terms (WoW)  

General Conversation

• BBIAF - Be Back In A Few
• BBL - Be back later
• BBS - Be back soon
• BRT - Be right there
• G2G - same as GTG
• GFY - Good for you or Go F yourself
• GTG - Good to go, or Got to Go (confusing!)
• GY - Graveyard
• OMG - Oh my god
• OMW - On my way
• OOC - Out of character (Role-playing servers)
• POIDH - "Pics or it didn't happen!"
• TYVM - Thank You Very Much
• TTYL - Talk to you later
• WTF - What the F

Trade

• Mats - Materials (usually meaning bring your own and I'll craft)
• OBO - Or best offer
• PST - Please send tell
• WTS - Willing to Sell
• WTB - Willing to Buy
• WTT - Willing to Trade

Grouping/Combat

• Add - additional mobs pulled or patroled nearby
• AoE - Area of Effect (spell that does damage in an entire area)
• Buff - A beneficial spell with a duration
• CC - Crowd Control
• 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)
• Inc - Incoming
• LFG - Looking for Group
• LFM - Looking for members
• LF#M - # is a number, Looking for # members
• ML - Master-Looter (party leader divides up loot)
• MT - Main Tank
• OOC - Out of Combat
• OOM - Out of Mana
• Pat - Patrol (Mobs that wander a zone)

L33T Terms

• FTW (or 4TW) - For the Win
• GG - Good Game (often used as slander)
• L2P - Learn to Play (or Lurn2Play as they say)
• PWND - Owned. It's pronounced "Owned" not "Powned"
• PWNT - Derivative of PWND.
• QQ - "Cry More" (Eyes w/ tears)

Outdoor Geography and Cities

Major Cities

• Dal - Dalaran
• Darn - Darnassus
• IF - Ironforge
• Org - Orgrimmar
• Shatt - Shattrath City
• SW - Stormwind
• TB - Thunder Bluff
• UC - The Undercity
• SMC - Silvermoon City

Towns

• BB - Booty Bay (neutral city)
• Gadget - Gadgetzan (neutral city)
• GG - Grom Gol

Zones

• 1k - Thousand Needles
• BEM - Blade's Edge Mountains
• EPL - Eastern Plaguelands
• HFP - Hellfire Peninsula
• SMV - Shadowmoon Valley
• SOS - Swamp of Sorrows
• STV - Stranglethorn Vale
• STM - Stonetalon Mountain
• WPL - Western Plaguelands
• WS - Winterspring
• Zang - Zangarmarsh

PvP and Battlegrounds

• AB - Arathi Basin (15v15 Capture and Defend Battleground)
• AV - Alterac Valley (40v40 Largescale Battlefriend BG)
• BG - Battleground
• BS - Blacksmith (AB Flag point)
• DK - Dishonorable Kill (killing a "civilian") - no longer applied to players.
• EotS - Eye of the Storm
• FC - Flag Carrier (In WSG)
• FF - Focus Fire (all players coordinate attack on same target)
• HK - Honorable Kill
• KB - Killing Blow (meaningless BG stat)
• LM - Lumber Mill (AB Flag point)
• SotA - Strand of the Ancients
• WSG - Warsong Gulch (10v10 Capture the Flag Battleground)

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
• 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+)

• 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)

Burning Crusade/Outlands

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

• Season 1 - Gladiator's...
• Season 2 - Merciless Gladiator's...
• Season 3 - Vengeful Gladiator's...

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.

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.

Northrend

• UK - Utgarde Keep: level 70-72 5-man in Howling Fjord.
• AN/AZN - Azjol-Nerub: level 72-74 5-man in Dragonblight.
• OK/ANK - Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom: level 73-75 5-man in Dragonblight.
• DTK - Drak'Tharon Keep: level 74-76 5-man in Grizzly Hills.
• VH - Violet Hold: level 75-77 5-man in Dalaran.
• GUN - Gundrak: level 76-78 5-man in Zul'Drak.
• HOS - Halls of Stone: level 77-79 5-man in Storm Peaks.
• HOL - Halls of Lightning: level 80 5-man in Storm Peaks.
• OCC - The Occulus: level 80 5-man in Coldarra.
• UP - Utgarde Pinnacle: level 80 5-man in Howling Fjord.
• COS/Strat - Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme: level 80 5-man in Tanaris.

Northrend Raid Instances

• Naxx - Naxxramas: 10/25-man raid in Dragonblight.
• OS/Sarth - Obsidian Sanctum: 10/25-man raid in Dragonblight.
• Arch - Vault of Archavon: 10/25-man raid in Wintergrasp.
• EoE/Maly - Eye of Eternity: 10/25-man raid in Coldarra.

Abilities, Spells and Specialization

General

• Rez - Ressurection

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 - Hand of Salvation (a.k.a. Salv or Salvation)
• BoK - Blessing of Kings (a.k.a. Kings)
• BoL - Beacon of Light (formerly Blessing of Light, now obsolete)
• BoW - Blessing of Wisdom
• BoF - Hand of Freedom
• BoP - Hand of Protection
• BoSac - Hand of Sacrifice

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

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