Acronym List

[Stigg]

If you are in a major city for any period of time, you are likely to see "WTS" and "WTB". You may also see "I want to group for questing in STV" or even " LFG 2M DM PST for Info!"

As you progress through the game you will easily know and remember all of these without needing to look over anything. But, for the time being, here is a comprehensive acronym list. Not all of these are used across every server, so be careful! And this is not a list of "Leet Speak" nor of "textspeak."

• Add: Will usually refer to any additional monsters that have started fighting your group after you are already engaged in combat. For example, if you are fighting a bear and half way through the battle a wolf comes along and begins attacking you, this would be considered an "add".
• AFK: Is short for "Away From Keyboard". You can active the AFK flag on your character by typing /afk in the chat line. It also automatically activates if your character is idle for an extended period of time
• Aggro: This refers to aggressive actions against a player. If a monster turns and attacks you, you have gained aggro.
• AH: Is short for "Auction House". This is where you can sell and buy items from other players of your same faction (and opposite factions at Gadgetzan).
• AOE: Is short for "Area of Effect". This is when a spell can affect all targets in an area instead of being directed at a single target. Blizzard, Frost Nova, and Hellfire are all examples of AOE spells.
• BB: Is short for "Booty Bay".
• BFD: Is short for "Blackfathom Deeps".
• BOE: Is short for "Bind On Equip". This means that when you equip the item, it will no longer be tradable to another player and can only be sold to a vedor.
• BOP: Is short for "Bind On Pickup". This means that when you loot the item from the monster, it will no longer be tradable to another player and can only be sold to a vedor.
• BRD: Is short for "Blackrock Depths".
• BRS: Is short for "Blackrock Spire".
• Buff: A spell cast on a player, pet, or mob which enhances a specific statistic for a set time period. Spells such as "Mark of the Wild" and "Power Word: Fortitude" are examples of buffs.
• De-Buff: A spell cast on a player, pet, or mob which places a negative effect on a specific statistic for a set time period. Spells such as "Demoralizing Shout" and "Curse of Weakness" are examples of de-buffs.
• DOT: Is short for "Damage Over Time". This refers to a spell or effect that slowly deals damage over an extended period of time, rather than all at once.
• DM: Is short for "Dire Maul".
• DPS: Is short for “Damage Per Second” and refers to the amount of damage a player can do in 1 second.
• DS: Is short for "Darkshore" and or "Darkshire".
• GG: Is short for both "Good Game" and "Good Going" depending on the context in which it is used. If you happen to save a party member, someone might say "GG" meaning good going. If you beat some one in a duel, the other person might say "GG" meaning good game.
• GZ: Is short for "Gadgetzan".
• HOT: Is short for "Heal Over Time". This refers to a spell or effect that slowly heals damage over an extended period of time, rather than all at once.
• IF: Is short for "Ironforge".
• KS: Is short for "Kill Stealing". This occurs in games when another player or group attacks a mob that you are already fighting in order to get the experience or items from it.
• LBRS: Is short for "Lower Blackrock Spire".
• LFG: Is short for "Looking For Group".
• LFM: Is short for "Looking For More".
• LS: Is short for "Lakeshire".
• Mara: Is short for "Maraudon".
• MC: Is short for "Molten Core".
• MH: Is short for "Menethil Harbor".
• MMORPG: Stands for "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game". In an MMORPG, thousands of players exist in the same game world at the same time. This creates an incredibly rich and active environment in which interesting things are constantly taking place. MMORPGs provide thousands of hours of game play, with a nearly infinite variety of goals to achieve across a vast world covering miles of land and sea. For the World of Warcraft, we will also be adding new content on a regular basis, thus ensuring that there will always be new adventures, new locations, new creatures, and new items to discover.
• Mob: Is short for "Monster" and is a word used to describe creatures that you kill in the game aside from other players.
• NPC: Is short for "Non-Player Character". These are computer-controlled characters. Quest givers, merchants, inn keepers, etc.
• OMW: Is short for “On my way”.
• Ony: Short for “Onyxia”.
• OOM: is short for “Out of Mana”
• ORG: Is short for "Orgrimmar".
• Proc: A term used to denote when a special effect of an item randomly triggers or what the special effect of said item does. Proc only refers to a randomly triggered effect that arises from attacking or being hit. If your item has an ability to click it to make it cast a spell 100% on demand, that is not considered a Proc.
• PST: Is short for “Please Send Tell” meaning whisper the player.
• RFC: Is short for "Ragefire Chasm".
• RFD: Is short for "Razorfen Downs".
• RFK: Is short for "Razorfen Kraul".
• RR: Is short for "Redridge".
• Scholo: Is short for "Scholomance".
• SFK: Is short for "Shadowfang Keep".
• SM: Is short for "Scarlet Monastery".
• Strat: Is short for "Stratholme". (Can be paired with Living/Scarlet or UD(for Undead))
• Tank: A player that can take hits and gain aggro of mobs.
• TB: Is short for "Thunderbluff".
TBC: Is short for "The Burning Crusade," the expansion pack going live 1/17/07
• ST or Temple: Is short for "The Temple of Atal'Hakkar."
• Train: Train or training is when someone pulls a group of monsters past another player, causing them to get attacked. Please do not confuse this acronym with the training you do at your own class trainer.
• UBRS: Is short for "Upper Blackrock Spire".
• UC: Is short for "Undercity".
• Uld: Is short for "Uldaman".
• VC: Stands for Van Cleef and is used to refer to "The Deadmines".
• WC: Is short for "Wailing Caverns".
• WoW: World of Warcraft
• WTB: Is short for "Want To Buy". Usually used on the Auction channel. Example: "WTB stack of 10 light leather"
• WTS: Is short for "Want To Sell".
• WTT: Is short for "Want To Trade".
• XP: Is short for "Experience Points".
• ZF: Is short for "Zul'Farrak".

Taken from the Official WoW site, this is very likely to gain quite a few new ones in a week with the release of TBC! I added a few and modded a few to the way I know them best...

Source (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01640p)

Battlegrounds:

AV: Alterac Valley
AB: Arathi Basin
BG: Battleground
WSG: Warsong Gulch

And guys....feel free to add more!

[Foonyak]

This may or may not be used in-game but I've seen OFC used here on the forums and have asked about it. No one have given me an answer (that I've seen) as to what this stands for. Any ideas, Stigg?

[Cychwyn]

OFC = Of course? Do you have a context to put it in?

[Stigg]

This may or may not be used in-game but I've seen OFC used here on the forums and have asked about it. No one have given me an answer (that I've seen) as to what this stands for. Any ideas, Stigg?

Of Course I know what OFC stands for :) There are other "fun" ways to put OFC together to mean "of course"....but thats left to the imagination :)

[Foonyak]

Well now, ofc, I feel like an idiot. I feel a rant coming on.

[Stigg]

Its understandable, a lot of terms and acronyms used in WoW are from textspeak, and seeing as how a good portion of the older players don't use textspeak (AIM hasn't been around THAT long...) it gets kind of confusing.

Such as QQ. Quit Crying? Cry More? Teardrops? Where did THAT come from? I'll put money on, in the near future, somebody comes up with a way to condense Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious into 3 letters....

[Foonyak]

A friend told me QQ resembles tears coming from a pair of eyeballs. And for the most part, I can understand acronyms having a great use in such an environment such as the in-game chat channels.

But we're not in-game now. Onyxia isn't waiting around the corner, ready to fry and flay the next chump who pokes his nose out. These forums don't move that fast, nor are they a high-pressure situation like an end-game raid instance. Most of us are wasting time at work or school. Does it really take that much longer to type "of course" than "ofc"? When did we get so lazy, and why? *I knew I felt a rant coming on*

It's just like Stealth Assasin (no offense intended, you were just the first example that popped into my head) said, "i can type proper i just choose not to". So instead of taking a moment of effort and typing properly, we're choosing to be lazy and, consequently, incomprehensible simply because typing out a few more letters will take too much time away from our alloted time to waste. I get it now.

[/rantquit] Sorry for that, sometimes I'm very easily frustrated.

[Stigg]

I agree. I use two textspeaks when I talk. ZOMG and wtfpwnd. And I only use them because I think they are funny looking and sounding :) "lol" on occasion....but most of the time thats used to mean "I would type haha" but Im fighting and my hotkeys are closer to lol.

Or a type the textspeak to make fun of somebody/something. Like if I were to type in guild chat "ZOMG u n00b! wtf did joo do-lasaurus?" Nobody (including myself) would take me seriously....and those occasions are best saved for circumstances when somebody takes the wrong fligthpath...in an attempt to lighten the mood.
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[shifttusk]

Awesome post Stigg, I would have loved to have this a few months ago.

[Stigg]

Thanks oh invisible power *cough V.A. cough* for editing the post!

[Buffyanne]

I agree. I use two textspeaks when I talk. ZOMG and wtfpwnd. And I only use them because I think they are funny looking and sounding :)

Yeah I do use ZOMG but only because it makes me laugh because it's so silly.

On another note, I have seen people use CC on these forums before and I honestly have no idea what that means...I of course now can't think of any context it was used in, hopefully one of you will have some idea what I'm talking about ;)

[larissa]

Just a couple I happen to know, from browsing the forums the last little while and just being a relative newbie and asking what terms mean in-game. :grin:

CC: Crowd Control, an ability or spell used to limit the number of mobs you fight at once, such as a rogue's Sap or mage's Polymorph.
Sheep: Another term for the mage's Polymorph spell, based on the appearance of its effect.
Imp: In regards to talents, short for Improved.
Spec: Short for Specification or Specialization (I'm not actually sure, those are all I can think of for what it stands for). Used in terms of defining the more specialized role of your character, depending on how you spent talent points, i.e. Holy Priest with the bulk of talent points in the Holy talent tree.


~~~Larissa

[Stigg]

larissa,

Wonderful job! If any other newcomers read something that they don't understand, please feel free to post! 99.99999% chance somebody on this forum knows what it will mean!

[Justinledwards]

Great job, GG and QQ always had me puzzled

One thing. I was in westfall the other day helping out a friend and saw on general LF1M DM and whispered "Sure would love to come along"

Then realised where I was :-)

DM: Is short for "Dire Maul" or "Dead Mines"

[Stigg]

Very true Justin. I have always referred to DeadMines as VC, but I do know of players that do use DM for deadmines and DMW/DMN/etc. for Diremaul and specifying which they want to do.

IRL - In real life
IIRC - If I remember correctly
IM(H)O - In my (Humble) Opinion

[larissa]

larissa,

Wonderful job! If any other newcomers read something that they don't understand, please feel free to post! 99.99999% chance somebody on this forum knows what it will mean!

:blush: Thank you! I'm always a bit nervous coming into an established community like this, especially if I'm offering information ... what if I get it wrong! :hide: (and yes, I like smilies! :grin: )

A few more came to me:

EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
WPL: Western Plaguelands
STV: Stranglethorn Vale
SW: Stormwind


~~~Larissia - trying to figure out how to make a sig

[Stigg]

:blush: Thank you! I'm always a bit nervous coming into an established community like this, especially if I'm offering information ... what if I get it wrong! :hide: (and yes, I like smilies! :grin: )

A few more came to me:

EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
WPL: Western Plaguelands
STV: Stranglethorn Vale
SW: Stormwind


~~~Larissia - trying to figure out how to make a sig

Wrong wrong wrong. 100% WRONG!

Just kidding. Excellent work again! I think that if you keep up with posts similar to the ones your providing, everybody will <3 you. adn If joo strt tlking LIEK tis, we will </3 you!

You have to be a paying member to get the signature. Its surprisingly cheap!
Link (http://forums.worldofwar.net/payments.php)

[bwirum]

You have to be a paying member to get the signature. Its surprisingly cheap!
Link (http://forums.worldofwar.net/payments.php)
Not to mention supportive!

[Clavina]

i sometimes say lol in real life instead of laughing (i feel really stupid afterwards as well) :embarassed:

[Stigg]

i sometimes say lol in real life instead of laughing (i feel really stupid afterwards as well) :embarassed:

When you say it do you say it as "lawl" or "el oh el"?

[Clavina]

say it like it sounds, lol not el oh el

[EdvinMedvind]

Min/maxing - Minimizing your character's unfavourable traits and maximizing its favourable traits to an extreme degree. Also used about optimising class destribution in raids.
EJ - Elitist Jerks. US based horde guild that hosts one of the best forums about WoW.
Trash mob - Mobs in between boss mobs
MT - Main Tank (tanks the boss)
OT - Off tank (tanks the adds), Off topic (in forums)
MA - Main assist (player whose selected mob is supposed to be attacked)
MP - Main puller. Player responsible for aggroing mobs in a controlled fashion and bring them to an area where they can be killed safely.
RL - Raid leader
Wipe - Situation where an entire raid or group dies
GM - Grand Marshal, Game master
HWL - High Warlord
Pot - Potion.
GN - Good night
Lo - Hello

[Tunga]

Interestingly, "Mob" is not short for "Monster". It comes from Mobile Object, a term used in the days of MUDs, where anything that wasn't scenery and could move around was a "Mob" :) . Now it is generally only used to refer to hostile NPCs, originally it could mean freindy ones too, or even items.

Another MUD term is "Proc", short for "Psuedo-random occurance" :) .

Most people don't know the origins of these terms despite using them every day :) .

[Stigg]

I know back from old dice games, Proc was used to mean Percent rate on Crit.

i.e. if you crit, you then had to pass the proc midifier to see if the proc would occur.

[larissa]

Wrong wrong wrong. 100% WRONG!

Eep! On no! I'll go back to lurking! :hide:

Just kidding. Excellent work again! I think that if you keep up with posts similar to the ones your providing, everybody will <3 you.

Oooh, I like that! :heart:

adn If joo strt tlking LIEK tis, we will </3 you!

That cuz u dont no i r teh ubers!!!one11! Noob!

Gah ... no ... could certainly not be like that. I'm a writer and an editor, l33tspeak makes me cringe, in all honesty. The only time I appreciate it is when used in jest, which is the only time I ever, EVER use it.

It I ever start going l33t and not for a laugh, please just put me out of my misery! :grin:

You have to be a paying member to get the signature. Its surprisingly cheap!
Link (http://forums.worldofwar.net/payments.php)

Ah! That would explain it then ... hmm, I shall look into it, but funds are tight, especially with TBC just around the corner. Oh, it had better come in on time or there'll be some hurting, that's all I have to say! :laugh:

Thanks again for the encouragement. I unfortunately have no other terms to define right now, so hope this isn't too OT.

~~~Larissa

[Ewarwoowar]

What do ZOMG and wtfpwnd mean?

[Stigg]

ZOMG = OMG = Oh my god. The Z is just added for effect.

wtfpwned = What the freak (wtf) destroyed/obliterated/owned (pwned). the p is used to make it l33tspeak.

Now lets put them together:

"ZOMG! I just wtfpwned joo!"

Say that and you make friends REAL quick.

Oh....and "joo" = you. Although I never liked the use of that....it sounds like jew....and I don't like bringing religion into games :P

[Kisark]

Thanks for the post, I had most of them figured out and you helped fill in the blanks..one or two of them I had guessed what they were and was wrong :(

The real disturbing thing is coming from another game some of the acronyms/shorthand means something wayyyy different in that game. (yes, text based Dragonrealms player here)

[Stigg]

MT - Mistell

Somebody up there said MT - Main tank....I doubt there will be too much confusion between "MT pick it up!"

[DraedynLei]

What do ZOMG and wtfpwnd mean?

if you're curious, its pwned due to a typo in a war3 custom map. people started using it instead of "owned" and now we're stuck with it. if you've seen "make love, not warcraft" on south park, its just plain silly to use in real life, but hilarious nonetheless. :P

[Foonyak]

Not really an acronym, but when there are a few numbers at the end of a very short post, they are just there to meet the 10 character requirment for each post. Here's (http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthread.php?t=386411) an example from another thread, post #5. Correct.90

[Stigg]

lol4567890

Good call foonyak.
/tloc - Used instead of Coordinates.

[DraedynLei]

oh also, its used everywhere, but not necessarily a WoW specific thing

ftw = for the win
like in hollywood squares, used for enthusiasm or emphasis

"who you like better, horde or alliance"
"alliance FTW!"

[Kisark]

Ok, wtf does FoTM mean?

[DraedynLei]

flavor of the month, at least thats what i always thought it meant

[Finnwicket]

We need one class specific, cause half of the posts I read for Warlock- I dont have a clue. And by the waym VERY helpful site! Great job. I have scouring the web for hours- and not real good help out there.

[Kisark]

Okay..on the official forums I saw QFT...racking the brain..nothing.

[Foonyak]

Quoted for truth
or
Quit *freakin* trying/talking

[larissa]

We need one class specific, cause half of the posts I read for Warlock- I dont have a clue. And by the waym VERY helpful site! Great job. I have scouring the web for hours- and not real good help out there.

We could make Class specific ones. A lot of the acronyms for classes are just the talents and spells. If you play the class long enough, the acronyms are usually evident, but to new players or those not familiar with the class, it's just a mess of gobbly-gook :laugh:

I could look into doing a Priestly one, since that's the only class I really know well enough to try.

Okay..on the official forums I saw QFT...racking the brain..nothing.

QFT = Quoted For Truth (though personally I've heard it meant Quite Fing True :grin: ). Basically you strongly agree with someone's previous statement, usually after you quote them.

~~~Larissa

[Stigg]

I could do a mage one!

i think that is a brilliant idea!

[larissa]

I could do a mage one!

i think that is a brilliant idea!

Post here, or new threads?

Actually, I'm starting to get inspired in trying my hand at a newbie Priest guide. Sort of a bit more indepth to the threads here already giving an idea on all the classes, but just for priests. The thing is, I don't know Shadow all that well, so not sure I'm totally up for the job ... but willing to try! :laugh:

~~~Larissa

[Stigg]

Let's do it here...we can possibly recruit players from each of their well-known classes and get all of them through. Of course, if you are writing a priest guide, you can always throw that in there!

And don't be concerned with not knowing shadow spec...I barely new fire when I wrote mine...and you can always ask for a second writer that does know shadow :P

[larissa]

Let's do it here...we can possibly recruit players from each of their well-known classes and get all of them through. Of course, if you are writing a priest guide, you can always throw that in there!

And don't be concerned with not knowing shadow spec...I barely new fire when I wrote mine...and you can always ask for a second writer that does know shadow :P

Okay!

Look for Larissa's Priestly Guide in the next few days or so!!

:grin:

~~~Larissa

[Juicyfroot]

And another commonly used acronym (yes back to the original topic :p)
Some dont use or know it though, seems to be more common with people who came from other games.

oor - out of range

[Stigg]

Another big one:

LOS - Line of Sight. A technique used to pull mobs closer by "hiding" behind an object so they can not hit your with ranged attacks.

[larissa]

Another big one:

LOS - Line of Sight. A technique used to pull mobs closer by "hiding" behind an object so they can not hit your with ranged attacks.

Oh yes, that is a big one ... and a different meaning for priests. To be healed, you have to be in range and in our LOS! So many times I've been half-way through a heal and the target runs around a corner ... *sighs*

:grin:

~~~Larissia

[Gromm]

Hi All,

First time post here, I liked what I read on these forums and thought I'd take the plunge and join you all, you seemed like such a good bunch! Also, these forums seem like a fantastic place to share info on the game. I have to admit the release of BC has sent my head spinning...

Anyways, just wanted to say hi and also to say that I too have found myself saying 'lol' in real life by accident..>!!!!

[Your Average WoW Player]

Gonna add a few BC things here:

New BC Instances:
HFC: Hellfire Citadel:
--HFR: Hellfire Ramparts
--BF: The Blood Furnaces
--SH: The Shattered Halls
--Mag: Magtheridon's Layer

CFR: Coilfang Reservoir:
--SP: The Slave Pens
--UB: The Underbog
--SV: The Steamvault
--Serpent: Serpentshrine Cavern

If anyone has anything to add to the dungeons, please do so.

A few misc items:
Belfs: Blood Elfs
Nelfs: Night Elfs
Cows: Tauren
UD: Undead

Class Abbreviations:
Locks: Warlocks
Pallies: Paladins
Shammies: Shamans
War: Warriors
Bear: Ferel-specced Tank oriented Druid
Owls: Balance Spec Druid
Tree: Resto Spec Druid
Cat: Ferel-specced DPS oriented Druid
Hunts: Hunters

Spec abbreviations:
BM: Beastmastery Spec (Hunters)
MM: Marksmenship Spec (Hunters)
Prot: Protection Spec (Warriors and Paladins)
Resto: Resotration Spec (Shamans and Druids)

[DraedynLei]

A few misc items:
Belfs: Blood Elfs
Nelfs: Night Elfs


I've always heard Night Elves called "NE's." since the warcraft 3 days. And now I just called Blood Elves "BE's."

[Clavina]

Not really acronyms as such, but there are a lot of ways to refer to paladins that I certainly found confusing until I did some research...

Tankadin: A paladin who is specced and geared to be a main or secondary tank. A main tank Tankadin usually goes deep into Protection but offtanks often only go lightly into it to gain Inp. Righteous Fury.

Healadin: A paladin who is specced and geared to be a primary healer. A Healadin always spends at least some of their points in Holy but most often to get most of the talents.

Holydin: A paladin who specces deeply into the Holy tree. While more than capable at healing, a Holyadin is also focused on increasing their damage output through spell damage.

Shockadin: A paladin who is specced and geared to produce large amounts of Burst damage. OR A Paladin who is focused on producing large amounts of spell damage. (not entirely sure on which of these is right.)

Procudin: A Paladin focused on producing much of their damage through reactive means by using such tools as Retribution Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary, Holy Shield, and Shield Spikes.

Dpsadin: A paladin who has focused their talents and gear on producing damage. Similar to a Retnoob but with a different connotation.

Retadin: A Paladin who has specced heavily into Retribution but not solely for increasing damage.

Retnoob: A paladin who has (usually) specced Retribution and focuses entirely for damage even at the cost of their other aspects (mana pool, survivability, healing capability). Beyond gimping their other abilities, Retnoobs usually ignore them and often do not heal/bless/aid their allies and almost excusivly heal themselves. This term has a large negative connotation.

Protadin: a paladin who has specced heavily into Protection but not solely for increasing threat and Tanking prowess.

Loladin: a term referring to our perceived gimped state.

Whineadin: a term that refers to the state of the official paladin forums (primarily before the new forums) and the cesspool nature of its content almost entirely consisting of whining paladins.

Critadin: A paladin specced and geared primarily to increase their chance to crit. A critadin is almost always a Retribution specced paladin in order to take advantage of the Vengence mechanic.

Noobadin: a paladin who is new and/or inexperienced in the paladin mechanics and functions.

Belfadin: A term describing paladins of the blood elf race (officially known as Blood Knights)

[Stigg]

YAWP, thanks for that! I'm getting so tired of writing out all the instance names over and over!

Clavina - very nicely done! One question - how is any pally anywhere whining? And you forgot one -

Bubblehearthadin - The pally that even after getting it down to 1% health for the fifth time will bubble hearth home.

[Clavina]

YAWP, thanks for that! I'm getting so tired of writing out all the instance names over and over!

Clavina - very nicely done! One question - how is any pally anywhere whining? And you forgot one -

Bubblehearthadin - The pally that even after getting it down to 1% health for the fifth time will bubble hearth home.

I think whineadin is a bit of an old one now. It's a reference to the official paladin forums specifically before they got their class review.

I wasn't even gonna put it in but figured I might as well

[DIEHARDER]

Very nice and helpful. BTW what does MT stand for?

[Your Average WoW Player]

Very nice and helpful. BTW what does MT stand for?

Main Tank-The Main Tank is a position in an instance run, or a group that keeps the monsters attacking them (aggro) while the rest of the group takes the heat. This is USUALLY done by Prot(ection) spec Warriors, Feral spec Druids, or Prot spec Paladins.
On a side note, there's also OT which is Off Tank, which is a position in a group instance run that will take aggro if the Main Tank is dead, has too much aggro, or is almost dead. In raid instances, there are often a couple of MTs and several OTs.
or
Miss Tell, but usally people just use "Miss" for that, meaning they whispered to the wrong person.

[Kerosene]

personally, my favorite is OOMkin - out of mana-kin (play on moonkin)

[DIEHARDER]

Main Tank-The Main Tank is a position in an instance run, or a group that keeps the monsters attacking them (aggro) while the rest of the group takes the heat. This is USUALLY done by Prot(ection) spec Warriors, Feral spec Druids, or Prot spec Paladins.
On a side note, there's also OT which is Off Tank, which is a position in a group instance run that will take aggro if the Main Tank is dead, has too much aggro, or is almost dead. In raid instances, there are often a couple of MTs and several OTs.
or
Miss Tell, but usally people just use "Miss" for that, meaning they whispered to the wrong person.

Thanks for clearing that up. I plan on being a MT or something of the sort. BTW, what is Feral Druid or Prot Pally's and Warriors? Is it something you get to choose to be while doing character creation?

[larissa]

Thanks for clearing that up. I plan on being a MT or something of the sort. BTW, what is Feral Druid or Prot Pally's and Warriors? Is it something you get to choose to be while doing character creation?

Yes, each class has three Talent Trees, which are specialized areas that define each class. A Druid has a Feral, Balance and Restoration tree. Paladins have Holy, Protection and Retribution trees. If you put most of your Talent points towards one particular tree, you are considered 'specced' for that. So a Feral Druid is heavily invested in the Feral tree, a Prot(ection) Paladin or Warrior in their Protection tree. In all three cases, they're basically saying "I tank" (though a Feral Druid can have a pretty high dps in cat form, from what I understand).

~~~Larissa

[Your Average WoW Player]

Yes, each class has three Talent Trees, which are specialized areas that define each class. A Druid has a Feral, Balance and Restoration tree. Paladins have Holy, Protection and Retribution trees. If you put most of your Talent points towards one particular tree, you are considered 'specced' for that. So a Feral Druid is heavily invested in the Feral tree, a Prot(ection) Paladin or Warrior in their Protection tree. In all three cases, they're basically saying "I tank" (though a Feral Druid can have a pretty high dps in cat form, from what I understand).

~~~Larissa

Yep nailed it on the head.

The differene between a Cat Druid and Bear Druid is the equipment the Druid has on, as all of the Feral talents beneifit something as a bear and something as a cat. So if someone is a Cat Druid, he's geared more like a Rogue in terms of stat upgrades and such, and someone who is a Bear Druid is geared more like a Warrior in terms of stat upgrades and such.

[Your Average WoW Player]

Gonna add another one here, more of a WoW specific, but for all I know it could have spread to another MMORPG:

Leeroy'd: The act of ignoring a battleplan in any instance and/or running into a sticky area before anyone else that usually results in a total wipe. Based off the Leeroy Jenkins (http://www.break.com/index/leeroy.html) incident about a year or so ago at this point.

[Daggermaniac]

What is a Pug?

[pincopiones]

I read the 6 pages trayin to found a couple of words with no luck, may assist me?:
PUG
QQ
laf -> i guess is this used instead of "lol" or "lmao"

[SLUGFly]

pug = pick up group... It means forming a party with strangers or even if it's within your guild or people you know it's just sort of making a party on the fly. If people type QQ then they're probably making an asian kind of smiley face, like these:

^.^ // L.L // -.- // o.0 // @.@

I know those aren't strictly asian but I've seen them used way more by asians than westerners. And "laf" I've never seen before, but I guess you're prolly right that it's the same as "lol".

[Kisark]

QQ is a term used for quit crying as the Q looks like an eye with a tear.

[Gilbster]

What does Twink mean?

I keep seeing it all over this forum, but just cant quite work it out.

[larissa]

What does Twink mean?

I keep seeing it all over this forum, but just cant quite work it out.

It's sort of difficult to define, but basically a twink is someone who goes all out to get the best equipment, enchants, etc. they can possibly get for their level. The most common are those around level 18 and 19, who battle it out in the battlegrounds. It's quite possible to be so powerfully decked out that you can literally kill another player with one hit. Motivations for this vary, from those who like the challenge of trying to squeeze in that extra few points of damage and survivability into their character, to those who just want to steamroll over ill-equipped character of their relative level.

~~~Larissa

[Drakkor]

What is Bot or Botting ?
From reading here I take it to be a bad thing, but don't know what it is.
Great post BTW.

[Aerath]

Bot, from 'robot', a character being run by an automated program, requiring little to no input from the owner and allowing it to run around gathering gold/resources/experience/honour unattended.

I'm sure you can see the reason why it's banned.

[Drakkor]

kk ty :-)

[Kald]

My first post and I cant believe you missed this one.

I'm (reasonably) reliably informed that w00t! is short for 'want one of those!'

[DraedynLei]

we never claimed to be thorough :)

[Pipkin]

:embarassed: Little help - what's with the word "bubble" in regard to paladins?

I realize "bubble" is, by no means, an acronym - but I'm still clueless. :cry:

[larissa]

:embarassed: Little help - what's with the word "bubble" in regard to paladins?

I realize "bubble" is, by no means, an acronym - but I'm still clueless. :cry:

Paladins gain the ability called Divine Shield (I think, not positive on that), which encases them in holy light, and makes them immune to all attacks for a very short period of time. In a sense, it's the ultimate protection, and often allows a Paladin to heal themselves or escape by hearthing (which has it's own 'affectionate' term of Bubblehearth). The graphical representation of this is a glowing ovoid sphere which surrounds the Paladin, appearing much like a bubble, hence the name.

Priests are beginning to take on this term as well, as they have a similar appearing spell in Power Word: Shield, which absorbs damage done to it up to a certain amount or 30 seconds, whichever comes first. So in effect, it's a weaker version of the Paladin bubble, and so the term has been appropriated by Priests as well.

Mages have similar abilities in Iceblock and Mana Shield, but I have not heard the term apply to either of those abilities yet.

~~~Larissa

[Pipkin]

Ah! Thank you kindly, Larissa, for the clarification of the term.

[Kerosene]

uhhh what does IMBA stand for?

[Your Average WoW Player]

uhhh what does IMBA stand for?

I don't think it stands for anything, but it's another way of Uber, Imba/uber they both mean the same thing. IE: Newbies always ask for the most 1337 imba/uber class to play.

I could be wrong though.:ponder:

[Kald]

uhhh what does IMBA stand for?

Imbalanced

Every class thinks that another class is IMBA. (Warlocks imo :wink: )

K

[Your Average WoW Player]

I stand corrected.

[Miramis]

I have no clue whether or not this is an acronym but.. here goes anyways. Always in towns I see the following in trade chat.. "Enchants XX for free, you bring the mats". Right.. just to show what a newbie I still am.. what is "mats"??

[Clavina]

I have no clue whether or not this is an acronym but.. here goes anyways. Always in towns I see the following in trade chat.. "Enchants XX for free, you bring the mats". Right.. just to show what a newbie I still am.. what is "mats"??

mats is short for materials, as in the materials needed to craft something with a tradeskill :azn:

[Miramis]

Ohhhhhh... should have been able to figure that one out :embarassed: Thanks a lot for clearing that out for me! :smiley:

[Katrala]

What about PATs?

[Astross]

pats = short for "patrols"

mobs that follow a certain path and 'patrol' an area.

[larissa]

What about PATs?

Can you give a context for this term?

The only thing I can think of is during an instance run. Some mobs move about in a pattern, patrolling the area. If they get to close, they will aggro onto your group and attack, oftentimes when you're engaging a group of mobs already. These patrols are commonly abbreviated to 'pats' or just 'pat'. It's normally used to inform/remind everyone to keep an eye out for the patrollers in case they add into your fight.

Patrols often respawn more quickly in instances as well, so you have to watch out for them if you are running back after a death or wipe.

~~~Larissa

[Your Average WoW Player]

As far as I know, Pats is just short for Patrols. Never heard it used anyway else.

[chulet]

Wow (or WoW)! No more staying awake at night wondering what on earth imba and proc meant. I mean, I knew what it meant for my frostbite to proc, but not what it MEANT. And the imba thing...kind of got it, but not really. And no they didn't really keep me awake at night, but they did cause me some puzzled moments during my many lurking sessions on this wonderful website. Great thread!

[WhoShilo]

very nice and simple guide. This is a good mirror for when worldofwarcraft.com is loading slower than molasses!

[Ashenshugra]

I admit I did not read every post to see if PuG was listed, but did not find it on the first few pages. What does it mean? Also AoE? (i thought area of effect, but have seen it used where that doesnt make sense)
And Im pretty much lost on most endgame acronymns. Got a few months before I need to be too concrened about that though.

[piscene]

PUG is a Pick Up Group...a group of strangers who do an instance together.

[Your Average WoW Player]

I admit I did not read every post to see if PuG was listed, but did not find it on the first few pages. What does it mean? Also AoE? (i thought area of effect, but have seen it used where that doesnt make sense)
And Im pretty much lost on most endgame acronymns. Got a few months before I need to be too concrened about that though.

As far as I know, Area of Effect is the only meaning for AoE. As for end game things, what do you mean? IE: Dungeon acryonyms, area acryonyms what?

[Ashenshugra]

^^
One refernece I recall seeing AoE was "when your AoE grinding". Now I suppose you could say your AoE grinding and mean using AoE spells to kill mobs, but it did make me question whether I knew for sure what it meant. And yes to the Dungeon acryonyms for the most part. Just about to ding 55 and because of my smithing obcession Ive missed out on a lot of instances. Im not too well versed the geography and in chat you see a lot of lfm for bdm, zf, etc. Finally figured most of that out though. Due to the constant farming and smithing I havent quested since DMs. True. I read a lot of posts referring to areas I have no idea where they are even located. Im sure when the time comes Ill figure it out. Hanging up the smithing hammer for a bit.

[ultramyst]

My first post and I cant believe you missed this one.

I'm (reasonably) reliably informed that w00t! is short for 'want one of those!'

Since this one was never addressed, I will come out and say that I have never heard it as an accronym. I think its just l337 for the all popular "Woo Hoo". On further reflection this would seem to be a portmanteau of the archaic phrase: "What a Hoot". Of course the urban dictionary has plenty of other choices for you to ponder :afro:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=w00t&page=1

[Foonyak]

FSVO??

See Moopy's post here (http://forums.worldofwar.net/showpost.php?p=3950041&postcount=5) for reference.

[Rysteranch]

What does "<3" and "</3" mean? I've seen them several times in the forums, but can't quite figure them out. :shocked:

[Foonyak]

Ryste, that's "heart" and "broken heart".

[Murmuring]

Trying really hard not to be thick, but what is "Rap" as in:

"I have 2K Rap (selfbuff)." - used in a discussion on DPS.

Edit - Okay, I think I'm no longer thick - only if its "Ranged Attack Power" of course.

[larissa]

Newly compiled list of the above, plus newly added ones.

General terms and abbreviations:

• Add: Will usually refer to any additional monsters that have started fighting your group after you are already engaged in combat. For example, if you are fighting a bear and half way through the battle a wolf comes along and begins attacking you, this would be considered an "add".
• AFK: Away From Keyboard. You can active the AFK flag on your character by typing /afk in the chat line. It also automatically activates if your character is idle for an extended period of time
• Aggro: This refers to aggressive actions against a player. If a monster turns and attacks you, you have gained aggro.
• AH: Auction House. This is where you can sell and buy items from other players of your same faction (and opposite factions at Gadgetzan).
• AOE: "Area of Effect". This is when a spell can affect all targets in an area instead of being directed at a single target. Blizzard, Frost Nova, and Hellfire are all examples of AOE spells.
• AP: Attack Power
• BE, Belf: Blood Elf
• Bear: Ferel-specced Tank-oriented Druid
• BG: Battleground
• BM: Beastmastery spec Hunter
• BoE: Bind On Equip. This means that when you equip the item, it will no longer be tradable to another player and can only be sold to a vendor.
• BoP: Bind On Pickup. This means that when you loot the item from the monster, it will no longer be tradable to another player and can only be sold to a vendor.
• Bot: Robot. A character being run by an automated program, requiring little to no input from the owner and allowing it to run around gathering gold/resources/experience/honour unattended.
• Bubble: Paladin ability called Divine Shield, which makes them immune to all attacks for a very short period of time.
• Bubblehearth: A tactic used by Paladins to escape being killed, in which they cast Divine Shield to make themselves immune to damage, and use their Hearthstone to teleport to a safe location.
• Buff: A spell cast on a player, pet, or mob which enhances a specific statistic for a set time period. Spells such as "Mark of the Wild" and "Power Word: Fortitude" are examples of buffs.
• Cat, Kitty: Feral spec DPS-oriented Druid
• CC: Crowd Control. An ability or spell used to limit the number of mobs you fight at once, such as a rogue's Sap or mage's Polymorph.
• Cow: Tauren
• De-Buff: A spell cast on a player, pet, or mob which places a negative effect on a specific statistic for a set time period. Spells such as "Demoralizing Shout" and "Curse of Weakness" are examples of de-buffs.
• DoT: Damage Over Time. This refers to a spell or effect that slowly deals damage over an extended period of time, rather than all at once.
• DPS: Damage Per Second. Refers to the amount of damage a player can do in 1 second.
• FOTM: Flavor of the Month. Term used to describe the 'favoured' class in the constant 'Which class is best' discussions.
• FTL: For the Lose
• FTW: For the Win
• GG: "Good Game" and "Good Going" depending on the context in which it is used. If you happen to save a party member, someone might say "GG" meaning good going. If you beat some one in a duel, the other person might say "GG" meaning good game.
• GL: Guild Leader
• GM: Game Master. These are the ingame customer support people.
• GM: Grand Marshal
• GM: Guild Master
• HoT: Heal Over Time. This refers to a spell or effect that slowly heals damage over an extended period of time, rather than all at once.
• HWL: High Warlord
• IIRC - If I remember correctly
• IMBA: Imbalanced
• IM(H)O - In my (Humble) Opinion
• Imp: Improved, in regards to talents.
• IRL - In Real Life
• KS: Kill Stealing. This occurs in games when another player or group attacks a mob that you are already fighting in order to get the experience or items from it.
• l33t: Elite. Term once used to describe someone who was extremely good with computers or hackers. Now used to describe anyone with superior skill.
• LFG: Looking For Group
• LFM: Looking For More
• Lock: Warlock
• LoS: Line of Sight. Most ranged spells and abilities require that your character can actually see the target (i.e. not behind a wall, out of sight). A technique used to pull mobs closer by "hiding" behind an object so they can not hit your with ranged attacks.
• MA: Main Assist. Player whose selected mob is supposed to be attacked
• Mats: Materials
• Pat: Patrol
• MM: Marksmanship spec Hunter
• MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. In an MMORPG, thousands of players exist in the same game world at the same time. This creates an incredibly rich and active environment in which interesting things are constantly taking place. MMORPGs provide thousands of hours of game play, with a nearly infinite variety of goals to achieve across a vast world covering miles of land and sea. For the World of Warcraft, we will also be adding new content on a regular basis, thus ensuring that there will always be new adventures, new locations, new creatures, and new items to discover.
• Mob: Monster. Used to describe creatures that you kill in the game aside from other players.
• Moonkin, Boomkin, Owl: Balance spec Druid
• MP: Main Puller. Player responsible for aggroing mobs in a controlled fashion and bring them to an area where they can be killed safely.
• MT: Main Tank
• MT: Mistell
• NE, Nelf: Night Elf
• NPC: Non-Player Character. These are computer-controlled characters. Quest givers, merchants, inn keepers, etc.
• OFC: Of Course
• OMG: Oh My God
• OMW: On my way
• OOM: Out of Mana
• OOR: Out of Range
• OT: Off Tank
• OT: Off Topic. Used in the forums
• OWN: To thoroughly destroy/obliterate/outdo. More commonly typed 'PWN', with the p being used to make it l33tspeak.
• Pally: Paladin
• Pot: Potion
• Proc: A term used to denote when a special effect of an item randomly triggers or what the special effect of said item does. Proc only refers to a randomly triggered effect that arises from attacking or being hit. If your item has an ability to click it to make it cast a spell 100% on demand, that is not considered a Proc.
• Prot: Protection spec Warrior or Paladin
• PST: Please Send Tell. Meaning whisper the player.
• PUG: Pick Up Group. Forming a party with strangers.
• QFT = Quoted For Truth. Basically you strongly agree with someone's previous statement, usually after you quote.
• QQ. "Quit Crying" or "Cry More". Used to represent eyes with teardrops, and is often used in replies to trolling comments about something a poster feels is unbalanced or unfair to them in the game.
• RAP: Ranged Attack Power
• Resto: Restoration spec Shaman or Druid
• Rez: Resurrection. Bringing a dead character back to life without releasing to a graveyard.
• RL: Raid Leader
• RL: Real Life
• Shammy: Shaman
• Sheep: Another term for the mage's Polymorph spell, based on the appearance of its effect.
• Spec: "Specification" or "Specialization". Used in terms of defining the more specialized role of your character, depending on how you spent talent points, i.e. Holy Priest with the bulk of talent points in the Holy talent tree.
• Tank: A player that can take hits and gain aggro of mobs.
• TBC: The Burning Crusade. The first expansion pack released 1/17/07
• Train: Train or training is when someone pulls a group of monsters past another player, causing them to get attacked. Please do not confuse this acronym with the training you do at your own class trainer.
• Trash mob: Mobs in between boss mobs within an instance
• Tree: Restoration spec Druid
• Twink: A player who goes all out to get the best equipment, enchants, etc. they can possibly get for their level.
• UD: Undead
• War: Warrior
• Wipe: Situation where an entire raid or group dies.
• WoW: World of Warcraft
• WTB: Want To Buy. Usually used on the Trade channel. Example: "WTB stack of 10 light leather"
• WTF: What the Freak (or stronger term). Used when someone disagrees with another's comment to the point that they cannot belief it was said.
• WTS: Want To Sell
• WTT: Want To Trade
• XP: Experience Points
• ZOMG: Oh My God, with the Z is just added for effect

Location specific abbreviations:

• AB: Arathi Basin. Battleground.
• AQ20: Ahn'Quiraj. 20-person raid instance.
• AQ40: Ahn'Quiraj. 40-person raid instance.
• Arc: The Arcatraz, Tempest Keep. 5-person instance.
• AV: Alterac Valley. Battleground.
• BB: Booty Bay
• BEM: Blade's Edge Mountains
• BF: The Blood Furnace. 5-person instance.
• BFD: Blackfathom Deeps. 5-person instance.
• BM: The Black Morass. 5-person instance.
• Bot: The Botanica, Tempest Keep. 5-person instance.
• BRD: Blackrock Depths. 5-person instance.
• BRS: Blackrock Spire
• BWL: Blackwing Lair. 40-person raid instance.
• CFR: Coilfang Reservoir
• CoT: Caverns of Time
• Crypts: Auchenai Crypts, Auchinduon. 5-person instance.
• DM: Dire Maul. 5-person instances. Usually followed by wing: East, North or West.
• DS: Darkshore or Darkshire
• EotS: Eye of the Storm. Battleground.
• EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
• GZ: Gadgetzan
• HFC: Hellfire Citadel
• HFR: Hellfire Ramparts. 5-person instance.
• IF: Ironforge
• Kara: Karazhan. 10-person raid instance.
• LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire. 5-person instance.
• LS: Lakeshire
• Mag: Magtheridon's Layer. 25-person raid instance.
• Mara: Maraudon. 5-person instance.
• MC: Molten Core. 40-person raid instance.
• Mech: The Mechanar. 5-person instance.
• MH: Menethil Harbor
• Naxx: Naxxramas. 40-person raid instance.
• Ony: Onyxia's Lair. 40-person raid instance.
• ORG: Orgrimmar
• RFC: Ragefire Chasm. 5-person instance.
• RFD: Razorfen Downs. 5-person instance.
• RFK: Razorfen Kraul. 5-person instance.
• RR: Redridge
• Scholo: Scholomance. 5-person instance.
• SFK: Shadowfang Keep. 5-person instance.
• SH: The Shattered Halls. 5-person instance.
• Setthek: Setthek Halls, Auchinduon. 5-person instance.
• SL: Shadow Labyrinth, Auchinduon. 5-person instance.
• SM: Scarlet Monastery. 5-person instances. Often paired one of the wings: Graveyard, Library, Armoury or Cathedral.
• SMV: Shadowmoon Valley
• SP: The Slave Pens. 5-person instance.
• SSC, Serpent: Serpentshrine Cavern. 25-person raid instance.
• ST or Temple: The Temple of Atal'Hakkar. 5-person instance.
• Stock: Stockades. 5-person instance.
• Strat: Stratholme. 5-person instance. Often paired with Living/Scarlet or UD/Dead.
• STV: Stranglethorn Vale
• SV: The Steamvault. 5-person instance.
• SW: Stormwind
• TB: Thunderbluff
• Tombs: Mana Tombs, Auchinduon. 5-person instance.
• UB: The Underbog. 5-person instance.
• UBRS: Upper Blackrock Spire. 10-person raid instance.
• UC: Undercity
• Uld: Uldaman. 5-person instance.
• VC: Van Cleef. Used to refer to The Deadmines. 5-person instance.
• WC: Wailing Caverns. 5-person instance.
• WPL: Western Plaguelands
• WSG: Warsong Gulch. Battleground.
• ZF: Zul'Farrak. 5-person instance.
• ZG: Zul'Gurub. 20-person raid instance.

[waltorly]

• Proc: A term used to denote when a special effect of an item randomly triggers or what the special effect of said item does. Proc only refers to a randomly triggered effect that arises from attacking or being hit. If your item has an ability to click it to make it cast a spell 100% on demand, that is not considered a Proc.
Should add in there that it comes from "Programmed Random Occurence".
• OWN: To thoroughly destroy/obliterate/outdo. More commonly typed 'PWN', with the p being used to make it l33tspeak.

Own is not an acronym, it's just a missused word. Pwn is a common misspelling of that word because the O and P keys are adjacent to each other.

[ascendedavatar]

k.

Oh....and "joo" = you. Although I never liked the use of that....it sounds like jew....and I don't like bringing religion into games :P[/QUOTE]

And RACE.

[larissa]

k.

Oh....and "joo" = you. Although I never liked the use of that....it sounds like jew....and I don't like bringing religion into games :P

And RACE.

Well, l33t and textspeak are all in their own categories. I don't think it serves well to try defining things like kk, kthnxbai, u, etc., though that's mainly because I don't wish to propogate the mispellings. :grin:

~~~Larissa

[zophine]

TOL:Thinking of Laughing.It replaces your fake "lol" because half the time when someone "lol"'s they arent laughing they are "TOL"

[Zendarin]

TOL:Thinking of Laughing.It replaces your fake "lol" because half the time when someone "lol"'s they arent laughing they are "TOL"

Ummkay. NTOL :grin:

[Nebulus]

Just wondering, but would i have my head chopped of in-game for NOT using acronyms? Like i tend to use hehe in stead of lol, even haha at times. This is rather like picking up a new language, its nice to understand the meanings, at first, but when it comes to using them id rather not without a really really good reason. Like would you consider anyone lame for announcing: Looking for Mage and random for deadmines? Should i use: LfMaRFDM ? yeah first post, and forum seems very nice so might stay around :)

[Aerath]

Not really - it's just a heck of a lot faster to go LF1M DM - Mage

[Shadeslinger]

Yes I agree it's loads quicker to say for example 'OMW' than 'On my way'. You just get used to them and you know the acronym's just as well as the real words. :)

[poopsmcgee]

i didn't see this one on the compiled list. if i missed it sorry, lots of pages lol.

tnl = till next level

20k tnl woot

had some mod at one time that listed that on my xp bar and got me to using it.

[Your Average WoW Player]

Since I really don't feel like digging it out, but on the master acronym list:
The Eye of the Storm refers to two seperate things: A battleground AND a 25 man raid (Tempest Keep's 25 maner)
I've heard "The Eye" as reference to the raid and "EoTS" to refer to the BG. Just an FYI headsup kinda thing. Maybe it varies from server to server...:ponder:

[Zendarin]

Just wondering, but would i have my head chopped of in-game for NOT using acronyms? Like i tend to use hehe in stead of lol, even haha at times. This is rather like picking up a new language, its nice to understand the meanings, at first, but when it comes to using them id rather not without a really really good reason. Like would you consider anyone lame for announcing: Looking for Mage and random for deadmines? Should i use: LfMaRFDM ? yeah first post, and forum seems very nice so might stay around :)

I often spell things out in chat - no one really notices. If you do choose to use an acronym however you really can't just make up your own. An acronym will typically be only 2 or 3 letters unlike your example above - 4 at the most.

I have been playing MMORPG's for many many years and I still see acronyms that make me go HUH? Not just game specific ones either :grin:

[Dreddlok]

OP = original post(er) - in most forums
OP = overpowered - in official warlock forums

QQ people!:tongue:

[crassy]

"Gz" is usually short for "Grats" = "Congratulations"

[MrBCorp]

I just thought I'd correct GG. While it does stand for Good Game, it's meaning is actually "the end of the game". I remember a lot of people used to use it whenever a game of Starcraft ended, we'd all rush to type "gg".

There was a guild called GGSocialLife. A very appropriate name for a hard-core raiding guild IMO.

Also an officer from my guild used this in anger when someone wiped the raid.

[Your Average WoW Player]

GG can also mean "Good going".

[xDarkDrifterx]

I've got one that's not listed as well.

ATM = at the moment

used in a sentence:

"Dude wtf r u doin?"

"I'm at the AH atm hold on . . ."

[DR Blockbuster]

I always like :roflmAo: with a capital A

as in rolling on the floor laughing my A### off


:cool:

[leelaa]

Can someone please explain terms grinding and farming to me??

tnx :)

[moopy]

Meh, this post was full of Fail, delete :)

[Dhoum]

Can someone please explain terms grinding and farming to me?
Grinding - Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for a very long time.

Farm - To repeatedly kill the same monsters or in the same area usually with the purpose of obtaining money or specific items.

Both from http://wow.incgamers.com/wiki/Glossary

Grinding tends to be used with regard to gaining experience, or for fighting mobs that provide some level of threat. Farming tends to be used with regard to obtaining items (eg. leather) from mobs that pose little of no risk to the character.

[leelaa]

Grinding - Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for a very long time.

Farm - To repeatedly kill the same monsters or in the same area usually with the purpose of obtaining money or specific items.

Both from http://wow.incgamers.com/wiki/Glossary

Grinding tends to be used with regard to gaining experience, or for fighting mobs that provide some level of threat. Farming tends to be used with regard to obtaining items (eg. leather) from mobs that pose little of no risk to the character.

Thank you :wave:

[Your Average WoW Player]

Since it's been awhile since this list has been updated, and there have been a few new acronyms since it was last updated, here are some of the new ones:

SWP - SunWell Plateau (25 man raid added with 2.4)
MGT - MaGister's Terrace (5 man instanced added with 2.4)
ZA - Zul'Amen (10 man raid added with 2.3)
WotLK, Wrath - Wrath of the Lich King (2nd Expansion to WoW, currently under development)
DK - Death Knight (First of WoW's hero classes, to be added with WotLK)

[Lilnova]

uhhh what does IMBA stand for?

Imba, Actually stands for:
be.imba.hu

{I believe}

Which is a great site for lvl 70 characters ;)
Helps you know what gear you need to enchant, with what, what gear is low level, your PvE score, and how well you are geared and for which RAID instances. {Yes it also shows if your geared for heroics}

The Raid instances that are shown are:
KARA, Mags, Gruul's, ZA, BT, Sunwell, {eep! i think one more >.<}:embarassed:


/muah
:heart:
--NOVA

[MrBCorp]

Imba, Actually stands for:
be.imba.hu

{I believe}

Er, ok.

According to this site it means imbalanced:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=imba


GG can also mean "Good going".

Ok, sure. Never heard it thought. :smiley:


I have yet to work out what >.< and >_< are meant to convey (as well as all the other "faces" Asians use). Although I have worked out to ignore all the lah leh lor and liao's (or whatever). Apparently they are just sounds. "Go back entrance lah" etc.


PST: Is short for “Please Send Tell” meaning whisper the player.

Thought I would highlight this one since I've seen so many "LF <some item> POST me" and "LF <some item> please psst me".

[surodat]

I always thought PST was, phonetically, a whisper sound.

New Dungeons!

UK - Utgarde Keep
Nex - The Nexus
AZN - Azjol Nerub
ANK - Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
DTK - Drak'Tharon Keep
VH - Violet Hold
GUN - Gundrak
HoS - Halls of Stone
HoL - Halls of Lightning
? - Oculus
Culling (CoS?) - Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme
UP - Utgarde Pinnacle

[odinsnephew]

Death knight ones from Official forums:

PS = Plague Strike
IT = Icy Touch
SS = Scourge Strike
DC = Death Coil
DnD = Death and Decay
HS = Heart Strike
DRW = Dancing Rune Weapon, Blood 51 Pointer.
DR = Death Runes
RT = Rune Tap

FS = Frost Strike
UB = Unholy Blight
HC = Hungering Cold
AMZ = Anti Magic Zone
AMS = Anti Magic Shell

DG = Death Grip
BB = Blood Boil
Pest = Pestilence
HoW = Horn of Winter
NotD = Night of the Dead
AotD = Army of the Dead
IBF = Ice Bound Fortitude

BS = Blood Strike
Ob / Obli = Obliterate
DS = Death Strike
MF = Mind Freeze

HB = Howling Blast
UA = Unbreakable Armor
LB = Lichborne
BSH = Bone Shield
MoB= Mark of Blood
VB= Vampiric Blood
Dc= Deathchill
SG= Summon Gargoyle
CE= Corpse Explosion
BT = Blood Tap

[TPMdm]

What does XD mean? It's usually used at the end of a sentence like a smiley.

[Your Average WoW Player]

What does XD mean? It's usually used at the end of a sentence like a smiley.

It's supposed to represent (I think) a sinister grin. I've always know the letter "D" to be used as a wide grin, and I think the "X" before it gives the sort of sinister eyes. Sort of like this smiley: :evil:

[TPMdm]

It's supposed to represent (I think) a sinister grin. I've always know the letter "D" to be used as a wide grin, and I think the "X" before it gives the sort of sinister eyes. Sort of like this smiley: :evil:

Yeah I got the D as a grin but in context the XD don't come with sinister comments usually. But I'll go with that answer. :grin: or XD

[xPCGAMERx]

In my mind, XD, is someone with their eyes almost shut (squinting) with a wide smile. SO basically just another way of smiling but as TPMdm put it, probably more sinister :P

[HoraceT]

I'm thinking about joining, but when I told my friend... he directed me to this webpage about MMORPG Addicts and said it's pretty easy to become a lazy drone:

http://www.stopreproducing.com/2009/06/mmorpg-addicts.html

[Wintrow]

Good chuckle

But it depends on what amount of self-control you have and if you have someone helping you keep it in check.

It IS a very fun game and no it doesn't really "end". Just set limits for yourself and make sure you're following them. Tons of people play the game casually.

[fadeaway]

Hey guys, you probably have heard of it, but I'm just going to say it anyways in case anyone here is uninformed and wants to join.

Well, there's this new website called incgamers.com and its the ultimate site for all you gamers out there.

Its got the latest news feeds and updates on the latest games like World of Warcraft, SC2, DIII and all your favorites.

check it our.


Edit Lothaer: This is much better than the crap you were trying to get us to do.