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When a [[Demoman]] hits someone on the enemy team in midair with one of his grenades.
 
When a [[Demoman]] hits someone on the enemy team in midair with one of his grenades.
  
===Airshot, Middy, Aerial===  
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===Airshot===  
  
 
When a player hits someone on the enemy team in midair with a projectile. Usually used to refer to a [[Soldier]] hitting someone in midair with one of his rockets.
 
When a player hits someone on the enemy team in midair with a projectile. Usually used to refer to a [[Soldier]] hitting someone in midair with one of his rockets.
 
===Arrow=== 
 
 
Another name for the projectile from the [[Medic#Primary|Crusader's Crossbow]]. A player might ask for an arrow if they want healing from a Medic's Crossbow.
 
  
 
===Baiting===
 
===Baiting===
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When a [[Sniper]] stays scoped for enough time to fully charge his shot. It also refers to a Sniper locking down a single sightline.
 
When a [[Sniper]] stays scoped for enough time to fully charge his shot. It also refers to a Sniper locking down a single sightline.
  
===Hurt, Lit, Destroyed, Hit, Tagged, Fucked, Rolled===
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===Hurt, Lit, Destroyed, Hit, Tagged, Fucked===
  
 
Used to describe players who have taken a lot of damage. The ambiguity of these terms emphasized the importance of calling the specific amount of health a player has.
 
Used to describe players who have taken a lot of damage. The ambiguity of these terms emphasized the importance of calling the specific amount of health a player has.
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===Pet===
 
===Pet===
  
A pet is a player who is out of position, typically in enemy territory, who enemy players decide to keep alive intentionally to stagger the player's respawn times or if it's a [[Medic]], to gain an Über advantage.
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A pet is a player who is out of position, typically in enemy territory, who players decide to keep alive intentionally to stagger they player's respawn times or if it's a [[Medic]], to gain an Über advantage.
  
 
===Pipe===
 
===Pipe===
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===Feed/Fed===
 
===Feed/Fed===
  
This is when a player puts themselves in an unfavourable or otherwise disadvantageous situation for no good reason which generally results in an unnecessary death for their team with no benefit on their behalf.
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This is when a player puts themselves in an unadventurous situation for no good reason and therefore causing an unnecessary death for their team for no benefit on their behalf.
  
 
===Flank===
 
===Flank===
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===Main Caller===
 
===Main Caller===
  
The person who decides, communicates, and organizes, or calls, all the team's plays. In lower levels, the task is often delegated to the [[Medic]] but higher level play is often the [[Scout#6v6|Pocket Scout]] or [[Demoman]].
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The person who decides, communicates, and organizes, or calls, all the team's plays. In lower levels, the task is often delegated to the [[Medic]] but higher level play usually is the Pocket or [[Demoman]].
  
 
===Mask, Masking===
 
===Mask, Masking===
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===Big===
 
===Big===
  
A common verbal response to a game/match-winning kill such as a medic dropping Uber/Kritz or an important kill.
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A common verbal response to a game/match-winning kill such as a medic dropping Uber/Kritz or an important kill is made.
  
 
===Comms===
 
===Comms===
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An abbreviation for '''P'''ick-'''U'''p '''G'''ame. Usually employed as a way to practice in a competitive environment as close as possible to an official competitive game, in which players sign up for classes they wish to play. Some pickup systems/sites also have a captain system in which two players are then assigned as "Captains" and pick their teams.
 
An abbreviation for '''P'''ick-'''U'''p '''G'''ame. Usually employed as a way to practice in a competitive environment as close as possible to an official competitive game, in which players sign up for classes they wish to play. Some pickup systems/sites also have a captain system in which two players are then assigned as "Captains" and pick their teams.
 
===Sandbagging===
 
 
The act of a player or multiple players deliberately entering into a division below their actual skill level to gain an unfair advantage.
 
  
 
===Scrim===
 
===Scrim===
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===Whitelist===
 
===Whitelist===
  
A whitelist is a list of allowed items used mainly in competitive. The items not in the whitelist will not be equippable and will reset players to stock.
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A whitelist is a list of allowed items used mainly in competitive. The items not in the whitelist will not be equipable and will reset players to stock.
  
  
 
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