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The glossary is a list of terms used as slang by players in Among Us gameplay. While some entries in this list link to mainspace subjects, not all of the terms have full pages.

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A

Airship: Short for The Airship.
Asteroids: Short for Clear Asteroids.

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C

Cafe: Short for Cafeteria.
Cams: Used in place of Security, and could refer to the location or the ability.
Card: Short for Swipe Card.
Clear: Similar in meaning to 'Safe', it means they are almost certain that the player being talked about is not An Impostor.
Comms: Short for Communications, but could also be used to reference Comms Sabotaged.
Crew: A term used to refer to several Crewmates, every Crewmate in a round of Among Us, or the Crewmate species.

D

Decon(tam): Short for Decontamination.

E

Elec: Short for Electrical, and often used in place of Office.

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I

Imp(o): Short for Impostor.

Imping: Acting like an impostor.

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K

Keys: Short for Insert Keys.

L

Lab: Short for Laboratory.
Lights: Short for Fix Lights. Sometimes used in place of Electrical or Office.
Lockers: Short for Locker Room.

M

MIRA: Short for MIRA HQ when used in the terms of a map.

N

Nav: Short for Navigation.

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P

Panel: An interactive element that appears over the main game.

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S

Safe: Often used to say another player is not An Impostor.
Scan: Short for Submit Scan.
Sec: Short for Security, and could refer to the location or the ability.
Self-report: A term used to describe an incident where An Impostor reports the body of a Crewmate they just killed.
Shields: Not only refers to Shields, but sometimes also Prime Shields.
Simon Says: Used by players as another name for Start Reactor.
Skeld: Short for The Skeld.
Specimen: Short for Specimen Room.
Start: A term used by players to ask the game host to start the game.
Sus: A slang term for "suspicious".
Swipe: Short for Swipe Card.

T

Trash: Often used in place of Empty Garbage.

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V

Vent: Used as a verb for when Impostors use a vent.
Visual(s): Short for visual tasks.

W

Weapons: Not only refers to Weapons, but sometimes also Clear Asteroids.
Where: A short and quick to type term used to ask for the location of the dead body when a dead body is reported.
Wires: An abbreviation for the Fix Wiring task.

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