WOW veteran players may have the idea to write an article about some unknow things in world of warcraft to share with new wow comers. I've saw a letter fron one world of warcraft player who thought though he has been playing WoW for a little while, there's still a few things that puzzle him within the game. His main problem is the abbreviations everyone uses in chat. This player is certainly not the only person has trouble with WoW's lingo, so to help this kind of person, in this passage i share you  a list of all the common abbreviations I could find. If you have any more to add, hope you can share with me, i'll keep updating.

 

Abbreviations in Chat:

 

AFAIK: As far as I know

AFK: Away from keyboard

ATM: At the moment

Bio: Short for "biological," this refers to fulfilling biological needs (i.e. using the restroom); often used to explain AFKs in groups

BRT: Be right there

BTW: By the way

CBA: Can't be arsed

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

Ofc: Of course

OMW: On my way

STFU: Shut the f--- up

TBH: To be honest

WC: Wrong channel

WTB: want to buy

WTF: What the f---

WTH: What the hell

WTS: Want to sell

WTT: Want to trade

 

Abbreviations in Forums:

GG: Good game 

GJ: Good job 

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's an emoticon: it looks like two crying eyes. It basically means "you're complaining," although it can also be used as a verb ("stop QQing").

TL;DR: Too long; didn't read

 

Abbreviations in 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

BE/Belf: Blood Elf

BG: Battleground

AB: Arathi Basin

AV: Alterac Valley

EotS: Eye of the Storm

WSG: Warsong Gulch

BoE: Bind on Equp

BoP: Bind on Pick-up

BoU: Bind on Use

BS: Blacksmith/Blacksmithing

 

Abbreviations in Zones:

Eastern Kingdoms:

BB: Booty Bay

EPL: Eastern Plaguelands

IF: Ironforge

SMC: Silvermoon City

SoS: Swamp of Sorrows

STV: Stranglethorn Vale

SW: Stormwind City

TM: Tarren Mill

UC: Undercity

WPL: Western Plaguelands

 

Abbreviations in Instances:

MC: Molten Core

Ony: Onyxia

BWL: Blackwing Lair

Naxx: Naxxramas

Scholo: Scholomance

HFR: Hellfire Ramparts

BF: Blood Furnace

UB: Underbog

SP: Slave Pens

SH: Shattered Halls

SL: Shadow Labyrinth

 

Any new or need to add abbreviations, hope you can share with me.

 

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