| • General Abbreviations |
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| AFAIK |
As far as I know |
| AFK |
Away from keyboard |
| Aggro |
To gain aggro means the monsters attention,
and damage is all aimed at you |
| Alt |
Alternate character |
| AO |
Anarchy Online - A popular Sci-fi themed
MMORPG |
| AoE |
Area of Effect - A type of attack that damages
multiple monsters at once (i.e. Fireball) |
| BBL |
Be back later |
| BF |
Boyfriend |
| Bio Break |
Bathroom break |
| BRB |
Be right back |
| BRT |
Be right there |
| BTW |
By the way |
| Buff |
A spell or power in one form or another
that increases the abilities of a character |
| Carebear |
Derogatory term for people who don't like
PvP |
| CC |
Crowd control (immobilizing, holding, sleeping
extra enemies) |
| CoH |
City of Heroes - A Hero themed MMORPG |
| DAoC |
Dark Age of Camelot - A medieval themed
MMORPG |
| Debuff |
A spell or power in one form or another
that decreases the abilities of an opponent |
| Ding |
(Mostly from EQ players) Indicates that
a character has leveled |
| DoT |
Damage over Time - A type of attack that
damages an opponent constantly over a period of time |
| DPS |
Damage per second |
| EQ |
EverQuest - A typical Dungeons & Dragons
type MMORPG |
| Exp or Xp |
Experience |
| FFS |
For f**k’s sake (not all gamers are
polite) |
| Flame |
To insult or ridicule someone in a harsh
manner |
| Fotm |
Flavour of the month (a popular character build) |
| G2G or GTG |
Good to go |
| GF |
Girlfriend |
| Grats or Gratz |
Congratulations (usually on leveling) |
| Griefer |
A player who seems to derive enjoyment from
lowering the enjoyment of others |
| GTT |
Going to train - Going to level your character
up |
| H8 |
Hate |
| Hold aggro |
Keeping the focus of an opponent on yourself
and away from your teammates |
| HUD |
Heads up display |
| IDK |
I don’t know |
| IIRC |
If I recall correctly |
| IMHO |
In my humble (or honest) opinion |
| IMO |
In my opinion |
| Inc |
Incoming monsters |
| INV |
A request, meaning, “Please invite
me to join your team” |
| IYKWIM |
If you know what I mean |
| JOO |
Pronounced “Jew”, but not meant
as a racial slur or derogatory comment; commonly used in place
of “you.” |
| Kill Steal |
To defeat an opponent that was engaged
by another player, without first obtaining that player’s
permission |
| Kite |
To run around holding the attention of
a mob by staying out of melee range and using ranged attacks |
| KK |
Ok or Okie Dokie |
| L33T |
The common term for the abbreviation and butchering of the English language by a number of on-line gamers (who knows why). l33t uses many numbers
and symbols in it and commonly replaces the letter s with the letter z |
| LFT or LFG |
Looking for team (group) |
| Loot |
In game items that are considered nice |
| LOL |
Laughing out loud |
| LVL |
Level |
| Main |
A player's primary character; that is,
the character the player plays most of the time. Almost always
the highest level character on an account |
| MMORPG |
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Game |
| Mob |
An in game, computer controlled character,
short for “mobile object”. Usualy a monster |
| Ne1 |
Anyone |
| N00B |
A derogatory term for a player new to a
game |
| Newbie or Newb |
Someone new to the game |
| NFI |
No f**king idea |
| NP |
No problem |
| NPC |
Non Player Character - An in game, computer
controlled character, usualy a helpful character |
| Nuke |
Damage ability or powerful main attack |
| OMG |
Oh my god |
| OMW |
On my way |
| OOE |
Out of Endurance |
| Own |
To lay waste to an enemy or having your
butt kicked |
| PBAoE |
Point blank area of effect |
| PC |
Player character |
| Perma |
Permanent |
| PK |
Player Killer |
| PL |
Power Level. To level as quickly as possible,
with outside assistance. |
| PLZ |
Please |
| PPL |
People |
| Pull |
To hit a specific opponent, in order to
begin combat with either just it, or it and a group of opponents
near it. |
| PvE |
Player versus Environment (Computer controlled
opponents). |
| PvP |
Player versus Player |
| Rez |
To resurrect or revive a player |
| RL |
Real life, as in, the life you live in the
real world |
| ROFL |
Rolling on the floor laughing |
| ROFLMAO |
Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off |
