Here are some common terms that will be important to know.
Blue: Villager.
Vanilla/nilla: Normal mafia.
Jan: Janitor.
Guiser: Disguiser.
Guiseout: Using the Disguiser’s ability.
Locked: Refers to votes after the timer reaches 0 and someone has kicked.
WIFOM: Wine in front of me. Refers to a strategy that can be thought of like this: “I’m Doctor, I’m protecting Cop so mafia can’t kill him, but mafia knows I’ll be on Cop so I should be on someone else. But maybe they know I’m thinking that and will kill Cop, so I should really be on Cop. But maybe they also know I’m thinking that and are just trying to get a free kill…” etc.
Bandwagon/BW: When someone votes, and others follow the vote without a clear reason.
Blitz: Refers to when mafia votes and kicks to lock the vote on a town member and win the game.
Bus: When a mafia purposely attacks and lynches their partner to look town sided.
Counter claim/CC: When two people are claiming the same role.
Clear/Confirmed/Inno: The person who has been proved to be town-sided no matter what.
Fakeclaim: When someone claims a role they are not. Specifically refers to a Villager claiming a power role.
Power Role/PR: Any role that is not Villager.
FMPOV/FYPOV: From my/your point of view.
POE: Process of elimination.
AtE: Appeal to emotion.
Kicklynch/KL: To have a majority vote on someone who is AFK in order to avoid going unranked.
AFK: Away from keyboard.
Hammer: To cast the final vote.
Tunnel: To push a lynch on a single player all day.
Nolynch/NL: Not lynching during the day.
Mislynch/ML: A lynch town can use without automatically losing if they hit town.
MYLO: A situation where there are exactly two more town members than mafia. A mislynch will result in a loss for town.
LYLO: A situation where there is exactly one more town member than mafia. A mafia must be lynched.
Autowin: A situation where a party is guaranteed automatic victory.
Autoloss: A situation where a party is guaranteed loss.
Gamethrowing/throwing: Intentionally playing against your victory condition.
Lurk: To not speak during the day.
Active Lurk: To speak only meaningless filler during the day.
Filler: Statements with little or no intellectual contribution.
Massclaim: Having everyone claim their role.
Softclaim: When someone hints at their role.
Hardclaim: When someone outright states their role.
Metagame/meta: Using prior knowledge about a player to determine their affiliation.
Scum: Mafia or Third Party roles playing against town.
Scumslip/slip: A possible slipup by the mafia that reveals their role.
Scumtell: Actions that make a person appear to be mafia sided.
Towntell: Actions that make a person appear to be town sided.
Dumbtell: Actions that make a person appear dumb and uninformed.
OMGUS: To accuse a player that is accusing you.
FOS: Finger of shame. To accuse someone of being mafia.
Sheeping: To mindlessly follow a vote from a power role.
Read: To have a vibe of towniness of mafness from a certain player.
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