This article is an acronym guide .
World of Warcraft terminology and Category:Acronyms for more detail on these.
AFAIK : As far as I know
AFK : Away from keyboard
ATM: At the moment
BRT: Be right there
BTW: By the way
BC: Burning Crusade
DIAF: Die in a fire
FFS : For f---s sake
FTL : For the loss (means "is bad")
FTW : For the win (means "is good")
GTFO : Get the f--- out
IDC: I don't care
IDK: I don't know
IIRC: If I recall correctly
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IMO: In my opinion
Inc: Incoming
LF: Looking for ("LF tank ," etc.)
LF1M/LF2M/etc.: Looking for one more, two more, etc.
LFG : Looking for group
LFM : Looking for more (for a group )
MT : Mistell (means "I sent this message to the wrong channel or person ")
Ofc: Of course
OMW : On my way
PST : Please send tell
STFU: Shut the f--- up
TBH: To be honest
WC: Wrong channel
WOTLK: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
WTB : want to buy
WTF: What the f---
WTH: What the hell
WTS : Want to sell
WTT : Want to trade
BC: Burning Crusade
CM: Community manager
GG: Good game (often sarcastic)
GJ: Good job (often sarcastic)
Imba: Imbalanced; usually means "overpowered"
IBTL: In before the lock
L2P: Learn to play
OP: Original post/original poster
OT: Off-topic
QFE: Quoted for excellence
QFT: Quoted for truth
QQ: Doesn't "stand for" anything per se; rather, it is an emoticon: it looks like two crying eyes. It basically means "you are complaining", although it can also be used as a verb ("stop QQing")
TL; DR: Too long; didn't read
Vanilla: Pre-Burning Crusade expansion
Battlegrounds
AB: Arathi Basin
BS: Blacksmith
Farm: Farm
LM: Lumber Mill
GM: Goldmine
Mine: Goldmine
ST: Stables
AV: Alterac Valley
IB: Iceblood
TP: Tower Point
FW: Frostwolf (Can be used as part of a longer acronym (FWGY))
SP: Stormpike (Can be used as part of a longer acronym (SPGY))
RH: Frostwolf Relief Hut
BG: Battleground
EotS: Eye of the Storm
BET: Blood Elf Tower
DR: Draenei Ruins
FRR: Fel Reaver Ruins
MT: Mage Tower
GY: Grave Yard, or the respawn point when you release
SotA: Strand of the Ancients
Twink: A character that has unusually high quality gear & enchants
WSG: Warsong Gulch
EFC: Enemy Flag Carrier
EFR: Enemy Flag Room; the room in which the flag resides inside the enemy's base
FC: Flag Carrier
FR: Flag Room; the room in which your flag resides, also the main focal point of defense
Tun: abbreviation for "tunnel", the underground section leading from the FR
Ramp: the area leading from the FR or EFR that leads outside, once outside they may go GY side or just ramp
Miscellaneous
1h: One-handed
2h: Two-handed
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)
Add: An "additional" mob that has been aggroed, usually unintentionally
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"
AoE: Area of effect
AP: Attack power
Alt: An "alternate" character — not your main character
BE: Blood Elf
Belf: Blood Elf
BoA: Bind on Account (Misreading of Bind to Account)
BoE: Bind on Equip
BoP: Bind on Pick-up
BoU: Bind on Use
BS: Blacksmith/Blacksmithing
BtA: Bind to Account
Buff: A beneficial spell, or a change to the game that makes a given class/spec stronger
CC: Crowd control
Cow: Tauren
DKP: Dragon Kill points, a cover term for a number of systems guilds use to distribute loot
DND: Do not disturb
DPM: Damage per mana; rarely used
DPS: Damage per second
DR: Damage reduction (due to armor); rarely used
DR: Diminishing returns
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.; rarely used
DW: Dual wield
DoT: Damage over time
Drae: Draenei; rarely used
Eng/Engi/Engy: Engineering
FA: First Aid
FP: Flight point/flight path
FR: Fire resistance
GL: Guild Leader
GM: Game master (or guild master)
GTAoE: Ground-targeted AoE; rarely used
HC: Heroic mode
HPM: Healing per mana
HPS: Healing per second
HS/Hearth: Hearthstone
HoT: Heal over time
IRL: In real life
LOM: Low on mana
LW: Leatherworking
MA: Main assist
MAP: Melee attack power; rarely used
Mats: Short for "materials"; refers to the ingredients in a crafted item
ML: Master loot/master looter
Mob: Short for "mobile"; rarely used
MP5: Mana per five seconds
MT: Main tank
NE: Night Elf
Nelf: Night Elf
Nerf: A change to the game that makes a given class/spec weaker
NPC: Non-player character
NR: Nature resistance
NW: Netherweave
OH: Off-hand
OOM: Out of mana
OP: Overpowered
Pat: Patrol
PBAoE: Point-blank AoE
Pot: Potion
Proc: Programed Random Occurrence
PUG: Pick-up group
PvE: Player vs. Environment
PvP: Player vs. Player
RAP: Ranged attack power
Res/Rez: Resurrect/Resurrection
RL: Real life
RNG: Random Number Generator. Sometimes referred as something "random."
RP: Role-play[ing]
SR: Shadow resistance
Spec: Specialization (in a profession or talents)
T1/T2/etc.: Class-specific (Tier ) sets of gear that drop from raids.
UD: Undead
UI: User interface
Xmute: Transmute
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