ERepublik jargon

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There are multiple terms used throughout eRepublik that have been coined in-game, and have in-game meanings of their own.

0-100

  • \o/ - A way of dancing an expressing glee on the internet.
  • 2-Clicker or Two Clicker - A citizen that only works and trains.

A-J

  • ATO - The opposite of a Political takeover, an ATO, or Anti-Takeover, involves people working to defeat a political takeover.
  • Account Sitting - When a citizen gives their login information to another player to work and train for them for a short amount of time. This is illegal and is considered having a multi-account. The term is based on the English phrase "babysitting".
  • Baby - A new player
  • Baby Boom- A period where many new players join.
  • BH- Battle Hero
  • BHM- Battle Hero Medal
  • Blocker - A blocker is a citizen who is running in a region for congress with no plans on winning. They run to prevent an enemy from running.
  • Channer - A name for a User from the website 4chan. These users are often PTOers. The most famous examples of Channers are Harvad University.
  • Clone - A name for a a multi-account.
  • CP - Short for Country President
  • Dioist - An adherent of Dioism.
  • Goons - Users from the website Something Awful. Many Goons came to eRepublik in summer 2008.
  • Headless chickens - The eRepublik staff, taken from their default downtime page. Since the term became popular, the staff has used a cartoon image of a headless chicken on 404 error pages.

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K-S

  • Kebabs or Kebab eaters - Spanish slang for Pakistani citizens, popularized by Kartalon.
  • Matza - The mascot of eRomania
  • Mods = Usually members of the community who volunteer to police eRepublik and award Forfeit Points to players who break the rules. Higher level mods, such as the ones who have the ability to ban multis, all work in the eRepublik office in Romania.
  • Monex - Short for Monetary market. MM is also commonly used.
  • MPP - Alliance.
  • MT - Abbreviation for Moving ticket.
  • Multi - Short for multiaccount; a citizen account created by another citizen primarily used for cheating.
  • NE - Abbreviation for Natural enemy.
  • o/ - An internet high-five. The act of high-fiving is such a joyous act that, after years of SCIENCE, the internet high-five was created by students at MIT. The proper response to someone offering you one of these internet high-fives is "\o",to return it. This is usually seen in chat rooms and IRC, and are acceptable most occasions, including, but not limited to: making an awesome post, getting an awesome response, writing a good article, getting a promotion in the military, ranking up, winning an election, winning a battle, or saving your country from utter destruction. A high-five is usually reserved for happy occasions, so offering a high-five to a friend after hearing of his aunt's passing would be considered a faux pas in most circles.
  • o7 - An internet salute. Other acceptable ways of saluting include, but may not be limited to: O7, o>, and o/
  • obrazek - Word that appears when an image that has been inserted into an article but it doesn't appear. The word actually means means image or picture in Polish.
  • Owner - Wiki. Used to describe a wiki author who is overly possessive about any changes made to his/her page, no matter how constructive the edit. This possessiveness usually goes against the spirit of the collaborative nature of a wiki.

P-Z

  • Pertamax - Indonesian equivalent for the English eRepublik meme First.
  • PHX - Abbreviation of Phoenix, the international military alliance.
  • PP - Abbreviation of Party president.
  • PTO - Abbreviation for Political takeover in which one country performs a coup d'état upon another country during elections.
  • RW - Abbreviation for Resistance war.
  • Signed - Used when in agreement with the original post, often used outside of contracts for humorous effect; made famous on the Off-Topic forum after the forum was flooded with petitions.
  • Singed - Common misspelling of Signed, often used intentionally as a non-qualified signature.
  • Snipe - The act of voting, usually in congress races, 5 or less minutes until 24:00 eRepublik time, in order to ensure a victory for a particular candidate.
  • Sub - Subscribe - refers to the act of clicking the subscribe button in order to receive a notification every time a new article is published in a particular newspaper (the one the subscribe button belonged to).
  • Talking Bank - An organization that leaves comments or replies in topics.
  • Two Clicker - See 2-Clicker
  • Wigs - The eRepublik staff, well known for their love of wigs and wig parties.[1]
  • Wig party - Some eRepublik citizens claim server downtime is due to wigs holding wig parties. This claim is supported by the site's slow loading times at 01.00-02.00/1 AM-2 AM Romanian time (UTC +2)
  • Wiped - the act of one country being completely conquered by another.
  • Zombie - 1. A person who votes strictly for their party in the general election without regard to the candidate's competency. Coined to describe the United States Workers Party. 2. A another name for a multiple account.

Version 1 Jargon

  • Goldbeast - See Tank
  • Tank - Someone who spends large sums of Gold on Wellness packs during wars.
  • Fortress - A region that has been fortified by it's controlling country by moving thousands of citizens to it in order to both increase the attack cost and the size of the wall.
  • Gifting - The process of sending Gifts to someone in order to increase their Wellness.

Beta Jargon

Due to game play changes in v1, some terms are out of fashion.

  • Belgiuming or Pulling a Belgium - Taking over a country through a Political takeover, and then having it annexed by war.
  • COOL CHANGES - Server downtime, taken from their default downtime page. Alternatively, a negative term for a bug or glitch. This has been replaced by the headless chicken screens.
  • Double Spaniard or Double Swede - Semi-derogatory term for a Spaniard or Swede.
  • Giftbombing - Giving a gift to a defeated soldier to prevent the use of a hospital.
  • Jap - South African derogatory term for an Indonesian.
  • Pulling a Nave - A saying referring to Nave Saikiliah, the first goldbeast in eRepublik (during the USA-Canada War).
  • Scrote - a South African Zockyist. Used mainly as a derogatory term by South Africans in reference to Croatian Zockyist occupiers.
  • Zockyist - an adherent of Zockyism.