Frequently used game terms

This page lists some alternative names or slang commonly used by the community for various items or concepts.
== List of commonly used terms ==
Alternative form 	Meaning
Active 	To describe a high amount of ghost activity.
Aggressive 	Usually pointing to the ghost hunting very often or early. Also used less commonly to describe a high amount of ghost activity.
Airball, smoke ball, mist ball, white mist	A ghost event in which a white, transparent ball appears, usually followed by a sharp hiss.
Box, radio 	Spirit Box
Chain hunting 	The ghost hunting in very short intervals, especially due to low sanity, bad luck, or it being an early hunter.
Deo 	A Deogen
D.O.T.S, Dots 	D.O.T.S Evidence
Early hunt(er) 	A ghost that hunted above 50% average sanity.
Fake hunt 	A ghost event where the ghost walks towards a player and disappears, displaying deceptively similar behaviour to an actual hunt.
Freezing Temps, Freezing 	Freezing Temperatures
Ghost room, (ghost's) favourite room 	A set room upon which certain ghost behaviour is anchored on.Ghost room and ghost's current room are sometimes used interchangeably. This wiki uses ghost room solely to refer to the set room and not the ghost's current room.
GoPro, headcam 	(Generally Tier I) Head Gear
Late hunt(er) 	A ghost that hunts below 50% average sanity.
Luigi (board) 	Ouija Board
Orbs 	Ghost Orbs
Paramic 	Parabolic Microphone
Pentagram 	Summoning Circle
Pills 	Sanity Pills
Raichu 	A Raiju (in analogy with the famous Pokémon)
Rev 	A Revenant
Shy 	Usually used to describe a ghost with little activity, and/or rarely hunts.
Twinteraction 	An interaction produced by The Twins wherein two interactions usually happen at once or with a very small delay.
Van camping/camper 	A player which spends most of the contract in the van as opposed to spending more time within the investigation area.
== Terms used on this wiki ==
These terms may not necessarily have the same definition, or be used widely outside of this wiki.
Phrase 	Meaning
Cursed hunt 	A hunt caused directly by a cursed possession with a 1-second grace period, as opposed to the hunts afterwards.
Investigation area	The area of the map that is physically bounded by exit doors. This is usually referred to in official changelogs as the location.
==Notes==
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