Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations

[TyrantMikey]

<3 – Represents a heart; love
2 – To
4 – For
5th – 5th Column
AFAIK – As far as I know
AFK – Away from keyboard
Aggro – Aggressive or aggression
Alt – Alternate character
AO - Anarchy Online, a MMORPG
AoE – Area of Effect
AP – Atlas Park
Aqua – Awaken inspirations
Assist – To attack the target of a specific teammate.
BBL – Be back later
BF - Boyfriend
Bio Break – Bathroom break
Blue - An NPC lower in level than you; rarely, refers to a Catch a Breath inspiration.
Boom – Boomtown
BOOM! – Baumtown
BRB – Be right back
Brick – Brickstown
BRT – Be right there
BTW – By the way
Buff – a power, inspiration, or enhancement that increases the abilities of a hero
Burn – To dump a lot of damage into an opponent in order to defeat it quickly
Cab – Catch a Breath inspiration
CC – Crowd control (immobilizing, holding, sleeping extra enemies)
CF - Crey's Folly
Clock – Clockwork
CoH – City of Heroes
Con – To consider
Cons – To consider
CoT – Circle of Thorns
CoV – City of Villains
Crey/Creys/Folly – Crey’s Folly
Criminal – Generic term for NPCs that appear on the streats and in early missions that are members of a particular gang.
DA – Dark Astoria
DAoC - Dark Age of Camelot, a MMORPG
Debuff – A power, inspiration, or enhancement that decreases the abilities of an opponent.
Dev/DE – Devouring Earth
Ding – (Mostly from EQ players) Indicates that a character has leveled
Disc – A request, meaning, “Was disconnected, please invite to team again”
DO – Dual origin enhancement
Door – Mission or waypoint
DoT – Damage over time
DPS – Damage per second; may refer to players with that as their primary ability (blasters, scrappers)
End – Endurance
End Break - A call for a period of rest to regain endurance
EQ – EverQuest, a MMORPG
Exp – Experience
Fault – Faultline
FF – Founder’s Fall
FFS – For f**k’s sake
Flame – To insult someone in a harsh manner
Freak(s) – Freakshow
G2G – Good to go
Ganger – See Criminal.
Gangster – See Criminal.
Gather – A command from a PC indicating that teammates should gather near to receive a buff (healing, accuracy, defense, etc.)
GC – Galaxy City
GF – Girlfriend
GM – Game Master
Grats – Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Gratz – Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Green – An NPC reasonably lower in level than you; rarely, refers to a Respite inspiration
Griefer – A player who seems to derive enjoyment from lowering the enjoyment of others.
GTG – Good to go
GTT – Going to Trainer
H8 – Hate
H9 – Uncommon; used to represent a stronger form of hatred than that represented by h8.
HDMALITD – How does my a$$ look in this dress?
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
Illinois Nazis – 5th Column
IMHO – In my humble opinion
IMO – In my opinion
Inc! – Incoming monsters
Insp – Inspiration
INV – A request, meaning, “Please invite me to join your team”
IP – Independence Port
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
IYKWIMAITYD - If you know what I mean, and I think you do
J00 – 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
KR – King’s Row
L33T – The common term for the abbreviation and butchering of the English language by a vast majority of on-line gamers. l33t uses many numbers and symbols in it and commonly replaces the letter s with the letter z.
Lewtz – Loot or in game items that are considered nice.
LFT – Looking for team
LIFC – Like I f**king care
Lock – Any action that prevents an NPC from being able to do anything, including attack.
Lock Down – See Lock.
LOL – Laughing out loud
Lt – Lieutenant
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.
Mish – Mission
MMORPG – Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game)
Mob – An NPC, short for “mobile object”
N00B – Someone who is annoying, stupid, or refuses to learn
Newb – Same as n00b
Newbie – Someone new to the game
NFI – No f**king idea
NP – No problem
NPC – Nonplayer character
Nuke – Damage ability
OMG - Oh my god
OMW – On my way
OOE – Out of Endurance
OOR - Out of Range
OTW - On the way
Own – To lay waste to an enemy or having your butt kicked.
PBAE – Point blank area effect
PBAoE – Point blank area of effect
PC – Player character
Ph4t – phat, a commonly used term in hip-hop meaning nice.
Phuque – Sexual intercourse
PK – Player killer
PL – Power Level. To level as quickly as possible, with outside assistance.
Plz – Please
PP – Perez Park; also, Power Pool
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.
Purps – Luck inspirations
PvE – Player versus environment (NPC)
PvP – Player versus player
Pwn – To own strongly (see own)
RAWR – Look at me/us kick a$$
Red - An NPC higher than you; more rarely, used to refer to an enrage inspiration.
Resp – Respite inspiration
Rez – To resurrect or revive a player
rgr – Roger
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$$ off
ROFLMAOWCSFMN = rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off with coke spewing from my nose
ROFLMFAO = rolling on the floor laughing my f**king a$$ off
Root – To immobilize an opponent
RTFM - Read the f**king manual
RTM - Read the manual
Runner – An NPC that (for whatever reason) bolts from the group; runners tend to fetch help.
SC – Steel Canyon
SK – Sidekick
Sky – skyraiders
Sky – Skyway City
Snare – To lower the run speed of an opponent
SnD – Seek & destroy; for those missions where the PC must find and defeat x of a specific type of NPC.
SO – Single origin enhancement
SoL – Sh*t out of luck
STFU – Shut the phuque up
SWG - Star Wars Galaxies, a MMORPG
Talos – Talos Island
Tank – To engage in hand-to-hand combat in a manner designed to keep the attention of the enemies on yourself, rather than on weaker teammates.
Taxi – A request, meaning “I need a teleport to your location”
THX – Thanks
TI – Talos Island
Toon – PC character
TP – Teleport
Train – A group of NPCs in pursuit of a single PC.
Tram – The tram/railway/line station
TV – Terra Volta
Twink – An alternate character, particularly one given assistance from a higher level friend.
TXS – Thanks
TY – Thank you
UO - Ultima Online, a MMORPG
Vahz – Vahzilok
w00t – Cool
woot – Cool
WTF – What the f**k?
WTG – Way to go!
XP – Experience
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
Yellows – Insight inspirations
Zone – A specific area within the game
Zone line – Area where you exit the current part of town to enter another
Zone! – Yelling this during combat means to flee to the nearest zone line or, in the case of indoor missions, to run out the door.
Zoning – The process of moving from one zone to another

[Ex_Libris]

Wow! Uber post bro! Im sure most people know those but this is extremely hepful for new players. Thanks!

[Ex_Libris]

you for got the ever important

BAF = Bring A Friend

examples:
if I pull that baddie... will it BAF
Dont try to pull CoT, they BAF

[Ex_Libris]

Another example is....."Hey lady! why don't you come back to my place. And BAF".
;)

[Archaeopteryx]

wow, thanks man. this is great.

i've been playing sine beta, but i'm ashamed to admit i still didn't know exactly what AoE, CC, or DoT meant until i read this post.

EDIT:
wait, one more thing... what is a "pet?"

i'm just not hip like that, you know?

[Ex_Libris]

[ QUOTE ]
Another example is....."Hey lady! why don't you come back to my place. And BAF".
;)

[/ QUOTE ]

lol....exactly!

[Ex_Libris]

Great guide, some missing.


D2 - Diablo 2, Multiplayer game that spawned alot of the bad habits and attitudes (Along with AOL) you see alot on-line. Often to tell someone to "Go back to playing D2" is an insult.

Godly - Something so strong/powerful/unbalanced that it makes everything else in the game seem pityfully weak.

Lamer - Someone who is Lame, or does something very cheap.

MUD - Multi User Dungeon, a type of text based Multiplayer game, the great grandaddy of most MMORPG's. Also the origion of the word MOB.

NWN's - Neverwinter Nights, Single player/ On-line Multiplayer game based on AD&D.

r0x0rz! - L33t for Rocks! As in "OMG This game r0x0rz!"

RP - Role Play, to play out the personality and reactions of your character.

RP'er - Role Player, someone who Role Plays.

RP Nazi - Someone who forces Role Play on others and beleaves their way is the only way, often causeing other players (Even RP'ers) greif and agrovation.

Tard - Insult, abreviation of retard, or retarded.

Uber/ub3r - Origionaly a German word, used today to mean extreamly strong, or extreamly good. Also a lesser form of Godly.

[Ex_Libris]

Some things to add:

oic-Oh I see
IRL-In Real Life

[SixOfNine]

what does 'mez' mean?

[Ex_Libris]

For RPers, you've left out two very helpful acronyms:

IC: In-Character
OOC: Out-of-Character

[Morphphat]

[ QUOTE ]
what does 'mez' mean?

[/ QUOTE ]

Mesmerize. It's known as a "hold" in CoH. Mobs are stuck where they are and can't attack.

[FireDrake_pjb2]

[ QUOTE ]
wow, thanks man. this is great.

i've been playing sine beta, but i'm ashamed to admit i still didn't know exactly what AoE, CC, or DoT meant until i read this post.

EDIT:
wait, one more thing... what is a "pet?"

i'm just not hip like that, you know?

[/ QUOTE ]
A Pet is an NPC you control and can fight on your behalf - can be a dominated foe (when you turn an enemy and make them fight for you) or a summoned support (Phantom Army I think is an example of this).

[buGskull]

Completely well done...regardless of the frequency of many of these, this is still a nice resource. Consequently, this is my first MOG and picking up most has been done simply by asking and/or observing others...anyway, I am completely mystified by language morphalogy and the evalution therein... regardless, there are some that ya still gotta wonder about...

Am curious about another that a "teamed" member used during a miss the other day: "sock"

Must have something to do with group healing or enhancing...just a guess though...anyone?

[Target_0]

[ QUOTE ]
EDIT:
wait, one more thing... what is a "pet?"

i'm just not hip like that, you know?

[/ QUOTE ]

I believe it refers to a summoned creature/ally.

[Ex_Libris]

<3 also means "teabagged or to teabag someone". A funny, but insulting term.

Hint: It involves a part of the male anatomy. ;)

[HansJanus]

I always used (_)) as teabags ;)
Same thing, different angle I suppose.

[Ex_Libris]

The_X_Killer: Love the avatar.

This doesn't seem physically possible!

[Ex_Libris]

I didn't notice "Add" up there. As in additional monsters joining in the fight.

[TyrantMikey]

I am always looking for additions to the guide. Unfortunately, I can't edit the top post, so I will have to revise the list to include all of your great submissions, and then post a new thread ("Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations, v1.5").

Thanks all for your comments and input!!

[Last_Icon]

Oldies but goodies that always pop up.

1.Zerg = To run into battle without any plan or tactic. Derived from the Zergling Rush Strategy in Star Craft which involved a massive all in attack of very cheap and quickly created units to swarm over your opponent.

Too zerg, A zerg.

IE: "Lets not just zerg in there, it will aggro to many of teh emenies."

2. emenies = Enemies
3.Teh = The
4. VO= Voice over
5. DILG= "Damn!, I'm lookin good!" VO triggered in the Original Duke Nukem when his toon looked in mirror and the use item button was pressed. Usually a victory taunt.

[Doc_Phantom]

GJ on grabbing all those from the beta board and compiling them. I noticed ones I had put verbatim, so I realized what you did. Very nice and I am sure many will appreciate.

[TyrantMikey]

In the event that I hadn't made it clear before, NONE OF THIS is my work. :) It started as another thread, and someone had asked the original poster to keep the list current. Nothing seemed to be happening with it, so I recompiled the thread in MS Word (read: copied and pasted), sorted it, and reposted it.

When the FAQ/User Guides forum opened up, I moved the stuff here.

Again, this is all you guys at work here. I'm just a glorified compiler, but I'm willing to keep doing it as long as everyone thinks it's a useful thing.

[Braelun]

mt = miss tell. When a comment is sent to the wrong channel. Like when you're talking to your friend in the Friend channel, complaining about the lame-o group your in...and accidently send it over the Group channel. MT...big time.

[Ex_Libris]

To be clear, zerg usually means to mass attack.

Same reason as the other guy posted, but I've never heard of it as acting stupid. Usually it means sending TONS of enemies at someone, like the zerg attacks in Starcraft.

Example: "Oh my god, they're zerging us like crazy"
Translation: "Oh my god, so many enemies are attacking us that it's crazy"

[Ex_Libris]

What is Tsoo? I saw some guy say he can't wait till he's down with Tsoo.

[Ex_Libris]

Tsoo is a high level mob.

atm - at the moment
fatm- full at the moment (in reference to a group)
ffxi- final fantasy XI (MMORPG)
AC- asheron's call (MMORPG)
SB- shadowbane (MMORPG)
WoW- World of Warcraft (MMORPG)
nerf - to weaken a class that is seen as overpowered
nerfbat - see nerf

i'll try to think of more.

[Co3O4]

[ QUOTE ]
To be clear, zerg usually means to mass attack.

Same reason as the other guy posted, but I've never heard of it as acting stupid. Usually it means sending TONS of enemies at someone, like the zerg attacks in Starcraft.

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually I think both definitions are correct. ie:
"The freaking Vahz always zerg." Means that vahzilock always attack in large numbers.
"Don't just zerg, use some tactics." Is warning teammates to not just rush into a mission and blast everything in sight, but to go about it in an organized manner. This can sometimes be inferred to mean "don't act stupid", as rushing in and blasting everything can be a pretty stupid course of action sometimes.

Also, Purps also mean enemies that are way above your level, also referred to sometimes as "Grape(s)".
"Aaah, this mission is full of grapes!" (The mission is full of enemies many levels higher than me)
"They're all purp to me" (Every mob in question is several levels higher than me)

Something I use that probobly confuses people is say 'I r (blank)" Instead of "I am", usually when I've done something stupid or am acting like a nutcase for whatever reason. It's done in mockery of people who speak in l33t and netspeak (ur for you're, u for you, etc.). Examples: "I r smrt" (I am smart) for when I autorun into a pack of reds.

And Tsoo are ninja-like enemies that you start to see in Steel Canyon. Damn ninjas...

[Ex_Libris]

2 that I see (and use) all the time are:

BFE - Butt F****ng Egypt (meaning a long way away, example: My contact is in BFE.)


ec - endurance charge (I see this more than "end")

[Katie_NA]

just wanted to say thanks for compiling this list. I hate the fact that I needed to print out this list just to get through a couple of help posts in this forum, but we don't all understand abbreviations and all forms of slang. Thanks a bunch for this!! Maybe i'll actually be able to team up with people and not have them be rude to me for asking them "Umm... what does that mean?" lol. :p

[Athen]

I normally see g2g as good to go, and gtg as got to go, and uber means super I do believe, pwned of course means owned, not really an abbrev but just so you all know, I could post a bunch of slang but I think I'm the only one that uses them from the old days of uo

[IronSamKidd]

LFG = Looking for group. As in: "L10 tanker LFG" = "Level 10 Tanker looking for someone to group with". See LFT.

[Fire_Iron]

When I use the term Agro, it's like this:

"Keep control of your pet so it doesn't agro and attract more enemies before were done with these."

Agro, as in farming. Going Agro and farming for enemies.

[IronSamKidd]

I use con to mean "what threat level color is the monster to you?", mostly used in hunting groups, as in:

Lvl20 = "What does X monster con to you? It cons green to me."
Lvl15 = "It cons purple to me."

Also, there is the role of nuker, which is someone that deals heavy damage, usually ranged, but can't tank well. The Blaster class is almost synonymous with the general term nuker. This is generally a spell casting class in other mmorpgs.

[TyrantMikey]

Thank YOU!

I will probably let this sit for another week, and then post a revised version that has all the additional stuff posted by users included in it.

Glad the thing could be of use to you!

[CommunistPenguin]

i asscociate "purpes" with purple mobs, ie ones a good bit over your level and a tough fight, especially if theres multiple ones

[Ex_Libris]

Have seen the following as well:

ks or ksr: Kill Steal or Kill Stealer
"Damn ksr"

IMHO: In My Honest Opinion (really the same as above but to some it makes a diff.

ctr: Chasing The Runner
"Dude where u at?" "ctr"

[Magick]

r or rdy = ready

[Ex_Libris]

I made a "MMORPGese Dictionary" when I played AO. It has terms from several MMORPGs as well as generic tearms. I should start adding CoH terminology as well. :)

Here it is:
MMORPGese - English Dictionary (http://www.utterly.org/new/mmorpgese/)

[Magnanimous]

Dear god, I am away from the forums for a few months and suddenly everyone is calling their characters "toons". Who started this term and why weren't they killed immediately?

[ReVamp]

BRB= Be Right Back (BBL is the same thing)

[Ex_Libris]

dc - disconnect
rc - reconnect

[Wesley_Bishop]

Always confused me, PST = Please Send Tell, for the longest time I thought it was Pacific Standard Timezone :)

[neslot]

[ QUOTE ]
I use con to mean "what threat level color is the monster to you?", mostly used in hunting groups, as in:

Lvl20 = "What does X monster con to you? It cons green to me."
Lvl15 = "It cons purple to me."



[/ QUOTE ]

My team uses con the same way. Also as contact, as in "Going to con to get more missions."

[Grimoire]

[ QUOTE ]
Dear god, I am away from the forums for a few months and suddenly everyone is calling their characters "toons". Who started this term and why weren't they killed immediately?

[/ QUOTE ]
Well I saw "toons" start cropping up early after the release of AC2 and was the most common term I saw when referring to characters... up to the day I left for CoH. No idea if it actually originated there though.

[Pterodactyl]

One I see a lot is LD = link dead or link died = disconnected, crashed. For example:

Did X quit?
No, he went ld.

[ShangoKai]

[ QUOTE ]
Well I saw "toons" start cropping up early after the release of AC2 and was the most common term I saw when referring to characters... up to the day I left for CoH. No idea if it actually originated there though.


[/ QUOTE ]

The first place I saw it was a few years ago in a game called the Realm where the characters were actually cartoon-like. Also not sure where it truely originated but if I had to guess it would be the Realm.

[Devolution]

Good stuff

[He_Who_Watches]

LCTMS- lost connection to map server
TS- Team speak as server tech that alows voice chat amonst players.
LF TF looking for task force, similar to LFT
SG- Super Group or Smoke Grenaid
Hammy- Hamidon, Archvillain
Dr., Dr. V- Dr. Vahzilok, AV
AV- Archvillain
KR- King's Row
Dev- Developer, ie game creator
Mod- board moderators (the peopel who delete my posts) /Shifty eyes
/something- to emote that activity as if you are taking that action /jumps, /laughs
PP- either Perez Park, or enemy group Paragon Protectors
CoS- Carninval of Shadows



Powers:
SS- Super Speed
SJ-Super Jump
CD-Cloaking Device
TD-Targetting Drone
US- Unyielding stance
TI-Temp, invulnerabilty
BS- Broad Sword
DM- Dark Melee
DA Dark Armor
AR- Assault Rifle
MoG- moment of glory
Nrg- Energy, pronounce each letter ;)
Inv- Invulnerabilty

WDYMYDKWTSFAF-What do you mean you don't know what these shorts forms are for?
Ok, I made that one up :)

[Haldur]

Forgive me if I repeat any that others have mentioned:

RA : Recovery Aura
PA : Phantom Army
PP : Perez Park
SC : Steel Canyon (note that the I've never seen Skyway City referred to as SC)
IP : Independence Port
DA : Dark Astoria
TV : Terra Volta
ding: used alone to anounce that you just made a level, as in 'Ding!', or as a verb as in 'I just dinged 14')
Woot!: a type of cheer
gj : good job
gjt : good job team
snipe: to attack at near maximum range, using one of the few ranged attacks designated in the game as a sniper attack; Moonbeam and Psychic Lance count as sniper attacks; Fire blast and Lightining bolt do not. Sniper attacks have certain attributes which set them apart from other ranged attacks, but the main one that makes them useful to 'snipe' with is that they are less likely to agro the target's neighbors than other attracks, when used at very long range.
cc : Crowd control
dps: Damage per second, but also used to refer to blasters and scrappers (who are the 'damage' classes).
AE/AoE: Area Effect (AoE always seemed very wrong to me, but enough people use it that you should include it).
PBAE/PBAoE: Point blank Area Effect (360 degree area effect centering on the caster/user, as opposed to cone, or targetted AEs.
wth : What the hell or What the heck
jk or j/k : Just kidding (not sure why there's a slash there, but that's how I've always seen it).
meatshield : slang for a tanker
bubbler: a force field defender or controller
bubble: a force field buff
root: any ability which stops movement, or the use of such an ability.
snare: any ability which slows movement
mez: any ability which puts bad guys to sleep
dot: damage over time
spawn: how a bad guy comes into the game world
despawn: some bad guys disappear or despawn after a time
drop: any inspirations or enhancements you get as a result of defeating a bad guy.
end: endurance
exp: noun - experience; verb - to hunt for the sole purpose of gaining levels.
pl: power level
wife agro: this is self explanatory, but I've seen it used so often that it deserves its own entry :)
-Haldur

[_Zironn_]

[ QUOTE ]
Dear god, I am away from the forums for a few months and suddenly everyone is calling their characters "toons". Who started this term and why weren't they killed immediately?

[/ QUOTE ]

It's been around Everquest for a good long time now. That was my MMORPG background.

[_Zironn_]

[ QUOTE ]
wife agro: this is self explanatory, but I've seen it used so often that it deserves its own entry :)

[/ QUOTE ]

The worst possible kind of aggro...I shudder when my girlfriend gets on my case, cause she is way too good at remembering that kinda thing....lol

[Vitamin_Tom]

Great post; I learned much.

One thing though, w00t means "we own the other team." It origianted in Counter Strike type team vs team games.

[Vog_cof]

havent heard it used much here but in SWG when something was broken we would use the term borked.

eg. my gun is borked.

[Shodin]

It's used here as well. While I think it's an artard expression, it seems to have stuck.

[Netgyrl]

What does FoTM mean?

[Thorny_Toad]

FotM - Flavor of the Month. The most recent and most commonly exploited build. Someone finds a nice tactic, or a overpowered ability and uses it to reap insane amounts of XP very quickly. Soon thereafter you'll begin to see an insanely large amount of these builds. Currently AR/Dev and Fire/Dev blasters (others are accused of being FotM, but these two are the most widley recognized)

Also, everyone seems to use Mez only against enemies. Mez generally means any form of Sleep/hold/stun. Something that prevents you (or an enemy) from moving, attacking, etc.

[Icy_Wad]

ok a few I know I use commonly that I didnts see

mob - mobile, in reference to something you can attack or
attack you (former EQ players use this)

and there was another one but of course Im at work and got interupted now I cant remember it lol

[Icy_Wad]

ok a few I know I use commonly that I didnts see

mob - mobile, in reference to something you can attack or
attack you (former EQ players use this) "Theres some
lvl 38 mobs over here"

char - character, I use this instead of toon "brb changing
chars"

[MrHunter]

[ QUOTE ]
I always used (_)) as teabags
Same thing, different angle I suppose.


[/ QUOTE ]


I've always seen "Teabag" as <8

Use it in IRC all the time

[MrHunter]

[ QUOTE ]
I always used (_)) as teabags
Same thing, different angle I suppose.

[/ QUOTE ]


I've always seen "Teabag" as <8

Use it in IRC all the time

[SBeaudway]

SG - smoke grenade or supergroup

[Cynsation]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Well I saw "toons" start cropping up early after the release of AC2 and was the most common term I saw when referring to characters... up to the day I left for CoH. No idea if it actually originated there though.


[/ QUOTE ]

The first place I saw it was a few years ago in a game called the Realm where the characters were actually cartoon-like. Also not sure where it truely originated but if I had to guess it would be the Realm.

[/ QUOTE ]

My kids played Disney's Toontown Online for awhile, your character was a "toon" so naturally we referred to them as such! :p

Edit: Oh, and what does OP stand for. I've seen it crop op in forum posts lately and I can't figure it out! Please pm me with your response as I am not sure i'll remember to view this post again. Thanks!

[Nadezhda]

Hmm well I am posting the ones I know, I might re-say some that have been already too...
==
sky: skyway city
ra : recovery aura buff
pa : phantom army
sc : steel canyon
ip : independence port
tv : terra volta
gg : good game / way to go
cc : crowd control
dps: someone's damage over a second
ae/aoe: area effect / area of effect
pb: point blank aoe
wth : What the hell or What the heck
jk or j/k : Just kidding
jj: just joshin (same as j/k )
bubbler: a force field defender or controller
bubble: a force field buff
mez: any ability which puts bad guys to sleep
dot: damage over time
spawn: how a bad guy comes into the game world
despawn: some bad guys disappear or despawn after a time
drop: any inspirations or enhancements you get as a result of defeating a bad guy.
end: endurance
xp: noun - experience; verb - to hunt for the sole purpose of gaining levels.
pl: power level
pull: bringing a mob over, I have also seen 'pulling a mission' as going to a contact
lf tf: looking for taskforce
lf: looking for... for a long time i thought this was 'if' but with a captial ' i ' so i thought everyone just had bad grammar saying things like " 28 tank if TF " and what not.
port: teleport
tf: task force
lfg: looking for group
lft: looking for team
regen: regeneration aura buff
fort: fortitude buff
g ra: gather for ra (see above)
ks / ksr: kill steal / kill stealer

[Homewrecker]

What's AT mean?

[gothicdj]

But you forgot the infamous "fwwwwwd2343222444" which means I am an idiot and forgot to get out of chat before trying to run into battle.

[DisasterMaster]

umm ok what about "troll" i hear about it on the forums all the time but i dont know what it means

[The_3rd_Blade]

Plasma_Fury,
You made a comment about updating this? Any idea when that's going to happen? It's a great guide, though you might move it to Excel to make alphabetizing it easier for you.

[MrNoj]

Troll is a person that goes onto the forums (generally) and picks fights just to sidetrack the thread and get their jollys off.

OP is the Original Poster, reffering to the person who wrote the first post in a thread.

Bampf or Bamf: Teleport. i.e. I just bampf'ed the minion over to us and the whole group agroed.

[Zuba_Nagatori]

[ QUOTE ]
ROFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO – Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
ROFLMAOWCSFMN = rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off with coke spewing from my nose
ROFLMFAO = rolling on the floor laughing my f**king a$$ off


[/ QUOTE ]

Here's a prefix enhancement abbr for the ones I quoted:

PIMP - Peeing in my pants

So it would be ROFLMAOWCSFMNPIMP
:D

[Mr_Sizzle]

[ QUOTE ]
umm ok what about "troll" i hear about it on the forums all the time but i dont know what it means

[/ QUOTE ]

Also can be short for controller.

[Alyssa_NA]

Also:

SP = shadow punch
SM = shadow maul
MG = midnight Grasp
DC = Dark Consumption
SD = Soul Drain
DB = Dark Blast
Pet Gaze or PG = Petrifying Gaze
TT= Tenebreous Tentacles
Int = Integration
IH = Instant Healing
QR = quick recovery
Recon = Reconstruction
FH = Fast Healing
MoG or mog = Moment of Glory. Also used to tell defenders or healers why a heal is not working on an upper-level Regen Scrapper.
Regen = regeneration secondary, or the rate at which your health returns.

As a side note:

Flamer (actually f-lamer) = Short for f**king lamer, someone who frequently picks arguments on a forum, creates upset, or insults those posting. A Flamer can usually be identified by the number of non-existent level 50 characters (toons) he possesses, the evident lack of knowledge of how things work in the end-game, and his supreme knowledge over something he has never done or tried before.

A flamer typically brings up parentage, makes a likeness to Hitler or Nazis, and insults the intellegence of those responding.

[SunderX]

AT=Archetype (Blaster, Tanker, etc.)
zzz = shorthand for "I have been mezzed (held), so I can't do anything right now. Oh and if you are a Defender or Controller, please unmez me so I don't die and can contribute to the team again"
Hell = a blue cave mission in the Perez Park maze.
Main = alternate usage: Highest level character on an Account.
Farming = Running missions over and over without completing them in order to reap high amounts of XP in a short time.

[Rockmar]

this needs another post on it..
add anchor! :)

1. Anchor - An NPC villian that is targetted and is needed for some powers to activate upon and/or continue working. Ususally killed last so effect stays.

i think if its important enough for my rad defender to have a bind to explain what it is and NOT to kill it, its 'portant 'nuff fer yer gee-ide here.

[CatalystKid]

This is great, thank you!

[40Thieves]

Great Guide, allow me to add my 2 bits:

I see alot of people using HO, what does that mean?

WOOT:
Woot has many theories surrounding it. It may or may not mean "We Own the Other Team" but it is unlikely. It is definately older than Counter-Strike. It's mostly just an exclimation like HUZZAH!

BRB != BBL:
BRB = gone a few seconds to a minute or two
BBL = gone an extended period of time

Zerg = Rush:
In all my years of (starcraft/broodwar)ing I've never heard the term zerg used as a verb. You use the word rush. A rush is a zergling rush. They're the only unit you can rush with anyway, i've tried overlord rushes and it just doesn't have the same effect. A rush is a pre-emptive attack on a small group of enemies with a much larger number of, yet not necessarily stronger, units.

[Screwloose]

HO = Hamidon Enhancement, a special extra good enhancement that you get for beating Hamidon.

It isn't exactly an abbreviation, but since the other degrees of Enhancement are referred to as TO, DO and SO it has fallen into common usage.

Also sometimes Hami-O.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[Linuial]

[ QUOTE ]
Anchor - An NPC villian that is targetted and is needed for some powers to activate upon and/or continue working. Ususally killed last so effect stays.

i think if its important enough for my rad defender to have a bind to explain what it is and NOT to kill it, its 'portant 'nuff fer yer gee-ide here.

[/ QUOTE ]

Okay.....so fill me in. I've been told this on occasion, but even though I've asked, it's never been explained to me how *I*, personally, can tell exactly which mob it is which is the anchor. So far, I haven't seen anything about any one mob that looks different from any other.....perhaps because the mobs as a group all get killed so fast, while I'm occupied trying to do my share of damage dealing.

What do I look for in order to identify the "anchor"? So I know which one I'm not supposed to be hitting?

[Knightsedge]

[ QUOTE ]
[What do I look for in order to identify the "anchor"? So I know which one I'm not supposed to be hitting?

[/ QUOTE ]

The best thing to do is to ask your controller before battle since different sets give different effects (dark or rad). The Achors glow (rad) brighter than the others or have a dark pool (dark) around them.

Another good way is to target the Controller at the beginning of battle, you will see his target and when he throws his attack you will be able to see what effect is generated on the anchor.

Hope this helps.

[Brain_Tyrant]

Uber is German for Over.

Leeroy is a verb or noun depending on its usage. It means almos the same thing as Zerg, specifically to rush into a huge spawn while the rest of the team isn't ready, usually resulting in a team wipe. A person who leeroys is a leeroy. ( from WoW video starring idiot named Leeroy Jenkins)

What the heck is IBTL? I've seen it and variations like IBTL +1 and such.

[VoodooCompany]

Aha! I knew there was a thread like this already.

Like hell I'm reading through all the pages though ;) So here's my question:

What does ADDS mean exactly?

Abbreviation for something? Shorthand? It appears to have to do with unintended aggro, correct?

[Screwloose]

IBTL is internet forum lingo and stand for In Before The Lock. It indicates that the pooster believes the current thread is about to draw the aggro of the moderators and be locked. IBTL +1 is a variation that is just making it clear that the poster is using the IBTL post to pad his post count.

Adds, or if said loudly ADDS are indeed unintended aggro. I believe it is shortened from Additional Mobs and indicates that mobs additional to the intended pull have aggroed.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[VGhost]

Broken or Broken-ness: A term I first heard playing Magic:The Gathering, and that probably originated there. Refers to an ability, power, card, etc. that some creative gamer found a way to use to unbalance or 'break' the game that the devs didn't intend. This usually leads to a nerf or restriction on that ability by said devs. This can be used in a positive way ("Instant Healing pre-I5 was pure broken-ness!") or a negative way ("Did you see what he did to me in PvP? I'm telling you that power is totally broken").

e.g. and i.e.: My pet peaves. e.g. is Latin for 'exempli gratia' meaning 'for example'. i.e is Latin for 'id est' meaning 'that is to say' or 'in other words'.

WIWAW: "Wish I was a wookie." Ok, I made that up - I think I did anyway. Cyberspace is awfully big. Heh, think I'll start using it to see if it catches on. :cool:

[Psifire_]

orange - damage resistance inspiration

Dunno if this is the "official" name, but it's an orange colored
inspiration. :)

[SuperChris]

Here are some that I didn't see (I may have just missed them). I'm not sure how common some of these are, but I have seen them used outside my circle of friends.


rings - the defensive buff of a sonic resonance user

bubble - the defensive buff of a force field user

Congra Rats! - congratulations

TPK - total party kill, a fight that ends with the entire team dead, usually only significant with 6+ team members

TPW - total party wipe (see TPK)

wipe out! - see TPK

PBAoE - an AoE centered on the user

gank - to kill/rob another player, a recent addition to COH with the inclusion of PvP zones

PvP - player vs. player, game content pitting players against each other

PvE - player vs. enemy, game content focusing on players vs mobs

PvL - player vs. lag, term used to deride server lag

burn - to rapidly use a large number of resources. "I was burning greens like crazy last fight." (alternate meaning)

pills - inspirations, usually referred to by color. "I could use some blue pills!"

Patrol! - used to signal the team to the sudden appearance of a roaming group of enemies.

Steamroller - refers to a team that seems unstoppable.

Outer Bumf**kia - for when BFE just doesn't describe just how far you have to go to get to your next mission.

Sandwich Run - missions that require you to go and physically talk to an NPC; also FedEx Delivery, Courier Duty, pizza delivery, time waster

sap - to drain a victim's endurance

sapper - a character that focuses on endurance drain

chain mez - when a character applies a series of holds/mezzes/etc. to a character preventing the victim from taking any action for an extended period

MAN - refers to a character that focuses on their Primary and Secondary powers, taking Pool Powers only when they have no other options.

Iron Man - a character that waits as long as possible before taking a travel power.

SMASH!!! - a COV term used by Brutes to describe their primary function.

Fury Addiction - a term used by Brute players to describe the addictiveness of keeping their Fury bar as full as possible. Often this leads to spaz-like behavior

spaz - a player that rushes into a group of enemies without regard for the team's current status. Spazzes are sometimes griefers, but mostly they just don't know what they're doing.

Leroy - A particularly bad spaz. Term coined from an allegedly real video of an EQ* party. Can be used as a verb or nickname.
* at least I think it was EQ, correct me if I'm wrong.

The Gulch - the depression in the middle of the Hollows; a very dangerous place to be avoided. "Don't take a short cut through the Gulch!"

Suicide Express - getting KO'd to use the hospital teleporters to travel quickly.

Fluffy - a Dark Servant, the Dark Miasma pet

Sing - a Singularity, the Gravity Manipulation pet

PA - Phantom Army, the first "pets" an Illusion controller gains access to

Rez - resurrect

AFK - away from keyboard

macro - a custom button that performs the functions of a bind (see below)

bind - remapping a certain keys so that they have new functions; also Keybind

bindster - an expert at devising keybinds

drop - a power that, once activated, changes the cursor to a bullseye and prompts the user for a placement location; also drop-click

RA - recovery aura (usually) or regeneration aura, a PBAoE buff that dramatically improves the recovery/healing rate of the subjects

HLZ - short for Hot Landing Zone. A dangerous entry point.

Welcoming Committee - a group of enemies that spawned right next to a mission entrance; also Welcome Wagon, Company, Greeters, Door Spawn

Ambush - a surprise attack related to a mission that was just accepted or completed.

rubberbanding - a computer glitch, usually related to server lag, that cause the character's position to jump around erratically

slideshow - another server lag issue that drops the client's framerate down to virtually nothing

Herdicane - affectionate nickname for the Storm Summoning's Hurricane power

zzzz - used to indicate that the character is suffering from Hold/Sleep/Disorient or some other effect that is preventing the character from taking action.

DC'd - unexpectedly disconnected

leech - a team member that is not pulling his or her own weight; als mooch, sponge, dead weight

Chaos - effects that cause a great deal of scatter or non-orderly crowd control. "Fire/Storm and Illusion/Storm are exceptional chaos controllers."

bottomed out - refering to a character that has run out of endurance; also tapped, tapped out, drained, thirsty

red lining - a character whose health has dropped into the red

gimp - a character or ojbect that consistantly underperforms because they are an "unconventional" build or the player is uniformed; also gimped, the gimp, gimp, worthless

alpha strike - launching a sudden, hopefully, overpowering attack against an enemy or group of enemies.

ninja - to sneak around the enemy, usually using only minimal or no stealth powers. Sometimes refers to a particularly deft bit of running/jumping that puts a character is a position they "shouldn't" be able to get to

skills - refers to a player's proficiency level. A term mostly used to brag; also Mad Skills (exceptional skills). Skills is sometimes spelled skillz.

tar - short for Tar Pit

drop out - a player that unexpectedly leaves the team.

GJ - good job

Thanks! - a polite term that should be used to express your appreciation for what your teammates are doing to help you out.

healer - a term carried over from fantasy-themed MMOs that assumes that character capable of healing/buffing should do nothing else. Highly insulting to many Defenders.

blapper - a blaster the focuses on melee range attacks.

blaptroller - a controller that focuses on damaging rather than control... or a blaster with some control-like abilities.

offender - a defender that focuses on debuffs and blasts rather than buffs or heals.

scraptroller - a controller that uses their control abilities in conjuction with close range or melee attacks rather than hanging back and attacking from a distance. Could also be a scrapper with some controler-ish abilities, usually fear or disorient powers.

scrapfender - a defender than favors close range attacks.

scranker - a tanker that puts more emphasis on attacks than defensive powers.

pet handler - a character that focuses on summoned pets to do their fighting.

aggro management - the practice of directing aggro to those targets that can best absorb/avoid the enemy's attacks. Usually performed by tankers.

aggro magnet - characters that can taunt/provoke... or blasters.

squid - term for a Kheldian, especially when in Nova form.

crab - term for a Kheldian, especially when in Dwarf form. Also: lobster

[SuperChris]

Oops accidentally combined two entries:


blastroller - a controller that focuses on damaging rather than control... or a blaster with some control-like abilities.

blaptroller - a blaster that focuses on melee and controller-like attacks.


Some more that I thought of:

nuke - the final attack in the blaster/defender blast powersets. Nukes are typically extremely damage, but completely drain a character of endurance. (alternate meaning 1)

nuke - the final attack in the radiation blast powerset. (alternate meaning 2)

TTM - To The Moon! Often refers to KnockUP powers, especially when used to finish off an opponent.

Tin Can - a Freakshow Tank

puppie - a werewolf, usually the kind summoned by the werewolf whistle

[Lokkdown]

Hey this is for EVERYONE who wanted a complete guide... i am sure he was busy and well.. i needed something like this for my paper to back up how MMOs' had social structures ( its a paper ok?? )
so with kudos to EVERYONE here.. i present Lokkdowns Re-Compiled Lexicon of MMO speak ( orignally done By Plasma_fury and varoius COH posters) (http://www.heroforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=42#42)

[Paraflex]

Just curious, I see "Meh" a lot, what does it mean?

[Screwloose]

"Meh" doesn't mean anything, but I would characterise it as a sort of text representation of a verbal shrug. Try saying it and shrugging at the same time you will get the feeling, kind of unimpressed acknowledgement.

It goes with "Heh" which is sort of a half laugh.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[Dr_Automaton]

Since I couldn't find these anywhere in the thread, I'll pass on what another user told me:

QFT - Quoted For Truth
QFE - Quoted For Emphasis

[Human_Icecube]

[ QUOTE ]
...


blapper - a blaster the focuses on melee range attacks...



[/ QUOTE ]

Last night in a Frostfire mish, we had a blaster who kept running into the mobs. After he left the team, i said he was a blaster who thought he was a tank--> a Blank !!

[desertfoxx]

what does CoX mean...

[Mr_Graviton]

CoX refers to any game in the "City Of ..." group. Usually used when whatever is being discussed can apply to both CoH and CoV.

Added:

ty - Thank You

yw - Your Welcome

np - No problem

tp - Teleport please, or just Teleport

rgr - My own contribution, means "roger" - an acknowledgement

pls - an abbreviation for "please"

RA2 - Another of my contributions, means Regeneration Aura and Recovery Aura. Used when both are available to use for the group, (i.e. RA2 is up...)

[Seikon]

[ QUOTE ]
But you forgot the infamous "fwwwwwd2343222444" which means I am an idiot and forgot to get out of chat before trying to run into battle.

[/ QUOTE ]

A bit of thread necromancy here, but I laughed hard when I read this one... I have so done this many times... that and autorun into baddies when I thought I was in chat (now I reassign autorun). ^_^

[Captain_Simian]

What does SHOE mean? I know it is related to Hamidon Origin enhancements, but unsure how.

[Malkyre]

It's the villain side version of the Hamidon Origin Enhancement. They were synthesized from real Hami-O's by... one of the Praetorians, I think, or maybe one of the main Villains in Arachnos' club. Anyway, it stands for Synthetic Hamidon Origin Enhancement (S.H.O.E.)

[Claymore]

I haven't seen DBL mentioned yet.

DBL= Death By Lag
When a lag on the server causes you to die.

[CrimsonShadow]

A few more I haven't really seen mentioned

IBTD- I beat the deletion. Stated when a hot topic most likely to incite a flame war or that just goes against forum rules such as calling out devs or players.

Flame war- A thread that devolves into players mostly arguing through their posts.

Threadjack- when a forum thread is brought off topic into sometimes a completely unrelated subject.

LK- the villain version of a sidekick, a higher level player pairs up with a lower level player so that the lower player fights as if they are one level lower than the higher player

EX/MF Exemplar/Malefactor- When a higher level player pairs with a lower level player so that the higher player can fight at the lower level.

Ghost- sending a stealthed player through the mission to only go for the objectives to complete the mission quickly.

Dumpster diving- a term going back to the old days without aggro caps and gathering almost complete maps into a dumpster, usually on the Boomtown map. Today it mostly refers to dropping a full aggro cap mob into a dumpster.

BF- Break free, an inspiration that releases a character from status effects such as sleeps, holds, and immobilizes.

Shivs- refers to the Summon Shivan temp power earned from Bloody bay.

RSF- Recluse Strike force, the last and most difficult Strike force for villains.

[RogueDemonhunter]

Bump-

An attempt to save this guide from the Old Thread

Purge of 97. ;)

[all_hell]

lotg means what?

[_Brev__NA]

Luck of the Gambler - one of the Invention Sets for Defence powers.

Trivia: It is usually used in relation to the sixth member of the set - the one that provides a 7.5% Recharge Set Bonus along with some direct Defense enhancement for the power it is slotted in. This is one of the rarest recipes to show up on the Consignment markets (as it is so useful for virtually any build), and as such is one of the most expensive when it occasionally does turn up on the market. Builds that are trying to maximise their +Recharge set bonus will typically be looking to include at least one of these enhancements - which can make such builds extremely expensive (unless you get lucky and have one drop from a TF or SF).

[Iron_General]

Every so often I see the abbreviation QFT on the forums. What does that one stand for?

[Moggie]

Quoted For Truth.

Means they agree totally

[seaborn]

Also add

PuG Pickup Group

Ex. If you are a Defender and you get a /t asking, "Are you a Healer (or H3@lr, etc.)?," do not join that Pickup Group. The team leader is usually a PitA (Pain in the A$$).

[Vihzera]

What does "Proc" mean? I keep seeing it used in the builds section and I can't figure it out :o

[Evil_Sprout]

gtg= Got to go (noramlly from what ive seen :P).... good to go?

[Spectreblade]

A "Proc" is an invention enhancement that gives a power a chance to inflict an additional secondary effect, such as the Sting of the Manticore set's Chance for Toxic damage enhancement.

[Zombie Man]

And 'proc' is short for 'process.' A process would be extra damage, or a mez.

And so, 'proc' contextually means, "A chance for a special process/effect to go off."

[TyrantMikey]

I know it's late, but I've finally gotten around to posting a new, updated version of the guide.

You can find it here (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=9360572&page=0&vc=1&PHPS ESSID=#Post9360572).

Thanks for all your help and patience, folks! Please direct all new submissions to the new link. I'll be monitoring that thread on my favorites for submissions and updates.