100 Words Every The Walking Dead Fan Should Know

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Airdrop	Supplies dropped from aircraft.
2.	Alexandria Safe-Zone	Walled community near D.C.
3.	Ammo run	Trip to scavenge ammunition.
4.	Apocalypse	World-ending societal collapse.
5.	Armory	Storage for weapons and ammo.
6.	Biter	Zombie; another term for walker.
7.	Blood trail	Track someone by blood drops.
8.	Booby trap	Hidden device meant to injure.
9.	Broken arrow	Emergency signal for immediate danger.
10.	Burn pit	Area for burning bodies.
11.	Canned goods	Valuable preserved food supplies.
12.	Caravan	Group traveling together for safety.
13.	Claimers	Predatory group saying “claimed”.
14.	Clearing	Securing an area of threats.
15.	Daryl Dixon	Skilled tracker and survivor.
16.	Dead weight	Liability slowing the group.
17.	Decoy	Distraction to draw walkers away.
18.	Dehydration	Dangerous lack of water.
19.	Despawning	Bodies removed to prevent reanimation.
20.	Eugene Porter	Clever survivor; former liar.
21.	Exile	Forced removal from a community.
22.	Extraction	Rescue and removal from danger.
23.	Fall back	Retreat to safer position.
24.	Feral	Wild, brutal human behavior.
25.	Flashlight discipline	Limit light to avoid detection.
26.	Food cache	Hidden stash of supplies.
27.	Freezer burn	Spoilage from long freezing.
28.	Gag order	Rule against sharing information.
29.	Gas mask	Protection from smoke or fumes.
30.	Generator	Machine producing electricity.
31.	Go bag	Packed emergency kit.
32.	Governor	Tyrannical leader of Woodbury.
33.	Herd	Large mass of walkers.
34.	Hideout	Secret temporary shelter.
35.	Hilltop Colony	Farming community allied with Rick.
36.	Hostage	Captured person used for leverage.
37.	Hush	Silence to avoid attention.
38.	Infected	Carrying the virus; everyone is.
39.	Interrogation	Questioning to obtain information.
40.	Isolation cell	Locked room for containment.
41.	Ivory tower	Detached leadership, ignoring reality.
42.	Jawbone knife	Improvised blade from bone.
43.	Junkyard	Scavenging site; garbage heap.
44.	Katanas	Michonne’s signature swords.
45.	Kill zone	Area covered by concentrated fire.
46.	King Ezekiel	Charismatic leader of the Kingdom.
47.	Kingdom	Community led by Ezekiel.
48.	Larder	Storage room for food.
49.	Last stand	Final defensive fight.
50.	Lucille	Negan’s barbed-wire bat.
51.	Maggie Greene	Leader of Hilltop; survivor.
52.	Make a run	Go out scavenging quickly.
53.	Meat locker	Cold storage for bodies or food.
54.	Michonne	Sword-wielding survivor and leader.
55.	Militia	Armed civilian defense group.
56.	Negan	Leader of the Saviors.
57.	No man’s land	Dangerous area between factions.
58.	Outbreak	Initial spread of the plague.
59.	Outpost	Small guarded base.
60.	Palisade	Defensive wall of stakes.
61.	Panic room	Reinforced safe room.
62.	Perimeter	Outer boundary to guard.
63.	Pike lineup	Heads displayed on spikes.
64.	Prison	Early fortified base for survivors.
65.	Quarantine	Isolation to prevent spread.
66.	Quiet time	Agreed period of silence.
67.	Raid	Sudden attack to steal supplies.
68.	Rationing	Strictly limiting food and water.
69.	Reanimation	Rising after death as walker.
70.	Rebar spear	Improvised spear from rebar.
71.	Rick Grimes	Former sheriff; group leader.
72.	Safe house	Secure place to hide.
73.	Saviors	Negan’s extortionist faction.
74.	Scavenge	Search ruins for useful items.
75.	Scent cover	Mask human smell from walkers.
76.	Shane Walsh	Rick’s former partner; rival.
77.	Silencer	Suppressor reducing gunshot noise.
78.	Snare	Trap for animals or people.
79.	Speakeasy code	Password to enter safely.
80.	Supply line	Route for moving resources.
81.	Tainted water	Unsafe water causing illness.
82.	Terminus	Cannibal trap community.
83.	The Whisperers	Skin-wearing walker-mimicking group.
84.	Tracker	Person skilled at following trails.
85.	Triaging	Prioritizing treatment of injuries.
86.	Turned	Became a walker after death.
87.	Undead	Reanimated dead; walkers.
88.	Uninfected bite myth	False hope bites aren’t fatal.
89.	Unseen threat	Danger not yet identified.
90.	Vaccine	Cure; absent in the series.
91.	Vent crawl	Move through ducts to escape.
92.	Vermin	Rats and pests in ruins.
93.	Watchtower	Raised post for lookout.
94.	Weak point	Vulnerable spot in defenses.
95.	Whisperer mask	Walker skin worn as disguise.
96.	Woodbury	Governor’s former town.
97.	Wound cauterize	Burn wound to stop bleeding.
98.	X marks the spot	Sign marking hidden supplies.
99.	X-bow	Crossbow; Daryl’s weapon.
100.	Xenophobia	Fear of outsiders; common in groups.