Dictionary World of Tanks Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
World of Tanks, similarly to most MMO games, developed a specific vocabulary which describes tanks, players behaviors or situation on the map. Below you will find a list of most important abbreviations and terms used in World of Tanks. It is not a complete list, since game language is still evolving. Nicknames of some vehicles might depend on with who you talk, as two completely different tanks might have the same agnomen dependant on how specific player name it. The naming of the vehicles is where players have the greatest imagination and you can find nicknames like cake, pancake, fridge and many more. You won't find tanks nicknames in this dictionary as they quickly become out of date.
Ammo rack - Ammunition rack. If it is damaged two times it explodes.
Arty - Artillery
Buff - improvement of specific tank or module statistics
Camper - player who waits in one place for the whole battle and waits for other players to find enemies. It doesn't apply to tank destroyers or artillery. Pejorative term
Cap - circle that symbolizes the base
capping - assaulting enemy base
CW, Clanwars - a battle between two clans, with no restrictions in tanks level
decap - defending the occupied base by damaging enemy tanks
detrack - removing the track, which immobilizes tank
Ding - ricochet, a bullet bouncing away from the armor
DMG - Damage
Frag - defeated enemy
Free Exp - experience that you can spend on any module or vehicle
GG - Good game, used usually after victorious battle.
GL - Good Luck, used before battle as GL&HF (Good Luck & Have Fun)
Grind - unlocking tanks from a specific tree, for example one can grind German artillery
Stars - bonus for first victory of the day. The term "knocking stars" is often used to describe playing with a specific tank only once a day to receive the bonus.
HE - high explosive ammunition
HT - heavy tanks
Hull Down - a tactic which consists of sticking out only the turret out of the cover while the rest of the tank is hidden behind a hill, rock, wall or other cover
kamikaze - a person that in first seconds of the game rides to enemy positions to find as many enemies as possible. An action that doesn't give any advantage to your team
angling - setting the armor at angle towards enemy to increase its efficiency
Critical - a shot that inflicts additional damage to modules or crew
LT - Light tanks
matchmaking - a match/battle in WOT of specific tanks level
MT- meds - medium tanks
Nerf - lowering the stats of specific module or tank
noob - beginner player
OMW - On My Way, used to communicate that you're on your way to the place where someone invited you
OP - Overpowered. A description of tank, armor or gun that is too good for it level in the game. You can commonly hear that some tank is OP on V tier.
Stock tank - a tank with basic, worst modules available: cannon, engine, turret, tracks, radiostation
tomato - beginner player - the name comes from the way in which weak players were shown with red color in XVM mod
scout - a tank that scouts
sidescraping - angling the hull behind a cover in a way that protects frontal armor, forcing the enemy to shoot at side armor at near parallel angles
Splash - shock wave created by a high explosive ammo. Especially important in case of artillery.
Spot/mark - highlight of targets/spotting enemies by the scout so that the team could shoot at him
TD - tank destroyer
tier - tank level - from 1 to 10
troll - a big cannon which inflicts great damage, has a low accuracy and long reload time
weakspot - a spot on the armor that you should shoot if you can't pierce normal armor
Win Ratio - A percentage statistic that shows the ratio of player wins
WN8 - One of the parameters describing player skills. The higher the better. Especially important while recruiting to a clan
WoT - World of Tanks
Sixth sense indicator - commandors Sixth Sense ability, that tells you that someone has discovered you