Title: WoW Abbreviations compedium
Slug: wow-abbreviations-compedium
Date: 2007-02-25 05:37:00
Tags: World of Warcraft

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<P>Tired of not understanding what "<EM>LFM preferred DPS 4 SM</EM>" means? Then this fantastic abbreviations compedium will be very handy:</P>
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<LI>Chat:</LI>
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<LI>AFAIK: As far as I know</LI>
<LI>AFK: Away from keyboard</LI>
<LI>ATM: At the moment</LI>
<LI>Bio: Short for "biological," this refers to fulfilling biological needs (i.e. using the restroom); often used to explain AFKs in groups</LI>
<LI>BRT: Be right there</LI>
<LI>BTW: By the way</LI>
<LI>CBA: Can't be arsed</LI>
<LI>DIAF: Die in a fire</LI>
<LI>FFS: For f---'s sake</LI>
<LI>FTL: For the loss (means "is bad")</LI>
<LI>FTW: For the win (means "is good")</LI>
<LI>GTFO: Get the f--- out</LI>
<LI>IDC: I don't care</LI>
<LI>IDK: I don't know</LI>
<LI>IIRC: If I recall correctly</LI>
<LI>IMHO: In my humble opinion</LI>
<LI>IMO: In my opinion</LI>
<LI>Inc: Incoming</LI>
<LI>LF: Looking for ("LF tank," etc.)</LI>
<LI>LF1M/LF2M/etc.: Looking for one more, two more, etc.</LI>
<LI>LFG: Looking for group</LI>
<LI>LFM: Looking for more (for a group)</LI>
<LI>MT: Mistell (means "I sent this message to the wrong channel or person")</LI>
<LI>Ofc: Of course</LI>
<LI>OMW: On my way</LI>
<LI>STFU: Shut the f--- up</LI>
<LI>TBH: To be honest</LI>
<LI>WC: Wrong channel</LI>
<LI>WTB: want to buy</LI>
<LI>WTF: What the f---</LI>
<LI>WTH: What the hell</LI>
<LI>WTS: Want to sell</LI>
<LI>WTT: Want to trade</LI></UL>
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<LI>Forums:</LI>
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<LI>GG: Good game (often sarcastic)</LI>
<LI>GJ: Good job (often sarcastic)</LI>
<LI>Imba: Imbalanced; usually means "overpowered"</LI>
<LI>IBTL: In before the lock</LI>
<LI>L2P: Learn to play</LI>
<LI>OP: Original post/original poster</LI>
<LI>OT: Off-topic</LI>
<LI>QFE: Quoted for excellence</LI>
<LI>QFT: Quoted for truth</LI>
<LI>QQ: Doesn't "stand for" anything per se; rather, it's an emoticon: it looks like two crying eyes. It basically means "you're complaining," although it can also be used as a verb ("stop QQing").</LI>
<LI>TL;DR: Too long; didn't read</LI></UL></UL>
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<LI>Miscellaneous:</LI>
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<LI>1h: One-handed</LI>
<LI>2h: Two-handed</LI>
<LI>5SR: Five-second rule (the rule that mana regeneration from spirit only occurs if you haven't spent mana on a spell in the last five seconds)</LI>
<LI>Add: An "additional" mob that has been aggroed, usually unintentionally</LI>
<LI>Agg/Aggro: Probably short for "aggression" or some related word, it refers to who a mob is attacking -- that player is said to "have aggro" or have "pulled aggro"</LI>
<LI>AoE: Area of effect (a spell or effect that takes place over an area, as opposed to working only on a single target)</LI>
<LI>AP: Attack power</LI>
<LI>Alt: An "alternate" character -- not your main (character)</LI>
<LI>BE/Belf: Blood Elf</LI>
<LI>BG: Battleground</LI>
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<LI>AB: Arathi Basin</LI>
<LI>AV: Alterac Valley</LI>
<LI>EotS: Eye of the Storm</LI>
<LI>WSG: Warsong Gulch</LI></UL>
<LI>BoE: Bind on Equp</LI>
<LI>BoP: Bind on Pick-up</LI>
<LI>BoU: Bind on Use</LI>
<LI>BS: Blacksmith/Blacksmithing</LI>
<LI>Buff: A beneficial spell, or a change to the game that makes a given class/spec stronger</LI>
<LI>CC: Crowd control</LI>
<LI>DKP: Dragon Kill points, a cover term for a number of systems guilds use to distribute loot (see <A href="http://wowwiki.com/DKP">WoWWiki</A>)</LI>
<LI>DND: Do not disturb</LI>
<LI>DPM: Damage per mana</LI>
<LI>DPS: Damage per second</LI>
<LI>DR: Damage reduction (due to armor)</LI>
<LI>DS1/DS2/DS3: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from 5-man dungeons. DS1 and DS2 were known as T0 and T0.5, respectively, but that analogy breaks down when it comes to DS3.</LI>
<LI>DW: Dual wield</LI>
<LI>DoT: Damage over time</LI>
<LI>Drae: Draenei</LI>
<LI>Eng/Engi/Engy: Engineering</LI>
<LI>FA: First Aid</LI>
<LI>FP: Flight point/flight path</LI>
<LI>FR: Fire resistance</LI>
<LI>GTAoE: Ground-targeted AoE (an AoE spell for which the caster can choose a target, like Flamestrike)</LI>
<LI>HPM: Healing per mana</LI>
<LI>HPS: Healing per second</LI>
<LI>HS/Hearth: Hearthstone</LI>
<LI>HoT: Heal over time</LI>
<LI>IRL: In real life</LI>
<LI>LOM: Low on mana</LI>
<LI>MA: Main assist</LI>
<LI>MAP: Melee attack power</LI>
<LI>Mats: Short for "materials;" refers to the ingredients in a crafted item</LI>
<LI>ML: Master loot/master looter<BR></LI>
<LI>Mob: Short for "mobile" (derived from MUDs, where any NPC was either a stationary shopkeeper or mobile; see <A href="http://wowwiki.com/Mob">WoWWiki</A>), this refers in WoW to NPCs, primarily NPCs that are meant to be killed.</LI>
<LI>MP5: Mana per five seconds</LI>
<LI>MT: Main tank</LI>
<LI>NE: Night Elf</LI>
<LI>NPC: Non-player character</LI>
<LI>NR: Nature resistance</LI>
<LI>NW: Netherweave</LI>
<LI>Nerf: A change to the game that makes a given class/spec weaker</LI>
<LI>OH: Off-hand</LI>
<LI>OOM: Out of mana</LI>
<LI>OP: Overpowered</LI>
<LI>Pat: Patrol</LI>
<LI>PBAoE: Point-blank AoE (an AoE spell that radiates out from the caster, like Arcane Explosion)</LI>
<LI>Pot: Potion</LI>
<LI>Proc: As best as I've been able to figure out, this is short for <STRIKE>"Process"</STRIKE> "Procedure" (see <A href="http://wowwiki.com/Proc">WoWWiki</A>). What it refers to is things that have a chance to go off when some event happens. For instance, a Fiery enchant has a chance per hit to cause extra fire damage. This ability of the Fiery enchant is known as a "proc;" when it activates and causes the extra damage, one can say that it has "procced," and the activation itself, the extra damage, can also be called a "proc."</LI>
<LI>PUG: Pick-up group (a group formed "on the spot" by use of the LFG tool or a channel or something, as opposed to a guild group or some other group of friends)</LI>
<LI>RAP: Ranged attack power</LI>
<LI>Res/Rez: Resurrect/Resurrection</LI>
<LI>RL: Real life</LI>
<LI>SR: Shadow resistance</LI>
<LI>Spec: Specialization (in a profession or talents)</LI>
<LI>T1/T2/etc.: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from raids.</LI>
<LI>UD: Undead</LI>
<LI>Xmute: Transmute</LI></UL>
<LI>Zones:</LI>
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<LI>Eastern Kingdoms:</LI></UL>
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<LI>EPL: Eastern Plaguelands</LI>
<LI>IF: Ironforge</LI>
<LI>STV: Stranglethorn Vale</LI>
<LI>SW: Stormwind City</LI>
<LI>UC: Undercity</LI>
<LI>WPL: Western Plaguelands</LI></UL></UL>
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<LI>Kalimdor:</LI></UL>
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<LI>Darn: Darnassus</LI>
<LI>Exo: Exodar</LI>
<LI>Gads/GZ: Gadgetzan</LI>
<LI>Org: Orgrimmar</LI>
<LI>STM: Stonetalon Mountain</LI>
<LI>STP: Stonetalon Peak</LI>
<LI>TB: Thunder Bluff</LI></UL></UL>
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<LI>OL: Outlands:</LI></UL>
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<LI>BE: Blade's Edge</LI>
<LI>HFP: Hellfire Peninsula</LI>
<LI>HH: Honor Hold</LI>
<LI>NS: Netherstorm</LI>
<LI>SH/Shat: Shattrath City</LI>
<LI>SMV: Shadowmoon Valley</LI>
<LI>Tero: Terokkar</LI>
<LI>TM: Thrallmar</LI>
<LI>ZM: Zangarmarsh</LI></UL></UL>
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<LI>Instances (5-man):</LI>
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<LI>RFC: Ragefire Chasm</LI>
<LI>WC: Wailing Caverns</LI>
<LI>VC/DM: Deadmines</LI>
<LI>Stocks: Stockade</LI>
<LI>SFK: Shadowfang Keep</LI>
<LI>BFD: Blackfathom Depths</LI>
<LI>Gnomer: Gnomeregan</LI>
<LI>RFK: Razorfen Kraul</LI>
<LI>SM: Scarlet Monestary</LI>
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<LI>GY: Graveyard wing</LI>
<LI>Arm: Armory wing</LI>
<LI>Lib: Library wing</LI>
<LI>Cath: Cathedral wing</LI></UL>
<LI>RFD: Razorfen Downs</LI>
<LI>Ulda: Uldaman</LI>
<LI>ZF: Zul Farrak</LI>
<LI>Mara: Mauradon</LI>
<LI>ST: Temple of Atal'Hakkar (a.k.a. Sunken Temple)</LI>
<LI>BRD: Blackrock Depths</LI>
<LI>BRS: Blackrock Spire</LI></UL>
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<LI>LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire</LI>
<LI>UBRS: Upper Bloackrock Spire (technically a 10-man, but doesn't feel like a raid, in my opinion)<BR></LI></UL></UL>
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<LI>DM: Dire Maul</LI>
<LI>Strat: Stratholme</LI>
<LI>UD Strat: Undead side of Stratholme</LI>
<LI>SC/Live Strat: Scarlet side of Stratholme</LI>
<LI>Scholo: Scholomance</LI>
<LI>HFR: Hellfire Ramparts</LI>
<LI>BF: Blood Furnace</LI>
<LI>UB: Underbog</LI>
<LI>SP: Slave Pens</LI>
<LI>SH: Shattered Halls</LI>
<LI>SL: Shadow Labyrinth</LI>
<LI>SV: Steamvaults</LI>
<LI>BM: Black Morass</LI></UL>
<LI>Instances (Raid):</LI>
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<LI>ZG: Zul'Gurub</LI>
<LI>AQ20/RAQ: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj</LI>
<LI>AQ40/TAQ: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj</LI>
<LI>MC: Molten Core</LI>
<LI>Ony: Onyxia</LI>
<LI>BWL: Blackwing Lair</LI>
<LI>Naxx: Naxxramas</LI>
<LI>Kara/KZ: Karazhan</LI></UL>
<P>Borrowed from <A class="" href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/02/20/the-compleat-wow-abbreviations/" target=_blank>WoW Insider</A></P>