osu! Terms & Acronyms Explained (UR, FC, SS, Choke & More)
A plain-English glossary of the osu! shorthand you will see in chat, on stream, and on leaderboards: scoring and play terms (UR, FC, SS, choke, miss), every common mod (NM, HD, HR, DT, FL, EZ, NF), the four difficulty settings (AR, OD, CS, HP), pattern and tapping vocabulary (jumps, streams, tech, alt, singletap), and the words for beatmap status and the rank chase (ranked, loved, graveyard, snipe, farm).
9 min · Updated June 1, 2026