Reference > StarCraft Lingo
- Bats - Terran Firebats
- BM - Bad Manner
- BO - Build Order
- CC - Command Center
- Chobo - Korean term for newbie or a newer player
- Choke - Entrance to a base, usually has an uphill ramp
- Clone/split - Technique used at the start of the game to assign invididual mineral patches to each peon
- Comp Stomp - Seven human players creating a game vs. one computer player, common
- Counter - Counter Attack
- Def - Defiler
- Cliff/Cliffing - To place ranged units on a cliff just out of enemy range
- Cracklings - Zerglings with Adrenal Glands and Metabolic Boost upgrades
- Depo - Terran Supply Depot
- Disc - Disconnect from a game or Battle.net
- Drop - The action of dropping troops from dropships on an unsuspecting enemy
- DT - Dark Templar
- Ebay - Terran Engineering Bay
- Expo - Extra base used for additional resources
- Gate - Protoss Gateway
- GG - Good Game
- GL/HF - Good Luck, Have Fun
- Goon - Protoss Dragoon
- Gosu - Korean term for a player with exceptional skill
- Guard - Zerg Guardian
- Hasu - Korean term for average or good skill
- HT - Protoss Hight Templar
- Lots - Protoss Zealots (occassionally called zlots)
- Lurk - Zerg Lurker
- M&M - Marines & Medics
- Muta/Ling - Zerg strategy comprising of the Mutalings and Zergling unit combo
- Nat - Natural expansion slot, usually the mineral line closest to player starting position
- Noob - A new player, often called when not skilled
- NR - No rush, normally means do not send units to enemy base in the first 5-10 minutes
- Obs - Protoss Observer or Human spectator in a game
- Ovies - Zerg Overlords
- Pool - Zerg Spawning Pool
- Port - Terran Starport
- Rax - Terran Barracks
- Rines - Terran Marines
- Sair - Protoss Corsair
- Speedlots - Zealots with Leg Enhancement Upgrade
- Storm - A spell used by the Protoss High Templar, devastating when used against Zerg
- SV - Terran Science Vessel
- Sunk - Zerg Sunken Colony
- Tank Push - A common TvP or TvT strategy where Siege Tanks move in a leap frog formation with Turrets toward enemy's base, usually containing opponent
- Tech - Upgrading technology
- Turbo Newbie - A Terran strategy which consists of Siege Tanks and Turrets over enemys natural expansion mineral spot
- Ultra - Zerg Ultralisk
- Valks - Terran Valkyries
- Vanilla - Term for original Starcraft, pre Brood War