List of StarCraft terminology

As StarCraft pertains to the internet gaming subculture, gamers and patrons use some unique words to describe things, situations, and events. Often it is used to shorten and acronyme words so that a message can be delivered more easily and rapidly. This list includes terms unique to StarCraft utilized by its gamers and excludes common internet slang (such as noob, lol, ownage, etc.)

B

 * bs - Backstab
 * bser - Backstabber

D

 * dt - Dark Templar

O

 * obs - Observer. Can refer to the actual unit (can be extended to include any detector) or a player observer who spectates on a game without participating.
 * ovie - Overlord

P

 * PvP - Commonly used in internet gaming to refer to a 'Player vs. Player' situation. More commonly used in StarCraft to refer to a Protoss vs. Protoss game

V

 * vis - Vision, mostly referring to Allied Vision