Acronyms & Slang

2015-06-15T14:30:34Z

205.211.112.130: Added slang

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'''Whale:''' An Orca, for the ship name originating from a whale species.

'''Boiling:''' Silent running near a star or a station orbiting close to a star.

'''Brick:''' Lakon Type-6 Transporter ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick.

'''Redbull Can: '''Deployed mine, cylinder-looking shape.

'''Useless Dreg:''' Common insult originally coming from pirates after a scan shows no cargo.

'''Noise Machine: '''An Adder, particularly it's sounds disliked by many players.

'''Conda:''' Short term for an Anaconda.

'''Sidey:''' Short term for a Sidewinder.

'''Winder:''' Another short term for a Sidewinder.

'''Imp:''' An NPC or player allied with the Empire and flying an Imperial vessel.

'''Trash can:''' A canister containing scrap, bio waste or other waste commodities.

'''Pills:''' Short term for the narcotics commodity.

'''Toast rack: '''The wire frame structure outside of a station's airlock.

'''Hot soup:''' Fuel scooped from a star.

'''Fed(s):''' NPC or player allied with the Federation / Federation itself.

'''Ugly Duckling:''' An Adder

'''Friendship Drive:''' Affectionate term for the Frameshift Drive based on the pronunciation of the ship computer.

'''Freebooter:''' A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot if caught doing an illegal action.

'''Letter box:''' A term for the airlock slot.

'''Thirsty: '''A ship that is low on fuel.

'''Billionaire: '''Term traditionally used for a player that took advantage of a past major server transaction glitch which caused commodity duplicating where multiple player(s) had obtained 1,000,000,000+ credits.

'''Freagle:''' Originally a term for an Eagle that some players had won after purchase of the game.

'''Space cow: '''The Lakon Type-9 Heavy.

'''Griefer:''' A player that supposedly waits inside a station to attack random players docking, or to interdict and attack random players in super-cruise for entertainment or humor, not for piracy or bounty hunting, etc. See [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Griefers] for more information.

'''DBX:''' Short term for the [[Diamondback Explorer]].

'''DBS:''' Short term for the [[Diamondback Scout]].

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Acronyms & Slang

2015-01-14T13:35:11Z

205.211.112.130: Added more acronyms and made them bold

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Acronyms & Slang

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