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Maybe ideal for new player (under construction). So please add something useful here. Also expand into ZK slang in general, not just abbreviations.

===A===
*AA - <b>A</b>nti <b>A</b>ir
*anni - [[Lucifer]] (anni is from Annihilator, the old name) (heavy tachyon tower)
*AoE - <b>A</b>rea <b>o</b>f <b>E</b>ffect (splash damage)
*avenger - old name for [[Swift]] (multirole fighter)

===B===
* Bantha - Old name for [[Paladin]]
*BB - <b>B</b>ig <b>B</b>ertha - the long range cannon
*BD - Revenant, comes from old name Black Dawn - Heavy Raider/Assault gunship
*behe - Cerberus, from old name Behemoth
*BW - <b>B</b>last<b>W</b>ing - flying bomb unit

===C===
*cata - [[Merlin]]. From the old name, Catapult. - artillery strider
*CCR - Comet Catcher Redux - the flat vehicle map
*com(m) - <b>Comm</b>ander - the starting unit 
*con - <b>Con</b>structor - any mobile unit with ability to build stuff
*CS - <b>C</b>hain<b>S</b>aw - Long Range Anti Air

===D===
*det - (also detri) - Detriment (the largest strider)
*DDM - <b>D</b>ooms<b>d</b>ay <b>M</b>achine - heavy defensive structure
*dgun - <b>D</b>isintegrator <b>Gun</b> - class of special weapons that need manual activation using "D" key - for example Dante's missile volley or special commander weapons
*domi - [[Dominatrix]] (capture vehicle)
*DPS - <b>D</b>amage <b>P</b>er <b>S</b>econd
*DRP - <b>D</b>isco <b>R</b>ave <b>P</b>arty - the superweapon
*Drop - A "drop" happens when units are loaded into transports and then "dropped" somewhere, like the enemy base
*DSD - Delta Siege Dry - a popular teams map

===E===
*E - <b>E</b>nergy - the resource
*eco - <b>Eco</b>nomy - all resource-producing units and buildings
*elo - a rating system used for balancing games basing on estimated players skill
*EMP - <b>E</b>lectro<b>M</b>agnetic <b>P</b>ulse - paralyzer weapons, can also be used to mean an air player using thunderbird.

===F===
*fac- <b>Fac</b>tory - building that produces mobile units
*FW - Firewalker (artillery bot)
*fus - Fusion Reactor

===G===
*geo - <b>Geo</b>thermal Powerplant or the spot where it can be built (also ''geospot'')
*GS - Gunships
*golly or Goli - [[Goliath]] (heavy tank)
*grid - energy grid - system of connected energy sources, part of overdrive. Structures are in the same grid if their "circles" touch.

===H===
*HLT - <b>H</b>eavy <b>L</b>aser <b>T</b>ower ([[Stinger]])


===J===
*JJ - JumpJet factory

===L===
*Licho - old name for [[Likho]] (heavy bomber plane)
*link - to link disconnected parts of energy grid together OR to link shields together
*LLT - <b>L</b>ight <b>L</b>aser <b>T</b>ower (the [[Lotus]] turret)
*lobster - a taunt for a player who haven't performed well in ongoing or previous battle(s).
*LoS - line of sight
*LV - <b>L</b>ight <b>V</b>ehicles (Factory) - LV got renamed to Rover factory

===M===
*M - <b>M</b>etal - the resource
*mex - <b>M</b>etal <b>Ex</b>tractor, <i>to mex</i> the action of constructing extractors on untapped metal spots
*morph - to upgrade a commander or a geothermal generator
*moho - old name for Advanced Geothermal
*MT - <b>M</b>issile <b>T</b>ower (the Picket turret)

===N===
*nano - Caretaker nanolathe tower (static constructor)
*nap - to kidnap - usually "comnap" - capture enemy commander with air transport

===O===
*OD - <b>O</b>ver<b>D</b>rive - overdrive pumps spare energy to metal extractors to improve their output, see [http://zero-k.info/wiki/Overdrive economic section of the manual]
*OP - <b>O</b>ver<b>P</b>owered - something is considered too good for its cost (eg a unit/module/ability)
*owled - weak enough it might as well not be in the game

===P===
*pene - Lance. From old name penetrator. (hovercraft artillery)
*porc - (from porcupine) - heavy defenses, usually useless
*porcing - playing too defensively, not taking enough land
*PW - <b>P</b>lanet<b>W</b>ars - the online multiplayer campaign
*plop (fac) - deploying your first factory, which is free and builds instantly

===R===
*rec - <b>Rec</b>laim - command to recycle units, wreckages and map features
*ress/rez - <b>Ress</b>urection (common misspelled version of resurrection) - ability to recreate a unit from its wreckage

===S===
*SD - <b>S</b>tar<b>d</b>ust
*singu - <b>Singu</b>larity Reactor - most powerful, and most dangerous energy-producing structure
*Shadow - old name for Raven (bomber plane)
*shiny - huge explosion caused either by nuke, or destruction of Singularity Reactor
*skydust - Stardust on a terraformed spire
*stiletto - old name for Thunderbird (disarming plane)
*selfd - <b>Self D</b>estruct - usually meant as an encouragement to self destruct all your things using CTRL+A, CTRL+D keys to end the game; sometimes to self destruct a single unit for its powerful death explosion
*shield-ball - A group of units that have shields, usually containing thugs, felons, and possibly an aspis(mobile area shield)

===T===
*TB - <b>T</b>hunder<b>b</b>ird - area disable bomber plane.
*terra - <b>Terra</b>form - a way to modify map's landscape
*Trollcom - Typically a disintegrator gun command with high movement speed.

===U===
*ubermex - a metal extractor spot with much more yield than usual (4+ while typical mex is 2)
*UP - <b>U</b>nder<b>P</b>owered - something is considered too weak for its cost (eg a unit/module/ability)
*Ulti - <b>Ulti</b>matum - cloaked anti-heavy strider

===W===
* Wubbernaut - A new player. Comes from wub (similar to nub) + naut (to explore).

===Z===
*ZK - <b>Z</b>ero <b>K</b>elvin - the name of this game

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