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|The place where one with minimal piloting skills might have bought his or her pilot's license.
 
|The place where one with minimal piloting skills might have bought his or her pilot's license.
 
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Dupe A TIE Bomber
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|Dupe
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Easy chair The pilot's seat in a fighter.
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|A TIE Bomber
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Edge An A-Wing fighter.
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Eyeball A basic TIE fighter. Often shortened to simply eye.
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|Easy chair
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Fangs out Eager for a dogfight.
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|The pilot's seat in a fighter.
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Few starships short of a fleet Insane.
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Final Jump A euphemism for death, used by spacers.
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|Edge
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Flat-hatting Showing off or engaging in dangerous maneuvres.
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|An A-Wing fighter.
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Flyboy A starfighter pilot.
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Flying the same vector Thinking along the same lines.
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|Eyeball
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FTL Faster than light.
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|A basic TIE fighter. Often shortened to simply eye.
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Full DSW Having enough power for drive, shields, and weapons.
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Furball A hectic dogfight.
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|Fangs out
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G-burp Spacer slang for a sudden surge from a starship's drive system.
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|Eager for a dogfight.
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Gain angles Maneuvre for a better shot in a dogfight.
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Get lines Disengage and jump to hyperspace.
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|Few starships short of a fleet
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Go black Head from a planet's atmosphere into space.
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|Insane.
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Go blue Head from space into a planet's atmosphere.
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Goes away What an enemy fighter does when you hit it.
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|Final Jump
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Gripe A mechanical problem. An up gripe is a problem that allows continuing operations; a down gripe does not.
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|A euphemism for death, used by spacers.
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Hangar queen A fighter that is often unable to fly because it needs repairs, and thus is raided for parts.
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Hawk circle A formation of fighters waiting to land.
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|Flat-hatting
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Hop A mission.
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|Showing off or engaging in dangerous maneuvres.
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How do you plot that course? A phrase meaning "how did you come to that conclusion?"
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HUD Heads-up display.
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|Flyboy
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Impstar An Imperial Star Destroyer.
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|A starfighter pilot.
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Judy Comms call indicating you are intercepting a bandit.
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Klick Kilometer.
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|Flying the same vector
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KM "Kriffing magic," a pilot's all-purpose explanation for how technology works.
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|Thinking along the same lines.
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Latch Get into position to destroy an enemy fighter.
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Loud handle The lever that triggers a fighter's ejection seat.
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|FTL
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LTS "Likely to survive," indicating approval of a pilot's skills.
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|Faster than light.
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No d�cor "Speak freely," without worrying about rank.
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|-
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Old Spaceman's Home Retirement; to a spacer.
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|Full DSW
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Painted Scanned by sensors.
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|Having enough power for drive, shields, and weapons.
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Peeper A TIE fighter used for reconnaissance.
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|-
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Pointer An X-Wing fighter.
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|Furball
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Punching up a jump Spacer's slang describing the act of entering coordinates into a navigation computer prior to making the jump to lightspeed.
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|A hectic dogfight.
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Raising ship Spacer's slang for leaving a planet in a starship or the act of lifting off.
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Roof A carrier's flight deck.
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|G-burp
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Reading the g's Term used by fighter pilots in reference to dialing down an inertial compensator to get a tactile feel for the movements of their ships.
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|Spacer slang for a sudden surge from a starship's drive system.
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Rocketjock A starfighter pilot.
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SA Situational awareness.
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|Gain angles
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SD Vic A Victory-class Star Destroyer
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|Maneuvre for a better shot in a dogfight.
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Senth Herf An admiring assessment of another pilot's abilities.
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Set-down Spacers' slang for the act of landing a starship.
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|Get lines
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Shock To hit a bandit with a blast from an ion cannon.
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|Disengage and jump to hyperspace.
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Shocker An ion cannon.
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The Show ACM; dogfighting.
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|Go black
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Skull A Z-95 Headhunter.
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|Head from a planet's atmosphere into space.
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Skyboy A term used to address starfighter pilots.
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|-
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Slim A RZ-1 A-Wing interceptor.
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|Go blue
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Snubfighter Small spacecraft like X-wings or TIE Fighters that are seen as expendable.
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|Head from space into a planet's atmosphere.
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Spacer An individual who lives most of his or her life in space.
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|-
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Spinner A B-Wing fighter, also known as a cross.
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|Goes away
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Splash Shoot down.
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|What an enemy fighter does when you hit it.
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Squint A TIE/ln Interceptor.
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|-
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Star-hopper Another term for spacer.
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|Gripe
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Suicide sled A starfighter, particularly one with weak shield.
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|A mechanical problem. An ''up gripe'' is a problem that allows continuing operations; a ''down gripe'' does not.
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Trip A TIE Defender.
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|-
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Ugly A starfighter made from parts of varying origins.
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|Hangar queen
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Vape or vap Short for "vaporize." Starfighter pilot slang for destroying a target, especially in a dogfight.
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|A fighter that is often unable to fly because it needs repairs, and thus is raided for parts.
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Vapebait A poorly skilled fighter pilot who is an easy target.
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|-
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Victim A Victory-class Star Destroyer.
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|Hawk circle
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Warp-lagged Spacer's slang for the feeling of tiredness after traveling in hyperspace.
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|A formation of fighters waiting to land.
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Wishbone A BTL Y-Wing starfighter.
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|-
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Woke up on the wrong side of the starship Spacer's slang for feeling grumpy, irritable, or to be easily annoyed.
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|Hop
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Zero angle The position behind the stern of a bandit.
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|A mission.
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|-
 +
|How do you plot that course?
 +
|A phrase meaning "how did you come to that conclusion?"
 +
|-
 +
|HUD
 +
|Heads-up display.
 +
|-
 +
|Impstar
 +
|An Imperial Star Destroyer.
 +
|-
 +
|Judy
 +
|Comms call indicating you are intercepting a bandit.
 +
|-
 +
|Klick
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|Kilometer.
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|-
 +
|KM
 +
|"Kriffing magic," a pilot's all-purpose explanation for how technology works.
 +
|-
 +
|Latch
 +
|Get into position to destroy an enemy fighter.
 +
|-
 +
|Loud handle
 +
|The lever that triggers a fighter's ejection seat.
 +
|-
 +
|LTS
 +
|"Likely to survive," indicating approval of a pilot's skills.
 +
|-
 +
|No décor
 +
|"Speak freely," without worrying about rank.
 +
|-
 +
|Old Spaceman's Home
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|Retirement; to a spacer.
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|-
 +
|Painted
 +
|Scanned by sensors.
 +
|-
 +
|Peeper
 +
|A TIE fighter used for reconnaissance.
 +
|-
 +
|Pointer
 +
|An X-Wing fighter.
 +
|-
 +
|Punching up a jump
 +
|Spacer's slang describing the act of entering coordinates into a navigation computer prior to making the jump to lightspeed.
 +
|-
 +
|Raising ship
 +
|Spacer's slang for leaving a planet in a starship or the act of lifting off.
 +
|-
 +
|Roof
 +
|A carrier's flight deck.
 +
|-
 +
|Reading the g's
 +
|Term used by fighter pilots in reference to dialing down an inertial compensator to get a tactile feel for the movements of their ships.
 +
|-
 +
|Rocketjock
 +
|A starfighter pilot.
 +
|-
 +
|SA
 +
|Situational awareness.
 +
|-
 +
|SD Vic
 +
|A Victory-class Star Destroyer
 +
|-
 +
|Senth Herf
 +
|An admiring assessment of another pilot's abilities.
 +
|-
 +
|Set-down
 +
|Spacers' slang for the act of landing a starship.
 +
|-
 +
|Shock
 +
|To hit a bandit with a blast from an ion cannon.
 +
|-
 +
|Shocker
 +
|An ion cannon.
 +
|-
 +
|The Show
 +
|ACM; dogfighting.
 +
|-
 +
|Skull
 +
|A Z-95 Headhunter.
 +
|-
 +
|Skyboy
 +
|A term used to address starfighter pilots.
 +
|-
 +
|Slim
 +
|A RZ-1 A-Wing interceptor.
 +
|-
 +
|Snubfighter
 +
|Small spacecraft like X-wings or TIE Fighters that are seen as expendable.
 +
|-
 +
|Spacer
 +
|An individual who lives most of his or her life in space.
 +
|-
 +
|Spinner
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|A B-Wing fighter, also known as a cross.
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|-
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|Splash
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|Shoot down.
 +
|-
 +
|Squint
 +
|A TIE/ln Interceptor.
 +
|-
 +
|Star-hopper
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|Another term for spacer.
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|-
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|Suicide sled
 +
|A starfighter, particularly one with weak shield.
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|-
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|Trip
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|A TIE Defender.
 +
|-
 +
|Ugly
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|A starfighter made from parts of varying origins.
 +
|-
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|Vape or vap
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|Short for "vaporize." Starfighter pilot slang for destroying a target, especially in a dogfight.
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|-
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|Vapebait
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|A poorly skilled fighter pilot who is an easy target.
 +
|-
 +
|Victim
 +
|A Victory-class Star Destroyer.
 +
|-
 +
|Warp-lagged
 +
|Spacer's slang for the feeling of tiredness after traveling in hyperspace.
 +
|-
 +
|Wishbone
 +
|A BTL Y-Wing starfighter.
 +
|-
 +
|Woke up on the wrong side of the starship
 +
|Spacer's slang for feeling grumpy, irritable, or to be easily annoyed.
 +
|-
 +
|Zero angle
 +
|The position behind the stern of a bandit.
 
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(Sources: Star Wars - The Essential Guide to Warfare; http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang)

Latest revision as of 22:19, 16 February 2016

3-9 line A line across a fighter's wings, based on an imaginary clock in which 12 is ahead of a fighter and 6 is behind. The goal of dogfighting is to keep bandits in front of one's 3-9 line.
ACM Aerial Combat Maneuvering, better known as dogfighting.
Bandit A hostile fighter or starship.
Big L Lightspeed barrier.
Bingo Having enough fuel for a safe return.
Bird Spaceship.
Bluelined Disabled by an ion cannon blast.
Blue milk run An easy hop, an ordinary and uneventful mission.
Bogey An unidentified fighter or starship.
Bone A Y-Wing fighter
Bright A TIE/Advanced fighter.
Bumping Engaging in ACM.
Burn sky until we see lines Fly until you get into hyperspace.
Burnout Spacer slang referring the loss of power in a starship's power plants.
Cargo hold Spacers' slang for backside, bottom.
Centurion A pilot with one hundred landings on a carrier or fighter base.
Check your 6 "Be careful, watch out behind you."
Clear skies "Be well," a traditional spacer's farewell.
Clutch A squadron of TIE fighters.
Cold nose Operating with sensors down.
Connecting the navpoints A comprehensive attempt at illustration or explanation of a subject.
DIE-wing A TIE-Wing Ugly, referring to its alarmingly low combat survivability.
Dirt flier An atmospheric fighter pilot.
Dirtside On a planet's surface.
Dragship An Interdictor-class cruiser.
Drift factor A measure of a pilot's flakiness or inability to follow orders.
Drunken Mynock School of Instruction The place where one with minimal piloting skills might have bought his or her pilot's license.
Dupe A TIE Bomber
Easy chair The pilot's seat in a fighter.
Edge An A-Wing fighter.
Eyeball A basic TIE fighter. Often shortened to simply eye.
Fangs out Eager for a dogfight.
Few starships short of a fleet Insane.
Final Jump A euphemism for death, used by spacers.
Flat-hatting Showing off or engaging in dangerous maneuvres.
Flyboy A starfighter pilot.
Flying the same vector Thinking along the same lines.
FTL Faster than light.
Full DSW Having enough power for drive, shields, and weapons.
Furball A hectic dogfight.
G-burp Spacer slang for a sudden surge from a starship's drive system.
Gain angles Maneuvre for a better shot in a dogfight.
Get lines Disengage and jump to hyperspace.
Go black Head from a planet's atmosphere into space.
Go blue Head from space into a planet's atmosphere.
Goes away What an enemy fighter does when you hit it.
Gripe A mechanical problem. An up gripe is a problem that allows continuing operations; a down gripe does not.
Hangar queen A fighter that is often unable to fly because it needs repairs, and thus is raided for parts.
Hawk circle A formation of fighters waiting to land.
Hop A mission.
How do you plot that course? A phrase meaning "how did you come to that conclusion?"
HUD Heads-up display.
Impstar An Imperial Star Destroyer.
Judy Comms call indicating you are intercepting a bandit.
Klick Kilometer.
KM "Kriffing magic," a pilot's all-purpose explanation for how technology works.
Latch Get into position to destroy an enemy fighter.
Loud handle The lever that triggers a fighter's ejection seat.
LTS "Likely to survive," indicating approval of a pilot's skills.
No décor "Speak freely," without worrying about rank.
Old Spaceman's Home Retirement; to a spacer.
Painted Scanned by sensors.
Peeper A TIE fighter used for reconnaissance.
Pointer An X-Wing fighter.
Punching up a jump Spacer's slang describing the act of entering coordinates into a navigation computer prior to making the jump to lightspeed.
Raising ship Spacer's slang for leaving a planet in a starship or the act of lifting off.
Roof A carrier's flight deck.
Reading the g's Term used by fighter pilots in reference to dialing down an inertial compensator to get a tactile feel for the movements of their ships.
Rocketjock A starfighter pilot.
SA Situational awareness.
SD Vic A Victory-class Star Destroyer
Senth Herf An admiring assessment of another pilot's abilities.
Set-down Spacers' slang for the act of landing a starship.
Shock To hit a bandit with a blast from an ion cannon.
Shocker An ion cannon.
The Show ACM; dogfighting.
Skull A Z-95 Headhunter.
Skyboy A term used to address starfighter pilots.
Slim A RZ-1 A-Wing interceptor.
Snubfighter Small spacecraft like X-wings or TIE Fighters that are seen as expendable.
Spacer An individual who lives most of his or her life in space.
Spinner A B-Wing fighter, also known as a cross.
Splash Shoot down.
Squint A TIE/ln Interceptor.
Star-hopper Another term for spacer.
Suicide sled A starfighter, particularly one with weak shield.
Trip A TIE Defender.
Ugly A starfighter made from parts of varying origins.
Vape or vap Short for "vaporize." Starfighter pilot slang for destroying a target, especially in a dogfight.
Vapebait A poorly skilled fighter pilot who is an easy target.
Victim A Victory-class Star Destroyer.
Warp-lagged Spacer's slang for the feeling of tiredness after traveling in hyperspace.
Wishbone A BTL Y-Wing starfighter.
Woke up on the wrong side of the starship Spacer's slang for feeling grumpy, irritable, or to be easily annoyed.
Zero angle The position behind the stern of a bandit.

(Sources: Star Wars - The Essential Guide to Warfare; http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang)