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Hi guys!
As most of you, I was impressed by this: https://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/544624-once-saw-inno-live-tvz-the-opponents-a-movement topic.
While reading it I’ve realized that around 20 years ago, when I started to play Starcraft, our company (I’m russian speaking person) has developed or heard from other players some slang names for different units.
While it’s not so fun as Chinese version, I’d like to share them here and ask different countries to add some of their own sc-related slang words in a similar format:
Carrier - banana OR bread (technically, the second version is spelled “baton”, and represents a type of bread in an ex-USSR territory, here’s screenshot on how it look: http://prntscr.com/n1xu67)
Marine - Marina (women name)
Zerglings - dogs
Brood lord - crab
Viper - dragonfly
Voidray - warmer OR bed warmer (trying to translate as close as possible)
Mothership - mama
Spine crawler - whip
Ultralisk - elephant
I’m neither been following any big russian-speaking community, nor listening to local streams, so any additions to my list will be appreciated as well.
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Canada8989 Posts
"Bed warmer" hahahahahaha
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United States33479 Posts
Korea uses the localized/official names pretty much, but it's fun to note that Marauder was localized as "Grizzly" / brown bear.
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swarmhost - mushroom
immortal - stool
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Baneling: Bomb Armadillo. Edit: Not a slang, its the official name.
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in my neighborhood we called Archons "clouds", altho I've heard 'snowflakes' from other Croats like Ptak iirc.
my hood:
Ultra = bulls
corsairs = assburners xD
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For the italian, only ones I can think of right now are "mammaship" (but this one seems to be universal) and "muccalisca" (cow-alisk) for the ultralisk.
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Liberator- Liberaches like cucaracha
Medivac - Sanitetsflygplan
Voidray - Skillray cause they require so much skill to use
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There were some slangs for some BW units that are equivalent for SC2 units.
Ling: Dog
Hydra: Chicken
Muta: Dragon
Corruptor/Devourer: Squid
Guardian/Broodlord: Sky Crab
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Zerglings - psy -dogs
Ultralisk - słonie - elephants
Carriers - ogóry - cucombers
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Marine-Machinegun
Marauder-Bald head
Cyclone-Missle vehicle/Dump truck(17 18version)/AE86(from Initial D)
Liberator-Insolubiliter
Battlecruisier-Yamato
Medivac-Girl
Zergling-Dog
Ravager-Fire Roach
Hydralisk-Saliva(BW version)
Roach-Nostalie
Brood lord-Giant Dragon
Ultralisk-Giant bull
Lurker-Ground spike
Zealot-Hooligan/Fork
Stalker-Noob
HT-Lightning
DT-Invisible blade
Mothership core-Loliship
Immortal-Daddy
Disruptor-Explode shit ball/Self-destruction ball
Observer-Jingle
(Dark)Archon-White/Red ball
Chinese version
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Just passing by to show my appreciation for 'whip'
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yeah,we all think zerglings look like dogs 
And btw,sometimes we also call Ultra mammoth.
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Zergling - Rat
Marine - Guinea pig (marsu)
Roach - Lactarius (rousku - a type of mushroom)
Zealot - Lotta (a woman's name)
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On March 24 2019 20:54 rotta wrote:
Zergling - Rat
Marine - Guinea pig
Roach - Lactarius
Zealot - Lotta (a woman's name)
hmmm,why marine is "guinea pig"?
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A few others I've seen on Russian streams in addition to the ones you've mentioned above:
Archon - balloon
Dark Archon - red balloon
Infestor - fatty
Viper's Parasite Bomb - ebola
Interceptors - flies
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On March 24 2019 21:03 FBTsingLoong wrote:Show nested quote +On March 24 2019 20:54 rotta wrote:
Zergling - Rat
Marine - Guinea pig
Roach - Lactarius
Zealot - Lotta (a woman's name) hmmm,why marine is "guinea pig"?
Guinea pig is marsu in Finnish. As a side note a more common slang meaning for marsu is the Marshall amplifier. No idea what that lactarius might be.
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On March 24 2019 23:36 sagi wrote:
No idea what that lactarius might be.
It's rousku.
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Russian Federation54 Posts
more of russian slang
carrier = baton = loaf of bread
high templars = psihi = madmans
archon = shar = ball
observer = lamp
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Overlord: Retard magnet. -Destiny
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On March 25 2019 03:46 Jan1997 wrote:
Overlord: Retard magnet. -Destiny
Damn.....That brings back memories.
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Russian Federation195 Posts
On March 24 2019 20:29 RealityTheGreat wrote:
Stalker-Noob
why is that?
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South Korea2105 Posts
archons are commonly referred to as light bulbs in poland
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On March 25 2019 01:27 rotta wrote:It's rousku.
Oh right... should've googled that. I was thinking maybe lactarius is rausku (ray) in latin, but the name sounded milky so decided it can't be 
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On March 25 2019 05:15 kaby wrote:why is that?
haha，it's 鸡猎.In Chinese,“鸡” means “chicken”,“weak” or “noob”.
we always joke that stalkers are the weakest units in lotv.A progamer said “more stalkers you make，less chance for you to win”or“if you want to lose，just keep making stalkers”.
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"cotton balls" for Archons
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