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If you're a newfag, you probably have no idea what the fuck is with the jargon we use on [[/tg/]]. Here is a simple list. Every game has their own set of terms; you should go to that game's article instead. This page is for shortforms and jargon used on the /tg/ messageboards. If you don't find it here, try typing it in the search bar on the left; maybe it's not an acronym but actually the name of an rpg (like [[GURPS]] or [[FATAL|F.A.T.A.L.]]).
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== Numbers ==
;{{anchor|2d4fag}}2d4fag
: {{Main|User:2d4fag}}
:The only administrator of this wiki. As far as we know, he killed himself in May 2025, leaving the wiki without anyone in charge.

;{{anchor|403}}403, 403'd
:Forbidden, locked out. See also [[#banned|b&]]

;{{anchor|404}}404, 404'd
:Missing. Could also mean lost or misplaced.

== A ==
;{{anchor|age}}age
:The opposite of [[#sage|sage]]. It's the weeaboo form of [[#bump|bump]]. It does not actually have any function currently, and hasn't for almost the entire lifetime of the site.
;{{anchor|an hero}}an hero
:The grandmaster of [[#sudoku|sudoku]]. Comes from a long-memed eulogy for one such, which hadn't quite sussed how the English indefinite article works.

== B ==
;{{anchor|banned}}banned, b&, b&hammered
:Kicked out of the forum by a moderator.
::Might also be "underage b&" as suggesting someone is too young to be here.

;{{anchor|broken}}broken
:See the second definition of [[#OP|OP]] below. A game element that is overpowered to the point of actually making the game unwinable when played against (or unlosable when used).

;{{anchor|bump}}bump
:Adding a message to a thread with no content, just for the sake of keeping that message thread alive and visible.

== C ==
;{{anchor|coc}}CoC
;[[Call of Cthulhu]]

== D ==
;{{anchor|dice}}d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20
:[[Dice]] with [[d4|four]], [[d6|six]], [[d8|eight]], [[d10|ten]], [[d12|twelve]] or [[d20|twenty]] sides, respectively.

;{{anchor|d&d}}D&D
:[[Dungeons & Dragons]]

;{{anchor|DM}}DM
:Short for "Dungeon Master", the person who runs the game. Also sometimes known as the GM or [[Gamemaster]].

== F ==
;{{anchor|}}fag
:Idiot, fool; normal people use it to derogatorily refer to homosexual people (especially men), so don't use it in the real world. In the 1940-1980's it meant Cigarette.
:May also be a suffix that means "[[Fags of 4chan|person]]".

;{{anchor|flgs}}FLGS
:[[LGS|Friendly Local Gaming Store]]

== G ==
;{{anchor|greentext}}greentext
:Quoting someone else's message by prefacing the line with a >. On the forums, such quoted text is tinted green. On 1d4chan, you can use the [[:Template:greentext|greentext]] template to achieve the same appearance.

== I ==
;{{anchor|ishygddt}}ISHYGDDT
:"I seriously hope you guys don't do this." Used to discourage someone from doing something dumb they already did for a second time. Accompanied by a picture of George Costanza from Seinfeld, holding a baseball bat with an amused expression on his face.

;{{anchor|ITT}}ITT
:In this thread

== M ==
;{{anchor|minis}}minis, minatures
: {{Main|Miniatures}}
:Small models of soldiers, warriors, monsters, vehicles or the like for use in wargames. They're also used in role-playing games for visualizing tactical combat. Minis are usually measured in millimetres, and mixing minis of different height standards is frowned upon.

;{{anchor|MEQ}} MEQ
: {{Main|MEQ}}
: [[Space Marine|(Space) Marine]] EQuivalent. A class of [[Warhammer 40,000]] units about as tough to kill as a Space Marine.

== N ==
;{{anchor|newfag}}newfag
:Newcomer, foolishly naive. See [[#fag|fag]].

== O ==
;{{anchor|OP}}OP
: {{Main|OP}}
:Two definitions for this exist.
::"Original Poster": the person who started the thread.
::"Overpowered": a tactic, ability, weapon, unit, or other choice that exists in a game, [[Necrons|and is considered]] [[Eldar|to be unfair]] in comparison to other, similar elements.

== S ==
;{{anchor|sage}}sage
:Short for the [[weeaboo]] term 'sageru', which means 'to sink'. If you put 'sage' in the options field when posting a message, the thread won't be brought to the front page by your post, but it has no effect on anyone else's post. This is useful when your post is unimportant or bad.
::"Autosaged" means the thread has exceeded 300 replies and all replies will automatically refrain from bumping.
::"Sagebombed" is when someone hates the thread so much, they fill the thread with 'sage' messages in the hopes it will use up the rest of the thread's lifespan. This is not actually effective and thus hasn't occurred with much frequency in the last few years.
;{{anchor|sudoku}}sudoku
:A math puzzle of Japanese origin, commonly distributed to flyers on aeroplane-magazines, to eat up their time.
:Usually used as a synonym for "seppuku" and "suicide", especially if the whiner in question produced a tl;dr manifesto.

== T ==
;{{anchor|/tg/}}/tg/
: {{Main|/tg/}}
:Traditional Games, refers to both this wiki and the Traditional Games board on 4chan.

;{{anchor|That Guy}}That Guy
:{{Main|That Guy}}
:A horrible person. There tends to be at least one at every table. If you don't know who [[That Guy]] is in your group, it's probably you.

;{{anchor|This Guy}}This Guy
:{{Main|This Guy}}
:A wonderful person who your deity of choice has seen fit to bestow upon your gaming group.

;{{anchor|Tl;dr}}Tl;dr
:"Too long; didn't read", usually in response to a wall of text but also used to designate a summary at the end for those not wanting to read the entirety of a post.
:"Too long; don't read", usually above a wall of text but also used to designate a summary at the beginning for those not wanting to read the entirety of a post.

;{{anchor|tpk}}TPK
: {{Main|TPK}}
: Total Party Kill.

== U ==
;{{anchor|USR}}USR
:Universal Special Rule, one found in the main rulebook for a game.
== V ==
;{{anchor|V&}}V&
:"Vanned", the next step beyond b&. The preferred mode of government-paid transport to Club Fed. Free cable TV! Weight room! and your roommate is very, VERY friendly.

== W ==
;{{anchor|weeaboo}}weeaboo
: {{Main|Weeaboo}}
:Japanese; implies that the person or item's owner is a Japanophile.

;{{anchor|WoD}}WoD
: {{Main|World of Darkness}}
:World of Darkness, a modern supernatural game involving play vampires, werewolves, or other monsters. Editions will be designated oWoD (old World of Darkness) and nWoD (new World of Darkness).

;{{anchor|wiki}}wiki
:See [[1d4chan|recursion]].

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