Terminology

(Up to WormNET (Worms Armageddon))

In Worms community some unique terms are often used in WormNET, having different meanings. The purpose of this page is to list and clarify these words.

Term	Associated word(s)	Meaning
Zook	Bazooka	Short for Bazooka.
Nade	Grenade	Short for Grenade.
Chute	Parachute	Short for Parachute.
Nana	Banana	Short for Banana Bomb.
Tele	Teleport	Short for Teleport.
Plop	Sink, Drown	When a worm falls on the water and sinks or drowns (an onomatopoeia).
Newbie	Beginner, Noob	A beginner player, who is learning the basics of the game.
Noob	Newbie, Beginner	A pejorative way to refer to a beginner player who usually is not very skilled.
Pro	Professional	A very skilled player. It is also the name of a scheme that is intrinsic to Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party.
Quitter	Quit	Main section: Leaving the game. Someone who quits a match without a noble reason in the middle of a game, sometimes ruining it.
Fly	Flight, Air	When a worm travels in the air, usually being lauched from a weapon (commonly the Ninja Rope).
Pile	Crowd	Main section: Pile. A group of worms together.
Leader	First, Top	The team that is at the top during the match, usually the one that is with more health (the "winning" one).
Surf	Skim	When a worm skims across the water.
Cow	Infringe(r), Violate(or)	Main section: Cow. A move that infringed the rules of a game or as a verb: to infringe the rules of a game. Also, it can be a player who breaks, infringes or violates the rule, especially if done repeatedly.
PACK	Rules	Main secion: PACK. Acronym of Pile, ABL, CBA, and KTC scheme rules.
Roofing	Roof, Border, Ceiling	Main article: Roofing. Going above the ceiling of a cave map.
Shoppa	Shopper, Misspelling	Main talk page section: The term "Shoppa". A misspelling originated probably from the "Shopper" pronunciation.
Telecide	Suicide, Teleport	Main section item: Telecide. Commiting suicide with the Teleport.
Granny	Old Woman, Old Lady	Alternative for Old Woman.
Old Lady	Old Woman, Granny	Alternative for Old Woman.
Sally	Salvation Army	Alternative for Salvation Army.
HHG	Holy Hand Grenade, Holy	Acronym of Holy Hand Grenade.
Holy	Holy Hand Grenade, HHG	Short for Holy Hand Grenade.
BnG	Bazooka and Grenades, Bazooka, Grenade	Short for Bazooka and Grenades.
RR	Rope Race	Acronym of Rope Race.
TTRR	Time-trial Rope Race	Acronym of Time-trial Rope Race.
WfW	Walk for Weapons	Acronym of Walk for Weapons.
WxW	Wall-X-Wall Shopper	Short for Wall-X-Wall Shopper.
Proper	Roper, Pro	Alternative for Roper.
SSR	Super Sheep Race	Acronym of Super Sheep Race.
JPR	Jetpack Race	Acronym of Jetpack Race.
Normal	Intermediate, Conventional gameplay, Standard Gameplay	Alternative for Intermediate, but also for Conventional gameplay schemes.
BnA	Bow and Arrows	Short for Bow and Arrows.
CDRW	Comet Dodging Race Wee	Acronym of Comet Dodging Race Wee.
CTF	Capture The Flag	Acronym of Capture The Flag.
BnC	Bows and Clusters	Short for Bows and Clusters.
RnC	Ropes and Crates, Crate Collector	Short for Ropes and Crates.
AFA	Attack From Air	Short for Attack From Air.
SAA	Surf After Attack	Acronym of Surf After Attack.
SBA	Surf Before Attack	Acronym of Surf Before Attack.
FBA	Fly Before Attack	Acronym of Fly Before Attack.
WBA	Wall(s) Before Attack	Acronym of Wall(s) Before Attack.
TS	TestStuff, Test versions	Short for TestStuff.
RW	RubberWorm	Short for RubberWorm.
PX	Project X	Short for Project X.
BTP	Blame The Pixel	Acronym for Blame The Pixel.
TUS	The Ultimate Site	Acronym of The Ultimate Site.
WKB	Worms Knowledge Base, worms2d.info	Acronym of Worms Knowledge Base.
worms2d.info	Worms Knowledge Base, WKB	Alternative for Worms Knowledge Base.
WMDB	Worms Map Database	Short for Worms Map Database.
HB	HostingBuddy	Acronym of HostingBuddy.
Hyst	Hysteria	Short for Hysteria.
WSDB	Worms Scheme Database	Short for Worms Scheme Database.
WSBDB	Worms SoundBank Database	Short for Worms SoundBank Database.
WQDB	WormsQuoteDatabase	Short for WormsQuoteDatabase.
CWT	Crespo's Worms Tournament	Acronym of Crespo's Worms Tournament.
WSC	Game scheme file, Worms Scheme Contest	The file format of the Game scheme file, also the acronym of Worms Scheme Contest.
WO	Worm Olympics	Acronym of Worm Olympics.
NNN	Normal No Noobs	Acronym of Normal No Noobs.
S@S	Start at Start	Short for Start at Start
STF	Start to Finish, S2F	Short for Start to Finish.
S2F	Start to Finish, STF	Short for Start to Finish.
CBA	Crate Before Attack	Acronym of Crate Before Attack.
AFR	Attack From Rope	Acronym of Attack From Rope.
KTL	Kill The Leader	Acronym of Kill The Leader.
AFJ	Attack From Jetpack	Short for Attack From Jetpack.
ABL	All But Last	Acronym of All But Last.
KTC	Kill The Cow	Acronym of Kill The Cow.
DC	Deadcode	Short for Deadcode.
CS	CyberShadow	Short for CyberShadow.
WA	Worms Armageddon	Acronym of Worms Armageddon.
WWP	Worms World Party	Acronym of Worms World Party.
W2	Worms 2	Acronym of Worms 2.
TCB	The Challenge Base	Acronym of The Challenge Base.
Team Weapons	Special Weapons	Another way to say Special Weapons.
Anchor Mode	Artillery Mode	Another way to say Artillery Mode.
Postal Strike	Mail Strike	Another way to say Mail Strike .
SD	Sudden Death	Acronym of Sudden Death.
Dyna	Dynamite	Short for Dynamite.
Nuke	Poison, Sudden Death, Indian Nuclear Test	Another way to refer to the Poison caused by Sudden Death or Indian Nuclear Test, for example: in Sudden Death settings the "nuke" can be turned on or off.
Grave	Gravestone, Tombstone, Tomb, Sepulture, Sepulchre, Charnelhouse, Tumulus	Short for Gravestone.
FFA	Free For All, last man standing, battle royale, "deathmatch" (as called in other games, not exactly the classic game mode of WA and WWP)	Acronym of Free For All, a gameplay style like 1vs1vs1, 1vs1vs1vs1, 1vs1vs1vs1vs1, 1vs1vs1vs1vs1vs1, etc. (2vs2vs2 is free for all in teams). What is usually not nominated as free for all gameplay: 1vs1, 2vs2, or 3vs3.
Funner	Non-competitive, casual, fun, funny, playful, entertaining, joy	A game that is not competitive, being focused in having fun, and not playing so seriously. A game that will not be uploaded publically, will not change rankings, and won't be worth championship medals or money. Casual play.
WSE	Worst Shot Ever	Acronym of Worst Shot Ever. Often used when a very, very bad or hilarious unfortunate shot happens during a game.
Bo1/Bo3/Bo5/Bo7/Bo9...	Best of one, Best of three, Best of five, Best of seven, Best of nine...	The number of rounds determined for a scheme or competitive event to be considered a valid full match. It is a different way to say what is represented in the game as "the number of wins" (the setting that has a number displayed on a trophy icon). For example: a 2-win trophy represents Best of 3, while a 3-win trophy represents Best of 5.
Cr8	Crate	Short for Crate. It can be: a Weapon Crate, a Health Crate or a Utility Crate.
WormsDC	Worms: The Director's Cut	Short for Worms: The Director's Cut.
Hotseat	Warm seat, hot sofa, hot chair	A multiplayer game of Worms played on the same computer. It's called hotseat because when players switch turns they enter and exit the main seat. The "Hotseat Time" scheme feature is related to this.
Lamer	Lame, Bad behaviour, Pathetic, Unsportsmanlike, Unpleasant	Someone who is lame, pathetic, not funny, unsportsmanlike, unpleasant.
Sigworm	Signature-worm, Internet forum signature, Wormy signature, Worms signature	A Sigworm is short for Signature-worm - an edited graphic of a worm that somehow represents a player of Worms. It can be used at the end of message board postings or anything else... Commonly used in internet forums related to Worms, especially in the past, during the so called "internet forum era", but some people still use Sigworms until now.
Wormer	Player, Member, Worms fan	A player of Worms, member of Worms community, fan of Worms series.
Wormy	Worms	An adjective for anything that has to do with Worms.
Box	Crate, Square, Space	Crate is the term technically used by the game to refer to the objects that offer weapons, health and utilities, but some players call it using the word "Box". This happens usually due to English not being their native language, the translations of the game and the word "crate" being unfamiliar to them. Also, Box is technically referred to a space/square on the map of a Board Game scheme match.
Adaptation	Scheme, Media, Portability, Transformation	Something created within the Worms community (usually a scheme) that is inspired by something from other media (film, book, series, game, etc.), usually trying to adapt it or port it to Worms community. Some adaptations are very loyal to the original and others not so much.
Beam	Girder	Girder is how the game technically refers to the weapon used to build bridges, and block or protect worms. Some players call it "Beam", probably due to translations and different regions.
Scheme	Game mode, Game style, Modality	A Scheme is a game mode or game style. If Worms is a game, a scheme is a modality, an aggregate of map design, settings and rules of a particular gameplay.
Molotov	Molotov cocktail, Petrol Bomb	The official English term of the game for the weapon that is thrown and explodes releasing flamelets that endure for several turns is Petrol Bomb. Some players call it "Molotov" due to translations and the aspect of the weapon, that mimics a Molotov cocktail.
Map	Image file, Gameplay image	The Map is the official term for the image file that can be used to play the game, where the worms will stand on. In the past and in the game folders it is often referred as "Level". Some people sometimes use the word "Terrain" referring to a map, but nowadays the Worms community consider a Terrain a different thing, but it has to do with a map.
Terrain	Texture, Soil type, Background, Scenario, Theme	A Terrain in the Worms community nowadays means the "texture", "soil type", "background style" of a map, and not the map itself, not the image file. Examples of terrains intrinsic to the game: Farm, Sports, Manhattan, Fruits, Desert, Beach, etc.. There are also Custom terrains.
Level	Map, Water, Flood	The word Level in the past and in folders of the game was used to refer to what is called now a Map, an image file where the worms will stand on during a game. However, nowadays the word "Level" is often seen associated with the water or the flood: Water Level/Flood Level (the amount of pixels that the water is raised).
Water drop	Border, Ground, Plop, Water, Level, Sink, Drawn	The water level is set in a way that allows weapons to sink through the bottom indestructible border but worms remain standing on it, a setting known as Water drops. This makes it difficult to quickly use a mine or grenade on a worm standing on the bottom of the map, but bazookas still explode on impact.
Shore	Coast, Beach, Landing zone	An area designed on Surf Shopper maps in which the worms land on it after skimming on the water.
Wall	Surface, Area, Zone, Touching place	A surface designed on the map of some schemes, most remarkably WxW, intended to players touch it or interact with it according to the rules of the scheme. Usually they are vertical, but some are horizontal, inclined or even with irregular shapes.
Darksiding	Hiding, Digging, Defensiveness, Shield, Protecting	Adopt what is called an 'underhand style of play': games revolve around digging through the landscape to safety, hiding, planting girders and generally being very sneaky. Hiding a worm - usually by digging - in a position where it's impossible for enemy worms to hit this worm with a grenade and at the same time impossible for your worm to hit enemy worms with a grenade. The God of the Darksiders is the Buffalo of Lies (see it on Wormopedia).
Lightsiding	Bravery, Courage, Attacking, Impetus, Offensiveness, Exposed, Fearlessly	The practice of not hiding worms, exposing them, usually attacking. Facing the enemy fearlessly. Courageous and true, the Lightsiders, who never cower in fear of incoming missiles and always fight bravely unto the end! The lightsiders can count with their entity: the Concrete Donkey, a weapon that can easily catch the Darksiders.
Notch	Notching, Aiming, Calculation, Angle	The smallest movement possible (between one angle and its next angle) by tapping the arrow key very quickly.
Notching	Notch, Aiming, Calculation, Angle, Trick, Tactic, Cheat	A very controversial practice, whether it is cheating or not, which consists of knowing angles, positions and fuses by heart (and testings), that at full power, usually the grenade, the bazooka (or other weapon), will presumably hit the enemy with a certain guarantee of success. Counting the notches.
Sitter	Grenade, Sit, Seat, Stop, Stay, Waiting, Fuse, Time, Timer, Rest	A grenade that rests or "sits" on the terrain. Usually if it stops for more than 0.25 second it can be considered a Sitter. On some artillery schemes like BnG, these grenades are forbidden by the rules. Usually the sitter falls into a pit next to the target, being considered a cheap shot.
Block	Imprison, Stuck, Jail, Impede, Delay, Tactic	A tactic that impede the opponent to pass through an area, or make the enemy worm stuck, forcing this worm to loose one turn to pass through the zone and get free from it. The Girder is remarkably good and useful for this tactic.
Body block	Worm, Hitbox, Collision mask, Stuck, Impede, Delay, Tactic	Blocking a worm with the "body"/hitbox/collision mask of other worm.
Ghost Shot	Shotgun, Trick, Through, Worm, Collision mask, Hitbox, Tactic	A trick done with the Shotgun that the shot passes throught a worm exactly infront of the worm shooting.
Reaim	Aim, Angle, Change, Diversity, Calculation	Changing the angle before aiming again. Some artillery schemes like BnG demand this.
Evil map	Demanding, Severe, Strict, Difficult, Extreme, Hard, Cruel	A very demanding map, severe and strict, very difficult to players perform on it successfully.
HP	Hit Points, Health, Points, Hit, Damage, Numbers, Life, Death	Short for Hit Points, although some people call them "Health Points".
Direct shot	Straight, Cheap, Easy, Safe, Guaranteed	An easy to hit shot, usually close to the enemy target aiming straight with full power. It is a safe shot, a common tactic in strategical schemes, but denied in artillery schemes like BnG.
Telecow/Jetcow	Tactic, Worm rotation, Worm order, Rule, Exploitation, Abuse, Manipulation, Exploring, Teleport, Jet Pack, Transport	Using Jet Pack, Teleport, or any other transport tool to move a worm next to an opponent's worm knowing that their worm will get another turn before their opponent's worm does (see Worm order manipulation on Hysteria).
Mine hat	Mine, Worm, Head, Hat, Blast, Explosion, Direction, Precise, Positioning	A Mine that is carefully positioned (counting the "step pixels") at the head of a worm (like a hat) to make the worm be launched to a precise direction.
Sheepnado	Sheep, Tornado, Circles, Super Sheep, Aqua Sheep	A tactic mainly used at a specific mission, performed by the speedrunning community. The sheep flies in circles in order to perform a precise movement for a shot.
Cluster trick	Cluster Bomb, Trick, Underneath, Bomblets, Clusters, Fragments, Powerful	A trick that consists on placing a Cluster Bomb underneath a worm at an inclined spot of the terrain to concentrate and explode all bomblets at once, causing massive damage.
Inter	Intermediate, Normal, Conventional gameplay, Standard Gameplay	Short for Intermediate.
DT	Double Time, Double Turn Time, Utility, Crate	Acronym of Double Time.

See also

• Common in-game abbreviations (section on Etiquette)
• Lexicon
• Scheme rules
• Rope tricks
• Tricks and glitches
• RubberWorm (page containing many terms regarding commands/features)
• Extended Scheme Options (contains many terms for features of the game)

External links

• Glossary of abbreviations on Worms Czesky.
• Worms Terms on The Allotment.

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