Below is a reference list for anyone who has ever seen/heard certain Terms used in reference to Pokemon; whether it be the pokemon themselves, or to a type or just in general. If there's anything i've missed, or listed incorrectly, just let me know and i'll update the list.


Gaming Terms

RBY / RBYG - Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow and Green
Chromatics - Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. AKA the original Gameboy games

GSC - Pokemon Gold, Silver, Crystal
Metallics - Pokemon Gold, Silver, Crystal. AKA the Color Gameboy games.

RS / RuSa - Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
FRLG - Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green
Advanced - Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Fire Red and Leaf Green. AKA the Gameboy Advanced games.

DP - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

XD - Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness
Colo - Pokemon Colosseum
Stad - Pokemon Stadium

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STAB - Same Type Attack Bonus

TM - Technical Machine. Preceding a number it represents a specific TM in the game.
HM - Hidden Machine. Preceding a number it represents a specific HM in the game.

E4 / E5 - Elite Four or Elite Five

RMT - Rate My Team

Eeveelution - An evolution of Eevee.

Evo - Evolution

Lv / Lvl - Level
HP - Hit Points
Atk - Attack
Def - Defence
Spd - Speed
Sp.Atk - Special Attack
Sp.Def - Special Defence
Spc - Special (Chromatic Games only)

HP [type] - Hidden Power, and the type the attack uses. Eg. Hidden Power Fire

EV - Effort Value
IV - Individual Value

OU - Over Used
UU - Under Used
NU - Never Used

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Metagame - Online Battle Simulators

BP / BPer - Baton Pass / Baton Passer

Annoyer - A pokemon that annoys the opponent.

Beller / ATer - A Heal Bell or an Aromatherapy using Pokemon.

Sweeper - A Pokemon meant to finish off weak pokemon quickly
Physical Sweeper - A Pokemon that specialises in mostly physical attacks
Special Sweeper - A Pokemon that specialises in mostly special attacks

Tank - A pokemon with high attack or defence. Difficult to take down.

Uber - A Super-Powered pokemon

Lati_s / Lati@s - Can mean either Latios or Latias