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Added clip, burn, bling and ramjag - thank you User:Menelmir for the explanations
Edited definitions of Bling, Burn, Clip, and Ramjag.
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{{lex|Biomass|To permanently delete a character (see [[Accounts#Biomassing|Biomassing]])}}
{{lex|Biomass|To permanently delete a character (see [[Accounts#Biomassing|Biomassing]])}}
{{lex|Blap|To destroy a ship suddenly or quickly}}
{{lex|Blap|To destroy a ship suddenly or quickly}}
{{lex|Bling|Expensive. "Blingy ship" means expensive ship.}}
{{lex|Bling|Expensive. Typically used to refer to expensive Faction, Deadspace, or Officer modules ("bling modules"), ships that are fit with said modules ("blingy ship"), or a clone with expensive implants ("bling pod" or "bling head").}}
{{lex|Blob|A large fleet (or in some cases, any fleet larger than the speaker's). Generally used as a pejorative term, suggesting that members of that fleet are relying on numbers to win. May also be referred to as a "zerg". May also be used as a verb, for the act of winning a fight through numbers.}}
{{lex|Blob|A large fleet (or in some cases, any fleet larger than the speaker's). Generally used as a pejorative term, suggesting that members of that fleet are relying on numbers to win. May also be referred to as a "zerg". May also be used as a verb, for the act of winning a fight through numbers.}}
{{lex|Blops|[[Black Ops Battleship]]s}}
{{lex|Blops|[[Black Ops Battleship]]s}}
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{{lex|Buffer|A method of tanking relying on having a large amount of hit points.}}
{{lex|Buffer|A method of tanking relying on having a large amount of hit points.}}
{{lex|Bump|The act of (intentionally) colliding with another ship in space, causing both to be pushed away.}}
{{lex|Bump|The act of (intentionally) colliding with another ship in space, causing both to be pushed away.}}
{{lex|Burn|Going fast towards an object.}}
{{lex|Burn|
# Going fast using a propulsion module. Often used in context of going towards or away from a location. Contrast with [[#Slow-boat|slow-boat]].
# To quickly make multiple jumps in order to reach a destination.}}
{{lex|BYOC|<b>Bring Your Own Can, a mining fleet operation where you only receive boosts to mining, and you get to choose what you do with the ore. (see [[AMC]]) (limited usage to some mining corps and EVE University)</b>}}
{{lex|BYOC|<b>Bring Your Own Can, a mining fleet operation where you only receive boosts to mining, and you get to choose what you do with the ore. (see [[AMC]]) (limited usage to some mining corps and EVE University)</b>}}
{{lex|BYOM|<b>[[BYOM Ship Production|Bring Your Own Minerals]] (within EVE University)</b>}}
{{lex|BYOM|<b>[[BYOM Ship Production|Bring Your Own Minerals]] (within EVE University)</b>}}
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{{lex|Chemo|<b>A group of CovOps cloak, smartbomb-fit [[Strategic Cruisers]] used to kill fleets of small ships</b>}}
{{lex|Chemo|<b>A group of CovOps cloak, smartbomb-fit [[Strategic Cruisers]] used to kill fleets of small ships</b>}}
{{lex|Chokepoint|Type of system or location that serves as a critical passageway or junction between different areas of space.}}
{{lex|Chokepoint|Type of system or location that serves as a critical passageway or junction between different areas of space.}}
{{lex|Clip|To destroy an opponent before needing to reload a weapon system.}}
{{lex|Clip|The ammo capacity of a rapid missile launcher; A period where a rapid missile launcher-equipped ship can do damage before having to undergo a long reload.}}
{{lex|CLORP|Cloak+Warp. What ships who can warp cloaked should be doing always.}}
{{lex|CLORP|Cloak+Warp. What ships who can warp cloaked should be doing always.}}
{{lex|CNR|[[Raven Navy Issue]] (derived from previous name: ''Caldari Navy Raven'')}}
{{lex|CNR|[[Raven Navy Issue]] (derived from previous name: ''Caldari Navy Raven'')}}
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== R ==
== R ==
{{lex|RamJag|A fast ship that has [[tackle]]. For jumping on people and tackling them so they can't [[warp]] away.}}
{{lex|Ramjag|A [[Jaguar]] fit with dual Medium ASBs, MWD, and typically web, scram, and nos. This fit makes for a very fast and durable tackle frigate that can ram into a target (hence the name), at the expense of having very low damage capabilities.}}
{{lex|Rat|Hostile [[#NPC|NPC]]. Short for "pi'''rat'''e", although also used because said NPCs tend to be very weak but very numerous (like real life rats).}}
{{lex|Rat|Hostile [[#NPC|NPC]]. Short for "pi'''rat'''e", although also used because said NPCs tend to be very weak but very numerous (like real life rats).}}
{{lex|Ratting|The act of hunting hostile [[#NPC|NPCs]], usually done to earn ISK.}}
{{lex|Ratting|The act of hunting hostile [[#NPC|NPCs]], usually done to earn ISK.}}