TF2 Jailbreak Team Fortress 2 Dictionary

Q: Why?
A: I have autism. I am quite invested in the field of linguistics (language science), in particular how it can be applied to online communities. Wiktionary catalogs a lot of online slang (e.g., rizz), but that naturally does not include vocabulary specific to the TF2 community, which is quite niche in the grand scheme of things. I haven't seen anyone else do this, so I might as well.

Q: What are some limitations of this dictionary?
A: Most if not all of this is conjecture, as I do not have the time to research chat-logs, recordings of voice-chat, etc. Granted, I will have a lot of time later this summer, so that will probably change and I'll add more citations.

Q: How will we be notified of updates?
A: I'll post a reply or something idk.

Q: How can I make suggestions?
A: Reply to this thread or DM me. I may reject words that are not unique to TF2 (e.g., headshot), but my requirements are pretty fluid at the moment.

Q: What are your sources (for the research you did do)?
A: (I'll list them as I go) Skial's public chat-logs, BlackWonder's public chat-logs, Wiktionary, the WonderLand Discord server, various TF2 server catalogs, and my own chat-logs on here.

Conjugation: plural adams
Etymology: Joking replacement for admin given the two words' similar pronunciation/spelling. From the English name Adam.

1. (Humorous) An administrator; a staff member.

Etymology: auto- (clipping of automatic + KOS)

1. (Jailbreak) Denotes an action which will immediately result in a player being KOS. Typically, these refer to actions that are against the Jailbreak server's rules rather than the warden's order (i.e., actions that are nigh always KOS).
2. (Jailbreak) Denotes a player who committed an action which marks them as auto-KOS.

Conjugation: plural freedays
Etymology: Derived from the Jailbreak last request of the same name, of unknown origin. By surface analysis: free + day.

1. (Jailbreak) A round in which there is no warden and/or no active orders.
2. (Jailbreak) A prisoner player who is allowed to play a round without adhering to the warden or their orders, akin to how players may act during a freeday round (definition #1). That is, they will not be marked as KOS for disobeying the warden/their orders.
   1. Usage notes: Generally, these players still have some other restrictions on what they can do before they are marked as KOS, such as obtaining ammo.

Etymology: From freeday.

1. (Jailbreak) Calls attention to the fact that a freeday has been initiated (i.e., that a round has become a freeday).

Conjugation: plural freehits
Etymology: By surface analysis, free + hit. Possibly a nominalization of the verb freehit, though vice-versa is also possible.

1. (Jailbreak) An attack committed by a guard/warden player against a prisoner player which is unlawful per the warden's orders and/or the server rules.
   1. Usage notes: Depending on the server community's ruleset, this may or may not include attacks which deal no damage, such as airblasts or Jarate splashes.

Author's note: Formation of the original noun/verb was potentially influenced by the compound word freekill, substituting kill for hit. However, this remains to be substantiated.

Conjugation: third-person singular simple present freehits, present participle freehitting, simple past and past participle freehitted or freehit
Etymology: By surface analysis, free + hit. Possibly a verbalization of the noun freehit, though vice-versa is also possible.

1. (Jailbreak) As a guard/warden player, to unlawfully attack a prisoner player per the warden's orders and/or the server rules.
   1. Usage notes:
      1. Depending on the server community's ruleset, this may or may not include attacks which deal no damage, such as airblasts or Jarate splashes.
      2. In passive sentences, the past participle freehit is frequently employed over freehitted.
         1. Example: "I got/was freehit," rather than, "I got/was freehitted."

Author's notes:

• Formation of the original noun/verb was potentially influenced by the compound word freekill, substituting kill for hit. However, this remains to be substantiated.
• Additional patterns regarding use of freehit vs. freehitted remain to be investigated. It is possible that freehit is the past participle, while freehitted is the simple past form.

Etymology: From freehit (noun/verb).

1. (Jailbreak) Calls attention to a freehit that has recently occurred.

Conjugation: plural freekills
Etymology: By surface analysis, free + kill. Possibly a nominalization of the verb freekill, though vice-versa is also possible.

1. (Jailbreak) A kill committed by a guard/warden player against a prisoner player which is unlawful per the warden's orders and/or the server rules.

Synonym: RDM.

Conjugation: third-person singular simple present freekills, present participle freekilling, simple past and past participle freekilled
Etymology: By surface analysis, free + kill. Possibly a verbalization of the noun freekill, though vice-versa is also possible.

1. (Jailbreak) As a guard/warden player, to unlawfully kill a prisoner player per the warden's orders and/or the server rules.

Synonym: RDM.

Etymology: From freekill (noun/verb).

1. (Jailbreak) Calls attention to a freekill that has recently occurred.

Conjugation: plural friendlys or friendlies
Etymology: Likely derived from other nominal meanings pertaining to sports and general conflicts. Nominalization of the adjective friendly. See here for the aforementioned nominal meanings as well as a full etymology of the adjective

1. (Broadly; sometimes in the context of rules) A player who is generally not fighting or otherwise pursuing the gamemode's objective.
2. (Generally more common usage) A player who is engaging in approachable, non-hostile actions with their in-game avatar, usually with other players/friendlies (e.g., taunting, crouching), in addition to the behavior covered in the above definition.
   1. Usage notes: "In-game actions" does not refer to text- or voice-chat communication, although friendlies may often coordinate in-game actions such as parties through those chats.

Conjugation: third-person singular simple present friendlies, present participle friendlying, simple past and past participle friendlied
Etymology: Most likely a verbalization of the noun.

1. To be a friendly or engage in behavior characteristic of friendlies, as defined above.

Etymology: Initialism of Head-Admin.
Conjugation: plural HAs or HA's

1. (WonderLand) The Head-Admin staff rank.
2. (WonderLand) A person who holds or held the Head-Admin staff rank.

Conjugation: plural Jailbreaks
Etymology: By surface analysis: jail + break. From the noun or verb referring to escaping from prison. See here for more information.

1. A community-made roleplaying gamemode in which RED team assumes the role of prisoners and BLU team assumes the role of guards. One BLU team member becomes the warden, who must give orders which the guards enforce. The prisoners can choose to either follow the warden's orders or rebel.
2. A server hosting this gamemode.
   1. Example: "Hey, Kokostal, want to hop on EU Jailbreak #3?"

Translations:

1. Chinese: 越狱[服] (Pinyin: yuèyù [fú]) (Literal English: jailbreak [server]).
2. Russian: Тюрьма (Romanization: Tyur'ma) (Literal English: jail/prison).

Etymology: Initialism of "kill on sight." See here for a more broad, verbial definition pertaining to video games.

1. (Jailbreak) Denotes a prisoner player who is to be killed due to violating some kind of Jailbreak restriction, be it the warden's orders or the Jailbreak server's rules.
   1. Example: "Wipeout is KOS, he hit a guard."
   2. Usage notes: Nigh always predicative rather than attributive.

Derived terms: auto-KOS.

Etymology: Initialism of Super-Admin. Later an initialism of Senior-Admin
Conjugation: plural SAs or SA's

1. (WonderLand) The (past) Super-Admin staff rank.
2. (WonderLand) A person who held the (past) Super-Admin staff rank.
3. (WonderLand) The Senior-Admin staff rank.
4. (WonderLand) A person who holds or held the Senior-Admin staff rank.

Author's note: This initialism was potentially also used to refer to the past Sentinel staff rank, as well as those who held it, given the similarity between it and the preceding Super-Admin rank. This, however, remains to be substantiated.