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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.

Contents: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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2nd/3rd/4th Impostor: A term for a Crewmate who is supporting Impostors, used in games with 1, 2 and 3 Impostors respectively.

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Airship: Short for The Airship.
Am(m)o: Short for Armory
Asteroids: Short for Clear Asteroids.

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C

Caf(e): Short for Cafeteria.
Camping: When a player or a group of players spends most of the game in one area, usually near a monitoring ability.
Cams: Used in place of Security, and could refer to the location or the ability.
Card: Short for Swipe Card.
CD: An abbreviation for 'cooldown', especially An Impostor's kill cooldown.
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.
Double/Triple kill: A term for when 2 and 3 Crewmates, respectively, are killed in the same place at the same time by a group of Impostors.

E

Elec(tric): 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

Med: Short for MedBay or Medical.
MIRA: Short for MIRA HQ when used in the terms of a map.

N

Nav: Short for Navigation.

O

Out (a location): Short for 'outside (a location)', usually in a doorway, or a hallway leading to the location mentioned.

P

Panel: An interactive element that appears over the main game.
Purp: Short for Purple.

Q

R

Rep: Short for the Report ability.

S

Sabo: Short for the Sabotage ability.
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.
Spawn kill: A form of kill which involves An Impostor spawning on The Airship as soon as possible and then killing a Crewmate right after they spawn.
Specimen: Short for Specimen Room.
Stack kill: A form of kill where The Impostor has killed in a large group of players so it is difficult to tell who did it.
Start: A term used by players to ask the game host to start the game.
Sus: A slang term. As an adjective, it is short for for "suspicious". Used as a noun, it means "suspect" or "suspicion", depending on the context.
Swipe: Short for Swipe Card.

T

Teaming: When a Crewmate is aware of An Impostor's status as one and keeps it a secret or defends them. This is generally frowned upon by the other players.
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.
Vote out: A term used in place of 'eject'.

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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