Section 1: -ushes and other strategy nicknames

Flush: A specific type of Feudal (Age) Rush
Flush on the strategy forum
Flush on the X-pack forum
The Flush on MFO
The Mayan Flush on MFO

Smush: Saracen Monk Rush
Smush on the strategy forum
The Smush on MFO

Gush (aka Grush): Galley Rush
Gush on the strategy forum
Crappy Grushing on MFO

Douche: Dark (Age) Rush. This strategy is done by deleting your original town center and rebuilding near your enemy, garrisoning it and using it to attack
Douche on the strategy forum
The Douche on MFO

TC Push: A strategy that uses the Town Center as an offensive weapon. Many people think it ruins the fun of the game. Changes have been made to prevent it in the expansion pack

Crush: Castle Push. Not as hated as the TC Push because of the build time and cost of the Castle
Crush on the strategy forum

Boom: Growing an economy fast by producing villagers from multiple town centers, or using fishing boats to "boat boom"
Boom on the strategy forum
Boom on the X-pack forum

Sling: A team strategy in which one player gives another resources for an attack
Sling on the strategy forum
Sling on MFO

Flood: An attack using a mass of one unit type. Usually not much micromanagement required
Flood on the strategy forum

Turtling: Walling in and concentrating on defense and economy and attacking later. Usually not a good idea.

You can find other threads on these topics in the Strategy Archives

Section 2: Game Types

Bloody Style: You can only have one Town Center in a game. It is an answer to TC pushing.

Shimo Style: Style of AoK that emphasizes dplomacy
Rules: Everyone starts out neutral and Allied victories are forbidden
Essential Settings: Regicide game, 5 or more players, 1.0 or Slow game speed and no locked teams
MFO Shimo Style forum

Warrior's Blood: A scenario where you get upgrades for the amount of kills. There are several versions with different uit types. You get it by playing it with someone on the zone that has it.

Section 3: Units

x-bow: Crossbowman
CA: Cavalry Archer
HC: Hand Cannoneer
M@A: Man at arms
THS: Two Handed Swordsman
LS: Long Swordsman
LCav or LC: Ligt Cavalry
Elbow: Elite Longbowman
(E)CKN or (E)Chuck: Cho Ko Nu
(E)Cat or (E)Phract: Cataphract
Peon: General term for a villager
(E)TA: Throwing Axeman
(E)Mam: Mameluke
(E)Mang: Manguadai
EWE: Elite War Elephant
(E)TK: Teutonic Knight
(E)Zerk: Berserk
TC: Town Center
TTC: Teuton Town Center. It's bonuses (pre-patch and expansion) are very strong and the reason why Teutons are banned in some zone games.
(F)FS: (Fast) Fire Ship
(E)CG: Cannon Galleon
(E)Jannie: Janissay
(E)Woadie: Woad Raider
(E)Husky: Huskarl
CE or milvil: Villager used for repairing your army and forward building
BC or Bcan: Bombard Cannon
BT: Bombard Tower
Cilvil: A villager with tasks that are not military, such as resource gathering
Arb: Arbalest
(E)EW: Eagle Warrior
Halb: Halberdier
(E)TS: Turtle Ship
(E)WW: War Wagon
(E)Conq: Conquistador
(E)Jag or JW: Jaquar Warrior
(E)Plume or (E)PA: Plumed Archers
SO: Siege Onager

(E) means the elite version of the unit

Section 4: Miscellaneous AoK Terms

Trainer: A program used to cheat in multiplayer AoK. Causes OOS
ffa: free for all, no teams
gl and hf: good luck and have fun
gtg: gotta go
(v)gg: (very) good game
RM: Random Map
DM: Death Match
BF: Black Forest
AR: Arabia
CL: Crater Lake
GR: Gold Rush
GL: Ghost Lake
ZM: Zone Message
ZF: Zone Friends. The Chat Program for the MSN Gaming Zone
IMO and IMHO: In my Opinion and In my Humble Opinion
AFAIK: As far as I know
LMAO: Laughing my@$$ off
ROFL: Rolling on the floor
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughing my @$$ off
NT and MT: No Text and Empty
KOTH: King of the Hill
NP: No problem
LOL: Laugh out loud
nrn: not right now
brb: be right back
AI: Artificial intelligence
VS: Villager Second
c ya: see you
UU: Unique Unit
UT: Unique Technology
l8r: later
ic: I see
rdy: ready
fyi: For your information
OOS: Out of Sync. Can be a sign of cheating in AoK
btw: by the way
b4: before
HAND: have a nice day
LOS: line of sight
Radar Housing: Houses used as outposts. Building LOS research is needed to do this
AR: Armor (melee)
PA: Pierce Armor
HP: Hit Points
BT: Build Time
FR: Fire Rate
RA: Range
IP: A number you can use to start a multiplayer aok game. Your # can be found by typing winipcfg in Run
Flame: an insult
Zone: the MSN Gaming Zone. It allows you to play AoK multiplayer. AoK and AoK:TC
ICQ & AIM: I seek you and AOL Instant Messenger. Both are chat programs. You can download ICQ here
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
AoKB: AoK Battlefield
MFO: Mr Fixit Online
ES: Ensemble Studios, the makers of AoK
Clan: A group of people that play a game together. Usually with more experienced players helping newbies
UBB: Code used to create forum effects. Found here
The Blacksmith: A place to find scenarios campaigns and other downloads. Found here

Section 5: New Expansion Pack Terms

KLEW: Kidd's Lighting Eagle Warrior Strategy
Klew at the strategy forum
KLEW at the X-pack forum
KLEW at ES

Trample Damage: Damage done to adjacent enemy units while only directly attacking one. It is less damage then a regular attack, but not affected by armor. Currently only Elite War Elephants and Cataphracts with Logistica (The Byzantine UT) do it.

RMS: Random map scripts. They allow you to create your own randommaps
You can download an RMS editor at the Blacksmith
You can find an RMS FAQ here
MFO RMS forum

RTS3: The third Real Time Strategy game from Ensemble studios. Possibly although not positively AoE3
RTS3 on the X-pack forum
RTs3 Archive

The End
If I've missed anything feel free to tell me and I'll add it

[This message has been edited by Dubya (edited 01-16-2001).]