jargon

This is a work in progress.

ADA
The “ADA Refactor” item. Instantly changes a portal from green to blue. See “flipcard”.
AP
“action points”, awarded to you in varying amounts for actions you perform in the game. When you reach certain amounts of AP, you “level up” and gain access to better equipment. The best equipment is unlocked at level 8, which requires 1,200,000 AP.
AXA
[Portal mod] AXA Shield. Best and rarest type of shield.

baseline

Bitey
One or both of the Force Amp or Turret portal mods. Syn. FA/T.
blocker
Noun: A link installed specifically to prevent the other team from linking.
Noun: Any link which is blocking a link you want to throw.
Brick
Verb; filling a portal’s mod slots with useless mods, such as LAMPs or CHS - accidentally or intentionally.
Bump
action; upgrading a friendly portal. You can upgrade resonators or add mods.
C1 … C8
Item; Power cube - consumed to replenish XM.
“C8” is a level-8 power cube.
See also “Lawson Power Cube”, a special type of power cube.
CHS
[Portal mod] Common heatsink
CMH
[Portal mod] Common multi-hack
COMM
In game chat channel (“communications”). Messages sent to COMM are visible to everyone in the world! Hard to use, and insecure. Use an external chat program, like Telegram, instead.
CS
[Portal mod] Common shield
Campfire
Noun: A portal with the resonators deployed very close together. Makes the portal very easy to destroy.
Verb: To deploy a portal with the resonators too close together.
Cap (1)
Noun: Item capsule.
“I’ll drop you a cap of X.” -> “I will drop you a capsule full of XMP bursters.”
Cap (2)
The 2,000 item inventory limit. You can’t have more than 2,000 items at a time.
“My inventory is at cap.” -> “I have too many items.”
Cap (3)
Verb: Capture a portal.
“I’ve capped the church” -> “I have captured the portal at the church.”
Charge
see “recharging”
Decay
Game mechanic. All portals decay by 15% of their energy, each day. Portals will naturally decay to nothing after 7 days. You need to recharge portals to keep them alive.
dick flip
Verb: to campfire and brick a portal, then flip it to the opposing team. The other team is then stuck with a useless portal. Could be considered a form of bullying - not recommended. See: Bricking, Campfire.
Dirty hack
Verb: hacking an enemy portal. Gives less gear (possibly none) and the portal may counterattack. 100 AP awarded for hacking enemy portals.
EP1 … EP8
Enlighted Portals, i.e. portals owned by the green team.
An “EP8” is a level 8 green portal.
FA
[Portal mod] Force amp.
FA/T
One or both of the Force Amp or Turret Mods.
Farm
Noun: A close-packed cluster of high-level portals, convenient for hacking a lot of items.
Verb: Hacking a lot of portals to build up your inventory of items.

field

Flip
Verb: to use a flipcard on a portal (see ‘flipcard’.)
flip-bump
Advanced technique. Using flip-cards to build a high level portal when only a few agents are available.
Flipcard
Item: Instantly converts portals from blue -> green (“JARVIS Virus”) or green -> blue (“ADA Refactor”)
Full deploy
Verb: To deploy a full set of 8 resonators onto a portal. Portals need to be fully deployed before you can link to them.
Glyphing
action; long-pressing the “HACK” button to activate the “glyph” mini-game, which awards up to 200% bonus items.
Jarvis
The “Jarvis Virus” item. Instantly changes a portal from blue to green. See “flipcard”.
Wild XM
XM (energy) lying on the ground. Move near it to pick it up.
Key
Item: A portal key.
LAMP
(Rare) Link Amp mod. The normal kind of link amp.
Lawson Power Cube
Item: A super-sized power cube. It keeps your XM tank completely full, until it runs out. The higher your level, the more XM you get from it.
Light up
Verb: To capture and fully-deploy a portal, so that other agents can link to it.
link range
The maximum distance for portal links. Determined by the level of the portal you are standing at. Can be extended using link amps.
Lube
See “Lawson Power Cube”.
MUFG
Item: MUFG Capsule.
onion
Noun: A multi-layered field.
Ouchie
One or both of the Force Amp or Turret Mods. Syn. FA/T.
P1 … P8
Portal levels. A “P8” is a portal that’s currently level 8.
See also “EP8” and “RP8”.
R1 … R8
Item: Resonator.
“R8” is a level-8 resonator.
RHS
[Portal mod] Rare heatsink
RMH
[Portal mod] Rare multi-hack
RP1 … RP8
Resistance-owned Portals, i.e. portals owned by the blue team.
An “RP8” is a level 8 blue portal.
RS
[Portal mod] Rare Shield
Recharging
Verb: Using your XM bar to repair a damaged portal.
You can recharge remotely if you have a key; otherwise you need to stand within 40 metres of the portal.
Redcap
See MUFG.
SBULA
[Portal mod] SoftBank Ultra Link Amp.
SULA
See SBULA.
Single deploy
Verb: Deploying only one resonator on a portal. Usually because the agent was in a hurry.
Noun: A portal with only one resonator on it.
Smash
Verb; destroy an enemy portal.
shit link
Noun: A long, useless link thrown for no reason. Prevents other agents from making useful links.
Verb: To make long, useless links, without regard for other agents.
You can call them “story links” to avoid rude words.

spine

T
[Portal mod] Turret mod.
tickle
action; firing weak attacks at portals, not doing any significant damage.
ULA
See SBULA.
US1 … US8
Item; Ultra Strike - special weapon. It hits much harder than an XMP, but has a very short range.
US8 is a level 8 ultra-strike.
Unique
Unique portal captures. The “Pioneer” badge rewards you for unique captures.
“I’m hunting uniques.” -> “I am looking for portals that I haven’t captured before.”
VRHS
[Portal mod] Very rare heatsink
VRLA
[Portal mod] Very Rare Link Amp. Extremely rare. Can’t be obtained in normal play.
VRMH
[Portal mod] Very rare multi-hack
VRS
[Portal mod] Very Rare Shield mod.
X1 … X8
item; XMP burster - the standard weapon. “X8” is a level-8 XMP.