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Common Abbreviations on FUMBBL
| [145] or 145 club | - a user run club for new players of BB or FUMBBL? |
| [B], B , BB or box | - Blackbox |
| BB | - Blood Bowl (duh) |
| BC | - Bull Centaur, or ball-carrier |
| Beast | - used to refer to both Beastmen and Beasts of Nurgle (for clearer short forms, see goat and BoN) |
| BH | - Badly Hurt; sometimes Bone Head racial characteristic |
| Blackle | - variant of Blockle |
| Blockle | - Block and Tackle skills (on the same player) |
| Blodge | - Block and Dodge skills (on the same player) |
| Blodger | - a player with both Block and Dodge |
| BOB | - Black Orc Blocker (also the most popular player name on FUMBBL) |
| BoN | - Beast of Nurgle |
| BT | - Break Tackle skill |
| bull | - Minotaur; can also refer to Bull Centaurs |
| CAS | - casualty (any injury result: Badly Hurt, Serious Injury or Death) |
| CDB | - Chaos Dwarf Blocker |
| CDs | - Chaos Dwarves (can refer to the team as a whole and to the position Chaos Dwarf Blocker in particular) |
| chain, chaining, chainpush | - the on-pitch technique of blocking one player so that it pushes another; this can be used to create more favourable blocks, push away a marker, improve a tactical position, OTS and more |
| cherry-picking | - a much-discussed and hard to define subject. Arguably the best definition is: 'I would say you are a cherry picker if you constantly issue challenges that, were the team owners reversed, you yourself would decline.' (SkiJunkie) |
| clawpomb, clawpomber or CPOMB | - An abbreviation of the skill combination Claw+Pile On+Mighty Blow |
| CP | - completed pass (aka completion); may also refer to a cherry-picker or cherry-picking |
| CR | - Coach Ranking (aka Coach Rating) |
| crowdsurf | - pushing a player off the pitch and into the crowd |
| CRP | - The latest version of the Bloodbowl rules. Often referred to a CRaP! |
| CW | - Chaos Warrior |
| darkies, DEs or Delfs | - Dark Elves |
| db | - dice block |
| DC | - very rarely used to refer to Diving Catch as the skill itself is so rare; more likely to refer to a coach, to direct connect or to a disconnection |
| DMU | - Dwarf Mangling Union - less successful sibling of EMU |
| dorfs, DW, Dorks | - Dwarves |
| DP | - Dirty Player skill, or Disturbing Presence |
| DT | - Diving Tackle skill |
| ELF | - Elves Leaving the Forest |
| elves | - used to refer to all types of elves (High, Wood, Dark and 'Pro'); if referring to the team roster 'Elves', use 'Pro Elves' for clarity |
| EMU | - Elf Mangling Union |
| [F] or F | - Faction |
| FA | - Foul Appearance |
| FC | - FUMBBL Cup |
| FG | - Flesh Golem |
| fleshie | - more distinctive term for a Flesh Golem |
| flings | - Halflings |
| FUMBBL | - decide for yourself |
| GFI | - Go For It |
| gg | - good game (traditionally said at the end of a match) |
| gl and hf | - good luck and have fun (traditionally said at the start of a match) |
| GLN | - Grotty Little Newspaper |
| GLT | - Grotty Little Tournament |
| goat | - Beastman |
| GR | - Gutter Runner |
| grats | - Congratulations, normally said to opponent after a touchdown is scored |
| gRATS! | - Congratulations, except I really was hoping I'd stop you somehow, you lucky git! |
| GTR | - Get the Ref kick-off result |
| gutter | - Gutter Runner |
| HEs | - High Elves |
| hf | - see gl and hf |
| HMP | - Hail Mary Pass |
| ig | - in-game (that is, in the middle of playing a game) |
| Int | - Interception |
| jeje | - Spanish laughter |
| JU | - Jump Up |
| Krox | - Kroxigor |
| [L] or L | - League ([L] also used to refer to the now defunct Ladder division) |
| Larson/Larsson | -Stands for getting a TD, a CAS, an INT and a pass in the same game. Also 'perfect larsson' for doing all that and getting the MVP. |
| LC | - Lustrian Challenge |
| lfg | - looking for (a) game |
| lino | - Lineman |
| lion | - Lion Warrior (remember: lion is just one mistype away from lino, so the two can easily become confused when talking about High Elves) |
| LoA | - League of Assassins |
| LRB | - Living Rulebook; at time of writing, the version of the rules used on FUMBBL is Blood Bolw 2016, Living Rule Books were long ago versions. |
| Lustrian | - Lustrian Challenge (may also refer to the now defunct Pact team) |
| MB | - Mighty Blow skill (rarely used to mean Multiple Block: for clarity, use Multi for the latter) |
| Min Max | - A style of team building in which a coach minimises their team value and maximises their teams effectiveness at that Tv. Coaches that follow this absurd practice are usually found in Blackbox. |
| Mino | - Minotaur aka minotard |
| Multi | - Multiple Block skill |
| MVP | - Most Valuable Player |
| NBL | - No-Block League |
| Necros | - players from the Necromatic roster |
| niggler | - a player with one or more niggling injuries |
| NoS | - Nerves of Steel trait |
| OCCS | - Orca-Cola Cup Series |
| OFAB | - Off for a Bite (aka Blood Lust); note that this is also used in IRC after a coach's nick to indicate that they are afk (away from keyboard) to eat food (we hope) |
| OTS or ''1TTD' | - one-turn score (scoring from kick-off in one turn) or one-turn scorer (a player with the ability to do so) |
| Pact team | - a team from one of three now-deleted mixed-race rosters (Chaos Pact, Old World, Lustrian) |
| PD | - Perfect Defence kick-off result |
| PI | - Pitch Invasion kick-off result |
| Pixel Hugger | - A coach that is too attached to his players, usually plays in Ranked and will avoid all teams capable of hurting his own. |
| PO | - Piling On |
| Pro Elves | - used to refer to the team roster 'Elves' as distinct from other elf rosters (note that - unlike HEs, WEs, DEs - PEs is rarely used) |
| [R] or R | - Ranked |
| rats | - Skaven |
| Regen | - Regenerate racial characteristic |
| RO | - Rat Ogre (not to be confused with Ro) |
| RS | - Really Stupid (rarely Right Stuff) |
| RSC | - Razor Sharp Claws |
| RTFM | - Read The F'n Manual or Read the rules please |
| [S] or S | - Stunty |
| SFC | - Speed Freaks Challenge -An old tournament format |
| SF | - used to refer to both Stand Firm trait and Sure Feet skill (Stand Firm is probably more common, but which is meant is usually clear from the context) |
| SI | - Seriously Injured or Serious Injury |
| S.L.E.D.G.E. | Stunty Leeg Events of Death, Gore and Explosions- Several popular and silly mass participation tournaments that were run in the Stunty Leeg. They involved light-hearted special rules that emphasize the mayhemful nature of the Leeg. |
| skellie | - Skeleton |
| slayer | - Troll Slayer |
| smack | - FUMBBL SMACK |
| SS | - Side Step skill |
| Stench | - Ranked Division is often referred to as the Stench Division by old-timers who fondly remember the old Open Division where you could opt out of CR |
| Stunty | - note that this is used to refer to the skill, the division (Stunty Leeg) and players that have the skill (who do not necessarily play in the division) |
| surf | - see crowdsurf |
| SV | - Stormvermin |
| SWL | - Southern Wastes League |
| TD | - Touchdown |
| TR | - Team Rating, outdated term for Team Value |
| tree | - Treeman |
| TS | - Team Strength , no longer used FUMBBL houserule for calculating a more balanced Team Value |
| TTM | - Throw Team-mate racial characteristic (also used to refer to the on-pitch action: TTMing) |
| TV | - Team Value (this replaces TR in LRB 5 and onwards) |
| TW | - Team weight is team value plus any cash in the treasury, used in some tournaments. |
| [U] or U | - Unranked |
| UI | - Ulthuan Invitational |
| VLL | - Very Long Legs trait |
| WA | - Wild Animal racial characteristic |
| WD | - Wardancer |
| WEs | - Wood Elves or Witch Elves (for clarity, use woodies and witches respectively) |
| WIL | - White Isle League |
| witches | - Witch Elves |
| WO | - Warpstone Open |
| wolf, dog or WW | - Werewolf - please work out |
| woodies | - Wood Elves |
| Wrodge | - Wrestle and Dodge skill (on the same player) |
| XFL | - Xenophobes' Federated Leagues |
| zons | - Amazons |
| 1vs1 | - a match played by two teams consisting of just one player (yes, I know …) |
Last update: June 28, 2020