Torpedo Soup	When multiple ships armed with torpedoes launch their torpedoes to create a large wall of torpedoes that is hard to avoid
Torpedobeat/Torpbe	The act of skillfully maneuvering through a wave, or multiple waves of torpedoes without being struck
Torps/Torps out	Often a warning to friendly ships that a ship has launched torpedoes behind friendly lines, and to take care to avoid them if possible
Turn-Out	Once ships have reached a certain position on the map, they put themselves at an angle where they can begin kiting once contact is made with enemy forces
TY	"Thank you"
U2	"You too"
Unicum	Term used to describe the most skillful players
USN	United States Navy
VB	Dive Bombers
VF	Fighter Planes
VMF	Voenno-Morskoj Flot (USSR)
VS	Scout/Spotter Planes
VT	Torpedo Planes
Wall of Skill	term used to refer to a large wave of torpedoes
Waterline	The perimeter area of the ship just above and below water.
WG/Weegee	Refers to Wargaming
Widespread/Narrow	The choice of spread between torpedoes; typically narrow spread is preferred, but widespread can be used for area denial or hunting destroyers in smoke screens
WITNESS ME	Typically used to signify an attempt at a ramming attack
WITNESSED	Acknowledgment of a successful ramming attempt
WP	"Well-Played"
XP	Experience, used to research ships and modules
YOLO	You only live once; the necessary battle cry to let the team know that the player who just typed it into chat is about to do something very brave or very dumb (suicide charge)
Zone-Out	Using islands to prevent certain enemy ships from engaging your ship

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