Jargon

[MOTH]

I also see (and use) Merc and/or NuMerc for the Numidian Mercernary.

Also: rax = barracks

 

[Tomoyo]

Merc can also be the Swiss mercenary.

 

[The Last Conformist]

"Rax"? That's so Starcraft.

(Actually, I'd probably rate Starcraft as the greatest non-Civ computer game ever.)

 

[Yuri2356]

Just be glad that we arren't saying things like "rines".

 

[mrtn]

REX. BTW, is that Rapid EXpansion or Rapid Early eXpansion, or both?

 

[The Last Conformist]

Rapid Early eXpansion only, I think.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

I've seen this one recently and have no idea what it means:

IIRC

And I humbly submit this one:

Poprush: Hurry production (as in Despotism, Communism, and Facism) by killing citizens.

 

[Tomoyo]

IIRC is If I recall correctly, and is not a Civ acronym, so is not there.

 

[Perfection]

Where's the Civ 2 Jargon like ToT (Test of Time)?

 

[Theoden]

MA = middle age/modern age
IA = industrial age
GA = golden age

I can't beleive those were missing

 

[aaglo]

MA stands for modern armour.

Besisdes, these mixed letter thingies aren't exactly jargon. They're abbreviations.

And I've seen the use of "mace" and "rambo" (which by the way fulfil the definitions of jargon )

 

[classical_hero]

It would be good to have a list of all the Jargon used here, including common Internet usage also, because some of them are confusing.

 

[fe3333au]

I totally agree ... a month ago I posted a question on Netiquette where I was directed to a site giving meanings for common terms eg. IIRC, IMHO, etc ... which was indeed needed because one of the first replies I received to a posted query consisted of random packets of letters and wierd pseudo english terms ... in short a totally different and confusing language ...

So let me start this off ... I have an idea but would like definitions and corrections for ...

Troll - someone who acts rudely and aggressively or to be rude
Flame - acting agressively
Spam - totally unrelated or irrelivant information
Bump - to post a comment on an old/dead post and thereby activating it
Cross post - to open to identical threads on different forums

Can't think of any more but i know that they are out there ...

 

[Tomoyo]

Cross post - to open to identical threads on different forums

Isn't cross-posting when two posters reply to the same thread at the same time?

 

[Mathias]

Cross post is a USENET term for threads that are posted to multiple newsgroups. Similar use of the term in Internet forums is understandable.


MOSR/EOSR = Monarch/Emperor OCC Space Race

 

[Tomoyo]

I've never heard MOSR or EOSR. I prefer Space One City Challenge Emperor Race for Emperor, although it's a bit wierd.

 

[Mathias]

Soccer weird? No, football (game played with hands) is weird.

 

[mrtn]

Trolling is actually a fishing term; you're fishing for trouble. It's closer to goading/incitement, than to be rude.

 

[Tomoyo]

Soccer weird? No, football (game played with hands) is weird.

I meant that it's a bit wierd that the words "Space" and "Race" were completely separted in my acronym.

 

[Perfection]

SMAC=Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
SMAX=Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire