History FanNickname / TabletopGames

** Referred by fans and detractors alike as "Rulemaster" due to the massive amounts of rules and charts in the game.

** High Elves are sometimes called "Helfs" and Dark Elves are sometimes called "Delfs".

*** Rowboat/Rawbutt[[note]]the latter in particular is actually the correct pronunciation[[/note]] Girlyman/Gillman/Gorillaman, Big Bobby G., [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman#Nicknames and many others]] -- Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.

** Chorfs -- he Chaos Dwarfs.

** The Skaven Hellpit Abomination is sometimes known as the A-Bomb.

** ''Crit Fishing'': In 5E, when rolling with Advantage, if a player rolls high enough to hit on the first roll, they will usually roll again anyway in hope of getting a Natural 20.

** Flying Circus: Any 6th edition army, particularly Necrons and Imperial Guard, built around using as many Flyers as possible.

*** Rowboat/Rawbutt[[note]]the latter in particular is actually the correct pronunciation[[/note]] Girlyman/Gillman/Gorillaman, [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman#Nicknames among many others]] -- Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.
** Space Puppies, [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Space Yiffs or Space Furries]] -- [[Literature/SpaceWolf Space Wolves]]

** Many Orkish nicknames are popular among players as shorthand for various races and wargear: "Panzees" = Eldar; "Beakies" = Marines; "Umies" = regular humans; "Dakka" = guns, cannons; "Choppa" = close combat weapons; "Stunties" = Squats; "Fishies" = Tau.

** Brets -- Bretonnians.

* ''General''
** {{Caltrops}} - 4-sided dice, well-known for causing AgonyOfTheFeet if stepped on.
** Golfball - 100-sided dice, well known for not stopping when rolled because it's almost as spherical as a golf ball.
** FLGS - Friendly Local Game Shop, the place where you spend your money on the entertainment below. Sometimes the "Friendly" is replaced with another word that starts with the letter F depending on the quality (or lack thereof) of the venue in question.
** "Natural 20." - Getting a result of 20 on a twenty sided die. Because that result tends to be a CriticalHit, it is clarified from a roll that reached 20 through other means like adding modifiers to a lower roll. Rolls like that can be referred to as a "Dirty 20."
** Lead Belt - The area around Nottingham where Creator/GamesWorkshop and several other miniatures manufacturers are based, despite the fact that [[ArtifactTitle miniatures (even only counting metal ones) usually haven't been made out of lead since the 90s]].
** Pile of Shame - Miniatures that one has acquired and not yet assembled/painted.

** Luckfight Sackguard - Used to refer to the game's mechanics relying a bit too much on what card the player has on top of his or her deck. Based on the general TCG term "lucksacking".

** Bob - A card with a very long, confusing name. Earned the name from a fan site rant. Notable for being the only ''Franchise/DuelMasters'' card nickname to date that has stuck.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** 3.75, 3.PF - ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Pathfinder]]'', an attempt to keep the 3.5E rules set alive that was so successful it's now on its own second edition. It was the world's best-selling roleplaying game for bit before 5th edition was released (and subsequently became extremely popular), filling the gap left by the generally unpopular 4th edition.
** Big El - Elminster, the most famous and almost most powerful wizard in the Forgotten Realms.
** [[TokenMiniMoe Loli]]-[[CrystalDragonJesus Pope]] - In TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}, Jaela Daran, the current leader of the Church of the Silver Flame, happens to be a little girl. Also '''[[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Pope]],''' for hopefully obvious reasons...
*** In the same setting, the NPC known as the Lord of Blades ([=LoB=]) is often referred to as the [=LoBster=].
** Big T - The Tarrasque, one of the strongest monsters that is included in most editions of D&D. Often a standard to compare a character's battle prowess is beating Big T (though not killing it, because that requires a caster with ''wish'' or ''miracle'' to finish off once it's down).
** Purple People Eater: The Purple Worm. Named as such because in almost every edition, it is used to showcase the "swallow whole" monster ability.
** Creating a new character is nicknamed 'rerolling', since to make it, you have to roll more dice. This has carried over into [=MMOs=].
** [=CoDzilla=] - A (3.X edition) '''C'''leric '''o'''r '''D'''ruid, so named for their [[GameBreaker incredible power]] in the hands of a competent player.
*** Not to be confused with the alternate term for [=CoD=], which stands for a '''C'''ircle '''O'''f '''D'''eath monster, a large monster who can unleash devastating [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown full-round attacks]] on a party member if they don't have to move - which typically means the melee classes.
** Batman Wizard - CrazyPrepared Wizard with a spell for everything.
** [[http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19869366/The_most_powerful_character._EVER.?pg=1 Pun-Pun]] - A character who uses the Sarrukh's Manipulate Form ability to give themselves any ability they want. ''Any''. From a famous message-board post with a Kobold named Pun-Pun using this ability to demonstrate exactly how silly it could get, and in Pun-Pun's case that's the single silliest GameBreaker yet known.
** Mr. Shouty Man - [=RPGNet=] term for D&D 4E's Warlord.
*** Lazy Lord: a Warlord who eschews ever making any actual attacks for him/herself, instead granting every action to OTHER players, and stays out of direct combat.
** Fightbrain - [=RPGNet=] term for D&D 4E's Battlemind, often used by those annoyed with the class name (which often leads to discussions about [[WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture WOTC/Hasbro's wiki-word style naming conventions for D&D]]).
** Diplomancy: The GameBreaker Diplomacy skill in 3.0, so named because it was often more effective than magic for taking enemy combatants out of the fight by ''befriending them in the middle of a battle''.
** [[BigBad BBEG]]: Big Bad Evil Guy (alternatively, Big Bad Enemy General). The name for major, BigBad-level villains.
** Cook 'n Book: A 5th edition strategy of casting Heat Metal on an armor-clad enemy then keeping concentration from a safe distance; since once cast there's no distance limit, and it's got very good range, you can just keep running while the enemy gets roasted to death by their own armor.
** Drizzt (after Do'Urden): Any ranger whose primary offense is dual-wielding melee weapons.
** [=PoLand=]: A term for the "generic" setting of D&D Fourth Edition, given the portrayal of civilization in the game world as "Points of Light" against a vast untamed landscape.
** Some {{Sourcebook}}s have nicknames:
*** Book of Bad Latin: ''Libris Mortis''. Despite the fact that a sidebar in the book says the title is meant to be "From the Books of Dead", which is what the title actually means.[[labelnote:*]]Most people assume it's supposed to mean ''Book of the Dead'' and gets it wrong -- that would be ''Liber Mortis''. On these grounds, much of the community calls it the "Book of Bad Latin". However, [[AllThereInTheManual if you read the book's introduction]], it turns out it's actually intended to mean ''From The Books of the Dead'' -- for which it is actually quite correct. Most Latin speakers would more naturally tend to include the word ''ex'' ("from"), but the ablative form ''libris'' implies that just fine, and the preposition is unnecessary.[[/labelnote]]
*** It's Hot Outside: ''Sandstorm'', a book focusing on desert settings. Some players also call it "Darude" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HQaBWziYvY for the pun]].
*** It's Cold Outside: ''Frostburn'', a book focusing on arctic/tundra settings.
*** It's Wet Outside: ''Stormwrack'', a book focusing on sailing/nautical settings.
*** It's Crowded Outside: ''Cityscape'', a book focusing on urban settings.
*** It's Not Outside: ''Dungeonscape'', a book focusing on... well, you can probably figure it out.
*** Book of Mild Dimness: ''Book of Vile Darkness'', so nicknamed for its often laughably over-the-top borderline-cartoonish take on evil.
*** Book of Erroneous Design: ''Book of Exalted Deeds'', due to the {{Game Breaker}}s in that book.
*** Book of Weaboo Fightan Magic: ''The Tome of Battle/Book of Nine Swords'', named so because of its attempts to solve the LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards problem, with classes that had spell-like combat abilities. Used both as a pejorative by those who dislike it [[InsultBackfire and a lovable nickname by those who like it.]] In later editions, certain subclasses for martial classes get classified under Weaboo Fightan Magic as well, though without the previous spite.
*** Complete Crud: ''Complete Psionics''. Infamous for its low quality: plotholes [[note]]Characters with Illithid Heritage feats are the descendants of mind flayers, despite the species reproducing parasitically. Fans have created a variant where they are the ''ancestors'' of the mind flayers, but this was only a fan creation and clearly not the original intent.[[/note]], {{nerf}}ing things that were perfectly balanced or underpowered to begin with [[note]] You are only allowed to have one astral construct at a time because... uh...[[/note]] and introducing classes which were broken in both definitions of the word [[note]] Divine minds are unplayable as written, and erudites are broken once abilities added to it by web supplement are added, with even normal erudites being crazy-powerful and oddly-written.[[/note]]. The only things fans consistently enjoy about the book are A. free as an excerpt (Soulbow), B. a variant of a feat in a better book (Practiced Manifester is Practiced Spellcaster, except psionic) and C. the Ardent.
** Complete Book of the Master Race: 2E's ''The Complete Book of Elves'', which fully embraced the "[[CantArgueWithElves Elves are better than everyone else]]" mentality.
** Happy Stick: A ''Wand of Cure Light Wounds'', considered perhaps the most indispensable magic item for a low-level party.
** Greyhawk (verb): To loot. ''Example:'' "After we kill the orcs, we Greyhawk their bodies."
** Laser Cleric: Nickname for 4E clerics that focus on dealing ranged Radiant (i.e. light, holy) damage rather than [[TheMedic typical]] [[StatusBuff clerical duties]]. Survived into 5E with the Light domain for clerics, which grants them plenty of Radiant firepower to throw at their foes.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}'': A common nickname for [[BeastMan Shifters]], especially [[CatFolk Razorclaws]].
** Breakfast of Champions: The ''Heroes' Feast'' spell. For many clerics of high enough level, casting it for the party is part of their morning routine.
** ''TWORPG'': The World's Oldest Role-Playing Game, since Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast explicitly disallowed using the name ''Dungeons & Dragons'' directly by other game companies under the OpenGamingLicense.
** ''Lizards on the Toast,'' ''Wizzing on a Post,'' etc.: Derogatory nicknames for Wizards of the Coast, D&D's current publisher.
*** ''[=WizBro=]'': Often used when Wizards of the Coast is making something perceived as a [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Bad Move]], used to imply that said move is being forced from Wizards of the Coast's corporate parent, Creator/{{Hasbro}}, rather than originating from inside.
** ''Abuse Magic Device'': The "Use Magic Device" skill, due to the fact at high enough levels it can let you combine things you were ''never'' meant to use into something utterly [[GameBreaker broken]], depending on what items you can get your hands on.
** ''Necklace of Suicide'': A Necklace of Fireballs, since certain circumstances can cause all the beads to be set off on the wearer.
** ''BECMI'': Basic/Expert/Companion/Masters/Immortals, the rules sets for the pre-3e D&D (as opposed to AD&D) game.
** ''Cleric Initiative'': Last in the initiative order, since clerics are the least likely to have high Dexterity or other initiative bonuses.
** ''Crit Fishing'': In 5E, when rolling with Advantage, if a player rolls high enough to hit on the first roll, they will usually roll again anyway in hope of getting a Natural 20.
** ''Gotcha Monster:'' A certain class of monster that seemingly serves exclusively for sadistic {{Killer Game Master}}s to keep their players either paranoid or dead, by way of disguising themselves as the most mundane things possible, going from your average Mimic ChestMonster to things that disguise themselves as every piece of furniture in the room, if not the floor, walls ''and'' ceiling. Some also stretch the definition to DemonicSpiders who serve mainly to fuck over specific classes, like Rust Monsters for Fighters or Disenchanters for anything with an arcane item (and Spellcasters in general), and others include monsters tiny enough to hide but with a disproportionately horrible opening strike that will cripple you or even kill you outright for not noticing them in time.

* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings''
** CSI: Rokugan - The Kitsuki.
** Stylus Boy - The Shadow Dragon. (Derived from the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer First Evil's]] nickname of 'Pencil Boy', as the character in question is a lame rip-off.)
** [=FuFu-chan=] - The dark god Fu Leng.'Nuff said.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyBattle''
** Papamobile/Popemobile -- the Grand Theogonist's war altar.
** The Hypnotoad -- individual Slann Mage-Priests.
** Hellen -- the Hellcannon unit.
** Hamsterwheels -- Doomwheels, gigantic wheels used as armed vehicles by humanoid rodents.
** Brets -- Bretonnians.
** Tapdance of Gork -- Gork's Warpath, an orc spell that summons an ectoplasmic effigy of Gork to stomp everyone at random. Spawned due to the ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' article that said this was the original working title of the spell.
** The Skelepope -- Nagash. [[http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nagash-Miniature.jpg His new look involves robes, a tall hat and a staff]]. Also, in the lore Nagash was at one point the High Priest of Nehekhara's main religion back when he was human. He's referred to as Bone Daddy as well, being the inventor of necromancy and all the bony parts of his model.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar''
** Sigmarines -- due to the Stormcast Eternals' [[{{Expy}} heavy similarity]] to Space Marines from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', and the fact that they serve God-King Sigmar.
** ''Warhammer: New Coke'' -- far less prevalent in later editions of the game, but a [[BrokenBase number of people]] originally derogatorily referred to the game as this due to the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks drastic changes]] from what had gone before and their expectations that it would fail.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' (aka ''[=WH40K=]'' or just ''40k'')
** Pie Plate -- the large ordnance template. Called a "Pizza" in Italy, for obvious reasons.
** Big Mac -- any melta, but especially multi-meltas. So named because a "multi-melta" sounds like some kind of delicious cheese sandwich.
** Flying Circus: Any 6th edition army, particularly Necrons and Imperial Guard, built around using as many Flyers as possible.
** Musical Wounds -- the tactic of exploiting 5th edition wound allocation rules for units of differently-equipped multi-wound models, to spread the wounds evenly on them rather than let models die.

** Catholic Space Nazis -- [[TheEmpire the Imperium of Man]], who are distinguished by a totalitarian, theocratic, militaristic and highly xenophobic outlook and for their heavy use of pseudo-Catholic aesthetics..
** Empy, Emprah, Emps and Big E. -- the God-Emperor of Mankind. He's less commonly called Jimmy Space, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhspXkE8wVQ as he is the inventor of the Space Marines]].
** Life Support Toilet, Golden Toilet or Golden Shithouse -- the Emperor's Golden Throne, for the function it serves and the [[ToiletHumor unfortunate implications]] of the word "throne".

** Spess Mehreens -- another one from Boreale, this time an affectionate nickname for space marines.
** Space Marines, particularly the first edition models, are occasionally referred to as "Beakie Boyz" or "Beakies" due to the distinctive pointed "snout" of the Mk VI Corvus Armour's helmet (itself inspired by the medieval [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascinet bascinet]]). Although few Space Marine models use the older helmet, the Orks still use "Beakie" as shorthand for Space Marine, and a certain image board asserts that the earlier Space Marines were much more macho and badass than the Nancy-boys in skull-faced helmets that run around today.
** Smurfs -- the (blue-and-white liveried) Ultramarines. Occasionally used for Space Marines in general ([=SMurfs=]).
*** Papa Smurf -- Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the [[strike:Ultramarines]] Ultrasmurfs.
*** Rowboat/Rawbutt[[note]]the latter in particular is actually the correct pronunciation[[/note]] Girlyman/Gillman/Gorillaman, [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman#Nicknames among many others]] -- Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.
** Space Puppies, [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Space Yiffs or Space Furries]] -- [[Literature/SpaceWolf Space Wolves]]
** Cap'n Gabe -- the Blood Ravens Brother Captain (later Chapter Master) Gabriel Angelos.
** Greenwing -- regular Dark Angels soldiers, as opposed to the more elite black-armored Ravenwing and white-armored Deathwing.
** Mexican Marines -- the Crimson Fists, due to many of their members having Latin-American or Spanish names.

** Bolter Bitches and Nuns With Guns -- the Sisters of Battle. An alternate name for flamethrower-focused versions is Flamer Bitches.
** [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Mobile Suit Nundam]] -- the Sisters of Battle's Paragon Warsuits.
** T-shirt and Flashlight -- the flak armor and lasgun of guardsmen, which are notorious for being underpowered. On that note, a lasgun with a flashlight attached to it is logically considered twin-linked. The shooting phase of guardsmen is known as a laser-light show.
** METAL BAWKSES! -- the Rhino transport vehicle, another one from ''Soulstorm''.
** Pimps [[RecycledInSpace in Space]] -- ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'', a game where you play as greedy and ostentatious merchant princes.

** Failaddon / Failbaddon -- Abaddon the Despoiler, thanks to losing all thirteen Black Crusades and never making it past Cadia despite having an army of Space Marines, Daemons and cults vastly outnumbering the Imperial Forces. Not so common after the {{Retcon}} that all of the Black Crusades ''accomplished'' their goals (the attacks on Cadia being distractions), with the following Black Crusade reducing Cadia to its component atoms and sucking half the galaxy into the Warp.
*** Failaddon / Failbaddon / Abaddon the Armless / Armless Failure -- due to earlier models of Abbadon having issues with their arms falling off due to weight issues (he had really large weapons on somewhat small arms).
** Peter Turbo for Perturabo.
** Fabulous Bill -- Fabius Bile

** Many Orkish nicknames are popular among players as shorthand for various races and wargear: "Panzees" = Eldar; "Beakies" = Marines; "Umies" = regular humans; "Dakka" = guns, cannons; "Choppa" = close combat weapons; "Stunties" = Squats; "Fishies" = Tau.

** Space Elves, Elfdar -- Eldar. Among the less charitable (usually [=SMurf=] players), the nickname is often extended to Pansy Space Elves.
** CARDBOARD BAWKSES! Raiders, a Dark Eldar transport vehicle. Inspired by the METAL BAWKSES! nickname for Guard Rhino transports.

** The Tau have several:
*** Blue Space Communists, Weeaboos, and Weeaboo Space-Commies -- their faction combines a mecha anime aesthetic with a collectivist, society-over-the-individual philosophy.
*** Commie-Fish, because of their tendency to name their vehicles after marine life.
*** Greys, because of their resemblance to the Roswell Greys
** {{Tsundere}}-Sun/Sundere/[=ShadowTsundere=] -- Commander Shadowsun.
** Fish of Fury -- a well-known GameBreaker tactic for the Tau involving using a pair of Devilfish transports as an assault-proof bunker for their Fire Warriors.

** Toasters -- Necrons
** Oldcrons/Newcrons -- Necrons based on either their original lore or their post-5th edition lore.
** Pokegods -- C'tan in the current lore, as they are kept in small pocket dimensions until released.
** Trollzyn the Tarpit Breaker. Trazyn the Infinite is in/famous for two things: his trollish behaviour, and his ability to inflict TotalPartyKill on ZergRush attempts.

** 'Nids -- Tyranids.
*** Also sometimes applied to the Vajra from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', due to [[{{Expy}} quite obvious similarities]].
*** 'Nids has become so widespread that it's been adopted as an in-universe nickname, particularly in the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books.
** Flyrant -- a Hive Tyrant with wings.

* ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' -- [=oWoD=] for short.
** Fishmalk - A derisive nickname for those who played [[FunnySchizophrenia a certain type of Malkavian]] in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''. The curse of the Malkavians is that they all become insane upon Embrace, so [[TheLoonie some players]] use it as an excuse to play a "wacky," "unpredictable" character who basically pranks the hell out of others. Named for how these Malks are likely to slap you in the face with a fish (or otherwise do something silly involving fish or [[InherentlyFunnyWords the word "fish."]])
** There's also the joke: "How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?" "FISH!" The original meaning of the term stems from a very early LARP game involving a number of Malks and a prank involving fish. More specifically, a bomb that flung fish across an entire room.
** Rite of Pants - The Rite of Talisman Dedication in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', which allows werewolves to attune certain items so they change when the werewolf changes form. So named because it's most commonly used with [[MagicPants clothing]].
** Otherkin: The Glamourbombing - ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming''
** Furry Captain Planet - ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''
*** [[StrawFeminist Militant Lesbian]] Werewolves - The Black Furies
** ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'' Virtues:
*** Fag - Mercy
*** Assburger - Vision
*** Teabagger - Zeal
** [=nuWW=] or [=ParaWolf=] - Paradox Entertainment's incarnation of White Wolf.
** Swedracula - one-time Lead Storyteller for Paradox's White Wolf, Martin Ericsson, because he was Swedish and looked very much like more {{wild hair}}ed versions of Dracula.

* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' - [=nWoD=] for short.
** The Lodge of Batman, a.k.a., The Lodge of the Goddamn Batman - A fast-spreading nickname for the Lodge of Spires in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' first edition, a sub-group of the Iron Masters dedicated to being the perfect urban predator -- that is, mastering the geography of the city like your standard werewolf would master the forest.
** Soul Pretzel - [[PrestigeClass Legacies]] from ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', so named because creating a Legacy involves reshaping your soul to incorporate elements of the Supernal.
** ''Geist: the Underdeveloped and Unedited'' for ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters'' first edition, since its rulebook was rushed and is hardly playable.

* Both Worlds of Darkness:
** Woofs - Werewolves

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''
** The name of the Deathlord First And Forsaken Lion is often abbreviated as [=FaFL=], pronounced "Falafel".
*** Or "Faffle".
*** Or "Victor von Deathlord" (or, sometimes, Darth Vader).
** The head of the Sidereal Bronze Faction, one of the most badass [[SupernaturalMartialArts Supernatural Martial Artists]] in existence and a first-rate ManipulativeBastard, is named Chejop Kejak... but better known to the fans as Ketchup Carjack, Kneecap Carjack, Sean Connery, or HULK HOGAN.
** The Primordial named Autochthon is also known as [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Autobot]]. Also Auto-kun.
** Each of the Sidereal castes has its own nickname, taken from them all being ColorCodedCharacters:
*** Yellowsids, Bananasids: Chosen of Journeys
*** Bluesids, Berrysids: Chosen of Serenity
*** Redsids, Cherrysids: Chosen of Battles
*** Greensids, Grass-sids: Chosen of Secrets
*** Purplesids, Grapesids: Chosen of Endings
** Gazellecarp -- The capstone charm of the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style transforms your character into a serpentine chimera whose features include a head like a gazelle foal and multiple carp fins down the sides.
** Her Redness, Big Red [[spoiler:Akumacakes]] -- The Scarlet Empress. The first is actually used in the material.
** Tepet Fuck-Off -- Tepet Fokuf, the Regent of the Realm. So named because, well... he's a total fuck-off. The man is totally incompetent, and was chosen just so he can rubber-stamp bills for anything the Realm needs done... and because he frequently pleasures himself to passages from the Immaculate Texts. Yeah.
** Captain Shoulderpads -- Dace, because of his [[ShouldersOfDoom outfit.]]
** Harmonious Booty -- Harmonious Jade. Less because of the actual size of her booty and more that she looks and sorta acts like a SassyBlackWoman.
*** It may also be the fact that she went from wearing loose pants in the first parts of the game to the loincloth thing she has now. Her fanservice factor got kinda ramped-up over time.
** [[http://meluran.deviantart.com/art/DEMETHEMANIA-comic-53379022 DEMETHEMANIA]] -- Demetheus, a big, burly Dawn Caste. In some of the setting fluff, he wrestled giant lions with his bare hands and won; thus a MemeticBadass was born.
*** It really didn't help that his artwork was visibly inspired by The Rock.
** Ma-Ha Bishi -- In reference to Ma-Ha Suchi's highly {{Bishounen}} First Age appearance, complete with roses. Also known as Ma-Ha Suave.
** The Cosmic XBOX -- The Games of Divinity that the gods spend most of their time playing.
*** Also known as the Pantheon Playstation, The Glorious Golden Gameboy, and the Wondrous World of Warcraft. And "Celestial Crack," sometimes.
** Princess [[TheStarscream Starscream]] -- the deathlord Princess Magnificent, forced by the Neverborn to work for the First and Forsaken Lion, and not at all happy about it. As a logical progression of this, another nickname for the Lion is "First and Forsaken Megatron."
*** Despite this, they are sometimes depicted as {{tsundere}} for each other, just for the lulz.
*** Princess Birdhat, due to how she dresses in all of her illustrations.
** The Yozi (Demon Prince) She Who Lives In Her Name, an utterly alien being consisting of spheres orbiting around spheres orbiting around a central sphere, is sometimes called "Swillin'", from the acronym "SWLIHN".
*** Also a rather less pleasant explative by the freelancers due to the sheer wordcount "She Who Lives in Her Name" eats.
** Likewise, the Yozis Adjoran and Isidoros are sometimes called Adoorjam and Isadoor, and the Ebon Dragon is shortened to "Ebby".
** [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Castration Demon Pirates]] for the Lintha pirates, because, well, it's what they do.
** Robot Sparta for Lookshy, a city-state with an enormously powerful military (and [[HumongousMecha Giant Robots]]).
** Signature Malefactor Sulamore, the Wan Stravophore (one of the Infernal signature characters) wears, basically, a highly {{Stripperiffic}} nun's habit. Thus, she is known as Hellnun. Or Bondage Nun.
** In addition to game elements, the sourcebook ''Savant and Sorceror'' garners a host of fan nicknames, mostly due to its [[http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/exalted/savant-sorcerer.jpg gratuitously pornified cover.]]
*** "Sex and the Sorceress," because of the cover and also because of a section on seduction inside. Influenced, of course, by Series/SexAndTheCity.
*** "The Cameltoe Book," probably influenced by a famous programmer's reference nicknamed [[http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596000271.do The Camel Book]] for ''its'' IdiosyncraticCoverArt.
*** "The Book of Three Circles, Two Breasts, and One Giant Cameltoe," a reference to the earlier paperback supplement on sorcery, ''The Book of 3 Circles.''
** The Deathlord Mask of Winters is sometimes known as the Mask of Illiteracy, after stats were published that gave him a Lore score of 0, which means he can't read.
** The originally-unnamed combat-twink Primordial from the Aftershock War was known as Chungira, after Jon Chung, a combat optimiser par excellence on the rpg.net forums. Its eventual canon name was Ramethus.
** Disco Ninja Style, for the martial art Crystal Chameleon Style, which focuses on speed and stealth through bright psychadelic lights.
** Some of the writers have their own nicknames - Michael Goodwin was generally known as Neph (short for his handle on forums, Nephilpal), while Holden Shearer was known as the Hamster due to his tendency to use hamster-based avatars.
** The Lunar in ''Masters of Jade'', for her cake-eating shenanigans, is known as Chompy.
** The Solars, Abyssals and Infernals are sometimes collectively called Solaroids due to the Abyssals and Infernals originating from corrupted Solar Exaltations and operating on the Solars' level of power, although the term's fallen out of use over time.
** The Hearteaters, Umbral Exalted and Dream-Souled are collectively known as any of the Optional/Apocryphal/Auxiliary/Appendix Exalted, being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, [[LooseCanon optional Exalted]] outlined in the appendix to the Exigents splatbook.
** The peculiarly shaped island in the northwest of the 3e map of Creation is known as Frosty Dorito Island (much to the disappointment and resignation of the island's creator, Stephen Lea Sheppard).
** XS or [=ExEss=] for ''Exalted Essence'', a streamlined version of 3e.

** Chaos: Used to describe any monster that can only be summoned by removing certain monsters in your grave from play, and contain either a once-per-turn card removal or full-field-nuke effect. Named after the Envoy cards who started the trend, ''Chaos'' Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, and ''Chaos'' Soldier (Black Luster Soldier in English) - Envoy of the Beginning, both of which came out in the card set Invasion of ''Chaos''.

** Contact Fusion - Canonically used to describe the summoning requirement of the Elemental Hero Neos fusions, also used by the fandom to describe the similar method of summoning the V-Z and Gladiator Beast fusions.

** Very Fun Dragon: A sarcastic name for True King Of All Calamities. Its full name being cumbersome to type out, many players shorten it to “VFD”, an unexplained acronym included in the card’s Japanese name. Due to the card’s consistent presence and his powerful, easy, and oppressive floodgate effect, many players sarcastically claim the VFD stands for “Very Fun Dragon”, because it is ''so'' much fun to have to deal with his effect being employed by about half the decks in the Metagame.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''
** ThePornomancer: A character design made possible with fourth edition got this nickname. Said design basically amounts to stuffing as many dice into seduction as possible. The joke is that he (it's usually portrayed as a man for added hilarity) can seduce anyone into doing anything.
** Pink Mohawk: A style of play characterized by treating the game like an action movie instead of a spy thriller. Player characters are {{Overt Operative}}s, collateral damage and news exposure are expected, and plans are outrageous. The opposite style is "Mirrorshades."

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''
** The Unseen: The classic designs for several [=BattleMechs=] that were licensed from several anime series, most notably ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''Dougram''. A lawsuit from Harmony Gold (of ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' fame) indirectly forced FASA to stop using the designs [[note]]It's complicated, but WordOfGod is that the artwork was ditched unilaterally by FASA, the inference being that they had limited rights to use the Dougram and Crusher Joe designs, but that the lawsuit had made FASA paranoid about further lawsuits, retiring any art that did not originate at FASA itself. This had the odd result of forcing FASA to retire the bulk of the IIC 'mechs, originally created by Studio Nue -- the original creators of Macross! -- for use in a Japanese release of the game to replace the original designs that, for obvious reasons, were not appropriate to use.[[/note]], and the 'Mechs in question were quietly PutOnABus in favor of original designs. As of June, 2009, Catalyst, the current rightsholder somehow was able to renegotiate for rights to use the ''Dougram'' designs, making them "Reseen".
*** The lawsuit in question was very complicated and had no clear winners, the result being that there is no company in North America with the clear rights to distribute any derivative works based on ''Macross''.
*** The Reseen: The game supplement ''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'' included [[CaptainErsatz legally-friendly]] new designs for the Unseen that allowed them to re-enter circulation. The developers of the latest ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game are skirting the edge of the issue by making use of the ''Anime/CrusherJoe'' and ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' designs that escaped the Unseen issue and implementing ''Project Phoenix'' type aesthetics, but not any of the ''Macross'' related designs.
*** The Classics: The nickname for the newly-designed [[note]]starting in 2015 and continuing to roll out (with a small delay thanks to [[HereWeGoAgain YET ANOTHER FREAKIN' HARMONY GOLD LAWSUIT...]] that mercifully was dismissed with prejudice, ending the legal trainwreck once and for all) through the early 2020s[[/note]] redesigns of the Unseen, created to finally allow use of the designs in all eras (the Reseen were, in universe, strictly a Civil-War/Jihad era phenomenon). These designs are meant to strongly evoke without outright copying the original anime designs, and also were an opportunity for Catalyst to redesign them to better fit the modern Battletech aesthetic.
** AlphaStrike: Firing all of a 'Mech's weapons at once.
*** Alpha-baby, Refrigerator: A 'Mech design capable of alpha-striking constantly without overheating.
** "Boat mech": A 'Mech design based on loading up on as many of a single weapon type as possible. One of the most common variants is putting nothing ER Large Lasers and heat sinks in a Mad Cat, referred to as a 'laser boat', or the Archer as a 'Missile Boat.' Dual autocannons are about as much as most 'Mechs can boast, making any 'Mech with three or more autocannons, such as the Jagermech, a Gunboat.
** Meatcannon -- the AC/20, so named for ripping huge chunks out of a Mech like a predator ripping meat off its prey.
** Ptoo or Ptwo -- on the opposite scale, the spitball-like damage of the AC/2
** Criticator, Critseeker -- any weapon system more likely to generate critical hits rather than punch through armor, like LBX Autocannon and massed missile banks.
** Headchopper or Headcapper -- a weapon strong enough to one-shot a Mech's cockpit (such as Gauss rifles), thus instantly removing it from play.
** Several individual [=BattleMechs=] have fan nicknames:
*** Crud -- The ''Crusader'' model of Battlemech, both for its CRD serial number and the placing of ammo in the center torso where it was more likely to explode. Worse, the original CRD-3R would explode on any critical hit to its left or right ''side'' torso locations as well unless the ammo stored there was already used up thanks to said ammo bins being the only items in those locations that ''could'' be critically hit -- and critical hits to 'empty' slots are re-rolled -- thus making all three torsos filled with explodable ammo.
*** Warhampster, 'Slammer, Whammy: the ''Warhammer''
*** Eggs, Eggheads: mechs with an egg-shaped body, like the ''Catapult, Stalker, Marauder'', and ''Mad Cat''
*** Low-Cost: the ''Locust'', as a pun on it being the least expensive mech at 1.2 million C-Bills.
*** Bug-Mechs: The ''Wasp, Locust'' and ''Stinger'', both for their insect names and their tendancy to be easily squashed.
*** Salad-shooter: The Saladin, a hovercraft armed with a massive AC/20
*** Sally: the ''Salamander'', an assault missile boat. Also the Salamander Battlearmour
*** Urbie, The Walking Trash Can, [[Franchise/StarWars Artoo]]: the ''[=UrbanMech=]''
*** Homewrecker: the [=AC/20=]-equipped version of the [=UrbanMech=]
*** Gauss Rifle on Legs: the ''Hollander''
*** Trenchbucket, Trashbucket: The ''Trebuchet''
*** Timby, Miffed Kitty: The ''Timber Wolf/Mad Cat''
*** Gausszilla: Any mech carrying two (or more!) Gauss Rifles.
*** Worthless, Whitworthless, Shitworth: The ''Whitworth''
*** B-Mer, B-Master, Beemer: The ''Battlemaster''
*** Big Al, Fatlas: The ''Atlas''
*** Forceful Sodomy Mech: The ''Dasher D''. And that's probably its most printable nickname
*** BOHICA (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again): The WSP-1W variant of the ''Wasp'', which has six small lasers and decent agility, and is used almost exclusively to BackStab unwary enemies; occasionally shares this nickname with the ''Dasher D'' for self-evident reasons
*** The Burninator, Zippo: The ''Firestarter'' mech; also the Ignis IFV and Salamander Battle Armour
*** Slapjack: The ''Blackjack''
*** Turkey: The ''Turkina''
*** Daisy: The ''Daishi''
*** Thud, T-Bolt: The ''Thunderbolt''
*** [[Franchise/XMen Wolvie]]: The ''Wolverine'', what else?
*** Pixie, P-Hawk: The PXH-series ''Phoenix Hawk''
*** Shad, Shawk, [[MasterOfNone Shitty Hawk]]: The ''Shadow Hawk''
*** [[PunnyName Copy Cat]]: The ''Rakshasa'', due to its canonical reason for existence (an Inner Sphere attempt to duplicate the ''Mad Cat'')
*** [[EmbarrassingNickname Scat]]: The ''Shadow Cat'', which is not as bad as its nickname implies.
*** Hopper, Asshopper, Grasshole: The ''Grasshopper'', thanks to its close-range {{backstab}}bing playstyle that infuriates players who prefer longer ranged combat
*** Kitty, Cat, Pants: The PNT-series ''Panther''
*** Whacker: The ''Bushwacker''
*** [[Franchise/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]: The ''Grand Titan'', which bears a striking resemblance
*** Slowki: The ''Hel'' or ''Loki Mk II'', which is the same size, but trades the original ''Hellbringer'''s GlassCannon credentials in for a slower movement speed and better armor instead
*** Party Van: The Partisan anti-air tank.
*** While technically a videogame mod, the names given by fans for Mech variants in Mechwarrior: Living Legends fit in here as well. Some examples are "Mr. Bubbles" (Atlas), "Beat Stick" (Mad Cat Mk. II), "Scat" (Shadow Cat) and "Arrowpult" (Catapult with Arrow IV)
** Robes: Comstar
** Wobbies, Wobblies, Toaster Worshippers: the eccentric (later genocidal) Word of Blake.
** PAD -- Pop-and-Drop, a tactic in online games where you would pop out of cover just long enough to fire, then drop out of sight to recycle weapons. Also known in Mechwarrior 4 circles as poptarting, referencing both the visual of toaster pastries suddenly popping up out of a toaster and [[StealthInsult their implied cheapness.]]
** Underweight Heavy -- any mech under 60 tons with a top speed of 64 kph[[note]]4 movement points while walking, 6 while running[[/note]] or less, such as the ''Panther'' or ''Hunchback''
** Zombie - A 'Mech that carries primarily energy weapons, maximum armor, standard or compact engines and/or gyros to a degree that it takes pretty much a center torso coring to defeat.
** Flashbulb - A laser-(or sometimes PPC)only 'Mech.
** Fourth of July - When a mech with a large number of Rocket Launchers fires them all at once; especially if it hits with very few of them.
** Flailing Death - Repeatedly and spectacularly failing Standing Piloting Rolls to the point where the 'Mech destroys itself in the process. AKA: Breakdancing. Emphasis on the 'break'. Which leads to the dreaded...
** Seatbelt Check - the piloting roll required to avoid pilot damage when a 'Mech falls.
** Sponge - a 'Mech that through a combination of luck and good positioning, takes a huge amount of damage and keeps going. ANY 'Mech ''can'' sponge, as its a factor of taking more damage than you should be able to.
*** The Bushwacker in VideoGame/MechWarrior 4 is an infamous sponge, due to its tendency to spread damage around its narrow and angular torso.
*** Donut is exactly the opposite, where an otherwise pristine mech take all its damage to just its center torso, and dies.
** Highlander Burial - a Death From Above maneuver (jumping on top of another 'Mech) performed by a 90-ton Highlander (especially on a smaller 'Mech), which can make it seem like the victim is being driven into the ground.
** Lawn Dart Check - specifically for those who play with aerospace fighters or most other conventional aerodyne aircraft, which, if they take any hit while at speed in atmosphere, are required to make a roll against a random directional change...including pointing the nose down towards the ground. ''At full throttle.'' So named for the visual of metal fins sticking out of a honest-sized hole in the ground evoking the almost extinct game of lawn darts.
** Clan Jade Falcon has accumulated several (usually not very flattering) nicknames, such as Clan Jade Turkey, Clan Green Burd and Clan Cockfalcon.
** Hellbie Dice - specific to ''Classic [=BattleTech=]'', spread through its online community. Named for [=JadeHellbringer=], a forum moderator and community veteran--specifically, his terrible luck in rolling dice. It refers to rolls that [[CriticalFailure critically fail]] to such an absurd, game-ending degree that they become [[EpicFail epic failure]], mostly through a combination of DisasterDominoes and defying the law of averages. Miss easy shots? It happens. Jam one of your guns in the process? Bad luck (and a 1 in 36 chance). Jam a gun on your first turn? Lousy luck, but entirely possible. Jam 70% of your 'Mech's guns, get rendered almost useless on your first turn as a result, then get killed by a damaged 'Mech 30 tons lighter than you? [[http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=535.45 Now it's Hellbie dice]].
** Precentor Pantsless - Precentor Apollyon, leader of the [[ChurchMilitant Word of Blake's]] [[SuperSoldier Manei Domini]], so-named for his appearance on one [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/e/e5/JHS3072.jpg of the sourcebooks.]]
** Lyran Scout Lance - Four [[MightyGlacier assault mechs]] (preferably ''Atlases'' or Steiner-only ''Zeuses''). A [[MemeticMutation meme]] stemming from House Steiner's [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney wealth]], [[GeneralFailure inconsistent generalship]], and belief that BiggerIsBetter even when it comes to reconnaissance. Their actual House-specific scout mech, the 25-ton ''Commando'', is sometimes referred to as "Lyran Battle Armor".
** Turtle - An in-universe disparaging name for tanks. Nowadays, its only use by players is from those who haven't wised up to how dangerous they can be.
** Zombiemech - A mech with most or all of its weapons in its torso, meaning that losing its arms does not reduce its effectiveness. So-named because only a head or torso shot will actually have an effect.
** Mad Max: Maximilian Liao, Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation in the waning days of the Third Succession War and up till the end of the Fourth. He was known for having a... tenuous... grip on sanity, and was pushed off the deep end with the HumiliationConga that was the Confederation's near dismemberment in the Fourth Succession War (and the absolute {{magnificent bastard}}ry that Hanse Davion pulled on him in revenge for an earlier scheme by Max, including insinuating a FakeDefector mole into the highest levels of his government). All this left Max Liao nearly non-functioning and needing to be institutionalized.

** Meatball, Meatwad - the Lords of Cthul unit Meat Slave.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe Grape Ape]] - Quantum King Kondo. He's purple, he's a giant ape, what did you expect?
** Truck Monkey - Frontline Ape, because of the truck held overhead, and in reference to the Transformers meme.
** The Buggernaught (Bitch!) - Xixorax. The second part is almost always added.
** Lobstroyer - This is beyond just a fan nickname. You almost never hear Crustaceor referred to as anything else.
** G-thang, G-unit, 50 Cent, Fiddy, etc. - G-tank.
** Hurricana - Hurricanus, due to the misapplication of Latin gender endings, as well as the unfortunate last four letters.

* ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms Warmachine/Hordes]]''
** [[PortmanteauCoupleName Warmahordes]]
** Chickens or Bonechickens - Used to refer to [[http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/cryx/warjacks/nightwretch Cryxian bonejacks]], which have small, compact bodies set atop two, four-toed feet.
** Dirty D - Deneghra, because she kinda is.
** Dirty Pirate Hooker - Skarre, mostly because of her ability to brutalise enemy warcasters with automatic high-power hits.
** Soulless Elven Hooker - Eiryss, because her power to disrupt anyone's game plan forces people to have a plan to kill her as quickly as possible.
** Darth Stryker - Coleman Stryker after he became a KnightTemplar and crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
** Poledance Haley - Just look at her epic model and tell us it's not true.
** Gaspy, Ol' Gaspy - Asphyxious. Probably because his name is annoying to spell and contains part of the word asphyxiate, which carries more or less the same general idea as Gaspy.
** Gun Bunnies - Like Chickens, [[http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/cryx/warjacks/nightwretch Gun Bunnies]] refer to [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Rhulic]] warjacks with two very wide feet and no arms.
** Pimp Daddy Thagrosh - Thagrosh, Everblight's Dragon/Avatar as the rest of the name members of the Legion are all female.
** The Wonder Twins - Haley and Deneghra, both among the strongest warcasters in the game in all incarnations. Sometimes also used for Saeryn and Rhyas.
** Kovnik Joe - Short for Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich.
** Winter Guard Deathstar - A fully upgraded squad of Winter Guard is very expensive, and rightfully feared.
** Troll Moses - The troll Runebearer carries a pair of rune carved stone tablets resembling the ten commandments.
** Captain No Peripheral Vision - Epic Vlad has pauldrons so big they're comical.
** Focus Bank - Anything that helps a Warcaster get more/spend less focus.
** Butcher - Orsus Zoktavir, more commonly used/known than his actual name.
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zapdos]] - The Storm Raptor, which is also a very large bird with lightning powers.

* TabletopGame/HeroClix
** LAMP - '''L'''ockjaw, '''A'''rmor Piercing, '''M'''astermind, '''P'''oison; a strategy where a player uses a Lockjaw figure combined with a figure that has a combination of the other three abilities.

** Nyarly, Nyarla, Nyar - Nyarlathotep
** The Meatgrinder, Mountains of Corpses - ''Masks of Nyarlathotep'', known for being a very difficult campaign resulting in a lot of PC deaths.
** Yellow Fellow - Hastur, usually.
** Snek Daddy - Yig.

* ''FGU'' (game company from the 70s and 80s)
** Fucking Game's Unplayable - Gee, wonder why they went out of business...

* Creator/{{TSR}} (D&D's original publisher)
** They Sue Regularly - due to the company's draconian policy about fansites back in the early days of the Internet. Again, no wonder they went out of business.
** T$R - Derisive nickname for later-era TSR, due to both their sue-happy tendencies (see above) and their increasing product proliferation.

* TabletopGame/{{Poker}}: All the 169 possible poker hands (in Texas Hold'em) have their individual nicknames. Many more than one. Most famous are "American Airlines" for two aces, "Anna Kournikova" for ace-king, "ducks" for deuces, "cowboys" for kings, "fishhooks" for jacks, "snowmen" for eights, "beer hand" for seven-two offsuit... For a more-or-less exhaustive list, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_playing-card_nicknames#Texas_hold_.27em_pocket_card_nicknames look here.]]

* ''TabletopGame/RoboRally''
** Salmoning: Attempting to move in the opposite direction to a conveyor belt. Often ends badly, as do most things in ''Robo Rally''.
** WesternAnimation/{{Wile E Coyote|AndTheRoadrunner}} Award: Given to a player whose who creates a sequence that results in their own destruction, without any intervention from other bots. The original Wile E Coyote Award winner was a player who blew himself up with his own Buzz Bomb.

* ''Formula De''
** Suicide Gear: 6th gear, due to the high risk of missing a turn and crashing out if it is employed.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Carcassonne}}'': "The Weird Cities Game". If you've played it, you'll know why.

* Reaper Miniatures's Bones line is made of a polymer plastic the community affectionately calls "Bonesium."

** ''Warhammer: New Coke;; -- far less prevalent in the face of developments like the [[AuthorsSavingThrow General's Handbook]], but a [[BrokenBase number of people]] originally derogatorily referred to the game as this due to the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks drastic changes]] from what had gone before and their expectations that it would fail.

** Catholic Space Nazis -- [[TheEmpire the Imperium of Man]], who are distinguished by a totalitarian, theocratic, militaristic and highly xenophobic outlook and for their heavy use of pseudo-Catholic aesthetics..
** Empy, Emprah, Emps and Big E. -- the God-Emperor of Mankind. He's less commonly called Jimmy Space, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhspXkE8wVQ as he is the inventor of the Space Marines]].
** Spess Mehreens -- another one from Boreale, this time an affectionate nickname for space marines.

** The Tau have several:
** Blue Space Communists, Weeaboos, and Weeaboo Space-Commies -- their faction combines a mecha anime aesthetic with a collectivist, society-over-the-individual philosophy.
*** Commie-Fish, because of their tendency to name their vehicles after marine life.
*** Greys, because of their resemblance to the Roswell Greys
** Bolter Bitches and Nuns With Guns -- the Sisters of Battle. An alternate name for flamethrower-focused versions is Flamer Bitches.
** Toasters -- Necrons
** Space Elves, Elfdar -- Eldar. Among the less charitable (usually [=SMurf=] players), the nickname is often extended to Pansy Space Elves.

** T-shirt and Flashlight -- the flak armor and lasgun of guardsmen, which are notorious for being underpowered. On that note, a lasgun with a flashlight attached to it is logically considered twin-linked.
*** The shooting phase of guardsmen is known as a laser-light show.
*** Big Mac -- any melta, but especially multi-meltas. So named because a "multi-melta" sounds like some kind of delicious cheese sandwich.
** METAL BAWKSES! -- the Rhino transport vehicle, another one from Soulstorm
*** CARDBOARD BAWKSES! Raiders, a Dark Eldar transport vehicle. Inspired by the above.
** 'Nids -- Tyranids.
*** Also sometimes applied to the Vajra from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', due to [[{{Expy}} quite obvious similarities]].
*** 'Nids has become so widespread that it's been adopted as an in-universe nickname, particularly in the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books.
** Failaddon / Failbaddon -- Abaddon the Despoiler, thanks to losing all thirteen Black Crusades and never making it past Cadia despite having an army of Space Marines, Daemons and cults vastly outnumbering the Imperial Forces. Not so common after the {{Retcon}} that all of the Black Crusades ''accomplished'' their goals (the attacks on Cadia being distractions), with the following Black Crusade reducing Cadia to its component atoms and sucking half the galaxy into the Warp.
*** Failaddon / Failbaddon / Abaddon the Armless / Armless Failure -- due to earlier models of Abbadon having issues with their arms falling off due to weight issues (he had really large weapons on somewhat small arms).
** Flying Circus: Any 6th edition army, particularly Necrons and Imperial Guard, built around using as many Flyers as possible.
** {{Tsundere}}-Sun/Sundere/[=ShadowTsundere=] -- Commander Shadowsun.
** Cap'n Gabe -- Blood Ravens Brother Captain (later Chapter Master) Gabriel Angelos.
** Space Marines, particularly the first edition models, are occasionally referred to as "Beakie Boyz" or "Beakies" due to the distinctive pointed "snout" of the Mk VI Corvus Armour's helmet (itself inspired by the medieval [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascinet bascinet]]). Although few Space Marine models use the older helmet, the Orks still use "Beakie" as shorthand for Space Marine, and a certain image board asserts that the earlier Space Marines were much more macho and badass than the Nancy-boys in skull-faced helmets that run around today.
*** Many Orkish nicknames are popular among players as shorthand for various races and wargear: "Panzees" = Eldar; "Beakies" = Marines; "Umies" = regular humans; "Dakka" = guns, cannons; "Choppa" = close combat weapons; "Stunties" = Squats; "Fishies" = Tau.
** Life Support Toilet, Golden Toilet or Golden Shithouse -- the Emperor's Golden Throne, for the function it serves and the [[ToiletHumor unfortunate implications]] of the word "throne."
** Musical Wounds -- the tactic of exploiting 5th edition wound allocation rules for units of differently-equipped multi-wound models, to spread the wounds evenly on them rather than let models die.

** [[http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/Forum_abbreviations More here -- with thanks for the ones copied]].
** Pimps [[RecycledInSpace in Space]] -- ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'', a game where you play as greedy and ostentatious merchant princes.
** Newcron/Oldcorns -- Necrons based on either their 5th edition lore or their original lore.
** Pokegods -- C'tan in the current lore, as they are kept in small pocket dimensions until released.

** Trollzyn the Tarpit Breaker. Trazyn the Infinite is in/famous for two things: his trollish behaviour, and his ability to inflict TotalPartyKill on ZergRush attempts.
** Fish of Fury -- a well-known GameBreaker tactic for the Tau involving using a pair of Devilfish transports as an assault-proof bunker for their Fire Warriors.
** Let's not forget, FUCKING HORUS. The Emperor sure hasn't.
** Fabulous Bill -- Fabius Bile

*** Rowboat/Rawbutt[[note]]the latter in particular is actually the correct pronunciation[[/note]] Girlyman, [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman#Nicknames among many others]] -- Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.

* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''
** Papamobile - the grand theogonist's war altar
** The Hypnotoad - Individual Slann Mage Priests
** Hellen - hellcannon
** Hamsterwheels - Doomwheels, which are pretty much gigantic armed hamster wheels
** Brets - Bretonnians
** Tapdance of Gork - Gork's Warpath, an orc spell that summons an ectoplasmic effigy of Gork to stomp everyone at random. Spawned due to the ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' article that said this was the original working title of the spell.
** the Skelepope - Nagash. [[http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nagash-Miniature.jpg His new look involves robes, a tall hat and a staff]]. Also, in the lore Nagash was at one point the High Priest of Nehekhara's main religion back when he was human.
*** Bone Daddy as well, being the inventor of necromancy and all the bony parts of his model.

** Sigmarines - Due to the Stormcast Eternals' [[{{Expy}} heavy similarity]] to Space Marines from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', and the fact that they serve God-King Sigmar.
** Warhammer: New Coke - Far less prevalent in the face of developments like the [[AuthorsSavingThrow General's Handbook]], but a [[BrokenBase number of people]] originally derogatorily referred to the game as this due to the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks drastic changes]] from what had gone before and their expectations that it would fail.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' (aka ''[=WH40K=]'')
** Catholic Space Nazis - [[TheEmpire the Imperium of Man]].
** Empy - Because it's boring to write EMPEROR.
*** Emprah - how Indrick Boreale says it in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Soulstorm''.
*** Also commonly called Emps and the Big E.
*** As well as Jimmy Space, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhspXkE8wVQ as he is the inventor of the Space Marines]].
** Spess Mehreens - Another one from Boreale, this time an affectionate nickname for space marines.
** Pie Plate - The large ordnance template. Called a "Pizza" in Italy, for obvious reasons.
** Smurfs - The (blue-and-white liveried) Ultramarines. Occasionally used for Space Marines in general ([=SMurfs=]).
*** Papa Smurf - Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the [[strike:Ultramarines]] Ultrasmurfs.
*** Rowboat/Rawbutt[[note]]the latter in particular is actually the correct pronunciation[[/note]] Girlyman, [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman#Nicknames among many others]] - Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.
** [=Blue Space Communists/Weeaboos=] - The Tau.
*** Weeaboo Space-Commies as well.
*** Also know as Commie-Fish because of their vehicle naming conventions.
** Greys - Tau, because of their resemblance to the Roswell Greys
** Bolter Bitches - Sisters of Battle. Alternate name for flamethrower-focused version: Flamer Bitches.
*** Nuns With Guns - see above
** Toasters - Necrons
** Space Elves, Elfdar - Eldar.
*** Among the less charitable (usually [=SMurf=] players), the nickname is often extended to Pansy Space Elves.
** Space Puppies - [[Literature/SpaceWolf Space Wolves]]
*** Also known as [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Space Yiffs or Space Furries]].
** T-shirt and Flashlight - The flak armor and lasgun of guardsmen. On that note, a lasgun with a flashlight attached to it is logically considered twin-linked.

*** Big Mac - Any melta, but especially multi-meltas. So named because a "multi-melta" sounds like some kind of delicious cheese sandwich.
** METAL BAWKSES! - Rhino transport vehicle, another one from Soulstorm

** 'Nids - Tyranids.

*** 'Nids has actually become so widespread that it's been adopted as an in-universe nickname, particularly in the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books.
** Failaddon / Failbaddon - Abaddon the Despoiler, thanks to losing all 13 Black Crusades and never making it past Cadia despite having an army of Space Marines, Daemons and Cults vastly outnumbering the Imperial Forces. Not so common after the {{Retcon}} that all of the Black Crusades ''accomplished'' their goals (the attacks on Cadia being distractions), with the following Black Crusade reducing Cadia to its component atoms and sucking half the galaxy into the Warp.
*** Failaddon / Failbaddon / Abaddon the Armless / Armless Failure - due to earlier models of Abbadon having issues with their arms falling off due to weight issues (he had really large weapons on somewhat small arms).

** {{Tsundere}}-Sun/Sundere/[=ShadowTsundere=] - Commander Shadowsun.
** Cap'n Gabe - Blood Ravens Brother Captain (later Chapter Master) Gabriel Angelos.
** Space Marines, particularly the first edition models, are occasionally referred to as "Beakie Boyz" or "Beakies" due to the distinctive pointed "snout" of the Mk VI Corvus Armour's helmet (itself inspired by the medieval [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascinet bascinet]]). Though few Space Marine models use the older helmet, the Orks still use "Beakie" as shorthand for Space Marine, and a certain image board asserts that the earlier Space Marines were much more macho and badass than the Nancy-boys in skull-faced helmets that run around today.
*** Many Orkish nicknames are popular among players as shorthand for various races and wargear: "Panzees" = Eldar; "Beakies" = Marines; "Umies" = Imperial Guard, regular humans; "Dakka" = guns, cannons; "Choppa" = close combat weapons; [[MemeticMutation "Stunties" = Squats; "Fishies" = Tau]]
** Life Support Toilet - the Emperor's Golden Throne, for the function it serves and the [[ToiletHumor unfortunate implications]] of the word "throne."
*** Also known as the Golden Toilet or Golden Shithouse, for the same reasons mentioned above.
** Musical Wounds - the tactic of exploiting 5th edition wound allocation rules for units of differently-equipped multi-wound models, to spread the wounds evenly on them rather than let models die.
** Greenwing - regular Dark Angels soldiers, as opposed to the more elite black-armored Ravenwing and white-armored Deathwing.

** Pimps [[RecycledInSpace in Space]] - TabletopGame/RogueTrader
** Newcron/Oldcorns - Necrons based on either their 5th edition lore or their original lore.
** Pokegods - C'tan in the current lore as they are kept in small pocket dimensions until released.
** Mexican Marines - The Crimson Fists, due to many of their members having Latin-American or Spanish names.
** Trollzyn the Tarpit Breaker. Because Trazyn the Infinite is in/famous for 2 things: his trollish behaviour, and his ability to inflict TotalPartyKill on ZergRush attempts.
** Fish of Fury- A well-known GameBreaker tactic for the Tau involving using a pair of Devilfish transports as an assault-proof bunker for their Fire Warriors.

** Fabulous Bill - Fabius Bile
** [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Mobile Suit Nundam]] - The Sisters of Battle's Paragon Warsuits

* ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' - [=oWoD=] for short.

** ''Gotcha Monster:'' A certain class of monster that seemingly serves exclusively for sadistic {{Killer Game Master}}s to keep their players either paranoid or dead, by way of disguising themselves as the most mundane things possible, going from your average Mimic ChestMonster to things that disguise themselves as every piece of furniture in the room, if not the floor, walls ''and'' ceiling. Some also stretch the definition to DemonicSpiders who serve mainly to fuck over specific classes, like Rust Monsters for Fighters or Disenchanters for anything with an arcane item (and Spellcasters in general).

** Mad Max: Maximilian Liao, Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation in the waning days of the Third Succession War and up till the end of the Fourth. He was known for having a... tenuous... grip on sanity, and was pushed off the deep end with the HumiliationCongaLine that was the Confederation's near dismemberment in the Fourth Succession War (and the absolute [[MagnificentBastard magnificent bastardry]] that Hanse Davion pulled on him in revenge for an earlier scheme by Max, including insinuating a FakeDefector mole into the highest levels of his government). All this left Max Liao nearly non-functioning and needing to be institutionalized.

** Very Fun Dragon: A sarcastic name for True King Of All Calamities. Its full name being cumbersome to type out, many players shorten it to “VFD”, an unexplained acronym included in the card’s Japanese name. Due to the card’s consistent presence and his powerful, easy, and oppressive floodgate effect, many players sarcastically claim the VFD stands for “Very Fun Dragon”, because it is ''so'' much fun to have to deal with his effect being employed by about half the decks in the Mets game.

*** Book of Weaboo Fightan Magic: ''The Tome of Battle/Book of Nine Swords'', named so because of its attempts to solve the LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards problem, with classes that had spell-like combat abilities. Used both as a pejorative by those who dislike it [[InsultBackfire and a lovable nickname by those who like it.]]

** Laser Cleric: Nickname for 4E clerics that focus on dealing ranged Radiant (i.e. light, holy) damage rather than [[TheMedic typical]] [[StatusBuff clerical duties]].