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Simple Acronyhms/Abbreviations Guide. (Internet Slang)

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Dear fellow Sythians, I made this guide out of boredum, and it is my first guide so please try not to harsh on the comments if you wouldn't mind, thanks.

For those of you who are new to the whole internet short-speaking, i have made this guide just for a little help. (I do play WoW (World of Warcraft, and RS (Runescape) myself, so i have added in some more simple acronyms for them aswell.

Basic Internet Talking

BRB = Be Right Back
Tl;Dr = Too long, Didn't read
Inb4 = In Before
LOL = Laugh(ing) Out Loud.
LMAO = Laugh My As* Off.
OMG = Oh My Gosh (God)
OMFG = Oh My Fuc*ing Gosh (God).
ROFL = Roll on (the) Floor Laughing
WTF = What The Fuc*.
LMFAO = Laugh My Fuc*ing As* Off.
AFK = Away From Keyboard.
GTFO = Get The Fuc* Out/Off.
STFU = Shut The Fuc* Up.
BTW = By The Way.
FFS = For Fuc* Sake!
G2G = Got To Go.
GFY = Good For You.
IKR = I Know Right
TF = The F*ck?
ORLY/RLY = Oh Really?
HAND = Have A Nice Day.
IRC = Internet Relay Chat.
IRL = In Real Life.
TBH = To Be Honest.
TIA = Thanks In Advance.
RL = Real Life.
IMO = In My Opinion.
JK = Jokes/Joking/Just Kidding.
GG = Good Going/Good Game.
FYI = For Your Information.
W/E = WhatEver.
TY = Thank You.
TYVM = Thank You Very Much.
NP =No Problem.
THX = Thanks.
FTW/FTL = For The Win (Fuc* The World), For The Loss.
GF = Goodfight.
TA = Thanks Alot.
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now.
BBS = Be Back Soon.
BF/GF = Boyfriend, Girlfriend.
M8 = Mate.

(Thanks Mrdoomed for 6 of the above.)

Common Internet Games.

I have here listed a few Acronyhms for 2 common internet games. Runescape and World of Warcraft.

Runescape (RS)

(Most of the Common Internet Acronyms I listed above are used in both these two games aswell.

BGS = Bandos GodSword.
AGS = Armadyl GodSword.
SGS = Saradomin GodSword.
ZGS = Zamorak GodSword.
DA = Duel Arena.
LUMMY/LUMBY/LUMB = Lumbridge.
VARR = Varrock.
FALLY/FAL = Falador.
LOBBY/LOB = Lobster.
ABBY/AW = Abyss/Abyssal Whip.
ARDY = Ardougne.
ATK/ATT = Attack.
STR = Strength.
DEF = Defence.
RC = RuneCrafting.
SUM = Summoning.
WC = WoodCutting.
FM = FireMaking.
BAXE/BX = BattleAxe.
SCIM = Scimitar.
2H = Two Handed.
BF/GF = Boyfriend/Girlfriend. (LOL)
BS = BowString.
CAMMY = Camelot.
BSALE/BS = Bank Sale.
CW = Castle Wars.
CLW/CW = ClanWars.
BH = Bounty Hunter.
PVP/PK = Player VS Player, Player Killing.
D2H = Dragon 2 Hander.
DDS = Dragon Dagger Super Posioned.
DH/TG/GTH/AH/KH/VC = Dharoks, Torags, Guthans, Ahrims, Kharils, Veracs.
DT = Desert Treasure.
MM = Monkey Madness.
DFS = DragonFire Shield.
DM = Deathmatch.
EA = Each.
ESS = Essence.
F2P/P2P = Free To Play, Pay To Play.
FI = Fall In, Fatality.
GE = Grand Exchange
GS = GodSword.
HP = Hitpoints.
KBD/KQ = KingBlackDragon, Kalphite Queen.
M = Mills/Million.
NOOB/NEWB = A silly, annoying player, A New Player.
OBBY = Obsidion.
PHAT/PH = Party Hat.
HWEEN = Halloween Mask.
POT = Potion.
PL8 = Platebody.
QP = Quest Points.
RFD = Recipe For Disaster.
SANTA = Santa Hat.
SWORY = SwordFish.
TALLY = Talismon.
DV = Draconic Visage.
XBOW = CrossBow.
ZAMMY/SARA/GUTH = Zamorak, Saradomin, Guthix.

World of Warcraft (WOW)

TBC = The Burning Crusade.
WOTLK = Wrath Of The Lich King.
PROFF = Proffesion.
LFW = Looking For Work.
LFG = Looking For Group.
LFM = Looking For Members/More.
MATS = Materials.
REQ = Requirement.
SW = StormWind.
IF/FORGE = IronForge.
DRN/DARN = Darnassus.
DAL = Dalaran.
EX/EXO = Exodar.
ORG = Orgrimmar.
TB = Thunder Bluff.
UC = UnderCity.
SVMC/SC = SilverMoon City.
SM = Scarlet Monastery.
NAX/NAXX = Naxxramas.
AH = Auction House.
WC = Wailing Caverns.
DM = DeadMines, DireMaul.
FFA = Free For All.
ML = MasterLooter.
CC = Crowd Control.
AOE = Area Of Effect.
DPS = Damage Per Second.
DOT = Damage Over Time.
GD/GG = Good Duel, Good Game.
HK = Honourable Kill.
HOT = Heal Over Time.
PUG = Pick-Up-Group.
PVE = Player VS Enviroment.
PVP = Player VS Player.
OOM = Out Of Mana.
JC,LW,SK,CHANT,ALCH,MINE,BS,SCRIPT = JewelCrafting, LeatherWorking, Skinning, Enchanting, Mining, Blacksmithing, Inscription.
DK = Deathknight.
ROG = Rogue.
PALLY/PAL/PALL = Paladin.
SHAMMY/SHAM/SHAMM = Shaman.
WAR/WARR = Warrior.
DROOD = Druid.
BK,MK,FK = Boomkin, Moonkin, Failkin.
HUNT = Hunter.
LOCK/WL = Warlock.
F.A.I.L = Fag*ot As*hole In Leather (Rogues)
MOB = Enemy, Creature.
SFK = ShadowFangKeep.
RFK/RFD = Razorfen Kraul, Razorfen Downs.
BFD = Blackfathom Deeps.
RFC = Ragefire Chasm.
OL = Onyxia's Lair.
MC = Molten Core.
ULD = Uldaman
QQ = Quit Crying, (A crying face).
AB, AV, WSG, EOTS, SOTA, AT = Arthari Basin, Alterac Valley, Warsong Gulch, Eye Of The Storm, Strand Of The Ancients, Arena Team.
DND = Do Not Disturb.
VC = Vancleef.
NPC = Non Playable Character.
SS = Soulstone.
RP/RPG = Roleplaying, Roleplaying Game.
GM/GL = Game Master, Guild Master, Good Luck, Guild Leader.
MT/OT = Main Tank, (Miss-Tell), Off Tank.
MH = Main Healer.
BG = BattleGround.
STV = StrangleThorn Vale.

These were all thought off the top of my head, if you have noticed i have missed some (I surely have), then feel free to post them here.

Thanks.​

Also post if i have made any spelling errors/grammar errors, thanks.
 
Wow thanks. Some i didn't know in there. You might want to add

GF = Goodfight
TA = Thanks alot
TTFN = Ta ta for now
BBS = Be back soon
BF = Boy friend
GF = Girl friend
M8 = Mate

Hope they help
 
Added now, Ty.
 
7/10. Just for the Time and effort you put into this.
 
In my personal opinion Don't think this is needed. But, I swore GTFO stood for Get the Fuck Off not Out...
 
In my personal opinion Don't think this is needed. But, I swore GTFO stood for Get the Fuck Off not Out...

Fixed, i made it for the people who are sometimes not sure when they see those tricky letters :P I myself have come across alot of these when yet i don't know them in the past.
 
Thanks Ben, added just then.
 
Yes, the blue writing is very hard for my eyes. I read the other ones, I wasn't expecting so many lol.
 
Changed Blue.
 
WoW abbreviations.

MH = Main Hand
OH = Off Hand
DP = Deadly Poison
WP = Wound Poison / Well Played
AP = that other poison i forgot, lol.
GG = Good Game ( not sure if i saw it or not ) .. lol

Also maybe give a definition for Proccs/Procc.

Nice work there (: looks gooood hehe, hope i helped a bit
 
ony is the common term for raiding onyxia, other then that great read if you dont know it. learn one or two myself here :)
 
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