Elite: Dangerous Slang Dictionary and creator.

fw190a8

fw190a8
RE: "ganked" it's not Elite-specific so there's a definition at urbandictionary. I'm not going to link to it because it's NSFW and just in case it annoys people on the forums! Easy to find and might provide a more detailed definition if desired.
 

Dogeh

Dogeh
Loop of Shame: Flying too fast past your destination and having to loop back on course.
(attributed to CMDR Shallowkai)
 
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Anopheles

Anopheles
zeq said:
Great post. Here are some of the ones I can think of.

Ganked - technically, I am pretty sure this is just slang for ambushed, and doesn't necessitate being destroyed, or work any time you are destroyed, even if it was by overwhelming force. Generally a surprise attack with high alpha, which brings up...
Alpha - not exclusive to ED, but not enough people know what is meant when this is talked about. I believe it is short for "alpha strike" and refers to a large burst of damage able to be dealt before the defending party realizes he is in combat.
'Conda - An abbreviation for the Anaconda similar to Sidey for Sidewinders.
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Ganked is already in. The others are fine.
 

Anopheles

Anopheles
Compiled to here.

Also added:


Tying the knot: The act of doing a loop to decrease speed when close to a Frameshift target. Many a Loop of Shame has started out as a tying the knot manouevre.

Double Blue: Everything is fine. Comes from the blue indicators for distance and speed in Frameshift Space. "I've got a new ship, a million in the bank and I know a good trade route, so everything's Double Blue in my world, man."
 

Toastie

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Dock-blocked, to be

To be denied docking access at an outpost by a pilot who has left his ship unattended on a pad or in a hangar.
 

AJ_Impy

A
Glam Rock: Glamorous rock, a ring or belt object containing valuable metals such as platinum or palladium.
Prog Rock: Progressive rock, a ring or belt object containing refinable minerals such as bertrandite or gallite.
Rock Star: A successful ring or belt miner.
 

stridecolossus

stridecolossus
Any chance of a moderator moving this thread to the 'tutorials' section before it gets lost? would be a shame for the work (and humour) to be wasted.
 
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JackWeaver

JackWeaver
CMDR Byrt Makklin said:
Isn't 'Annie' another affectionate name for the Conda? Sure I've seen it...
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Or Ana

"Sir Robin" is often quoted complete as "Brave Sir Robin", perhaps to make manoeuvre more erm... tactical.

"Dockered" When your docking requests gets lost or your pad is re-assigned, was a frequent occurrence when the dockers were being trained. In fact the experience was so traumatic for one commander he had to write a musical called Dockers as therapy.

If some of these can be referenced to popular fiction it would be nice.
 

Ian Phillips

Volunteer Moderator
Ian Phillips
I know there was at least one other thread like this way back before alpha... if anyone would like to dig that out :D
 

fw190a8

fw190a8
Anopheles, thanks for the mention in the original post. I don't suppose you could link to the channel page itself could you? Currently it doesn't link anywhere! :)
 

Speedbird

S
Agree with the post above,

also thinking that Rincwinding or to Rincewind has a level of honour in it.

"I lassoed a T6 last night, and after the sleigh ride he rincewinded out of the system"

in in contrast to 'Sir Robin' is a sleight.

Got taken on a sleigh ride by a pirate/ hunter, and when I ran out the cashbombs he allegroed followed by a swift Sir Robin.
 

2chill

Banned
2chill
How about Dicthead?

"I was minding my own business, heading to a station to rearm, when some dicthead came out of nowhere and made me drop into normal flight for some fisty cuffs"
 
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