World of Warcraft Terminology Synonyms Acronyms

1. General Conversation

TTYL – Talk to you later
BBL – Be back later
BBS – Be back soon
GTG – Good to go, or Got to Go (confusing!)
G2G – same as GTG
OMW – On my way
BRT – Be right there
OOC – Out of character (Role-playing servers)
OMG – Oh my god
WTF – What the F
GFY – Good for you or Go F yourself

2. Trade

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

3. Grouping/Combat

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

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 are as follows
Season 1 – Gladiator’s…
Season 2 – Merciless Gladiator’s…
Season 3 – Vengeful Gladiator’s…

4. Outdoor Geography and Cities

Major Cities:

Org – Orgrimmar
UC - Undercity
TB – Thunder Bluff
SW – Stormwind
IF – Ironforge
Darn – Darnassus

Towns

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

Zones

STV – Stranglethorn Vale
STM – Stonetalon Mountain
EPL – Eastern Plaguelands
WPL – Western Plaguelands
SOS – Swamp of Sorrows
WS – Winterspring
1k – Thousand Needles

HFP – Hellfire Peninsula
Zang – Zangarmarsh
BEM – Blade’s Edge Mountains
SMV – Shadowmoon Valley
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.

Outland

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.

5. 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

More Intances and Encounters (Thanks Seoman)
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 or close)
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)

Misc:
GY – Graveyard

6. PvP and Battlegrounds

BG – Battleground
WSG – Warsong Gulch (10v10 Capture the Flag Battleground)
AB – Arathi Basin (15v15 Capture and Defend Battleground)
AV – Alterac Valley (40v40 Largescale Battlefriend BG)

HK – Honorable Kill
DK – Dishonorable Kill (killing a “civilian”)
KB – Killing Blow (meaningless BG stat)

FC – Flag Carrier (In WSG)
FF – Focus Fire (all players coordinate attack on same target)

LM – Lumber Mill (AB Flag point)
BS – Blacksmith (AB Flag point)

Abilities, Spells and Specialization

General:

Rez – Ressurection

NOte – for classes, I chose only abilities that are commonly used in chat, and did not go into specific abilities that you would generally only see in a class specific discussion.

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 – Blessing of Salvation (a.k.a. Salv or Salvation)
BoK – Blessing of Kings (a.k.a. Kings)
BoL – Blessing of Light
BoW – Blessing of Wisdom
BoF – Blessing of Freedom

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

L33T terms:

PWND – Owned. It’s pronounced “Owned” not “Powned”
GG – Good Game (often used as slander)
FTW (or 4TW) – For the Win
QQ – “Cry More” (Eyes w/ tears)
L2P – Learn to Play (or Lurn2Play as they say)