Post by Bluebadger
Celly had a what does it stand for thing in her FAQ, so credit to her for the idea (and first 11 abbreviations).
GeneralPUG: Pick Up Group
LFG: Looking For Group
WTB: Want To Buy
WTS: Want To Sell
WTT: Want To Trade
LFW: Looking For Work
LFM: Looking for More
PVE: Player Vs Environment
PVP: Player Vs Player
Rep: Reputation
DPS: Damage Per-Second
DPE: Damage Per-Energy
AoE or AE: Area of Effect
PST: Please Send Tell
Wep: Weapon
CC: Crowd Control
QFT: Quoted for truth
GTG: Good To Go
OOM: Out Of Mana
FTW: For The Win
FTL: For The Loss
NSFW: Not Safe For Work
RTFM: Read the F***ing Manual.
WTF: What The F***
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
ROFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
LMAO: Laughing My Arse Off
Gratz: Congratulations
OMG: Oh My God
RL: Real Life
BRB: Be Right Back
AFK: Away From Keyboard
Bio: Biological, used to mean toilet break
ATM: At The Moment
OTW: On The Way
OMW: On My Way
IDK: I Don't Know
BoE: Bind on Equip
BoP: Bind on Pickup
Inc: Incoming
DC: Disconnect
NP: No Problem
TY: Thank You
Alt: Alternate Character (ie not the main character you play)
Abilities (Racial abiliies below)
Rez:
Resurrect.
Rebirth,
Redemption and
Ancestral Spirit are also commonly called Rezzing.
ShS:
ShadowStepMut:
MutilateKS:
Kidney ShotEvis:
EviscerateSS:
Sinsiter StrikeHemo:
HemorrhageEA:
Expose ArmorRup:
RuptureCoS:
Cloak of ShadowsBF:
Blade FlurryTrink: Trinket, or the use of Medallion of the
Horde/
Alliance SpecsAssass: Assassination
Sub: Subtlety
20/41/020/0/41 (HShS)
Stats (Statisics)
+Hit: Amount of hit rating a person or item has.
Ap: Attack Power
Agi: Agility
Stam: Stamina
Crit: Critical Hit
Resil: Resilience
Str: Strength
Int: Intellect
Spir: Spirit
MP5: Mana Per 5 Seconds
ProffesionsChant/er: Enchant/er
BS: Blacksmith
Herber: Someone with the Herbalism talent.
Eng: Engineer
JC/JCer: Jewelcrafting/ Jewelcrafter
LW: Leatherworking/Leatherworker
Armor/WeaponsWep: Weapon
1H/2H: One-Handed/Two-Handed
X-bow: Cross-Bow
RacialUD: Undead
Zerking:
BerserkingBF:
Blood Fury (Not to be confused with Blade Flurry.)
EA (?):
Escape Artist (Not 100% on this, I play horde).
InstancesRFC:
Ragefire Chasm (13-16)
VC or DM:
The Deadmines (15-20) (Not to be confused with Dire Maul)
WC:
Wailing Caverns (15-21)
SFK:
Shadowfang Keep (18-25)
Not sure:
The Stockade (24-32)
Gnomer:
Gnomeregan (24-33)
RFK:
Razorfen Kraul (25-30)
RFD:
Razorfen Downs (33-40)
SM:
Scarlet Monastery (34-45) Has 4 regions; GY (Graveyard), Lib (Library), Arm (Armory), Cath (Cathedral)
Ulda:
Uldaman (39-47)
ZF:
Zul'Furuk (43-47)
Mara:
Maraudon (43-49)
BFD:
Blackfathom Deeps (20-27)
ST:
Sunken Temple (49-55)
BRD:
Blackrock Depths (55-60)
DM:
Dire Maul (58-60) (Not to be confused with Deadmines) (Often you will hear DM east/north/west refering to part of the instance)
Strat:
Stratholme (58-60) UD Strat is the undead half, and Live is the living part.
Scholo:
Scholomance (58-60)
BRS:
Blackrock Spire (58-60) (LBRS is lower and UBRS is upper)
Ramps:
Ramparts (60-62)
BF:
Blood Fernace (61-63)
SP:
The Slave Pens (62-64)
UB:
The Underbog (63-65)
MT:
Mana-Tombs (64-66) (Not to be confused with Magisters Terrace)
Crypts:
Auchenai Crypts (65-67)
CoT Hills:
Old Hillsbrad Foothills (66-68)
SH:
Sethekk Halls (67-69) (Not to be confused with Shattered Halls)
Mech:
Mechanar (70)
Bot:
The Botanica (70)
Arc:
The Arcatraz (70)
CoT BM:
Black Morass (70)
SV:
Steamvaults (70)
SH:
Shattered Halls (70) (Not to be ocnfused with Sethekk Halls)
MT:
Magisters' Terrace (70)
SL:
Shadow Labyrinth (70)
RaidsOny:
Onyxias Lair (40-Man, 60)
AQ20:
Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (20-Man, 60)
AQ40:
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (40-Man, 60)
ZG:
Zul'Gurub (20-Man, 60)
BWL:
Blackwing-Lair (40-Man, 60)
MC:
Molten Core (40-Man, 60)
Naxx:
Naxxramus (40-Man, 60)
KZ:
Karazhan (10-Man, 70)
Gruul:
Gruuls Lair (25-Man, 70)
Mag:
Magtheridon's Lair (25-Man, 70)
ZA:
Zul'Aman (10-Man, 70)
SSC:
Serpentshrine Cavern (25-Man, 70)
Eye:
The Eye (25-Man, 70)
Hyjal:
Hyjal Summit (25-Man, 70)
BT:
Black Temple (25-Man, 70)
SP:
Sunwell Plateua (25-Man, 70) (Not to be confused with Slave Pens)
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