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#blameharley	1) Whenever something goes wrong you can always blame harley
*	1) noun Star. If a company is 5* then it has 5/10 stars for the rank. A company starts at 0* and the maximum is 10*.
39th	1) noun Shorthand; 39th Street Killers, one of Torn's top factions.
666	1) Being held in federal jail for further questioning over a potential breach of game rules. Refers to the staff code used to indicate this condition.
999	1) Receive a permanent federal jail sentence for a serious rule breach; your account is removed from the game. Refers to the staff code used to indicate a permanent fed.
AN	1) Adult Novelties company
API	1) noun Typically an alpha-numeric key value, it is used to allow entry of useful third party extensions such as DocTorn, TornTools, or TornHelper. Found in settings under API Key.
App	1) noun Shorthand term used to refer to the Torn App, which is available via the Google App store - the Apple App has been discontinued. Players may play Torn via the App or directly via their browser.
Arma	1) noun Shorthand for Armalite, a powerful Primary Weapon.
Award	1) noun Awards are earned in the form of Honors and Medals and are used to mark your achievements in Torn City. They are provided in return for completing various milestones and tasks, including reaching a certain number of attacks, logging in on certain days, using large quantities of certain items, and for competing in or placing in competitions. Each Honor and Medal provides a merit upon receipt.
BAG	1) noun Initialism; Big Al's Gun Shop, used in reference to the weapon and ammunition store on Torn's East Side. This is also the "Acronym" used for the stock you can purchase in said company.
Bags	1) noun Short for Blood Bags, most commonly used in reference to Empty Blood Bags, which a player can fill with their own blood and store for later use as a medical item. Bags may also be used by some players to refer to full Blood Bags, although the term "bloods" is more common in this context.
Bail	1) You can pay money to "Bail" another player from Jail.
Balanced	1) adjective This term is used to describe players whose Battle Stats are relatively equal, compared to others. Whereas some players train one or two of their stats more than the others, a balanced player has trained all four to the same degree.
Baldr's Guide	1) noun Baldr's Guide, also known as Baldr's Basic Advice, is a guide written by an experienced Torn player which all new players would be wise to follow. It can be found under the Tutorials and Guides section of the Forums.
BB	1) Short for Bodybagger, one of Torn's most powerful players. 2) Short for Benefit Block, which refers to the specific number of shares you need to have in a stock exchange company to receive the benefits they provide. For example, owning 100,000 shares in the ISTC gives you free Education courses. 3) noun Initialism; Blood Bags, a medical item which reduces your current hospital time by 100 mins and restores 20% of your life bar. The use of a blood bag also increases your medical cooldown by 60 minutes. You must use the correct blood bag for your blood type, otherwise, you will become hospitalised. Empty Blood Bags can be purchased and filled with your own blood once you've completed the Intravenous Therapy education course. 4) noun Bunker Buck the currency used in Big Al’s secret bunker in exchange for advanced caches
BBC	1) noun Initialism; Big Boxes of Chocolate, a candy item which provides 35 happiness when consumed.
BCT	1) noun Initialism; Business Class Ticket, an item which can be used to shorten your travel time to any destination.
Benefit Block, Block	1) Commonly shortened to BB, this refers to the amount of shares needed in a stock to receive the bonus from said stock. Examples include needing 2,000,000 shares in FHG to receive occasional Feathery Hotel Coupons, and needing 100,000 shares in LSC to receive occasional Lottery Vouchers.
BJ	1) noun Initialism; Blackjack, a game you can play at the Torn Casino.
BOG	1) noun Initialism; Box of Grenades, a supply pack item which provides you with 100 Grenades or 100 HEGs when opened.
BOM	1) noun Initialism; Box of Medical Supplies, a Supply Pack item which provides either 20 Morphine, 30 First Aid Kits, or 50 Small First Aid Kits when opened.
Bonus	1) noun The incremental respect boost received after reaching certain points in a chain.
Book	1) noun Books are single-use items which bestow a bonus upon a player when used. There are 44 books in Torn, and their effects range from a temporary boost to battle stats and a permanent boosts to battle stats, through to temporary guaranteed stealth and an increase in city item spawns. Players who subscribe to Torn have a chance of receiving a book each month, but they can also be found on the City Map on occasion.
Booster	1) noun Booster is a term which refers to any item capable of increasing a beneficial stat. For example, since alcohol boosts your nerve, it is known as a booster. Boosters also include items which reduce a non-beneficial stat, such as Jail Time (Lawyer Business Card), Education Time (Book of Carols), and Gift Card (Bank Investment Time).
BS	1) noun Initialism; Battle Stats, which refers to the four main stats that determine your success in fighting: Strength, Speed, Defense, and Dexterity.
buff, buffed	1) (verb) to increase the benefits of an existing game mechanic. E.g. if the damage of a Flamethrower was increased by the developers, this weapon can be said to have been buffed.
burner	1) noun A faction used for a short term to avoid main factions losing great amounts of respect - eg while raiding or farming respect
Bust	1) With the use of Nerve, you may attempt to "Bust" a player out of jail after they have failed a crime, failed busting someone, or been involved with an Organised Crime with a jail result.
Buy Mug / Buymug	1) This term refers to the act of one player purchasing items or stocks from another player with the sole intention of mugging them afterwards, thus relieving them of the money they have sent.
Buying Trains	1) The process of finding a player-run company that will sell you trains to improve your work stats. Positions in a company vary on which two work stats will improve when trained, so make sure to note which position gives you the work stats wanted. Trains will improve the primary work stat for the position by 50, and the secondary work stat by 25.
capped	1) 1) Reaching ~50m in each battlestat, at which point the rate of gain no longer increases, 2) Reaching 200-300k in each battlestat, at which point happy jumps are less effective than training with cans or FHCs.
CD, Cooldown	1) noun Initialism of Cooldown, which refers to the timer penalty applied to the use of booster to prevent them being overused. Each time you use an item a certain amount of time is added to your booster cooldown, and once this reaches 24 hours you must then wait for it to drop before using another item - this limit can be increased through the use of certain faction upgrades.
CE	1) Crime experience, which is your "crime skill level". A higher CE means a higher success chance when attempting crimes.
Chain watching	1) verb Sitting with energy available and/or energy boosters and/or energy refill ready to use, during a faction chain, keeping a constant eye on the chain counter to be sure that the chain won't drop.
Chaining	1) verb Chaining is a warring tool used by factions to gain respect. It involves a faction's members making continuous attacks against other players within a set period of time in order to reach certain milestones. There are thirteen chaining milestones as of 2020, beginning with 10 attacks and topping out at 100,000 attacks.
Ched	1) noun The nickname given to Joe Chedburn, Torn's creator.
chedded	1) (verb) to reduce the benefits of an existing game mechanic. See "nerf".
Chute	1) noun Shorthand / slang for Parachute, a stat enhancer which permanently increases your Dexterity by 1%.
circlejerk, circle-jerk	1) A group discussion involving like-minded players, often from the same faction, that validates mutual biases or goals. Often seen in the faction discussion forum.
Cm	1) Short for Community Manager, whose role is, among many other things, to oversee the drafting and enforcement of Torn's rules. Bogie is our current Community Manager.
CNC	1) noun Initialism; Crude & Co, a company whose stock you can purchase on the Torn stock exchange.
Commerce	1) Commerce is the name of a race track which can be found at the Torn City Raceway.
Convict	1) Convict is the name of a race track which can be found at the Torn City Raceway.
CR	1) noun Initialism; Chain Reaction, one of Torn's top factions.
Crime Brulee	1) verb The act of performing Warehouse arson.
Crimes 2.0	1) This is the name given to a project involving a complete overhaul of the existing Crimes system. It has been in development for some time, and many jokes and memes are made of its delay.
Croco	1) noun Shorthand / slang for Crocozade, one of the cheapest Energy Drinks available.
CT, Christmas Town	1) noun Christmas Town is a playable map full of puzzles and prizes which is open for several weeks every Christmas. There was originally just one Christmas Town map created by the developers, but in 2019, player-created maps were made available for the first time.
Custom races	1) These are a form of race you can take part it at the Race Track. While Official Races are run automatically and provide both Racing Points and Racing Skill, custom races are set by other Torn players and are customisable in many different ways. No racing points will be earned through these races, but you can earn extra racing skill, and potentially some cash if a Bet Amount has been assigned.
DA	1) Detective Agency company; a company type which, at sufficient level, provides its employees with the ability to arrest other players - provided their crime record is long enough. 2) noun Initialism; Destructive Anomaly, one of Torn's top factions.
DB	1) Short for Dirty Bomb, which is an explosive device factions can use to reduce another faction's respect.
DBK	1) Diamond-bladed knife, a popular melee weapon.
DEF	1) noun Shorthand for Defense, one of the four main battle stats in Torn.
Defence Whore	1) This derogatory term is used towards players whose defence stat is much higher than their other fighting stats.
Demoe'd, Demoed	1) verb Slang / shorthand for Demoralized, the debuff that has a chance of being applied when taking a positive damage hit from the Gold Plated AK47.
DEX	1) noun Shorthand for Dexterity, one of the four main battle stats in Torn.
Dm	1) Direct message, as in sending a message to someone's inbox rather than via their chat box.
Docks	1) Docks is the name of a race track which can be found at the Torn City Raceway. 2) noun The Docks is a location in the City where cars can be purchased.
DoctorN	1) noun DoctorN is / was an approved browser plug-in which adds numerous new features to Torn. Created by Torn player Mauk, this tool may or may not still be working due to the huge task of updating it whenever Torn itself adds new features and functions.
Dongs	1) Dongs is a bastardization of the word Dogs, which Torn players were once able to train and fight against each other. This feature will never return to Torn, but those who wish it would often use the phrase "Bring back dongs". In recent years, this meme has been celebrated through the naming of the Dongs Elimination team, and the creation of five collectable plushie Dongs called Holly, Effy, Jeremy, Thomas, and Greg.
DP	1) Donator Packs. When used, these items provide you with Donator Status, which comes with a range of useful benefits. They enter the market when they are provided to players who donate to Torn, but they can also be sold to the Pawn Shop or in the item market for approximately $24,000,000 - although this figure changes quite a lot over time.
DP Slut	1) noun This is a term used to describe people who purchase huge amounts of Donator Packs from the game in order to progress at a faster rate than usual.
Driving licence	1) Needed for crimes and achieved through general education courses. Not needed for racing.
DS	1) noun Initialism; Driver Skill, a stat which indicates your level of ability in races. Your driver skill increases every time you race in Official or Custom events.
Duals	1) Short-hand that may refer to different types of Dual weapons. "Dual Primaries" or "Dual SMGs" refer to extremely rare weapons such as the Dual TMPs or Dual UZIs auctioned off many years ago. Many have sold for > $20,000,000,000. "Dual Melees" refer to Dual Hammers, Dual Scimitars, Dual Axes or Dual Samurai Swords. These were brought into circulation years ago under a previous mission system and can now only be traded player to player.
Duke	1) noun Torn's resident loan shark. Also known as Shirley Prima Dante Calabrese, The Duke can be visited at his office via the Loan Shark link on the City Map. Here you may borrow up to $2 billion from him depending on your previous activities. Duke can also be looted.
E	1) noun E is short for Energy, one of the four main sidebar stats alongside Life, Happy and Nerve. Energy is used to attack players, training at the gym, praying, and searching the dump.
ea	1) noun Effective arsons - A way to measure crime experience in crimes 1.0 based on how much crime experience you would have gotten from all of your crimes based exclusively on how many warehouse arsons you would have had to do to get to that crime experience.
edu	1) Short for education. Can refer to education courses, benefits from completing educations, or the education starter job.
EDVD	1) Short for Erotic DVD, an item which provides the user with 2,500 happiness when used.
EE	1) noun Employee Effectiveness
ELBT	1) noun Initialism; Empty Lunchbox Building Traders, a company whose stock you can purchase on the Torn stock exchange.
END	1) noun Abbreviation; Endurance, one of the three working stats.
Energy	1) noun Energy is used to do many things in Torn City, including attacking, reviving, training, hunting, praying, and searching in the dump. Your Energy level is denoted by the green bar in the top left corner. Your energy will replenish naturally over time, but it can also be restored using energy drinks, FHCs, certain drugs, refills, and job specials.
Epi	1) noun Epi is short for Epinephrine, an injectable temporary which boosts your Strength.
EVL	1) noun Shorthand; Evil Ducks Candy Corp, a company whose stock you can purchase on the Torn stock exchange.
EWM	1) noun Initialism; Eaglewood Mercenary, a company whose stock you can purchase on the Torn stock exchange.
Exp	1) noun Short for Experience, which is a hidden stat which determines your Level. Experience can be gained through most of the actions performed within Torn. Upon reaching the required experience to increase your level, players are asked whether they would like to do so, or if they would prefer to remain at their current level for the time being.
Fac, Fact	1) noun Shorthand / slang for Faction, a group to which players assign themselves in order to fight territory wars, complete chains, perform Organized Crimes, and many other activities.
FAK	1) noun Initialism; First Aid Kit, a medical item which restores part of your life bar upon use.
Fallen	1) adjective Player died IRL (in real life)
Farm, farming	1) verb Farming refers to the act of repeatedly doing something in order to earn or accumulate a benefit. A player may "Karma Farm" by posting numerous times in the forums. A faction might farm respect by using fake wars.
Farmville	1) noun Now something of a soon-to-be abandoned relic, Farmville is a highly addictive game involving constant repetitious, habit-forming actions and the monitoring of cooldown timers which keep gamers constantly engaged. Players can also gain a crucial edge in their gameplay by enrolling as many of their friends as possible. When new Torn players complain on the forums about being bountied or perma-hosped, it is absolutely inevitable that they'll be informed that "this isn't Farmville", given the obvious lack of similarity between the two games.
FBA	1) Full Body Armor; a type of armor that, when worn, covers every part of the body.
FC	1) Short for Fitness Center company
Fed	1) Federal Jail - A place where people are placed for breaking game rules.
Fedded	1) Sent to Federal Jail; this term refers to a player who has received a temporary or permanent ban from playing the game.
FHC	1) Short for Feathery Hotel Coupon; an item which gives the user 500 happiness and refills their energy bar.
FHG	1) noun Initialism; Feathery Hotels Group, a company whose stock you can purchase on the Torn stock exchange.
Flex	1) Short-hand term for "Flexible Body Armor."
Flowsies	1) noun A portmanteau of the words Flowers and Plushies, which is used as shorthand for the two items which are often bought and sold by the same people.
Footlette	1) noun A slang term used in reference to Russian Foot Roulette, a Casino game whereby players take it in turns to shoot themselves in the foot.
fourteen day protection	1) The advantage given to new players in their first 13 days of play that prevents anyone older than 13 days from attacking them. It expires on the 14th day.
freevive	1) A revive given with no expectation of payment in return.
FTW	1) noun Initialism; Forged Through War, one of Torn's top factions.
FW ( Abreviation )	1) noun "FW" stands for : Faction War, the tug-of-war battle that is done between two factions in the effort of reaching the demanded score first.
GAK	1) Gold AK, Gold Plated AK-47, a powerful primary weapon valued at $25B.
GD	1) Short for General Discussion, the most promiment and often most popular of Torn's forums.
GFX	1) noun Shorthand / slang for graphics, which refers to the digital art players create for each other to be used on their personal, faction, or company profile pages. For example, a player may advertise as follows: "Selling custom GFX. $25m for profile picture."

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