List of terms (RDM)

Acronyms

AAU: Anti-aircraft Unit, a weapon emplacement used to destroy aerial units (Fragged)
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)
CFR: Colonial Fleet Reserve (Final Cut)
CO: Commanding Officer
ECO: Electronic Countermeasures Officer
FTL: Faster Than Light (Miniseries)
LSO: Landing Signal Officer
OOD: Officer of the Deck (Scattered)
RFN: Right Frakking Now (Valley of Darkness)
SAR: Search and Rescue (Fragged)
XO: Executive Officer

Actual: the commanding officer
five-'graph order: five paragraph operation 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 (You Can't Go Home Again, Scar)
rook': "rookie" (Miniseries)
sitrep: "situation report"
snipe: engineer (The Captain's Hand)

bullet-head: slang for a Cylon Centurion (Downloaded)
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

ambrosia: a type of alcoholic beverage
carom: term used in conjunction with a Dradis Contact read; analogous to the term "mark"
chamalla: hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
cubit: unit of currency
dradis: Colonial equivalent of radar
fumarella leaf: tobacco or a type of tobacco (Water)
G-4: type of explosive similar to modern C-4 (Water)
krypter: Colonial version of "mayday" (Miniseries)
morpha: Colonial equivalent of morphine (Valley of Darkness, Epiphanies)
Triad: card game similar to Poker
tylium: mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
Pyramid: popular Colonial ball game
wireless: radio