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World of Warcraft Slang
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.
| Slang Term | Meaning | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| pwnt | Owned | 300 |
| woot | Wonderful loot | 400 |
| BOE | Bind on equip | 500 |
| BOP | Bind on pickup | 367 |
| GS | Gear score | 233 |
| mats | Materials | 500 |
| pat | Patrol | 225 |
| RDPS | Ranged damage per second | 300 |
| MDPS | Melee damage per second | 367 |
| BIS | Best in slot | 450 |
| kara | Karazhan | 500 |
| ks | Kingslayer | 300 |
| pot | Potion | 300 |
| shat | Shattrath City | 500 |
| shatt | Shattrath City | 300 |
| waggro | Wife aggro | 300 |
| prot | Protection | 500 |
| kgo | Ok, go | 500 |
| Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 225 |
| belf | Blood Elf | 500 |
| brez | Battle resurrection | 300 |
| rez | Resurrection | 500 |
| DBM | Deadly Boss Mods | 500 |
| jc | Jewelcrafter | 500 |
| mut | Mutilate | 500 |
| nax | Naxxaramas | 500 |
| oneshot | One shot completion | 500 |
| disc | Discipline | 500 |
| resto | Restoration | 500 |
| RMP | Rogue, Mage, Priest | 500 |
| Kiting | Moving while avoiding attack | 300 |
| HM | Hard mode | 283 |
| xmute | Transmute | 500 |
| deeps | Damage per second | 233 |
| LOM | Low on mana | 450 |
| OOM | Out of mana | 175 |
| PVE | Player versus environment | 400 |
| WTT | Want to trade | 400 |
| alt | Alternate character | 400 |
| PST | Please send tell | 200 |
| CC | Crowd control | 400 |
| GM | Game master | 200 |
| HOT | Heal over time | 400 |
| HPS | Heals per second | 400 |
| inc | Incoming | 400 |
| int | Intellect | 233 |
| LFW | Looking for work | 400 |
| SP | Spell power | 400 |
| BC | Burning Crusade | 467 |
| AH | Auction house | 400 |
| AP | Attack power | 220 |
| arp | Armor penetration | 400 |
| dal | Dalaran | 400 |
| de | Disenchant | 400 |
| FP | Flight point | 400 |
| GB | Guild bank | 250 |
| icc | Icecrown Citadel | 250 |
| wg | Wintergrasp | 250 |
| AE | Area of effect | 350 |
| Ding | Level up | 233 |
| Tank | Strong character | 200 |
| adds | Additional mobs | 250 |
| Pull | Enter combat | 400 |
| Trash | Dungeon enemy mob groups | 350 |
| 10m | Ten man | 425 |
| 25m | Twenty-five man | 250 |
| Debuff | Weakening effect | 225 |
| mp5 | Mana per five seconds | 400 |
| naxx | Naxxaramas | 400 |
| Ninja | Loot stealer | 250 |
| PTR | Public test realm | 400 |
| Main | Main character | 400 |
| rep | Reputation | 250 |
| Camping | Holding position | 400 |
| CTF | Capture the flag | 350 |
| pwnage | Ownage | 350 |
| def | Defense | 400 |
| DKP | Dragon kill points | 400 |
| Grinding | Playing long hours | 280 |
| Mule | Alternate character for storage | 400 |
| cd | Cooldown | 250 |
| FF | Faerie fire | 400 |
| FF | Focus fire | 233 |
| MC | Mind Control | 250 |
| Toon | Alternate character | 450 |
| hp5 | Health per five seconds | 300 |
| arpen | Armor penetration | 400 |
| RP | Role play | 267 |
| RL | Real life | 200 |
| w00t | Joy and excitement | 300 |
| WOOT | We own the other team | 300 |
| FTL | For the loss | 300 |
| WTB | Want to buy | 300 |
| WTS | Want to sell | 200 |
| LF | Looking for | 250 |
| PVP | Player versus player | 200 |
| LF1M | Looking for one more | 300 |
| DPS | Damage per second | 200 |
| aggro | Aggression | 400 |
| dc | Disconnect | 167 |