Ace: An Ace occurs when a player kills all opponents in a round

A-D-A-D-A-D’ing or AD Spam: Describes pressing A-D-A-D quickly to reset the accuracy of weapons.

ADR: “Average Damage per Round”, means the average damage per round caused by a player.

AFK: Short for “Away From Keyboard”, i.e. an announcement to be away from the PC for a while.

Aimbot: An illegal aid that lets the user automatically aim at enemies (usually the head)

Aimpunch: Warping of the crosshairs during a hit

Anti-Eco: A round in which a team plays against a team that is in an Eco round (see below).

Assist: Preliminary work through which the subsequent action leads to success, usually the kill.

Backstabbing: Trying to go around the opponent’s team to surprise them.

Bait: You send your teammate in front of you, so that he attracts your attention as a “bait” to make the kills himself without being bothered.

Boosted: Someone was boosted to a rank not by his own efforts, but by fellow players

Boosted (position): A player who has reached an elevated object with the help of a boost (“robber’s ladder”)

Buffed: A weapon has been improved, such as with a larger magazine or better handling

Bullpup: Another name for the Assault Rifle AUG. This was used for example in CS 1.6

Burst(-Fire): Glock and Famas have a so-called burst mode. This fires three bullets in quick succession

Callout: Announcement/command from oneself or a fellow player.

Camper: Someone who stays in one position for a long time

Carry(-ing): Someone or the team is led and or “carried” to victory by a player.

Choke: Squandering a clear lead

Clutch: Someone makes the round alone for the benefit of his own team

Cooldown: Period of time during which it is forbidden to play competitively. This can be due to leaving a game or multiple rounds early, being voted out too many times by fellow players, or causing too much team damage

Crossfire: Taking a target under crossfire

Crouch Jump: Jumping while crouched

Deagle: The short form of Desert Eagle

Dinked: Get a headshot without dying (e.g. M4A1/M4A4 is not a direct kill on headshot against Kevlar).

Drop: Give someone a gun

EAC: EasyAntiCheat – a commonly used anti-cheat tool, used in 99League among others.

Eco: In one round nothing / little is bought

ELO: A scoring system for various games; incorrectly used for CS:GO Rank.

Entryfrag: First kill in the round is usually called Entryfrag

Exitfrag: Getting a kill while the opponent is trying to escape

EZ/EZPZ: Short form of Easy Peasy

Fake: Deception or antidote of a tactic

Flawless: A round in which a team wins without a death

Flick(-shot): Quickly drag the crosshairs over to an enemy and fire a shot while doing so.

Force(-buy): When you don’t have the money to buy everything, but you still try to win the round

Ask: Another name for Kill

Frames: Frames per second

GG: Short form for “Good Game”.

GH: Short form for “Good Half”.

Ghosting: When you and your teammate are on different teams and you reveal each other’s position

Ghosting (Monitor): Ghosting describes the effect when the position of the actual object on the screen is already further, but the panel is too slow to display this.

GJ: Short form for “Good Job

GL: Short form for “Good Luck

Global: The twitch chat

Headglitch: The head looks minimally over an edge

Headshot: Headshot

HF: Short form for “Have Fun”, in German: Viel Spaß

HP: Short for “Health Points”, which in Counter-Strike stands for a player’s health points.

HS%/HSP: Headshot rate in %, based on total kills.

IGL: In-game leader; player who sets the strategy in the game.

Juan Deag: Humorous allusion – see One Deag

Jumpshot: Jumpshot or kill

Jumpthrow: Throwing a grenade in jump

K/D: The K/D, or “Kills per Death”, describes the ratio between shot opponents and a player’s own deaths

Killsteal: Steal someone’s kill

Kobe: HE grenade that causes a lot of damage or kills the opponent directly.

KQLY: KQLY is a former professional player who was banned for cheating. His jumpshots were cheated

War: Other word for SG553

L2P: Short form for “Learn 2 Play

Lag: Delayed data transmission; causes: increased ping or packet loss.

Legged: Leg shot

Long Jump: Long jump

Lurker: A role in the team. He is the one who tries to go around the enemy team. Also called Backstabber

MM: Short form for matchmaking

Molly: Other word for Molotov cocktail

N1: Short for “Nice One”, in German: gut gemacht

NA: Short for North America

Nade: Grenade

Nerf: Slightly mitigate, in most cases, weapons

Ninja (Defuse): The defusing of the bomb with terrorists still alive

No Scope: Shooting a sniper rifle while not looking through the scope.

Noob: Beginner

NS: Short for “Nice Shot”.

NT: Short for “Nice Try”.

One Deag: A single shot with the Deagle, usually involving a headshot kill.

One Tap: A single shot that usually involves a headshot kill

One-Way: Usually meant in conjunction with Smokes. A One-Way Smoke allows to look through a small gap in one direction only.

OP: Short for Overpowered, much too strong

OT: Short for overtime. It is the extra time of the game to determine a clear winner.

Para: Para is another name for the M249. It was used for example in CS 1.6.

Peek: Briefly peeking out from under cover to gather information.

Pick: Take an opponent out of the game. Also called a kill.

Pick (Map): The map chosen by a team during the veto process.

Ping: Time interval between sending a packet to a host and receiving an immediate response packet back.

Pistol (Round): The first round in a half

Pop flash: A flash thrown in such a way that the opponent neither hears nor sees it, but is still flashed

Prefire: Shoot on suspicion at a specific position

Pro90: Pro90 is a term for a player who runs’n’gun with a P90.

PUG: Pick-Up Game

Push: see Rush

Recoil: Recoil of the weapons

Recoil Control: Recoil Control

Refrag: If your team manages a kill, but at the same moment a team member is killed

Retake: Retake the spot

Rotate: Rotate to another spot

Run’n’Gun: Run and shoot at the same time

Rush: Quick move

Save: Save, example: “Go save the weapon” – so that you still have the weapon in the next round.

Scout: Scout is another name for the SSG-08.

Silver: Player with the rank of Silver. Mostly used with a negative connotation for a player who is bad or has no clue

Smurf: Usually a second account that is not on the same rank as the main account

Spinbot: A cheat that allows you to spin in a circle very fast

Split: Split as a team to attack the opponent from different directions.

Spray’n’Pray: Continuous fire while hoping to get a frag

Spray Transfer: Draw on another player in continuous fire and take him out of the game.

Stack: The whole team is close together on one position

Step: Step, here is meant the sound at a step that can betray players

Penalty: Taking advantage of the game mechanics to change his direction of movement in the air.

Support: Temporary help, support

TA: Short for Team Attack; attacking a player from your own team.

Tagging: When you just shoot the opponent

Tapping: Repeatedly firing single shots with an automatic weapon

Team Ace: Won round in which everyone makes a kill / frag

TK: Short for Team Kill; kill a player from your own team.

Toggle: Another word for activating a cheat

Toxic: A player who grumbles a lot

Trade Kill: see refrag

Trigger: Automatic shot as soon as the crosshair is on an enemy

VAC: Short form for Valve Anti Cheat

Volvo: other word for valve

Wallbang: Injure or kill the opponent through a wall or other objects.

Wallhack: A cheat that allows you to see the enemy through walls

WP: Short for “Well Played”.