0 pop (zero) — A player or village with no inhabitants.
18c / 15c / 9c / 7c / 6c — Tile with 18/15/9/7/6 crop fields.
+/+ , +/- , -/+ , -/- — NE, SE, NW, SW map quadrants.
Aca — Academy.
Afk — Away from keyboard; often used to mean inactive.
Aggro — Alliance focused on fighting over WW play.
Aka — Also known as.
Ally — Alliance.
Analyser — External stats/report sites (e.g., inactive search, Travco, Gettertools).
Anvil — Large defensive army.
Artefact — Special bonus item (activated in treasury on special worlds).
Asap — As soon as possible.
Axes — Axeman.
Bashing — Keeping a player small via frequent attacks.
Battle groups — Sub-teams acting together for ops/defense.
Bonus (oasis) — Resource bonus from oases.
Boonies — Far from (0|0); fewer close fights, focus on growth.
BP — Beginner’s Protection; also Building/Construction Plans (context).
Brb / Btw — Be right back / By the way.
Bug — Game error.
C — “See.”
Caesaris — Equites Caesaris.
Capital — Only one; fields >10; cannot be conquered (can be moved).
Cata / Catapults — Destroy buildings; count as infantry.
CC — Command Centre or Corinthian Crushers.
Cheating — Rule violations.
Chief — Unit that reduces loyalty to conquer (generic name).
Chiefing — Conquering by lowering loyalty.
Clear / Cleaner — Army/wave to remove defense before catas/chief.
Clubbies — Clubswingers (Teuton t1).
Cluster — Own villages near each other; grouped for protection.
CM — Community Manager.
Confed — Confederacy (up to three alliances).
Construction Plans — Required to build WW; second set needed past lvl 49.
Coords — Coordinates.
Counter — Follow an enemy army back home to hit it.
CP — Culture Points; also Construction Plans (context).
Croplocked — Village forced deeply negative in crop.
Crop / Cropper — Food resource; a 9c/15c (18c on specials).
Cya / Cyt — See you / See you tomorrow.
Def — Defensive troops.
Deletion — Avatar removal; takes 72 hours.
Dmg — Damage.
Double Target — Catas hit two buildings (Rally Point 20).
Druids — Druidrider.
Dual / Dual Construction — Multiple people on one avatar; Romans build field+building at once.
EC / EI — Equites Caesaris / Equites Imperatoris.
Elite — Single alliance, no wings/confeds (opposite of meta).
End Game / Hammer / Meta — Post-plan phase; hammer for plans/WW sites; meta supporting WWs.
Epic / Exp / Expansion slot — Awesome; hero XP; slots in palace/residence/command centre.
Fake — 20-unit fake to hide true target.
Farm / Farmer / Farming — Raided account; person who raids; repeated raiding (incl. oases).
FTW — For the win.
GB / GG / GS / GW — Great Barracks / Granary / Stable / Warehouse.
GL / GN / GZ — Good luck / Good night / Congrats.
Ghost hammer / Ghosting — Fast cav hammer; killing enemy off at home.
Golding — Using gold.
GTG — Got to go.
Guides — Official guide index.
Haeds — Haeduan.
Hammer / Hammer village — Large off army; village that builds it.
HDT — Horse Drinking Trough.
Hero — Your avatar’s unit with stats/bonuses.
IGM / IGN — In-game message / name.
IIRC / IMO — If I remember correctly / In my opinion.
Imp — Imperian.
Insert — See “Sniping”; also offensive villages placed close to enemy for short-range fights.
JK — Just kidding.
Kick — Remove from chat/alliance.
L8r / Lag / Leg / Loot / Lvl — Later; delay; Legionnaire; stolen resources; level.
Macemen — See Clubbies. MB — Main Building.
Meta — Group of alliances working together. MH — Multihunter (Rule Enforcement).
Mill — Grain Mill. Mirror kill — See Second Kill. MM — Mass Message. MP — Marketplace. Multi — Multiple accounts (illegal).
NAP — Non-Aggression Pact. Newbie / Noob — New player / derogatory for newbie. NP — No problem. NPC / NPCing — Exchange merchant / using it.
Oasis — Conquerable map spot that grants production bonus; requires Hero’s Mansion. Off — Offensive troops.
PA — Plus Account. Pala / Pally — Palace or Paladin (Teuton).
Parking village — Maximizes crop to feed stationed troops.
Phala — Phalanx. Plus — Plus Account. PM — Private message. Pop — Population.
Pushing / Pusher — Sending resources for a purpose / the player who does it.
Quad / Quad-line — Quadrant and its divider line. Quests — Daily Quests / Tasks.
R / RL / ROFL — Are / Real life / Rolling on the floor laughing.
Raid / Raider — Attack to steal resources / the player who raids.
Ram / Rammer — Wall-destroying unit / ram hammer.
Recruiter — Finds new members. Reinforcements (Reins) — Troops stationed to defend.
Res / Resi — Resources / Residence. ROI — Return on investment (see guide). RP — Rally Point.
Script — Third-party modification; illegal.
Scouts / Scout hammer or anvil — Recon unit; many scouts for offense/defense.
Second Kill / Secondary Clear — Landing a second later to kill; second clearing wave.
Server (gameworld) — One round of Travian. Sim City / Simmer — Pop-first playstyle / player.
Sitter / Sitting — Playing via sitter access.
Spam / Spammer — Off-topic post / person.
Speed server — x2/x3/x5/x10 speed vs x1.
Spike — Hide defense in a farmed village to hurt raiders.
Spy (troop / player) — Scout unit / infiltrator. Split — See Sniping. Sniping — Insert defense between waves.
Starvation — Troops die when crop is zero. Supporters — Support staff. Swords — Swordsman.
TC / TK / TO / TS / TT — Treasure Chamber / Teutonic Knight / Trade Office / Tournament Square / Theutates Thunder.
U / Ur — You / you’re or your.
(V) — (No common entries listed.)
Wall — City/Earth Wall/Palisade; boosts defense.
Waves / Wb — Multi-attack timing tactic; Wave Builder tool.
Wings — Allied side-alliances. WW / WWK — World Wonder / WW killer hammer.
(X, Y) — (No common entries listed.)
Zerg Meta — “Many members” meta beyond confed limits. Zero — See 0 pop.
