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.
• 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.
• Brick: Lakon Type-6 Transporter ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick.
• Buggy: Surface Recon Vehicle.
• Conda: Short term for an Anaconda. Not to be confused with the F63 Condor, a ship at the other end of the size spectrum.
• 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.
• Griefer: A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See Griefers for more information.
• Hot soup: Fuel scooped from a star.
• Imp: An NPC or player allied with the Empire and flying an Imperial vessel.
• KWS: Short term for Kill Warrant Scanner.
• Letter box: A term for the airlock slot on a station.
• Mailslot: Another term for the airlock slot on a station.
• Noise Machine: An Adder, particularly it's sounds disliked by many players.
• OC: Orbital cruise.
• PA: Short term for Plasma Accelerator.
• PAC: Another term for Plasma Accelerator.
• Pills: Short term for the narcotics commodity.
• PSG: Short term for Prismatic Shield Generator.
• Redbull Can: Deployed mine, cylinder-looking shape.
• RES: Short term for Resource Extraction Site.
• Sidey: Short term for a Sidewinder.
• 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.