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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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Canada8772 Posts
"Bed warmer" hahahahahaha
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United States32498 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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