A Glossary of Mafia Terms

[Barry Poppins]

• Anti-Town - Play usually done by a member of the town faction that could be considered as playing against their win conditions.
• Breadcrumb - Leaving behind subtle hints detailing actions or thoughts, which correspond in a train of thought.
• Buddying - A tactic in which a mafia-aligned player will become more agreeable with a town-aligned player.
• Bunny Ears - A term referring to a player seemingly lurking in the game and responding when they are referenced or suspected.
• Bussing - A short-hand phrase originating from "Putting on a Bus", in which a mafia-aligned player will make a hard push towards a fellow mafia-aligned player, usually to make oneself look more town, or to get ahead of a train.
• CC - Counterclaim
• Coaching - A term referring to an experienced member of mafia leading a more inexperienced member of the mafia team in how their play should be.
• Eliminate All Liars - Formerly called "Lynch All Liars", this is a mantra in which players attempting to lie about actions or roles as a gambit should be eliminated after they have been exposed, regardless of alignment.
• ELO - Eliminate or Lose; an endgame situation where town must eliminate a member of mafia or else they lose the game. Failure to make an elimination in the day phase results in a town loss.
• FMPOV - From My Point of View
• FYPOV - From Your Point of View
• FOS - Finger of Suspicion; a term for suspecting another player of being mafia, without voting for them for any particular reason.
• Gambit - A play or action, usually containing some risk, made in order to gain an advantage or desired outcome.
• GTH - Gun To Head; usually a prompt prefacing a question inquiring for an absolute statement.
• Hammer - The final vote during a day-phase which leads to a majority being reached.
• IIoA - Information Instead of Analysis
• ISO - Isolation; generally referring to a readback of another player's posts.
• LHF - Low Hanging Fruit; a term for a player that may be perceived as an easy elimination.
• Lurking - A term referring to players who may be reading posts, but do not post often.
• MeLO - Miseliminate or Lose; An endgame situation in which town must eliminate a member of mafia or lose the game. Unlike Eliminate or Lose, town has the ability to eliminate nobody for the day phase and not lose.
• NAI - Not Alignment Indicative
• NE - No Elimination; refers to a situation where no majority vote is reached thus nobody is eliminated, or when a majority of town votes to eliminate nobody.
• NK - Night Kill
• OMGUS - Oh My God You Suck!
• PoE - Process of Elimination
• Utility Elimination - A term referring to the elimination of a player based on reasons outside of scum reading. This could be for anti-town behavior, inactivity, or based on in-game theories.
• WIFOM - Wine in Front of Me; refers to a famous scene in the 1987 movie "The Princess Bride", specifically the poisoned chalice duel between the main character and a Sicilian pirate. In-game, it refers to a situation in which a player must determine the reasons behind another player's actions, usually between whether it is a town play, or a scum play.