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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 | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Grinding | Playing long hours | 577 |
| Camper | A player who doesn't move | 577 |
| MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game | 580 |
| LF | Looking for | 580 |
| RP | Roleplay | 582 |
| WoW | World of Warcraft | 582 |
| GB | Guild bank | 584 |
| pwned | Owned | 584 |
| RPG | Role-playing game | 585 |
| w00t | Joy and excitement | 585 |
| alt | Alternate character | 585 |
| crit | Critical Strike | 585 |
| bio | Bathroom | 585 |
| WTS | Want to sell | 586 |
| GM | Game master | 586 |
| Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 587 |
| Ganking | Launching a surprise attack | 587 |
| inv | Invite | 588 |
| LFG | Looking for group | 588 |
| grats | Congratulations | 588 |
| oneshot | One shot completion | 588 |
| rep | Reputation | 588 |
| Uber | The best | 588 |
| Twink | Powerful low-level character | 588 |
| RL | Real life | 589 |
| mats | Materials | 589 |
| MMO | Massively multiplayer online | 590 |
| LFM | Looking for more | 590 |
| AP | Attack power | 590 |
| cata | Cataclysm | 591 |
| Ding | Level up | 591 |
| WTT | Want to trade | 592 |
| MDPS | Melee damage per second | 592 |
| pwnt | Owned | 593 |
| MT | Mistype | 593 |
| 25m | Twenty-five man | 593 |
| HM | Hard mode | 593 |
| FF | Focus fire | 593 |
| OOC | Out of character | 594 |
| PC | Player character | 596 |
| HOT | Heal over time | 598 |
| int | Intellect | 598 |
| shat | Shattrath City | 598 |
| prot | Protection | 598 |
| brez | Battle resurrection | 598 |
| jc | Jewelcrafter | 598 |
| WTB | Want to buy | 599 |
| LF1M | Looking for one more | 599 |
| BOE | Bind on equip | 599 |
| HPS | Heals per second | 599 |
| LFW | Looking for work | 599 |
| RDPS | Ranged damage per second | 599 |
| SP | Spell power | 599 |
| WOTLK | Wrath of the Lich King | 599 |
| AH | Auction house | 599 |
| bg | Battleground | 599 |
| BIS | Best in slot | 599 |
| dal | Dalaran | 599 |
| de | Disenchant | 599 |
| FP | Flight point | 599 |
| gratz | Congratulations | 599 |
| kara | Karazhan | 599 |
| adds | Additional mobs | 599 |
| Pull | Enter combat | 599 |
| rez | Resurrection | 599 |
| DBM | Deadly Boss Mods | 599 |
| nax | Naxxaramas | 599 |
| Wipe | Total death | 599 |
| Raid | Raid group | 599 |
| spec | Specialization | 599 |
| resto | Restoration | 599 |
| MC | Mind Control | 599 |
| str | Strength | 599 |
| agi | Agility | 599 |
| T4T | Thanks for trade | 599 |
| Burst | Combination of attacks in a short span of time | 599 |
| Bot mafia | A legion of automated World of Warcraft characters | 599 |
| TYFP | Thank you for party | 599 |
| LFP | Looking for party | 599 |
| PVE | Player versus environment | 600 |
| PST | Please send tell | 600 |
| BOP | Bind on pickup | 600 |
| GS | Gear score | 600 |
| pat | Patrol | 600 |
| icc | Icecrown Citadel | 600 |
| ks | Kingslayer | 600 |
| waggro | Wife aggro | 600 |
| Trash | Dungeon enemy mob groups | 600 |
| naxx | Naxxaramas | 600 |
| Ninja | Loot stealer | 600 |
| PTR | Public test realm | 600 |
| disc | Discipline | 600 |
| Mule | Alternate character for storage | 600 |
| xmute | Transmute | 600 |
| FF | Faerie fire | 600 |
| Toon | Alternate character | 600 |
| woot | Wonderful loot | 601 |
| shatt | Shattrath City | 601 |
| wg | Wintergrasp | 601 |
| belf | Blood Elf | 601 |
| hp5 | Health per five seconds | 601 |
| arpen | Armor penetration | 601 |
| BoT | Bastion of Twilight | 601 |
| GTG | Good to go | 602 |
| AE | Area of effect | 602 |
| Twinking | Leveling up with assistance | 602 |
| LOM | Low on mana | 603 |
| 10m | Ten man | 604 |
| BC | Burning Crusade | 606 |
| mut | Mutilate | 600 |
| RMP | Rogue, Mage, Priest | 600 |
| def | Defense | 600 |
| DKP | Dragon kill points | 600 |
| MOP | Mists of Pandaria | 600 |
| idd | Indeed | 600 |