I am going to try to flesh out this list on my own as best as I can. I am sure I will forget and leave out all sorts of things, and make all sorts of silly errors, so feel free to post in the thread and I'll add/fix it
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World of Warcraft Acronym and Short Form List
By: Jordster. With contributions from Seoman, Riggy, Monkydung, Placeholder and many others. Thanks guys for your additions and suggestions.
Contents:
(1) General Conversation
(2) Trading
(3) Grouping
(4.2) The Burning Crusade (NEW!)
(4) Outdoor Geography and cities
(5) Dungeons and Raids
(6) PvP and Battlegrounds
(7) Abilities, Spells and Speciliazations
(8) "L33T" terms
1. General Conversation
TTYL - Talk to you later
BBL - Be back later
BBS - Be back soon
GTG - Good to go, or Got to Go (confusing!)
G2G - same as GTG
OMW - On my way
BRT - Be right there
OOC - Out of character (Role-playing servers)
OMG - Oh my god
WTF - What the F
GFY - Good for you or Go F yourself
2. Trade
WTS - Willing to Sell
WTB - Willing to Buy
WTT - Willing to Trade
Mats - Materials (usually meaning bring your own and I'll craft)
OBO - Or best offer
PST - Please sent tell
3. Grouping/Combat
LFG - Looking for Group
LFM - Looking for members
LF#M - # is a number, Looking for # members
MT - Main Tank
CC - Crowd Control
OOC - Out of Combat
Inc - Incoming
Add - additional mobs pulled or patroled nearby
Pat - Patrol (Mobs that wander a zone)
ML - Master-Looter (party leader divides up loot)
OOM - Out of Mana
Buff - A beneficial spell with a duration
Debuff - A detrimental spell with a duration, or removal of a buff
DPS - Damage Per Second (in party, it usually means "go ahead and hit your hardest")
DPS - Damage Per Second (in LFG channel, usually means a class that specialiazes in damage)
AoE - Area of Effect (spell that does damage in an entire area)
4. Outdoor Geography and Cities
Major Cities:
Org - Orgrimmar
UC - Undercity
TB - Thunder Bluff
SW - Stormwind
IF - Ironforge
Darn - Darnassus
Towns
GG - Grom Gol
BB - Booty Bay (neutral city)
Gadget - Gadgetzan (neutral city)
Zones
STV - Stranglethorn Vale
STM - Stonetalon Mountain
EPL - Eastern Plaguelands
WPL - Western Plaguelands
SOS - Swamp of Sorrows
WS - Winterspring
1k - Thousand Needles
Admiral Placeholder wrote:
Well, while this is bumped, I'll contribute some BC stuff:
Misc.
T4/T5/T6 - Tier 4/5/6. Refers to level of gear, or level of raid. Tier 4 is entry level raiding, followed by Tier 5, followed by Tier 6.
S1/S2/S3 - Season 1/2/3. Refers to Arena Seasons, often used to designate gear (i.e. S1 Shoulders referring to the Arena Season 1 shoulder armor).
Gear/Titles are as follows
Season 1 - Gladiator's...
Season 2 - Merciless Gladiator's...
Season 3 - Vengeful Gladiator's...
Zones
HFP - Hellfire Peninsula
Zang - Zangarmarsh
BEM - Blade's Edge Mountains
SMV - Shadowmoon Valley
Instances/Raids
H - Heroic Mode: Refers to Dungeon Difficulty Setting. Heroic Mode instances have their mobs, bosses, and loot re-tuned to level 70 players. All 5-man Burning Crusade instances have a heroic mode, accessible once a player reaches 'Honored' reputation with the instance's faction and purchases the corresponding heroic key.
ex. H Mech refers to The Mechanar on Heroic Mode.
Old World
Kara - Karazhan: 10-man T4 raid located in Deadwind Pass.
ZA - Zul'Aman: 10-man T4/T5 level raid located in Ghostlands.
Caverns of Time (Tanaris)
Durn - Escape from Durnhold Keep: level ~66-68 5-man.
BM - Opening the Dark Portal/Black Morass: level ~68-70 5-man.
MH - Battle of Mount Hyjal: level 70 25-man T6 raid.
Outland
Hellfire Citadel (HFP)
Ramps - Hellfire Ramparts: level ~60-62 5-man.
BF - Blood Furnace: level ~61-63 5-man.
SH - Shattered Halls: level ~69-70 5-man.
Mag - Magtheridon's Lair: level 70 25-man T4 raid.
Coilfang Reservoirs (Zang)
SP - The Slave Pens: level ~62-64 5-man.
UB - The Underbog: level ~63-65 5-man.
SV - The Steamvault: level ~70 5-man.
SSC - Serpentshring Cavern: level 70 25-man T5 raid.
Auchindoun (Terokkar Forest)
MT - Mana-Tombs: level ~64-66 5-man.
Crypts - Auchenei Crypts: level ~65-67 5-man.
SH - Sethekk Halls: level ~67-79 5-man.
SLabs - Shadow Labyrinth: level ~69-70 5-man.
Tempest Keep (Netherstorm)
Mech - The Mechanar: level 70 5-man.
Bot - The Botanica: level 70 5-man.
Arc - The Arcatraz: level 70 5-man.
TK - The Eye: level 70 25-man T5 raid.
Other
Gruul's - Gruul's Lair: level 70 25-man T4 raid. Located in BEM.
BT - Black Temple: level 70 25-man T6 raid. Located in SMV.
(I'll add more later, this is just what I came up with off the top of my head before I had to run off to school)
Edited, Jan 17th 2008 7:47am by Placeholder
Misc.
T4/T5/T6 - Tier 4/5/6. Refers to level of gear, or level of raid. Tier 4 is entry level raiding, followed by Tier 5, followed by Tier 6.
S1/S2/S3 - Season 1/2/3. Refers to Arena Seasons, often used to designate gear (i.e. S1 Shoulders referring to the Arena Season 1 shoulder armor).
Gear/Titles are as follows
Season 1 - Gladiator's...
Season 2 - Merciless Gladiator's...
Season 3 - Vengeful Gladiator's...
Zones
HFP - Hellfire Peninsula
Zang - Zangarmarsh
BEM - Blade's Edge Mountains
SMV - Shadowmoon Valley
Instances/Raids
H - Heroic Mode: Refers to Dungeon Difficulty Setting. Heroic Mode instances have their mobs, bosses, and loot re-tuned to level 70 players. All 5-man Burning Crusade instances have a heroic mode, accessible once a player reaches 'Honored' reputation with the instance's faction and purchases the corresponding heroic key.
ex. H Mech refers to The Mechanar on Heroic Mode.
Old World
Kara - Karazhan: 10-man T4 raid located in Deadwind Pass.
ZA - Zul'Aman: 10-man T4/T5 level raid located in Ghostlands.
Caverns of Time (Tanaris)
Durn - Escape from Durnhold Keep: level ~66-68 5-man.
BM - Opening the Dark Portal/Black Morass: level ~68-70 5-man.
MH - Battle of Mount Hyjal: level 70 25-man T6 raid.
Outland
Hellfire Citadel (HFP)
Ramps - Hellfire Ramparts: level ~60-62 5-man.
BF - Blood Furnace: level ~61-63 5-man.
SH - Shattered Halls: level ~69-70 5-man.
Mag - Magtheridon's Lair: level 70 25-man T4 raid.
Coilfang Reservoirs (Zang)
SP - The Slave Pens: level ~62-64 5-man.
UB - The Underbog: level ~63-65 5-man.
SV - The Steamvault: level ~70 5-man.
SSC - Serpentshring Cavern: level 70 25-man T5 raid.
Auchindoun (Terokkar Forest)
MT - Mana-Tombs: level ~64-66 5-man.
Crypts - Auchenei Crypts: level ~65-67 5-man.
SH - Sethekk Halls: level ~67-79 5-man.
SLabs - Shadow Labyrinth: level ~69-70 5-man.
Tempest Keep (Netherstorm)
Mech - The Mechanar: level 70 5-man.
Bot - The Botanica: level 70 5-man.
Arc - The Arcatraz: level 70 5-man.
TK - The Eye: level 70 25-man T5 raid.
Other
Gruul's - Gruul's Lair: level 70 25-man T4 raid. Located in BEM.
BT - Black Temple: level 70 25-man T6 raid. Located in SMV.
(I'll add more later, this is just what I came up with off the top of my head before I had to run off to school)
Edited, Jan 17th 2008 7:47am by Placeholder
5. Dungeons and Raids
RFC - Ragefire Chasm
WC - Wailing Caverns
VC - Van Cleef (Deadmines boss)
DM - Deadmines
BFD - Blackfathom Depths
SFK - Shadowfang Keep
RFK - Razorfen Kraul
RFD - Razorfen Downs
SM - Scarlet Monestary
ZF - Zul Farrak
ST - The Temple of Atal'Hakkar, AKA Sunken Temple
More Intances and Encounters (Thanks Seoman)
RAQ - Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
TAQ - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
DM East - Dire Maul, East Wing
DM West - Dire Maul, West Wing
DM North - Dire Maul, North Wing
Tribute - specific way of doing DM North
Liveside - Stratholme live side
Deadside - Stratholme dead side
Baron - Stratholme Deadside running the instance to the Baron Rivendare
Postmaster - specific way of doing Strat-Liveside
Rend - running the UBRS instance to just Rend Blackhand
General - running the entire UBRS instance
Mara - Maraduadon
Purple - "purple" section of Maradon
Orange - "orange" section of Maradon
Priness - last boss of Mara (usually implies running only the "inner" instance)
Inner mara - Running the second half of the instance only
ULD - Uldaman
Cath - Scarlet Monastery Cathedral
Graveyard or GY - Scarlet Monastery Graveyard
Armory - Scarlet Monastery Armory
Library - Scarlet Monastery Library
End-Game (L60 or close)
BRM - Blackrock Mountain (not an instance, but many instances located there)
BRD - Blackrock Depths (5-man, in BRM)
LBRS - Lower Blackrock spire (10-man or 5-man, in BRM)
UBRS - Upper Blackrock spire (10-man, in BRM)
Strat - Stratholme (5-man)
Scholo - Scholomance (5-man)
DM - Dire Maul (also Deadmines!)
Raid Dungeons:
ZG - Zul Gurub (20-man raid, in STV)
MC - Molten Core (40-man raid, in BRM)
BWL - Blackwing Lair (40-man raid, in BRM)
AQ - Anh'Qiraj (20-man and 40-man raid in Silithus)
Misc:
GY - Graveyard
6. PvP and Battlegrounds
BG - Battleground
WSG - Warsong Gulch (10v10 Capture the Flag Battleground)
AB - Arathi Basin (15v15 Capture and Defend Battleground)
AV - Alterac Valley (40v40 Largescale Battlefriend BG)
HK - Honorable Kill
DK - Dishonorable Kill (killing a "civilian")
KB - Killing Blow (meaningless BG stat)
FC - Flag Carrier (In WSG)
FF - Focus Fire (all players coordinate attack on same target)
LM - Lumber Mill (AB Flag point)
BS - Blacksmith (AB Flag point)
Abilities, Spells and Specialization
General:
Rez - Ressurection
NOte - for classes, I chose only abilities that are commonly used in chat, and did not go into specific abilities that you would generally only see in a class specific discussion.
Warrior
Prot - Protection Specialization talents, for tanking
MS - Warrior's Mortal Strike Talent (31pt Arms Talent)
DW - Dual Wield
Shaman
Ankh - Reagant needed for shaman self-rez
Resto - Restoration Specialization for Druids and shamans
NS - Nature's Swiftness (Druid and Shaman insta-cast talent)
Warlock
DC - Deathcoil
SS - Warlock's Soulstone (self-rez cast on someone else)
HS - Warlock's Healthstone (restores health to user)
Hunter
BM - Beastmastery Talent Tree
BW - Bestial Wrath, BM Hunter Ability
MM - Marksmanship Talent Tree
Tranq or TS - Hunter's Tranquilizing Shot, obtained in MC
FD - Feign Death ability
Rogue
SS - Rogue's Sinister Strike ability
Evis - Eviscerate, Rogue's Finishing Move
Prep - Rogue talent that resets cooldowns
Paladin
BoS - Blessing of Salvation (a.k.a. Salv or Salvation)
BoK - Blessing of Kings (a.k.a. Kings)
BoL - Blessing of Light
BoW - Blessing of Wisdom
BoF - Blessing of Freedom
Druid
MotW - Mark of the Wild
GotW - Gift of the Wild
Resto - Restoration Specialization
NS - Nature's Swiftness (Druid insta-cast talent)
Roots - Entangling Roots (DoT Snare)
Mage
AB - Arcane Brilliance
AI - Arcane Intellect
Sheep - Mage's Polymorph Ability
Priest
Fort - Prayer of Fortitude or Power Word Fortitude (Stamina buff)
PWF - Same as above
DS - Divine Spirit (+Spirit Buff, Talent)
PWS - Power Word Shield
L33T terms:
PWND - Owned. It's pronounced "Owned" not "Powned"
GG - Good Game (often used as slander)
FTW (or 4TW) - For the Win
QQ - "Cry More" (Eyes w/ tears)
L2P - Learn to Play (or Lurn2Play as they say)
Edited, Aug 2nd 2006 at 12:36pm EDT by Jordster
Edited, Jan 17th 2008 4:01pm by Jordster