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World of Warcraft Slang

Chat slang terms used in World of Warcraft

With over 10 million active players, Blizzard's World of Warcraft (WoW) is the quintessential massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The large World of Warcraft community has also created a large number of chat slang terms specific to the game. The list below should help you brush up on your WoW slang skills.

Term	Meaning Tweet
10m	Ten man
25m	Twenty-five man
adds	Additional mobs
AE	Area of effect
aggro	Aggression
agi	Agility
AH	Auction house
alt	Alternate character
AOE	Area of effect
AP	Attack power
arp	Armor penetration
arpen	Armor penetration
BC	Burning Crusade
belf	Blood Elf
bg	Battleground
bio	Bathroom
BIS	Best in slot
BOE	Bind on equip
Boomkin	Moonkin druid
BOP	Bind on pickup
brez	Battle resurrection
Buff	Strengthen
Camping	Holding position
cata	Cataclysm
CC	Crowd control
cd	Cooldown
crit	Critical Strike
CTF	Capture the flag
dal	Dalaran
DBM	Deadly Boss Mods
dc	Disconnect
de	Disenchant
Debuff	Weakening effect
deeps	Damage per second
def	Defense
Ding	Level up
disc	Discipline
DKP	Dragon kill points
DOT	Damage over time
DPS	Damage per second
Fail	Failure
farming	Earning experience and items
FF	Faerie fire
FF	Focus fire
FP	Flight point
FTL	For the loss
FTW	For the win
GB	Guild bank
GM	Game master
grats	Congratulations
gratz	Congratulations
Grinding	Playing long hours
GS	Gear score
GTG	Good to go
hax	Hacks
HM	Hard mode
HOT	Heal over time
HP	Hit points
hp5	Health per five seconds
HPS	Heals per second
icc	Icecrown Citadel
idd	Indeed
imba	Imbalanced
inc	Incoming
int	Intellect
inv	Invite
IRL	In real life
jc	Jewelcrafter
kara	Karazhan
kgo	Ok, go
Kiting	Moving while avoiding attack
ks	Kingslayer
LF	Looking for
LF1M	Looking for one more
LFG	Looking for group
LFM	Looking for more
LFW	Looking for work
LOM	Low on mana
LOS	Line of sight
Main	Main character
mats	Materials
MC	Mind Control
MDPS	Melee damage per second
MMO	Massively multiplayer online
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
mob	Monster
mod	Modification
MOP	Mists of Pandaria
mp5	Mana per five seconds
MT	Mistype
Mule	Alternate character for storage
mut	Mutilate
n00b	Newbie
nax	Naxxaramas
naxx	Naxxaramas
Nerf	Weaken
newb	Newbie
Ninja	Loot stealer
noob	Newbie
NPC	Non-player character
oneshot	One shot completion
OOC	Out of character
OOM	Out of mana
op	Overpowered
pat	Patrol
pot	Potion
proc	Programmed random occurrence
prot	Protection
PST	Please send tell
PTR	Public test realm
PUG	Pick up group
Pull	Enter combat
PVE	Player versus environment
PVP	Player versus player
pwn	Own
pwnage	Ownage
pwnd	Owned
pwned	Owned
pwnt	Owned
Raid	Raid group
RDPS	Ranged damage per second
rep	Reputation
resto	Restoration
rez	Resurrection
RL	Real life
RMP	Rogue, Mage, Priest
RNG	Random number generator
RP	Role play
RPG	Role playing game
shat	Shattrath City
shatt	Shattrath City
SP	Spell power
spec	Specialization
str	Strength
T4T	Thanks for trade
Tank	Strong character
Toon	Alternate character
Trash	Dungeon enemy mob groups
Twink	Powerful low-level character
Twinking	Leveling up with assistance
Uber	The best
vent	Ventrilo
w00t	Joy and excitement
waggro	Wife aggro
wg	Wintergrasp
Wipe	Total death
woot	Wonderful loot
WOOT	We own the other team
WOTLK	Wrath of the Lich King
WOW	World of Warcraft
WTB	Want to buy
WTS	Want to sell
WTT	Want to trade
xmute	Transmute
xp	Experience