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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

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

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)

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

Burning Crusade

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.

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

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

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)