CS2 Slang Explained: Understand the Language of Counter-Strike 2

Like any massive community, the CS2 community has a bunch of words and phrases that aren’t the most legible or understandable to the outside world. In this article, w’ell dive into just that, the slang of CS2 and the meanings behind the words you might hear on the server.

CS2 Most Popular Slang Terms

While many words used in CS2 are well known across multiple games, we will not be explaining common terms like “noob” and such, since, you know, it’s the internet, we believe you have it figured out. That’s why, we’ll stick to the terms you might be confused by when coming into the Counter-Strike world, divided alphabetically.

A

ADR: Average Damage Per Round, an indicator of how much damage you deal in every round.

B

Boost: The act of jumping on another player to see over a wall, or climb onto a different position.

C

CT: Counter Terrorists

D

Default Plant: The safest plant on every bomb site, usually the most covered, but least advantageous in terms of post-plant positions.

E

Eco: An economy round, where teams don’t buy any equipment to save money for a full buy. If you hear somebody say “Full Eco”, don’t buy anything unless you want to get screamed at. Entry Frag: The first kill made by the Ts when entering a site/position.

F

Force Buy: Buying the best equipment you can, when you’re low on money. For example, an MP7, half-kevlar and one frag grenade. Full Buy: Buying the best equipment, usually an M4/AK-47, kevlar, and 4 grenades + a defuse kit on CT side.

G

GLHF: Good Luck, Have Fun. Commonly used at the start of games.

I

IGL: In-Game Leader, a role for players who select strategies and tell their teammates where to go. Not popular in casual play.

J

Jame Time: Overly cautious tactics focused on saving weapons in winnable rounds, based on the Virtus.Pro’s IGL Dzhami “Jame” Ali’s playcalling. Juan Deag: A headshot performed with a deagle, instantly killing a player.

K

Kobe: Killing someone with a hand grenade. A tribute to basketball player Kobe Bryant. KQLY: A reference to when Hovik “KQLY” Tomassian hit a jumping USP headshot on Jarosław “paszaBiceps” Jarząbkowski in a game between LDLC and Virtus.Pro in 2014. This might also be calling you a cheater, as KQLY actually got caught cheating that same year.

L

Lurking: Playing away from the main attack site as a Terrorist, trying to find straggling CT players.

M

Molly: Molotov.

N

Nades: Grenades. Ninja Defuse: Defusing the bomb while terrorists are alive unbeknownst to them, sneaking in in a smoke, or when they leave the site. NA play: An old meme stating that North American CS players can’t really play, that’s why if you screw up, a lot of Europeans may call it an “NA Play”.

O

One Tap: Killing somebody with a single headshot.

P

Peeking: Taking a duel by moving out of cover. Pop-Flash: A flashbang that explodes in a way unavoidable for your enemy. Post Plant: A position after the bomb has been planted. Some bomb positions are better for some post plant positions, which is when you’ll hear “planting for <position>”. Prefire: Shooting where you think the enemy will be when peeking.

R

Retake: The attempt by CTs to take a site after the bomb has been planted.

S

Save: Avoiding getting killed in a losing round in order to ensure that your weapons transfer over to the next round. Smurf: A better player competing at lower ranks, usually on a secondary account. Stack: Placing all your CT players on one site in order to defend against their attack.

T

T: Terrorists.

U

Utility: a term for grenades and (on CT side) the defuse kit as a whole. Basically, any “extra” buys.

V

VAC: Valve Anti Cheat, if you hear or see this, somebody might be suggesting you’re cheating.

W

Wallbang/Scan: Shooting walls in the hopes of hitting an enemy in cover behind them. Walling: Cheating by activating a wallhack. word.exe: Another reference to cheating, as Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat was caught cheating at an official event with… you guessed it, a file named word.exe being found on his computer.

1

1G: Burning yourself with your own molotov, a reference to an epic fail by streamer Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar who lost the mapround (and then, as a result of the momentum shift, the map) doing just that, as after an epic clutch, he stepped into his own molotov and burned to death during a defuse.

And that’s all! We didn’t want to force any definitions, that’s why not all letters are covered, but this brief overview should have you understanding what the hell grizzled pros are talking about… Until we get to callouts, but that’s a topic for another day.

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