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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

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

This page was derived in large part from a thread found in one of our WoW forums. The original thread can be found here.

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