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This page contains a list of important terms, abbreviations, and slang commonly used by players. For terminology more specific to editing on the wiki, see WARFRAME Wiki:Development Guide.

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10o	Tenno
"1", "2", "3" or "4"	Refers to Warframe Abilities depending on the context Example: "Excalibur's 4" refers to  Exalted Blade because it is the fourth ability of  Excalibur.
1-1-1, x-2-3, x-x-x (Amp)	The general terminology used to describe a specific configuration of an amp. The first, second, and third number refers to the tiers of the amp prism, scaffold and brace being used respectively, with x being a wildcard. Can be shortened to 111, x23 or xxx.
2FA	Two Factor Authentication. This feature provides an additional level of security to your PC Warframe account and will help prevent unauthorized access. Visit the 2FA-FAQ on the official Warframe website for more information and how to enable 2FA.
2x3, 3x3, 4x3, 5x3, 6x3	Describes how many sets of Eidolon Teralysts, Eidolon Gantulysts, and Eidolon Hydrolysts that a group captures in a single night cycle in the Plains of Eidolon Example: A 2x3 Eidolon hunt means two sets of Teralyst, Gantulyst, and Hydrolyst captures.
60 Eyes	Refers to The Fragmented One boss, which requires the player to collect 60 eyes before it can be summoned.
60/60 Mods 60 Mods	Dual-stat mods such as  Frostbite that add one elemental damage source as well as increasing Status Chance by the same amount (60% at max rank.) Any other mods which provide +60% to any two stats in addition to those above, such as  Blaze.
x-x-x-x or xxxx (Railjack)	Describes a player's rank allocation in their Intrinsics. Example: "5172" or "5-1-7-2" means that the player has Rank 5 in Tactical, Rank 1 in Piloting, Rank 7 in Gunnery and Rank 2 in Engineering Intrinsic.

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Terms	Explanation
Add, Adds	Low-level enemies spawned into Assassination missions to distract or harass players trying to focus on the boss. Having one or more members in a squad assigned to "add duty" means they keep the reinforcements under control while the other squad members can focus on the boss.
Affinity	Experience in Warframe. Contributes to levels for weapons, Warframes and companions.
AFK	Away From Keyboard. This refers to someone that, while present in a mission, is not actively playing it. Depending on the use, it may either be informative (the player has to attend to something in real life for a short moment and thus cannot assist) or derogatory (the player does not move at all after the mission starts or is not contributing to the team or mission).
Aggro (Aggravation)	Both the Threat Level mechanic and the act of giving oneself as great a Threat Level as possible to distract enemies.
AI	Artificial Intelligence. Used to describe enemy NPCs and their behavior.
Ambulance	Ambulas.
AMD	Antimatter Drop,  Nova's second ability.
Anarcho-Capitalists	Nickname for the Corpus.
Ancient Retribution	A well-known placeholder mod in Warframe that may appear as a Defense or Interception reward due to bugs.
Angry Ball	An unstable Lunaro.
AoE	Area of Effect; used to describe attacks or abilities that affect multiple targets within a specified area.
AotZ	Short for Angels of the Zariman.
Arbiter(s) Hexis	Abbreviation for Arbiters of Hexis.
Arby(s)	Abbreviation for Arbitrations.
AW	Short form of Archwing.
Awoo of Saturn Six	Nickname for the Wolf of Saturn Six.

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Terms	Explanation
Baconframe	Atlas, owing to his obi resembling strips of bacon.  Atlas Prime is therefore also known as "Bacon Prime"
Baguette	Nickname for the  Hind, due to the distinct shape and default color of the barrel.
Baking	Slang for an item being made in the foundry. Example: "I am baking an  Excalibur." See also: Cooking
Bar, BarPol (Dash)	The Naramon polarity shape. Used for Utility mods. See also: Dash
Baro	The Void Trader Baro Ki'Teer, who offers rare items in exchange for Ducats and Credits.
Baro Ki'Tears	Derogatory nickname for Baro Ki'Teer, usually in response to his current stock.
Bere(hynia)	An Interception node on Sedna used for farming affinity or focus.
Boarder	A player whose job is to board Crew-ships in Empyrean missions.
BoneDaddy	A nickname for  Nekros, owing to his necromancy theme.
Booben / Booben Prime	A nickname for  Vauban /  Vauban Prime originating from a 2014 forum thread where a new player asked "how is booben formed", itself a reference to the preexisting "How is Babby Formed?" meme.
BP	Short form of Blueprint.
Breeding Mods, Breeding Mod Set	The four  Heat dual-stat mods rewarded in Operation: Breeding Grounds:  Thermite Rounds (Rifle)  Scattering Inferno (Shotgun)  Scorch (Pistol)  Volcanic Edge (Melee) Now obtained as a possible reward for completing Spy missions.
Broberon	Oberon, nicknamed with his name and the addition of "Bro" due to his support oriented abilities. Also used for friendly Oberon players.
Buff, Buffed	Temporary positive effects on the player, usually caused from ability casts. See Buff & Debuff for a list of buffs. A permanent increase in overall power of an item like Warframes and Weapons after particular changes (e.g. a damage buff). Contrary: Nerf
Build	Refers to loadout composition or modding configuration of a particular Weapon or Warframe (e.g a  Mesa DPS build).
Bullet sponge	Enemies that have high health and defenses with little to no engaging mechanics or attacks.

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Terms	Explanation
Cabbage	A Void Relic, named such for their resemblance to cabbages.
Camp, Camping	To stay in one spot with relatively little or no movement at all.
Cap/Capt/Capture	Refers to the Capture mission type. Cap may also be used in Interception missions, typically to order other players in capturing a specific point. Example: "Cap A" meaning "Capture point A". Cap can also be used to refer to capturing Eidolons instead of killing them.
Cat	A Kavat. An abbreviation of Orokin Catalyst.
CC	See Crowd Control Critical chance.
Cell(s)	Orokin Cell
CoH/COH	Short form of Chains of Harrow, which is a cinematic quest released in Update 21.0 (2017-06-29).
Cicero Mods, Cicero Mod Set	The four  Toxin dual-stat mods rewarded in The Cicero Crisis:  Malignant Force (Rifle)  Toxic Barrage (Shotgun)  Pistol Pestilence (Pistol)  Virulent Scourge (Melee) Now rewarded by defeating Corrupted Vor.
Clan	A guild. A clan has its own chat channel, can build a Dojo, facilitates trades, and allows advanced weapons and items to be researched in several labs.
Clantech	Items obtained primarily through research in the clan dojo.
Clem	Originally a fanmade character inspired by certain Grineer voice lines and a canon character since Hotfix 17.4.3 (2015-09-16).
Clemmings	Kavor Defectors from the Defection game mode, a portmanteau of Clem and "lemmings".
CM/Cmod	Short for Control Module.
Co-op Door	Refers to a door that requires two players present to open when in a party. See also: Friendship Door
Communists	The Grineer.
Cooking	Slang for an item being made in the foundry. Example: "I am cooking an  Excalibur" See also: Baking
Corpus	One of the three main enemy factions. They are a merchant cult, built on the foundation of salvaged technology and robotics. Other main enemy factions: Grineer and Infested
Corrupted	The type of enemies encountered in the Orokin Void or Void Fissures.
Corrupted Mods	Mods that increase one stat and decrease another, obtained from Orokin Vaults.
CP	Corrosive Projection, an Aura that reduces enemy Armor.
Crowd Control	Abilities or actions which have the capability to incapacitate enemies, such as knockdowns and/or blinds.
Cryotic Mods, Cryotic Mod Set	The four  Cold dual-stat mods rewarded in Operation Cryotic Front:  Rime Rounds (Rifle)  Frigid Blast (Shotgun)  Frostbite (Pistol)  Vicious Frost (Melee) Now obtained as a possible reward for completing Spy missions.

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Terms	Explanation
DA/EDA	Deep Archimedea or Elite Deep Archimedea.
D, DPol	The Vazarin polarity shape. Used for Defensive, Health and Armor mods.
Dash (Bar, BarPol)	The Naramon polarity shape. Used for Utility mods. See also: Bar, BarPol
Dashes (Scratch, ScratchPol) (AbilityPol)	The Zenurik polarity shape. Used for Augments and Channeling mods. See also Scratch, ScratchPol See also AbilityPol for the retired meaning
DC, D/C, DCD	Disconnected. DC also may refer to the Design Council.
DE	Digital Extremes, the developers of Warframe.
Debuff	Temporary negative effects on the player, usually caused by enemies. See Buff & Debuff for a list of debuffs.
Def, Defense	Refers to the Defense mission type.
Derf, Derf Anyo	An officially recognized fan-made character, as Devstream 30 claims. Usually refers to son, nephew, or another relative of Nef Anyo.
Diminishing returns	Players may refer to additive stacking as having "diminishing returns" when in reality there is opportunity cost in equipping multiple additively stacking mods. At higher percent bonuses, the relative increase of a particular stat is lower. See Calculating Bonuses for an in-depth explanation. Similar to real-world usage of the term, refers to effects that produce marginal benefit the longer it is in effect or the more instances it is in effect. For example, most Bosses in WARFRAME have a crowd control (CC) resistance mechanic where the more times a specific CC ability is used on them, the weaker the CC effect (strength-wise like from knockdowns to stuns or duration-wise).
DM	Direct Message. Short form of Death Mark.
DMG	Short for Damage.
DNS (technical)	Domain Name Server. Used to determine a player's IP address on an international scale; if a DNS address is mismatched, the player will not be able to connect to other certain players.
Dogs	May refer to: Kubrows, owing to their dog-like appearance. Internet-shared slang for Grineer, owing to Alad V referring to them as such during The Gradivus Dilemma.
Dojo	A clan meeting place. Different rooms can be built, which allow research, trading, duels and the like.
Doorway Hero	Denotes the specific act of utilizing choke points (such as doors) to rapidly kill recently spawned enemies. Mostly used as a derogatory term. The term Hallway Hero is sometimes used interchangeably.
Dorito cape	Nickname for the Abrasys Syandana because of its form.
Double dip	Refers to a multiplier or bonus that is applied to itself twice, additively or multiplicatively.
DoT	Damage over Time. Example:  Toxin,  Electricity and  Slash procs.
Down, Downed	Being in a Bleedout state.
DPS	Damage per Second or Damage per Shot. When a player asks for a "DPS Frame" when recruiting a squad, this refers to a Warframe capable of dealing damage and killing enemies consistently. Related terms: Burst DPS - Damage per second calculation that does not take reloading your weapons or waiting for ability cooldowns into account. In other words, reflects on damage dealt over a short period of time (a "burst"). Sustained DPS - Damage per second calculation that does take reloading into account and time spent firing. In other words, reflects on damage dealt over an extended period of time. Paper DPS - Theoretical damage per second calculation as opposed to actual DPS in live gameplay.
DR	Refers to sources of Damage Reduction most of the time. Rarely refers to Damage Resistance which is how much a health pool can resist against receiving damage before deducting hit points. Used interchangeably with Damage Reduction.
DS (DSD/DSS)	Dark Sector missions, usually followed with an additional letter indicating the mission type: DSD for Defense DSS for Survival DSD can also refer to Dark Sector Defection, but not quite often due to the fact that all of the three Defection missions are Dark Sector. Because of that it is common to call them simply Defection to prevent confusion with Dark Sector Defense missions.
Dual/Dual-stat Mods	Refers to Nightmare Mode Mods which grant two different beneficial stats. Not to be confused with Corrupted Mods.
Dur	Abbreviation for Ability Duration.

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Terms	Explanation
Edgelord	Nickname for the Stalker and his Acolytes. Nickname for  Nekros and  Sevagoth.
Eff, Effi	Abbreviation for Ability Efficiency.
Elephant	A Nickname for the Infested boss Lephantis. See also Panty, Panties / Le Panty
Endo	A form of currency required to upgrade mods.
Endurance	The process of playing a single endless mission for a long period of time, to the point where the players have to 'endure' high level enemies as a cause of doing so. See also: Level cap
Energy Economy	A metagame term describing the system of Energy gain and consumption of players during gameplay (analogous to a real-world economy with production and consumption of goods). A "positive energy economy" refers to more Energy gained than used while a "negative energy economy" refers to more Energy lost than gained.
Eternalism	Warframe's definition of eternalism describes that all choices you make are simultaneously real and happen at the same time. Often attributed as a cop-out answer for supposed plot holes, either erroneously or humorously, despite how uncommonly eternalism is used in actuality.
EOM	End of mission.
EPS	Energy Per Second, often used to describe the effectiveness of  Trinity's  Energy Vampire,  Wellspring from the Zenurik school of Focus, or the stacking of  Energy Siphon aura mods.
ESO	Elite Sanctuary Onslaught, available under Syndicate missions in the navigation window. See also: SO - Non-elite Sanctuary Onslaught
EV	A  Trinity build focused on  Energy Vampire, primarily by reducing her Ability Duration in exchange for increasing both Ability Strength and Ability Range.
Evergreen	Refers to rewards that are continually useful regardless of account progress or are always available in a vendor with rotating offerings. Example: Nightwave offerings always have  Orokin Reactors as an evergreen reward.
Excal	Abbreviation for  Excalibur
Ext	May refer to: Refers to the Exterminate mission type. An Extinguished Dragon Key, especially during Vault runs. Extraction point. See below.
Extract, Exit, Evac	To exit a mission or head to the extraction point, typically used in Survival and Excavation missions.
Exp, XP	Experience. Correctly called Affinity, used to level Weapons, Warframes and Mastery.

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Terms	Explanation
Farm, Farming	To play repeatedly or for long periods of time to achieve the desired objective, usually to acquire something in large numbers (such as a certain resource or enemy).
Fashion Frame	When a player creates or aims to create an overall aesthetic modification to a Warframe strictly for the purpose of being aesthetically pleasing.
Fast Nova (Neg Nova, Speed Nova, Speedva)	A  Nova or  Nova Prime modded with  Overextended and no Ability Strength mods, which causes  Molecular Prime's speed debuff to increase enemy speed, instead of slowing them down. Commonly used during Infested Defense missions to make enemies get into players' range faster. See also: Neg Nova and Speed Nova Contrary: Slow Nova
FL	Acronym of Friend List.
Focus	A selection of special abilities that can only be obtained after completing The Second Dream quest.
Forehead	Phorid, for both its name and its appearance.
Forma, Forma'd, Formed, Formaed	To use a Forma to alter a polarity slot (a.k.a. polarized, polarization). Also an adjective for a weapon or Warframe that has been polarized # times. Example: 4 Forma  Braton
FoV	Acronym of Field of View / Field of Vision.
FPS	Acronym of Frames per Second.
FPS Crusher	A  Volt with a build geared towards  Speed, which often results in significant FPS drops on low end PCs.
Frame	A single Warframe.
Friendship Door	Refers to a door that requires two players to open when in a party. See also: Co-op Door

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G3	The Grustrag Three
Garry	Nickname for the Eidolon Gantulyst See also: Terry / Garry / Harry
Gate	Nova's  Wormhole.
Gate Crash Mods, Gate Crash Mod Set	The four  Slash mods rewarded in Operation: Gate Crash:  Fanged Fusillade (Rifle)  Sweeping Serration (Shotgun)  Maim (Pistol)  Buzz Kill (Melee) Currently available as a drop from Eidolon Hydrolysts.
Glass Cannon	A frame capable of dealing large amounts of damage, while having low survivability (e.g.  Banshee).
Glock / Glock Prime	Lex /  Lex Prime due to its appearance. Can also refer to the Protokol Tekna Pistol Skin being the most realistic gun skin in the game.
Golem	The Jordas Golem, an Infested boss.
Greedy Milk	Derogatory slang for the Corpus, originating from one of General Sargas Ruk's quotes during The Gradivus Dilemma, where he threatened to crush the greedy milk from the skulls of the Corpus.
Grind	To play repeatedly or for long periods to achieve desired objective Example: Trying to obtain rare items or farm common items in a large amount). A trick performed using a K-Drive where you grind a surface similar to that of a skateboard.
Grineer	One of the three main enemy factions. A race of clones. Other main enemy factions: Corpus and Infested
GunCO/Gundition Overload	A portmanteau of "Gun" and  Condition Overload, this typically refers to  Galvanized Aptitude,  Galvanized Savvy, or  Galvanized Shot, all mods for firearms that give bonus damage for every unique status effect.

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H[XX.XX.XX]	Short for hotfix version. E.g. "H31.5.1" refers to Hotfix 31.5.1 (2022-04-27).
H, Host	The Host of a session/squad.
Hallway Hero	A negative term referring to a player in a defense mission (endless, wave, mobile, or survival) who fights far from the defense objective or team, killing enemies too far to share Affinity and spreading out pickups too thinly. The term Doorway Hero is sometimes used interchangeably with Hallway Hero.
Harry	Nickname for the Eidolon Hydrolyst See also: Terry / Garry / Harry
HC	Short form of Heavy Caliber.
HCET	Refers to  Heat,  Cold,  Electricity, and  Toxin damage type prioritization for certain elemental combinations.
Heat inherit	Describes the mechanic of Heat procs where the first application's modded Heat percentage bonus and Faction Damage will apply to all subsequent procs.
Hexis Arbiter(s)	Abbreviation for Arbiters of Hexis.
Hitscan	A type of weapon wherein the weapon's target is calculated by way of intersection with a line trace, as opposed to collision with a projectile. Such weapons are said to hit targets 'instantly', on the same frame in which the weapon is fired. Common hitscan weapons include the  Braton,  Burston and  Soma.
HM	Short form of Hunter Munitions.
HPS	Healing Per Second or Health Per Second, often used to describe the effectiveness of abilities such as  Renewal or the stacking of  Rejuvenation aura mods.
Hydron	A very popular Defense node on Sedna used for leveling up Warframes, weapons, etc.

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Terms	Explanation
ID	Irradiating Disarm, a Warframe Augment Mod for  Loki's Disarm ability.
IkeaFrame	Describes the art of filling the Clan Dojo and/or Orbiter with Decorations to be aesthetically pleasing.
Incarnon	Term used to denote several weapons that have an upgrade system separate to mods that unlock additional buffs and an alternate form. Can be used to denote the alternate fire mode of such weapons. For example: "The Lex's Incarnon allows it fire massive energy waves."
Index	Short form of The Index, a popular  Credits farming node on Neptune.
Infested	One of the three main enemy factions. Comprised of Corpus and Grineer that have been infected by the Infestation. Other main enemy factions: Corpus and Grineer
Infusion ability/mods	Augmented abilities which buffs the damage of a player's weapon with their respective elements such as  Venom Dose or  Smite Infusion.
Int	Refers to the Interception mission type. May also refer to an intact Void Relic.
Inv	Often used as "inv me" meaning "invite me (to the squad)".
Invis	Any form of invisibility.
IPS	Refers to the physical damage types:  Impact  Puncture  Slash
Iso Vault	Short form of Isolation Vaults.

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Terms	Explanation
Jellyfish	Derogatory nickname for Alad V, coined by Tyl Regor in Operation: Tubemen of Regor.
Jellyfish Prime	Nickname for  Ivara Prime due to her design being inspired by a jellyfish.
John, John Prodman	A fan-name given to a Prod Crewman that managed to take down the infested boss Phorid and survived. Many fans have applied this name to the Prod Crewman that frequently appears in Promotional Videos. Digital Extremes have since canonized John's existence, and made him a hard-to-reach enemy in The Index.

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Terms	Explanation
Kahl of Duty	Play on Call of Duty franchise and Kahl-175.
Key/Keys	Several meanings: Derelict Keys - used to enter the Orokin Derelict. Outdated usage with introduction of Deimos. Dragon Keys - used to enter (Orokin) Vaults. Mutalist Alad V Assassinate Key - needed to access the Assassination mission against Mutalist Alad V.
Key-Share	A group set up to run the same mission multiple times where each player uses a key to activate the mission (one of the above) one after the other.
Keyface / Keyface Prime	Nickname for  Excalibur Prime, due to the Void-key emblem on his helmet.
Killframe, Kill Frame	A Warframe capable of killing large groups of enemies quickly, most notable example being:  Equinox using  Mend & Maim in her day form  Mesa using  Peacemaker  Saryn using  Spores or  Miasma
Kit	A player's loadout or a Warframe's ability 'kit'.
KPM	Kills per minute, a metric for measuring kill efficiency of a particular load-out, weapon or Warframe.

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Terms	Explanation
Le Panty	The Infested boss Lephantis. See also: Elephant / Panty, Panties
Leech	Several meanings: A player that does not contribute to the mission at all, e.g. a person fishing in the middle of a Bounty. Formerly, a player who is taken on a mission simply to fill the squad and maximize enemy level, commonly being weak and having low-level equipment, with the intention of leveling up quickly; for example, "CP leech" (CP refers to  Corrosive Projection which reduces enemy armor, making it easier for teammates to kill enemies).
Level cap	The practice of playing an endless mission, most typically Disruption or Void Cascade due to their rapid enemy scaling, until the enemies reach maximum level, which is 9999. See also: Endurance
Level geometry	Refers to the 3D layout of playable gameplay environments (a "level") with collision which typically includes floors, walls, ceilings, objects, and props.
LF, LFM, LFG	Looking for member/more, group.
Lich	Short form of Kuva Lich
Limb	Eidolon Synovia, a weakpoint on the Eidolon Teralyst, Eidolon Gantulyst, and Eidolon Hydrolyst.
Lobster/Lobster Butt	Trinity &  Trinity Prime, due to the overall appearance of her skirt resembling a lobster's tail.
LoS, LOS	Line of Sight. Certain abilities (particularly those that Blind enemies) generally require Line of Sight for maximum effect, as does scanning. Line of Sight can be implemented into an ability in one or two ways. A render check simply determines if the enemy can be seen in your field of view. A raycast check sends 3 lines from your character to all enemies in range, hitting their head, chest, and foot area; if any of those connect, the ability will hit.
Lotus	The Tenno players' guide.
LS, Life Support	Life Support Modules that are dispensed from dead enemies in Survival missions.
Lure	Short form of Eidolon Lure.

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Terms	Explanation
Macaroni	The Efficiency Stimulus pickup in Simaris' Sanctuary Onslaught that restores 10% efficiency.
Main	To focus on playing a certain Warframe, sometimes exclusively regardless of mission type. E.g. " Wukong mains" or "I like to main  Valkyr because she's fun to play".
Mainline	Refers to a WARFRAME update that introduces new content and/or significant changes (as opposed to Hotfixes).
Mastery, Mastery Rank	Your overall account level. Increased by leveling up weapons, Warframes and companions (not counting Forma) and completing a test.
Mastery Fodder	Weapon with insufficient damage capability, or too gimmicky to be viable for endgame play, thus making it useful only in advancing experience for next Mastery Rank. Usually sold right after achieving level 30 with it.
Mats	Short form of Materials, refers to Resources.
Maxed	Refers to a mod or Arcane Enhancement that is at max rank. May also refer to Warframes and Weapons at max rank/rank 30.
MC	Short for "main character".
MD, MDef, MobDef	Refers to the Mobile Defense mission type.
Meme Strike, Mememing Strike	Nickname for the  Maiming Strike mod.
Meta	Backronym for "Most Effective/Efficient Tactic Available" which refers to the currently best strategies, loadouts, and squad composition to maximize farming, mission completion, etc. Short for metagame ("game about the game") which can include most effective tactics but not always. Metagaming is when players use knowledge not presented within the game, usually to their advantage.
Mob	Another name for enemies. See Mob.
Mods	Several meanings: "Cards" picked up during missions and won for completing some missions to enhance the power of Warframes, weapons, and companions. Can also refer to Chat moderators.
Mot	The Survival node in the Void.
Movement tech	Refers to "movement technique" which are a series of movement inputs that allow the player to be more efficient in their mobility. Sometimes these are informally named by the community for reference. The outdated "coptering" is an example of a movement tech.
MP, M Prime	Molecular Prime, Nova's 4th ability. The second mission on Mercury, M Prime.
MR	Short form of Mastery Rank.

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Terms	Explanation
Neffy	Nickname for Nef Anyo, coined by Tyl Regor in Operation: Tubemen of Regor.
Neg Nova (Fast Nova, Speed Nova, Speedva)	A  Nova modded with  Overextended and no Ability Strength mods, which causes  Molecular Prime's speed debuff to increase enemy speed, instead of slowing them down. Commonly used during Infested Defense missions to make enemies get into players' range faster. See also: Fast Nova and Speed Nova Contrary: Slow Nova
Nerf, Nerfed	Something that was recently weakened or needs weakening. Contrary: Buff, Buffed
Neutral Nova	A  Nova with exactly -30% ability strength so that  Molecular Prime's speed debuff does not modify the speed of affected enemies in any faction. Useful if players only want the damage buff from the ability. For more speed see: Fast Nova, Neg Nova and Speed Nova For less speed see: Slow Nova
Nightmare	Nightmare Mode. A high-difficulty mission that can occupy random nodes indicated with a special icon and rewards special mods unique to this mode.
Nightmare Mods	Refers to Nightmare Mode Mods which grant two different beneficial stats. Not to be confused with Corrupted Mods.
Nintenno, Nintennos	Nickname for one or multiple players on the Nintendo Switch.
NM	Short form of Nightmare Mode. A high-difficulty mission that can occupy random nodes indicated with a special icon and rewards special mods unique to this mode. Short form of the  Narrow Minded mod.
Node	A planetary mission in the Star Chart.
NPC	Non-player characters. Refers to characters that players can interact with, usually not enemy units.
NSW	Short form of Nintendo Switch, a console to play Warframe on.
Nuke	Any weapon or ability that can kill a large number of enemies at once like:  Ignis Wraith  Mend & Maim  Sound Quake

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OC, OCell, OroCell	Orokin Cell.
Octopus	The  Phage rifle. Nicknamed for its appearance when firing.
OD (ODA/ODD/ODS)	Orokin Derelict, usually followed with an additional letter indicating the mission type: ODA for Assassination ODD for Defense ODS for Survival
ODV	Orokin Derelict Vault, a section of the Orokin Derelicts that awards players Corrupted Mods.
OG	Short for Overguard.
Onion	A Kuva Guardian. Nicknamed for their helmets' resemblance to an onion.
OP	Overpowered. Can be a shorthand for Operator.
Orb Mother	Refers to the Profit-Taker Orb and/or Exploiter Orb.
Orokin	An ancient civilization that previously ruled the solar system.
OV (OVD/OVE/OVS)	Orokin Void, usually followed with an additional letter indicating the mission type: OVD for Defense OVE for Exterminate OVS for Survival

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P2P	Peer-to-peer.
Panty, Panties	The Infested boss Lephantis. See also: Elephant / Le Panty
PC	Price check. Used on the trading channel to find out how much something is worth.
Pilfroid	Hydroid equipped with the  Pilfering Swarm augment mod for his fourth ability  Tentacle Swarm, often used for farming mods or resources.
Pineapple(s)	Anasa Ayatan Sculpture(s), owing to "Anasa" sounding like the word for "pineapple" in multiple languages.
Pizza, Pizzas	Squad Restores, deployable Equipment that restores either health, energy, shields or ammunition every few seconds. Will typically have one attribute prefixed to indicate what it restores (e.g. Energy Pizzas for Squad Energy Restores and so on).
Plat, Pl, Pt, P	Platinum, the game currency that can only be traded or paid for.
PM	Private message. Use /w <username> <message> to whisper to the player. See also: PST
PMO	Private message (me an/the) offer. Used in the trade chat in connection with WTB/WTS/WTT
PoE	Short form of Plains of Eidolon.
Pol	The polarity associated with a slot in a Warframe or weapon.
Potato, Blue/Gold Potato	An Orokin Catalyst (Blue Potato) or Orokin Reactor (Gold Potato), named such for their resemblance to potatoes. As per A Man of Few Words, it is an acronym of Potent Orokin Technical Augmentation Tactical Offensive. Equipment that has a Catalyst or Reactor installed is "Potatoed".
PPP	Short form of the  Primed Pressure Point mod.
Precept (Y, YPol, Sila)	The Penjaga polarity shape. Used for the Companion ability mods. See also: Y, YPol / Sila
Prime	The term Prime refers to any Weapon, Warframe, Sentinel, Archwing, or accessory made with Orokin technology. Primes frequently sport improved damage, more Polarity slots, or other stat changes that grant them an advantage over their non-Prime derivatives.
Primed Disappointment	A user-created mod that Baro Ki'Teer is said to bring when his stock is less than stellar. See also: Baro Ki'tears
Primer/Priming weapon	A weapon built to cover enemies with as many unique status effects as possible, usually for the purposes of triggering the damage boost from mods like Condition Overload and Galvanized Aptitude.
Proc	The result of a weapon or ability triggering one of the additional damage effects via status chance, An acronym of Programmed Random Occurrence. See Status Effect for more information.
PST	Acronym of "Please Send Tell", or to send a private message to another player in-game. Use /w <username> <message> to whisper to the player. Can also be seen as an abbreviation of "Psst!" See also: PM / PMO
Pubs, Pug, Pugs	Pick-up Group/Public. Used to describe a group that is not preorganized or a player that is not part of the organized group.
PvE	Player versus environment. Commonly refers to the general gameplay of WARFRAME with players fighting against enemy AI.
PvP	Player versus player. Commonly refers to Conclave.

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QT	Short form of the  Quick Thinking mod.
QTE	Quick time event such as breaking Narmer Veils during Break Narmer missions.

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r, rPol (WardPol)	The Unairu polarity shape. Used for certain Melee Stance Mods. See also: WardPol
Rad	Radiation.
Radshare	A Void Fissure run where all players will carry a specific Void Relic that has been Refined to Radiant, to maximize the odds of getting a specific Prime component. Example: "Radshare Axi A4 3/4" means there is a group of three people searching for one more player to go for a run with each player equipped with a radiant Axi A4 relic, mostly aiming for the rare component, in this case it would be the Akbolto Prime Receiver.
Railjack	May refer to: A player's Railjack. Empyrean missions.
Red Text	In-game announcements that appear in the chatbox from the developers at Digital Extremes. The text is written in red, hence the name and it will be displayed in every chat window (region, recruting etc.). It is often used as a countdown for incoming hotfixes, starting at 5 minutes with an interval of 1 minute counting down + a final message when the update/hotfix process is completed and the game can be restarted.
Relic	Short for Void Relic.
Relog/Relogging	Logging out and logging back in.
Rep, Reputation	Syndicate Standing.
Res, Rev, Rez	Resurrect/Revive, referring to the revival of players or companions after entering bleedout state.
Rework	An overhaul of one of the game's mechanics or a Warframe's abilities.
RJ	Short form of Railjack  Radial Javelin, usually referring to an  Excalibur build that prioritizes that ability.
RNG	Random Number Generator. Used to refer to the random chance of things happening in the game, such as mod drops or the appearance of Assassins. Sometimes jokingly called Random Number God.
RNGesus, RNJesus	A joking nickname attributed to the RNG (above), typically mentioned in such a way to imply the speaker is praying.
Rolypoly	Nickname for Ropalolyst.
Rotation (abbr. Rot)	In missions with multiple tables of rewards (e.g Defense), refers to the current table which will be selected from when completing certain reward requirements. Rotations A, B, and C are the three rotations that exist and the cycle is usually AABC on loop for endless missions, or ABC for objective based missions like Spy vault or Cache rewards. Short terms such as "RA," "RB," and "RC" refer to such rotations.
Rotten Salad	A nickname for Mutalist Alad V, owing to Alad being partially infested. See also: Spoiled Salad
RQ	Resonating Quake, an augment mod for  Banshee's  Sound Quake. It may also refer to builds that focus on this augment.
Rush	Several meanings: The  Rush mod. Completing a mission as fast as possible. Instantly finish building an item in the foundry, using Platinum. The Rush Archwing mission type.

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Salad V	A nickname for Alad V, owing the pronunciation of his name.
Satanists	Nickname for the Red Veil.
Scratch, ScratchPol (Dashes) (AbilityPol)	The Zenurik polarity shape. Used for Augments and Channeling mods. See also Dashes See also AbilityPol for the retired meaning
Set	May refer to: All the blueprints needed to build something (e.g. a Nova Prime set will include the blueprints for Neuroptics, Chassis, Systems, and the main blueprint). Set Mods, a type of Mod which grants extra bonuses for having mods of the same Set equipped to your gear.
Sharkwing	Underwater Archwing gameplay on Uranus.
Shard	Archon Shard.
Sila (Y, YPol, Precept)	The Penjaga polarity shape. Used for the Companion ability mods. See also: Y, YPol / Precept
Simaris	Short form of Cephalon Simaris.
Slow Nova, Slova	A  Nova modded with maximum Ability Strength mods, which causes  Molecular Prime's speed debuff to decrease enemy speed as much as possible. Contrary: Fast Nova / Neg Nova / Speed Nova
SO	Sanctuary Onslaught, available under Syndicate missions in the navigation window. See also: ESO - Elite Sanctuary Onslaught
Soon™	A community meme said in response to the release date of any future content of the game, as Digital Extremes has a long history of delaying updates. For example: The War Within (Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)), 5 months of "Path to the The War Within" intermediary updates before actual release; first teased during TennoCon 2016 The Sacrifice (Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)), first teased during TennoCon 2017 Railjack gameplay (Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)), first revealed during TennoCon 2018 The New War (Update 31.0 (2021-12-15)), first announced during TennoCon 2018; development on haitus to release Heart of Deimos (Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)) during COVID The Duviri Paradox, first announced during TennoCon 2019
SP	Short form of The Steel Path.
Space AIDS	Refers to the Helminth Cyst and its ability to infect other players via touch.
Space Aunt	A sometimes occurring nickname for the Community Coordinator Helen Heikkila, also known as [DE]Helen.
Space Grandpa	A nickname for Hunhow, due to the relations uncovered in the quest Natah.
Space Mom	A nickname for the Lotus. Also applies to her voice actress Rebecca Ford, also known as [DE]Rebecca.
Space Nazi(s)	A controversial nickname for New Loka, especially for their leader Amaryn due to some of her quotes.
Space Stepdad	A nickname for Ballas. He's believed to be the Orokin executor that is responsible for the transference and the creation of Warframes. He is also suggested to be the lover of Margulis, who he mistakes the Lotus for, as it is revealed in the short side quest Apostasy Prologue.
Space Uncle	A nickname for Teshin.
Speed Nova, Speedva (Fast Nova, Neg Nova)	A  Nova modded with  Overextended and no Ability Strength mods, which causes  Molecular Prime's speed debuff to increase enemy speed, instead of slowing them down. Commonly used during Infested Defense missions to make enemies get into players' range faster. See also: Fast Nova and Neg Nova Contrary: Slow Nova
Spoiled Salad	A nickname for Mutalist Alad V, due to Alad being partially infested. See also: Rotten Salad
Spoiler, Spoiler Mode	A nickname for the Operator. Chosen by many of the community to be used in the chat to not spoiler new players of the whole Operator story/mechanic part.
Stack, Stacking	As a noun, refers to a single instance of a buff/debuff or upgrade. As a verb, refers to the action of applying multiple instances of a particular buff/debuff or upgrade. These may be additive or multiplicative. Example: " Serration additively stacks with other base damage bonuses".
Stat Stick	Typically refers to a weapon modded to boost the power of pseudo-exalted abilities like  Landslide or  Whipclaw. As a more general term, stat stick can refer to things modded to boost the power of a separate thing, such as a Sentinel weapon equipped with the Vigilante mod set allowing the player to have extra critical chance enhancements.
Str	Abbreviation for Ability Strength.
Strip, Stripping	Refers to an effect that reduces or removes Armor.
Stunlock	A tactic that forces enemies in a Stun-phase or keep them plummeting to the ground.
Subsume	In-game, the term "subsume" is used to refer to sacrificing a Warframe to the Helminth to unlock its ability for the infusing mechanic. In the community, the term is also used to refer to infusing an ability replacement, or an adjective describing an ability that has been swapped into a Warframe's ability kit.
Suda	Short form of Cephalon Suda.
Switch	Abbreviation for the Nintendo Switch
Syndicate	A group of factions, some with ideologies that clash with other allied factions, that the Tenno can side with.

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Tank	A player/warframe that can take large amounts of damage.
Taxi	A player that has a mission or planet unlocked that will form a group for a player that does not.
Terry	Nickname for the Eidolon Teralyst See also: Terry / Garry / Harry
Tethra Mods, Tethra Mod Set	The four  Electricity dual-stat mods rewarded in Tethra's Doom:  High Voltage (Rifle)  Shell Shock (Shotgun)  Jolt (Pistol)  Voltaic Strike (Melee) Both  Shell Shock and  High Voltage are available as drops from Hive Sabotage and all four occasionally appear in Baro Ki'Teer's stock.
Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3 / Tier 4 (T1/T2/T3/T4)	The difficulty or level group of enemies in a mission or wave. The tier determines the reward pool players have access to.
TNW	Short form of The New War, which is a cinematic quest.
Tomato	An Exilus Adapter, named such for the resemblance to the cross-section of a tomato.
Trash	Refers to low level or weak enemies such as Chargers or Butchers who have relatively low health compared to other enemies of their respective factions.
Tridolon	Three Eidolons which consists of Eidolon Teralyst, Eidolon Gantulyst, and Eidolon Hydrolyst.
TSD	Short form of The Second Dream, which is a cinematic quest.
TWW	Short form of The War Within, which is a cinematic quest.
Tylenol	Tyl Regor.

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U[XX.XX]	Short for (mainline) update version. E.g. "U31.5" refers to Update 31.5 (2022-04-27).
u, uPol, UmbraPol	The Umbra polarity shape. Exclusively found on  Excalibur Umbra, the  Skiajati and can only be added on other equipment via an Umbra Forma.
UI	User Interface. Refers to the menus that the player can interact with.
Ult, Ultimate	The 4th ability of a Warframe, which is typically the most powerful and costly Warframe ability.
Umbra	Short form of  Excalibur Umbra.
Umbral	Warframe builds that use Umbra Mods ("Umbral build").
Unranked	Refers to a mod that is at rank 0 (i.e. no Endo has been used to upgrade the mod). Gear that is currently at rank 0 (e.g. a rank 0 Excalibur).
/unstuck	A chat command that teleports the player to their last "good" position on the map, useful in the event the player is stuck in map geometry or manages to clip out of the map and fall into the endless void beneath. Note however that this command has a 2-minute cooldown between uses and often does not work (+ is only useable in missions, not in relays, the orbiter etc.)

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V, VPol	The Madurai polarity shape. Used for Damage and Ability Strength mods.
Valkitty	Nickname for  Valkyr.
Vault	Several meanings: See ODV Isolation Vault. The process of vaulting Relics by removing them from drop tables. See Prime Vault.
Veiljack	An Empyrean mission within Veil Proxima, usually used in Recruiting Chat.
VOIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol - better know as voice chat (short: VC).
Voreframe	Nickname for  Grendel.
Vorrito	Nickname for Captain Vor.
VS	Short for  Void Strike.

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WardPol (r, rPol)	The Unairu polarity shape. Used for certain Melee Stance Mods. See also: r, rPol
WC	Wrong Chat.
Whale	A whale is someone who spends a lot of micro-transactions. So-called “whales” are the main target for micro-transactions in free-to-play games, for example; they're the ones who buy a lot of in-game currency (in Warframe's case: Platinum), cosmetics, etc. It is not uncommon that whales are willing to spend hundreds, thousands or even millions in a free-to-play game.
Wipers	A contraction of Wraith Twin Vipers.
Wolf	The Wolf of Saturn Six.
WP	Short form of Waypoint. General short form of Well played.
WTB/WTS/WTT	WTB - Want to Buy. WTS - Want to Sell. WTT - Want to Trade.

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XB1	Short form of Xbox One, a console to play Warframe on.
XBSX	Short form of Xbox Series X, a console to play Warframe on.
XCal	Short form of  Excalibur.
XP, Exp	Experience. Correctly called Affinity, used to increase the Rank of Warframes, gear, and Mastery Rank.

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Y, YPol (Precept, Sila)	The Penjaga polarity shape. Used for the Companion ability mods. See also: Precept / Sila
Yelling	Having a discussion through the in-game chat, then distributing it to the forums.

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Other Terms

These are terms that may still be used by long-term players but refer to things that no longer exist.

Historical/Legacy Terms

Terms	Explanation
AbilityPol (Dashes, Scratch, ScratchPol)	The Zenurik polarity shape. Used for Augments and Channeling mods. See also Dashes / Scratch, ScratchPol Up until Update 15.0 (2014-10-24), Warframe abilities also had their own mod cards, allowing players to equip/unequip abilities.
Akkad	A Dark Sector Defense mission node on Eris that was popular for players to farm credits using the Secura Lecta. It is no longer popular due to the Secura Lecta receiving a nerf to the amount of bonus credits it provides.
Alert	Missions that appear randomly and give additional credits or loot as a reward. Only randomly generated alerts are removed from the game as of Update 24.3 (2019-02-27), replaced with Nightwave. Note that special alerts such as Tactical Alerts and Gift from the Lotus alerts are still able to appear in-game.
Alertium	Nitain Extract, which was primarily obtained as an alert reward before Nightwave replaced the alert system.
Alertium Prime	Vauban Prime, owing to the large amounts of Nitain Extract required to construct him.
Arcane Helmet	Before Hotfix 13.2.3 (2014-05-07), alternative helmets for Warframes were not purely cosmetic, and would provide the player with both a positive and a negative effect while the helmet was equipped. These helmets still exist in the game and can be traded between players, but they cannot be obtained through any other means as their natural method of being obtained has since been replaced by pure cosmetic versions. As a result, they are now treated as valuable items to have, even if the player themselves does not intend to use such helmets.
Channelling	A melee mechanic where using Primary fire while wielding a Melee Weapon would cause the Weapon to deal extra damage at the cost of consuming energy per hit. Replaced by heavy attacks in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31).
Copter, Coptering, Spin Dashing, Zoren Coptering	Using the slide attack of melee weapons, particularly those with a high attack speed, to fling a player a great distance quickly. The momentum generated by melee slide attacks was greatly reduced in Update 17.0 (2015-07-31) in exchange for Bullet Jumping.
Draco	An Interception mission node on Ceres that was a popular spot for players to farm affinity. The mission type was changed to Survival in Update 18.0 (2015-12-03), making it less of a popular spot.
E Gate	An Excavation mission node on Venus that was popular for players to get Mods and resources. The mission type was changed to Exterminate in Update 19.0 (2016-11-11), and is described as being the root cause for the implementation of AFK countermeasures.
Founders	In the early stages of Warframe, there existed a form of Prime Access known as the Founders' Program which could be paid for in a manner similar to current Prime Access Packs. The purpose of the Founders' Program was to help fund the early stages of the game, and upon doing so, players could obtain Excalibur Prime,  Lato Prime, and/or Skana Prime alongside having a unique Founder title associated with their account. The Founders' program ended November 1st, 2013, and Digital Extremes has expressed no intentions of ever re-releasing content exclusive to the Founders' Program. This makes Excalibur Prime the only Warframe in the game that players cannot obtain through any means.
Fusion Core	A mod card used solely for leveling up other mods, now replaced with Endo since Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19). R5 = Fusion core ranked Rare 5. U5 = Fusion core ranked Uncommon 5.
GMag	A Greedy Pull Augment-using Mag. At release, the Augment allowed Pull to affect pickups, bringing them closer to Mag and her allies. It would eventually be nerfed by making it pull pickups towards Mag only; for her allies, pickups would remain in their original positions.
Green	Life Support pick-ups in Survival missions. Named for the green HUD indicator that was unique to them.
Harvester	The original name of the Zanuka Hunter.
Helmet	The original name of Neuroptics prior to Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08), a component used to craft Warframes.
JV	The Jordas Verdict, an 8-player infested Trial mission which could be obtained by buying and crafting its key from the equipment section in the market. Trials were removed in Update 22.14 (2018-03-01).
Kiste	A Mobile Defense mission located in Ceres that was once a popular spot to farm affinity much like Draco. Fell out of popular use when Ceres was made into an early-mid game planet in Update 19.0 (2016-11-11).
LoR/LOR	The Law of Retribution, an 8-player infested Trial mission which could be obtained by buying and crafting its key from the equipment section in the market. Trials were removed in Update 22.14 (2018-03-01).
Naked Nick	The person inside the Warframe Cryopod before its was changed (to a humanoid wearing a gold and black suit, similar to the color scheme of primes) in Update 12.0 (2014-02-05). Old model He now appears exclusively during WARFRAME's anniversary alerts as a walking Defense objective.
Power	Old term for Abilities.
PS	Short form of power strength.
R+QT	A combo between  Rage and  Quick Thinking which granted invulnerability. The combo's efficiency was reduced in Update 11.1 (2013-11-27), and the term fell out of use soon after.
Raid	Also known as Trials. Refers to 8-man "end-game" content such as The Law of Retribution and The Jordas Verdict, which was removed in Update 22.14 (2018-03-01). Alternatively, it may also refer to the long-absent Raid mission type, which has since been replaced by Survival in Update 10.0 (2013-09-13).
Rainbow Build	A mod loadout popular during Damage 1.0 that used all elemental damage mods for maximum damage. Fell out of favor with the introduction of Damage 2.0 in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20).
Self Damage	A mechanic where using explosive Weapons would deal damage to the player should they be within range of the blast radius. Reworked into Stagger in Update 27.2 (2020-03-05). However, Bows equipped with Thunderbolt still deal self-damage.
ShieldPol	Polarize, which was previously known as "Shield Polarize" before receiving a rework in Update 18.13 (2016-05-27).
Spin to Win	Refers to a combination of the Mods Maiming Strike and Blood Rush, which had the ability to grant any melee weapon in the game critical strike chance values exceeding 500% on slide attacks. Both mods have since been severely nerfed in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31).
Stamina	A mechanic that acted as a method to hinder the player's ability to perform certain maneuver actions like sprinting or wall-running for an indefinite amount of time. This mechanic has since been removed in Update 17.0 (2015-07-31). As a modern term, it may refer to the Necramech Engine gauge that depletes when performing certain maneuvers.
Super Jump	Excalibur's old third Ability, which would launch you upwards in the air when used. Merged into Slash Dash in Update 16.9 (2015-06-17).
Trial	See Raid
Twin Bolsak	"Anagram" of Twin Basolk, which was largely viewed as underpowered from its introduction in Update 17.8 (2015-10-21) (2015-10-21) until Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08) (2016-07-08), where it received significant buffs. Usage may be affectionate or not, depending on the context.
Viver	An Interception node on Eris that was used to farm large amounts of mods, resources or credits in a short period of time. This node has since been removed in Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08).
Vivergate	A series of balance passes/nerfs to several frames (particularly  Excalibur,  Mag, and  Trinity) that came in response to constant abuse of Viver.
Void Keys	A one time use key that would grant access to a Void mission of a specific type, where a name such as "Tower I Capture" would be a tier 1 void capture mission. Not only were Void Keys the only method of accessing the Void, but completing mission reward objectives from them were the only way to obtain Prime components aside from trading with players. They have since been replaced by Void Relics in Update 19.0 (2016-11-11) (2016-11-11). It was common to refer to specific Keys using short versions of their names. Such example would be "T4D" referring to Tower IV Defense.
World On Fire / WoF	Ember's old fourth Ability. It was a channeled Ability that would cause all enemies within a certain range of Ember to be dealt consistent heat damage. Reworked into  Inferno in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31) due to the Ability being able to heavily trivialize lower tier missions.
Xini	Another Eris mission node, which was formerly a Defense Mission, that was used to farm Affinity in much the same way as Draco. The node is currently an Interception node.