People new to this forum can sometimes find the slang and abbreviations somewhat obscure. Here's a list of the most commonly used ones:

• AA (or AAA) : Anti-aircraft artillery, i.e. anti-squadron, generally referring to a ship's dice. See also AS.
• Ackbar Slash : A tactic consisting in rushing through an opponent's battle line while firing both broadsides.
• Ace Holes : A successful fleet build archetype relying on General Rieekan and numerous Rebel unique squadrons.
• ACM : Assault Concussion Missiles upgrade card.
• AF2 (or AFII, AFMK2, AFMKII) : Assault Frigate Mark II . See also Guppy, Potato, RAF and Whale.
• AFFM : All Fighters, Follow Me! upgrade card.
• AP : Advanced Projectors upgrade card.
• APT : Assault Proton Torpedoes upgrade card.
• AS (or A/S) : Anti-squadron, generally referring to a ship's dice. See also AA.
• BCC : Bomber Command Center upgrade card.
• BT : Boarding Troopers upgrade card.
• BTA (or BTAvenger, BTVenger) : An Imperial-class Star Destroyer equipped with both the Boarding Troopers and Avenger upgrade cards.
• CAP : Combat Air Patrol, referring to starfighter squadrons deployed as a screen against enemy squadrons.
• Chirpy : Admiral Chiraneau .
• CF : Concentrate Fire command.
• Clonisher : A successful fleet build designed by forum member Clontrooper5 around Demolisher .
• DC (or DCaps) : Disposable Capacitors upgrade card.
• DCO : Damage Control Officer upgrade card.
• DeMSU : Demolisher and Multiple Small Units, referring to a fleet build.
• Double Tap : Two attacks in quick succession against a target by a single unit; usually enabled by cards such as Yavaris or Han Solo , or by numerical superiority for the first player. See also Triple Tap.
• DTT : Dual Turbolaser Turrets upgrade card.
• EA : Enhanced Armament upgrade card.
• Edsel-Blerg Theory : An observation on the rocks-paper-scissors-like effect of squadrons in fleet builds.
• ECM : Electronic Countermeasures upgrade card.
• EF : Entrapment Formation! upgrade card.
• ET : normally, Engine Techs upgrade card.
• FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions document.
• FC : normally, Flight Controllers upgrade card, although sometimes refers to Flight Commander instead.
• FCT : normally, Fighter Coordination Team upgrade card, although sometimes refers to Fire Control Team instead.
• FFG : Fantasy Flight Games .
• Fireball : A bomber formation consisting of Major Rhymer closely surrounded by a number of Firespray-31 bombers. See also Rhymerball.
• FLGS : Friendly Local Games Store. See also LGS.
• FT : Flechette Torpedoes upgrade card.
• GenCon Special : A squadronless fleet build based on a VSD and three GSDs, very successful during the wave-2 era.
• Glad : Gladiator-class Star Destroyer .
• GSD : Gladiator-class Star Destroyer . See also Glad.
• Guppy : Assault Frigate Mark II . See also AF2, RAF, Potato and Whale.
• HH : Hammerhead Corvette .
• HMC80 : Home One-type MC80 Cruiser . Contrast LMC80.
• HTT : Heavy Turbolaser Turrets upgrade card.
• IF: Intensify Firepower! upgrade card.
• IFF : Intensify Forward Firepower podcast dedicated to Armada.
• Interdoctor : An Interdictor set up specifically to assist the operation of another ship, generally through judicious use of its high Engineering Value and Projection Experts .
• IO : Intel Officer .
• ISD : Imperial-class Star Destroyer . ISD-C and ISD-K refer to the Cymoon-1 and Kuat Refit variants respectively.
• JJ (or Jerry) : Moff Jerjerrod . See also Moffy J.
• LGS : Local Game Store. See also FLGS.
• Lifeboat : A flotilla equipped with the fleet commander, typically refusing to engage the enemy. No longer legal as of the latest errata update.
• LMC80 : Liberty-type MC80 Cruiser . Contrast HMC80. See also MC80L.
• LOS : Line of sight.
• LTP : Learn To Play document summarising the basic rules of Armada.
• Meta : The current local or global strategic trends , such as predominant fleet archetypes.
• MC80L : Liberty-type MC80 Cruiser . See also LMC80 and HMC80.
• MM : Mon Mothma .
• Moffy J : Moff Jerjerrod . See also JJ.
• Motti Factor (or Motti Scale) : A measure of fleet robustness, calculated by adding 1 point per small ship, 2 per medium ship, and 3 per large ship in the fleet.
• MOV : Margin Of Victory, generally used in the context of tournament scoring.
• MSU : Multiple (or Many) Small Units, referring to a fleet build. Also known as DeMSU when Demolisher is present.
• Naked : A ship with no upgrades.
• Neb : Nebulon-B Frigate .
• OE : Ordnance Experts upgrade card.
• OP : May refer to the original post(er) in a thread, to an overpowered card or ability, or to the Overload Pulse upgrade card.
• OS : Opening Salvo objective card.
• Pickle : Home One-type MC80 cruiser .
• Potato (or space potato) : Assault Frigate Mark II . See also AF2, Guppy and Whale.
• Proc (or proccing) : To trigger a special ability or other game effect requiring specific conditions to activate. For example, Swarm procs when attacking an engaged squadron.
• QBT : Quad Battery Turrets upgrade card.
• QLT : Quad Laser Turrets upgrade card.
• QTC : Quad Turbolaser Cannons upgrade card.
• RAF : Rebel Assault Frigate, aka Assault Frigate Mark II . See also AF2, Guppy, Potato and Whale.
• RAI : Rules As Intended, i.e. what the rules were designed to do. Compare with RAW.
• RAW : Rules As Written, i.e. what the rules actually do. Compare with RAI.
• RBD : Reinforced Blast Doors upgrade card.
• RLB : Rapid Launch Bays upgrade card.
• RNG : Random Number Generator. May refer to dice, cards, software or any other way of randomising results.
• RRG : Rules Reference Guide document.
• Rhymer ball : A bomber formation consisting of Major Rhymer closely surrounded by a number of other squadrons. See also Fireball.
• SFO : Skilled First Officer upgrade card.
• Shrimp : MC30c Frigate .
• SSD : Super Star Destroyer , often specifically referring to an Executor-class ship.
• StM : Shields to Maximum! upgrade card.
• SWA : Star Wars Armada.
• SWM20 : A legendary ghost ship. Alternatively, the SKU for an as yet unreleased Armada product. See also SSD.
• Tabling (as in to table someone) : Destroying all of their ships, often resulting in a 10-1 win.
• TFA : Task Force Antilles upgrade card.
• TFO : Task Force Organa upgrade card.
• TRC : Turbolaser Reroute Circuits upgrade card.
• TRC90 : CR90 Corvette equipped with Turbolaser Reroute Circuits .
• Triple Tap : Three attacks in quick succession against a target by a single unit; usually enabled by Demolisher in combination with numerical superiority. See also Double Tap.
• VSD : Victory-class Star Destroyer .
• WAB : Wide-Area Barrage upgrade card.
• Whale (or space whale) : Assault Frigate Mark II . See also AF2, Guppy, Potato and RAF.

Terms scheduled for deletion:

• CW : Clone Wars era. See also GCW, OT, PT, TFA, TCW.
• GCW : Galactic Civil War era. See also CW, OT, PT, TFA.
• OT : Original Trilogy, i.e. Episodes IV-VI. See also CW, GCW, PT, TFA.
• PT : Prequel Trilogy, i.e. Episodes I-III. See also CW, GCW, OT, TFA.
• TCW : The Clone Wars animated TV series. See also CW.
• TFA : The Force Awakens, i.e. Episode VII. See also CW, GCW, OT, PT.
• Ugly : Scurrg H-6 bomber. Can also refer to starfighters cobbled together from parts.
• VVV (also VVG, VGG, etc): Fleet comprised of a specific combination of V ictory-class and/or G ladiator-class Star Destroyers.

Please let me know if I've missed anything! I will also try to keep this updated as our local language evolves, e.g. when new cards enter the meta.

Space Piranha: Assault Frigate.

Shrimp Frigate: MC30

Cucumber: MC80

Shrimp frigate was already there. The other two I haven't heard before, but will include them if they become as commonly used as guppy or whale.

VVV - List Including 3 Victories.
VVG - List including 2 Victories and a Gladiator
VGG - List including a Victory and 2 Gladiators.


Honestly, there are more permutations, but those 3 are the Big ones.

please don't make "chirpy" a thing

what the **** is wrong with "Cheri?"

is it because he's french?

it's because he's french isn't it ?

also don't forget, X17: Xi-7 turbolasers

Space Fascists- People who play Imperials.

please don't make "chirpy" a thing

what the **** is wrong with "Cheri?"

Abbreviating someone's name has always hit an interesting point with me... Although, I am reminded of a day in High School Physics.

Me: "30 Amps"

Teacher: "Its Ampere. It is named after someone's name. How would you feel if you made a major scientific discovery and some punk kid just changed it on you, shortening it?"

Me: "Ma'am, with all due respect. My Last name is Nine letters long and doesn't have a Vowel. I'd be effin' flabbergasted if they didn't."

but "cheri" has two vowels, is easy to say, actually relates to the card in question instead of sounding like some sh*tty bird , and is actually a word in french

cheri is "darling," and after he saves Rhymer from utter worthlessness by letting him do his job regardless of engagement (even by a single a-wing), you'll see why

Naked: a ship with no upgrades.

Potato: AFMKII, Whale, Guppy

SSD: Immortal, undying, Unkillable.

Last time my Rhymer ball got locked down, it was by Wedge. And my Rhymer ball proceeded to kill him and move on.

I was merely posting an anecdote.

AS just reminds me of ASW... Easier to refer it as AA

My brother sent me a text and abbreviated assault concussion missiles as Ass Missles. I don't know if it will catch on, but since I faced a Gladiator recently (and primarily fly Rebels) I kind of like calling them that...

They are, after all, a pain in the ass, and they tend to get rammed up there by the Demolisher on a regular basis.

Ass missles it is.

(Or ACM if you want to actually use what people say)

Ass missiles implies they're not very effective

Man that GSD didn't do anything to my cr-90. Those are some ass missiles!

and that couldn't be further from the truth

Added ACM, FFG, LOS, Motti Factor, Naked and Potato.

please don't make "chirpy" a thing

what the **** is wrong with "Cheri?"

Abbreviating someone's name has always hit an interesting point with me... Although, I am reminded of a day in High School Physics.

Me: "30 Amps"

Teacher: "Its Ampere. It is named after someone's name. How would you feel if you made a major scientific discovery and some punk kid just changed it on you, shortening it?"

Me: "Ma'am, with all due respect. My Last name is Nine letters long and doesn't have a Vowel. I'd be effin' flabbergasted if they didn't."

Eastern/Central European origins?

I have a good friend with the surname Kleszczynska....she has pretty much given up in the UK on phones etc

Updated with APT, CW, GCW, OT, PT, TFA.

ECM for Electronic Countermeasures

ECM for Electronic Countermeasures

Indeed! Added.

Since it came up again today (as did the Motti Factor), I'd like to propose that Edsel-Blerg theory be added to the list.

Explanation here .

Missed CR90

Missed CR90

It's not really an abbreviation, though, it's just the name of the ship

Manta: Gladiator star destroyer. Could also be called shark because of the way it behaves

What are HTT's? I keep seeing this in the list about the xi7's.

Found Heavy Turbolaser Turrets.

Added

FLGS and LGS should be added too.