Newcomers Guide to NO Jargon

[Xanatos]

When we operators share techniques and stories we tend to use 'nightspeak', certain words and phrases that might be unknown to newcomers (and myself, occasionally). Some are self-explanitory, such as B&E, whilst others are a bit more difficult to grasp. This thread should serve as a "NO Dictionary" to operator jargon, including some military terminology. In no particular order:

B&E: Fairly simple, it stands for 'Breaking & Entering'.
BDU: Battle Dress Uniform, refers to mil-spec camoflauge. Patterns vary; tigerstripe, multicam, woodland, etc.
DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material, more specifically refering to British BDUs.
Carding: A method of entry by sliding a thin, strong piece of material (most commonly a credit card) between the lock and door frame. See link below for a more detailed explanation...

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http://night-ops.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=571&sid=23eb449904d79bf10eca702d3064510c

K9: Short for 'canine', refers to guard dogs and police search dogs in particular.
Op/OP: Short for 'operation' and 'Observation Post', respectively.
Book it/Leg it: Refers to running away in a hurry, usually for long distances.
Infil: Short for 'infiltrate', basically getting into an area without being seen.
Exfil: Short for 'exfiltrate', basically getting out of an area without being seen.
Loot: Items of value stolen whilst on an operation.
Car Shopping: Going through people's cars without their permission looking for items to steal.
UE/UrbEx: Urban exploration, see link below...

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http://www.infiltration.org/ethics-nodisclaimer.html

NO: Night Ops (duh). Like urban exploration, but is usually conducted at night in areas that are still occupied. The main purpose of NO is to infiltrate an area, explore the place and exfiltrate without leaving any trace.
BO: Black Ops. Like NO, but with the intention of causing damage to someone/something or theft. Generally illegal activities aside from tresspass.
Blues: Police, "blue uniforms".

That's all I can think of for now, if anyone has any others please feel free to help out.

[Psychlonic]

-cleaned-

[stealththief]

E&E - Escape and Evasion, a combination of running, hiding and waiting to escape pursuit and detection.
Opper - Shorthand for Operative.
Roofing - Climbing up to and exploring roofs.
Draining - Entering and exploring drain.
Recce - Recon more common in the UK
Thief's Highway - An area that gives access to many areas of interest and has many points of concealment.
RDV - Rendezvous a point to meet up with other operatives, similar to waypoint.
Load out - The equipment that is being carried for a certain operation.
Social - Social stealth, moving comfortably in plain clothes through peopled environments to avoid suspicion and move past security.
Amphibious - Having to do with both water and land, often involves swimming or crossing water in some manner.
LBV - Load Bearing Vest, also called a tactical vest or an assault vest.
LBE - Load Bearing Equipment, anything used to carry things; backpack, vests, pouches etc...

[Newt0n]

What does QM mean? Quietly move?

[Xanatos]

Quadrupedal Movement; using all four limbs to move (not just the legs). Useful for navigating certain obstacles, moving behind low cover and a great way to excersise (such as QMing up/down staircases). QM is used frequently in Parkour as the hands are often used to bypass obstacles through vaulting etc.

[The Atomic Fishy]

mall ninja: a wanna be lost of gear and tati-cool equip but no real use for it (we were all here once)

kwel: some one who is a faker they don't op or even urban ex nor parkor just a lookie loo who pretends to be cool. (be ware of there *expert* advice it is untested and dangerous)

SRT: single rope technique (a way to climb up and down things)

tati-cool: gear or equipment with a tatical look despite it not needing it or being un-useful

tabi: a type of boot with a slit for toes

[Xanatos]

Combats: Combat boots; good protection but can be a little loud.

Picks: Lockpicks; small tools designed to open locks without the appropriate key.

Rus: Rusack, common bag used on ops to carry loot or equipment.

Tactical/Social: In the context of camoflauge, these refer to two main forms of attire. A tactical outfit usually consists of BDUs, combat/tabi boots, load-bearing vests, combat gloves, masks and other garb. These provide good camoflauge and protection (as well as other advantages) but they look suspicious in public so they're normally carried to the AO and changed into on-site. Social camoflauge consists of regular bits of clothing such as dark pants, sneakers, hoodies, concealable masks (such as balaclavas, shemaghs and t-shirts) and other socially-acceptable bits of attire. While this means it's easier to wear your opping outfit to your AO, they generally don't have that many pockets and/or concealment properties, but the differences between tactical-social are usually only marginal.

Radio/scanner: Refers to walkie-talkies (for team communication) and police scanners respectively. Normally used in team-based operations.

[CokeCanNinja]

Bacon sniffer: Police scanner (I maybe the only one to use this here)