Acronyms & Slang

There are a list below of nouns, verbs, etc, that are replaced every now and then by viral words origination from players. The list also consists of irregular words said by NPC's/AI's in the top-left communications panel.

AFMU: Auto Field-Maintenance Unit.
ASP: Not an acronym. An asp is a snake, from which the name of the ship is taken.
Boiling: Silent Running near a star or a station orbiting close to a star.
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.
Board Flipping: The Process of switching between open/Private Group/Solo to get different missions. (Is not a bug/exploit, Fdev has confirmed it is working as intended)
Brick: Lakon Type-6 Transporter ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick.
Buggy: Surface Recon Vehicle.
CG: Community Goal. Commanders can sign up for missions and community rewards at stations that are hosting a community goal.
Conda: Short term for an Anaconda. Not to be confused with the F63 Condor, a ship at the other end of the size spectrum.
CQC: Close Quarters Combat. A combat game inside the Elite:Dangerous universe where human combatants fight each other.
CZ: Conflict Zone. A region of space currently in a state of conflict between two local factions.
DBS: Short term for the Diamondback Scout.
DBX: Short term for the Diamondback Explorer.
FDL: Short term for the Fer-de-Lance. Could also be used to refer to Faulcon DeLacy, but isn't typically used to do so.
Fed(s): NPC or player allied with the Federation / the Federation itself.
Freagle: The free Eagle MkII given to players who pre-ordered Elite Dangerous.
Freebooter: A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot caught doing an illegal action. An illegal plunderer, pillager, or invader.
Friendship Drive: Affectionate term for the Frame Shift Drive based on the pronunciation of the ship computer.
Fdev- Frontier Development - aka The developers of Elite Dangerous.
Griefer: A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See Griefers for more information.
HazRES: A Hazardous Resource Extraction Site. These sites don't enjoy the authority protection that other resource sites do.
HiRES or HighRES: A high intensity Resource Extraction Site, one where pirate or hostile activity is high.
High Wake: An inter-system jump, or hyperspace; the wake left behind by a ship entering hyperspace.
Hot soup: Fuel scooped from a star.
Imp: An NPC or player allied with the Empire and flying an Imperial vessel.
KGBFOAM: An easy-to-remember acronym for the star types that can be scooped for fuel. The galaxy map allows route filters to be applied relating to — amongst other criteria — star type.
KWS: Short term for Kill Warrant Scanner.
Letter box: A term for the airlock slot on a station.
LoRes or LowRes: A low intensity Resource Extraction Site, one where pirate or hostile activity is low.
Low Wake: An intra-system jump, or supercruise; the wake left behind by a ship entering supercruise.
Mailslot: Another term for the airlock slot on a station.
Noise Machine: An Adder, particularly it's sounds disliked by many players.
NPC: Non-player character. This is a broader term, coined in the early days of multiplayer games, used to describe characters that are not players, but are under computer control.
OC: Orbital cruise.
POI: Point of interest, typically a rocky outcrop or some other scannable or collectable item on a planet's or moon's surface. See also USS, WSS, SSS.
PA: Short term for Plasma Accelerator.
PAC: Another term for Plasma Accelerator.
Pills: Short term for the narcotics commodity.
PP: Power Play. A system of political organisations, one of which a commander may align themselves.
PSG: Short term for Prismatic Shield Generator.
Redbull Can: Deployed mine, cylinder-looking shape.
RES: Short term for Resource Extraction Site.
SC: Supercruise.
Sidey: Short term for a Sidewinder.
SLF: Ship Launched Fighter. A small, manoeuvrable craft fitted with weapons and launched to support a larger ship in combat.
Space cow: The Lakon Type-9 Heavy.
SRV: Surface Recon Vehicle.
SSS: Short term for Strong Signal Source.
Thirsty: A ship that is low on fuel.
Toast rack: The metal frame structure outside of a station's airlock.
Trash can: A cargo canister containing scrap, biowaste or other waste commodities.
Ugly Duckling: An Adder, compared to the other vessels manufactured by Zorgon Peterson.
Useless Dreg: Common insult originally coming from pirates after a scan shows no cargo.
USS: Short term for Unidentified Signal Source.
Whale: An Orca, for the ship name originating from a whale species.
Winder: Another short term for a Sidewinder.
WSS: Short term for Weak Signal Source.
The Loop of Shame: term for missing (station etc.) in supercruise, and needing to loop around to jump out