Common Guild Wars and internet terms

[Commander Ryker]

Everyone, please take a look at this list and post if there are any missing. We would like to keep this up to date.

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40/40           A wand/offhand weapon set with both 20% HCT and 20% HSR mods on each weapon. 
55 build	55 health solo build
600/smite   Two monk team consisting of a 600hp tank and a smite-bonder.

A
abs		(Rune of) Absorption
AD		American District
afaik		as far as I know
afk		away from keyboard
AoE		Area of Effect
AL		Armor Level
AP		Armor Penetration
AtB		Awaken the Blood
atm		at the moment
attrib		attribute
B
balth (faction) Balthazar faction points earned in PvP matches. 
b/o		buyout
B/P		Barrage/Pet ranger
bbiab		be back in a bit
bbl		be back later
BDS          Bone Dragon Staff
BHA          Broad Head Arrow
Bio		bathroom break (biological waste)
BiP		Blood is Power
Bonder	Protection monk focusing on Life Bond
boon prot	Monk with Divine Boon and prot skills
B/U            Backup essences (of celerity)
BR		Blood Ritual
brb		be right back
brt            be right there
btw		by the way
C
c/o		current offer
cap sig	Signet of Capture
CoF		Cry of Frustration or Cathedral of Flames
CoP		Contemplation of Purity or Cry of Pain
D
DD		Direct Damage - Destruction Depths
DF		Divine Favor
DNKP		Defend North Kryta Province
DoA 		Domain of Anguish
DOT		Damage Over Time
dp		death penalty
DPS		Damage Per Second
Drok's		Droknar's Forge, or armor crafted there
E
Ecto          Glob of Ectoplasm
Edge		Edge of Extinction
EDrain		Energy Drain
EoE		Edge of Extinction
F
FA             Final Assault (Sorrow's Furnace)
FA            Fort Aspenwood (Competitive Mission)
FDS		Fiery Dragon Sword
FFF              	Fast Faction Farm
ffs		for f***'s sake
FoC		Feast of Corruption
FOTM		Flavor of the Month
FoW		Fissure of Woe
FTL		For The Lose
FTW		For The Win
G
g		gold
GG		Good Game
GJ		Good Job
GL		Guild Lord
GLF		Group Looking For
gl hf		good luck; have fun
GoR		Glyph of Renewal
GvG		Guild versus Guild
GWAMM  	God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals – Rank in Kind of a big deal title track
H
HA		Heroes' Ascent
HFFF         Hero Fast Faction Farm
HB            HB monk. (Healer's Boon)
HCT          Halves casting time
HoD		Henge of Denravi
HoH		Hall of Heroes
HP		hit points, health
HSR          Halves skill recharge
H/H          Hero/Hench
I
IDS		Icy Dragon Sword
IAS           increase attack speed
imho		in my humble/honest opinion
imo		in my opinion
IMS           increase movement speed
int		international (district)
IRC		Internet Relay Chat
irl     		in real life
ITT 		In this thread
IW		Illusionary Weaponry
IWAY		"I Will Avenge You!
J
j/k		just kidding
JQ             Jade Quarry (Competitive Mission)
K
k		thousand/platinum
KC 		Kaineng Center – Main City in Factions
Keg Farm    A farm that is no longer possible.
KoBD         	Kind of a Big Deal
L
LA		Lion's Arch, trade center of GW
LDD		Last Day Dawns
LFG		Looking For Group
LFP		Looking For Party
LFR		Looking For Runner
LMAO		Laughing my ass off
LMFAO	Laughing my F***ing ass off
LOD           Light of Deliverance
LoD            Light of Deldrimor- A PvE only skill in the dwarven title track that allows players to reveal treasures in certain areas of the dungeon.
LOL          Laugh out Loud
LoS		line of sight
M
mIRC		IRC client
MM		Minion Master
MoI		Mantra of Inscriptions
MoR		Mantra of Recall - MoR = Mantra of Recovery - Mantra of Resolve - Mark of Rodgort
MT		mistell, a message sent to the wrong person 
N
NPC		Non Player Character
O
omw		on my way
obo		or best offer
OoB		Offering of Blood
P
PC		Price Check
Pew Pew    The sound of lasers, which usually associated with "owning" somebody or something.
pip		arrow of health or energy regeneration
Pleak         Power Leak
Plok           Power Block
PM		Private Message
prep		preparation
PS		Protective Spirit
PUG		Pickup Group
PvE		Player versus Environment
PvP		Player versus Player
Q
QQ            Crying
QZ		Quickening Zephyr
R
RA		Random Arenas
Renewal	Glyph of Renewal
r/b or Reserve bid-"I wont let it be bought until it reaches X amount"
Rez or res	Resurrect
RoF (location)Ring of Fire, either the mission outpost or island chain
RoF (skill)	Reversal of Fortune	
ROFL		Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFL	Rolling on the floor laughing
S
s/b		starting bid
sac		sacrifice
SB		Spirit Bond
SF		Sorrow's Furnace - Searing Flames - Shadow Form
SoA	       	Shield of Absorption (the Nightfall reference)
SOJ		Shield of Judgement
SoS           Signet of Sorrow
SS (skill)	Spiteful Spirit
SS (non-skill)screenshot
Sup		Superior (Rune)
stfu		shut the f*** up
SV		Sympathetic Visage - Spoil Victor
T
TA		Team Arenas
TF		Tiger's Fury
tbh 		to be honest
THK		Thunderhead Keep
TOA		Temple of Ages
Tombs	Tomb of the Primeval Kings (PvE), Heroes' Ascent (PvP)
ToPK		Tomb of the Primeval Kings
toon          someone's character
TS		Teamspeak, a voice chat program
ttyl		talk to you later
tyt		take your time
U
UW		Underworld
V
VDS           Vampiric Dragon Sword
Vent		Ventrilo, a voice chat program
VIM		"Victory Is Mine!"
VoD		"Victory or Death!"
VS            Voltaic Spear
W
wammo	W/Mo, usually self-healing
WaW		Worlds at War, term for the current Favor system
WoH		Word of Healing
WTB		Want To Buy
WTF		What the f***
WTS		Want To Sell
WTT		Want To Trade

[Kumu Honua]

Boon prot's link is misspelled.

[Rakim B]

Worlds at war isn't really wrong, just outdated.

SoA has another meaning thanks to nightfall too

[Commander Ryker]

Thanks Kuma, it's fixed.

Originally Posted by Rakim B

Worlds at war isn't really wrong, just outdated.

SoA has another meaning thanks to nightfall too

Ok, that is no help. What's the other meaning and where did you see worlds at war?

[Quaker]

You left out HB - as in HB monk. (Healer's Boon)

WTB, WTT, & WTS are all "Want" not "Willing"

CoF is also Cathedral of Flames.

FTW is also "Free The World" or "F*** The World"

"brt" - be right there

LOD - Light of Deliverance

SoA - Shield of Absorption (the Nightfall reference)

rgr - Roger

KoBD - Kind of a Big Deal

600/smite - Two monk team consisting of a 600hp tank and a smite-bonder.

ttfn - Ta Ta For Now - Tigger's way of saying "so long" to Pooh

[dark_slayer]

SF = Searing Flames and Shadow Form also
QQ = cry
SV = Spoil Victor
MoR = Mantra of Recovery, Mantra of Resolve and Mark of Rodgort
SoJ = Signet of Judgment
SoS = Signet of Sorrow


Plok= Power Block
Pleak= Power Leak
DD = Destruction Depths
CoF = Cathedral of Flames

you should split this into 2 parts, 1 for skills and 1 for every thing else

[Nainoa]

FFF = Fast Faction Farm
HFFF = Hero Fast Faction Farm

I feel bad for the person keeping track of the acronyms people use because it seems they like to abbreviate everything.

[Songbringer]

gz=congratulations

[Commander Ryker]

Quaker, thanks those all really helped. I didn't leave anything out tho, it's not my list. I think it was made back when GW first went live. I just reposted with updated rules and stuff.

Songbringer, I've not seen that one. Most people say grats.

Nainoa, don't feel too bad, that's why I posted this.....so you guys could help me.

Originally Posted by dark_slayer

you should split this into 2 parts, 1 for skills and 1 for every thing else

Good idea, I'll do that.....although not today, I have a headache.

[Nightow]

SS could also mean [Spirit's Strength] as in a SS/Splinter/Volley Rit.

RoF could mean Rate of Fire as in how fast you fire a bow/spear.

OoS = [offering of spirit]

AR = [Ancestors Rage]

Nearly all the item spells can be abbreviated such as [Protective was Kaolai] = PwK.

GoF = [Gaze of Fury]

DPS = [Death Pact Signet]

FomF = [Flesh of My Flesh]

MB&S/MBaS = [Mend Body and Soul]

Rejuv = [Rejuvenation]

SLW = [Spirit Light Weapon]

WoR = [Weapon of Remedy]

WoS = [Weapon of Shadow]

WoW = [Weapon of Warding]

P.S - Ain't touchin' Communing/Spawning since not many people use those skills.

[Arduin]

HB = Healer's Boon, + Hero Battles
GH = Guildhall
EotN, GWEN = Guild Wars Eye of the North expansion
UB = Ursan Blessing

[DarkGanni]

WoD = [skill]Wail Of Doom[/skill]

Terra = Elementalist being Assassin or Mesmer 2nd profession.

[Fury Incarnate]

ATfH - A Time for Heroes (Last GWEN mission)
EotN, GWEN - Eye of the North
NF - Nightfall
Proph - Prophecies
Prof - profession
GD - Great Destroyer

[TheodenKing]

Originally Posted by Quaker

WTB, WTT, & WTS are all "Want" not "Willing"

Maybe in your world. But in my world, it has always been "willing," which, by the way, means the same thing.

Missing from list:
ea = each
ecto (or "e") = Glob of Ectoplasm
GFtE = Go For the Eyes!
GoLE = Glyph of Lesser Energy
Imba = "I'm a badass" -- Save Yourselves paragon build.
Pgon = Paragon
SY = Save Yourselves!
zkey = Zaishen key

[Laelia Pumila]

I thought 'imba' meant imbalanced?

And I've always wondered what 'sabway' is short for. It's not on the list.

[Darcy]

Ryder, you are missing LoD - Light of Deldrimor

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@ Laelia - Sabway is usually Sab's 3-Necro Hero Team for Vanquishing 4-man areas.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ight=Sab+necro

[MisterB]

Sabway

ITT = In this thread
TNtF or TNTF = ["Theres Nothing to Fear!"]

Ryker, WaW is on the list as "Worlds at War, term for the current favor system," which is now outdated since the change to titles for favor.

Is HP also used for [[Heal Party]?

[Hollygen]

Originally Posted by DarkGanni

Terra = Elementalist being Assassin or Mesmer 2nd profession.

The E/Me or E/A builds you're thinking of that get called 'Terra' do so because the Elementalist is using predominantly ele Earth skills. 'Terra' meaning 'Earth' or 'Land'

[Quaker]

Originally Posted by TheodenKing

Maybe in your world. But in my world, it has always been "willing," which, by the way, means the same thing.

The intent may be the same - the desire to buy or sell something - but being "willing" to do something is not the same as "wanting" to do it. I may be "willing" to change a baby's diaper, but I don't "want" to.

On a related topic - many people here have listed various abbreviations for assorted spells. Basically, of course, any spell-name could be replaced by it's abbreviation, but that would just get confusing. I think this list would be best served by only listing those spell abbreviations that come up most often in regular chat - unfortunately, "most often" can change depending upon what builds are currently in vogue.

[KoKoS]

k = thousand/platinum = /agree, but it's sometimes also used to say "ok"

np= no problem

asap= as s00n as possible