List of terms (RDM)

Abbreviations

• BSG: Battlestar Group (Miniseries)
• CAG: Commander, Air Group, i.e. the senior pilot (Miniseries)
• CAP: Combat Air Patrol (33)
• CBDR: Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range, i.e. a collision course (Final Cut, Pegasus)
• CIC: Combat Information Center (Miniseries)
• CMC: Colonial Marine Corps (Final Cut)
• CF: Colonial Fleet (Final Cut)
• CO: Commanding Officer
• ECO: Electronic Countermeasures Officer
• FTL: Faster Than Light (Miniseries)
• LSO: Landing Signal Officer
• OOD: Officer of the Deck
• RFN: Right Frakking Now (Valley of Darkness)
• XO: Executive Officer

Military Jargon

• Actual: the commanding officer
• Five-'graph order: a basic command tool taught to officer candidates (Fragged)
• Knuckle dragger: mechanic
• Nugget: a pilot in training (Act of Contrition, Scar)
• Mark One Eyeball: the unaided eye
• Rook': "rookie" (Miniseries)
• Sitrep: "situation report"
• Snipe: engineer (The Captain's Hand)

Other Colloquialisms

• frak: Colonial version of "fuck"
• skin job: derogatory term specifically for the humanoid Cylons. Homage to the movie Blade Runner (Downloaded)
• toaster: derogatory term for the Cylons

Battlestar Galactica Specific Terms

• ambrosia: alcoholic beverage
• chamalla: hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
• cubit: unit of currency
• dradis: Colonial equivilant of radar
• fumarella leaf: tabacco or a specific kind of tobacco
• G-4: type of explosive similar to modern C-4
• krypter: Colonial version of "mayday"
• morpha: Colonial equivilant of morphine
• Triad: card game similar to Poker
• tylium: mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
• Pyramid: popular Colonial ball game
• wireless: Colonial term for radio