A glossary of gaming terms, acronyms and slang, submitted and compiled by GamersHQ members.
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A
AFK: Away From Keyboard
AO - Anarchy Online
AoC - Age of Chivalry; Age of Conan
AoE - Age of Empires
AoM - Age of Mythology
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
ATH - All-Time High
AtM: At The Moment
AW - Afterworld
AWD - Afterworld Dollar
B
BF - Battlefield 1942
BF2 - Battlefield 2
BF2142 - Battlefield 2142
BIA: Brothers in Arms
bk: back
BRB: Be Right Back
BTW : By The Way
BW - Starcraft : Brood War
C
C&C - Command & Conquer
CMD: Command
CND - Club Neverdie
CoD - Call of Duty
CoH - City of Heroes
CoV - City of Villains
CS - Counter Strike
CS:S - Counter Strike: Source
D
DAoC - Dark Age of Camelot
D&D = Dungeons and Dragons
DF - Delta Force
DoD: Day of Defeat
DS - Nintendo DS
DW: don't worry
E
EF - Entropia Forum
EQ - Everquest
EU - Entropia Universe
F
FF - Final Fantasy
FPC - First Planet Company
FPS - First Person Shooter
FTL: for the lose
FTW: For The Win
FYI: For Your Information
G
GA - Global Agenda
GBA - GameBoy Advance
GCN - Nintendo GameCube
GEN - Sega Genesis
GG: Good Game
GHQ - GamersHQ
GL: Good Luck
Global - A message displayed server-wide that describes a highly successful event (a kill, good crafting result, etc)
GOW - Gears of War
GT4 - Gran Turismo 4
GTA - Grand Theft Auto
GW - Guild Wars
H
HF: Have Fun
HL - Half Life
HL2 - Half Life 2
HoF - Hall of Fame
HoMM - Heroes of Might and Magic
I
IDD: Indeed
IDK: I Don't Know
IMO: In My Opinion
IRL: In Real Life
J
J/K: Just Kidding
K
L
L4D: Left 4 Dead
LMAO: Laughed My Ass Off
LOTRO - Lord of the Rings Online
M
MA - Mindark
Mic: Microphone
MMOFPS - Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
MORPG - Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
N
N64 - Nintendo 64
NAP - Non-Agression Pact
NBSI - Not Blue - Shoot It (Eve Online slang)
NES - Nintendo Entertainment System
NI - Next Island
NM: Not Much
Noob - someone who lacks any sort of skill in a certain activity, usually gaming.
NP: No Problem
NVM: Never Mind
O
OFC: Of Course
OMG: Oh My God
P
PC - Windows PC
PE - Project Entropia
PED - Project Entropia Dollar
pew pew - Sound signifying lasers; owning a person/place/thing in
PVP
PotBS - Pirates of the Burning Sea
PS2 - PlayStation 2
PS3 - PlayStation 3
PSP - PlayStation Portable
PSX - PlayStation
PvE - Player vs. Environment
PvP - Player vs. Player
pwn - An act of dominating an opponent
Q
QW - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
R
Rly: Really
ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RoM - Runes of Magic
RoN - Rise of Nations
RPG - Role Playing Game
RTS - Real Time Strategy
RUP: Ready Up Please
RvR - Realm vs. Realm (Warhammer, DAoC)
S
SAT - Sega Saturn
SC - Starcraft
SC2 - Starcraft 2
SL - Second Life
SMB - Super Mario Bros.
SNES - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Soz: Sorry
Sth: Something
SU : Shut Up
Sup: Whats up
SWG - Star Wars Galaxies
T
TBH: To Be Honest
TBS - Turn Based Strategy
TCoS - The Chronicles of Spellborn
TF2 - Team Fortress 2
Thx: Thanks
TMI: Too Much Info
TR - Tomb Raider
TS - TeamSpeak
TTYL: Talk To You Later
TY: Thank You
U
UO - Ultima Online
UT - Unreal Tournament
V
Vent - Ventrilo
W
WB: Welcome Back
WC3 - Warcraft 3
WoW - World of Warcraft
WoWBC - World of Wacraft: Burning Crusade
(WoW)WotLK - World of Wacraft: Wrath of the Lich King
WP: Well Played
WTH: What The Hell
X
Y
YW: You're Welcome
Z
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