FF

When playing team-based combat games, gamers use FF to stand for "focus fire." This acronym is usually paired with an enemy's name, as a request that you concentrate your attacks on that enemy.

FF is a fairly common acronym, and you might encounter it in in-game chat while playing FPSes, MOBAs, MMORPGs, and RTSes. For example, if a League of Legends (LoL) player wants you to focus your attacks on an opposing Ashe, they may send "FF Ashe" in chat.

Does FF stand for anything else in gaming?

In specific games, players may also use FF to stand for a common skill or ability used in that game. For example, World of Warcraft players sometimes use FF to stand for Faerie Fire.

Gamers use FF as a quick way to refer to the Final Fantasy series. Most often, you'll see this acronym paired with a Roman numeral, such as FFVII, FFX, or FFXVI, to denote that a player is talking about a specific game in this long-lived fantasy franchise.

Primarily, Final Fantasy consists of a series of RPGs in which players set out on a magical adventure. Developer Square released the first FF for the NES in 1987. The game has received nearly too many sequels and spin-offs to count, including the popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV).

Most likely, however, if you've heard of Final Fantasy, you're familiar with FFVII. In this game, originally released for the PlayStation in 1997, players play as Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins a group of eco-terrorists to save his planet from the evil Sephiroth. Notably, FFVII was the first FF game to feature 3D graphics, as well as science fiction elements.

An acronym that represents the advancement of a video or movie at a fast rate; often is a button on a DVD controller or software video player.

WoW and DnD players use FF as an abbreviation for the Faerie Fire ability. While each game's version of FF functions slightly differently, both are used primarily to reveal enemies, so allies can find and attack them.

In Classic WoW, Feral and Guardian druids use Faerie Fire to prevent a target from using stealth and invisibility (and potentially deal some damage). In DnD, bards and druids use Faerie Fire to reveal hidden objects and enemies, and to give allies advantage on attack rolls against those objects and enemies.

Your peeps might use FF to mean friends forever. This acronym affirms that you and the sender will be pals until the end of time.

More commonly, you'll see FF included as part of BFF (best friends forever). So if you receive just FF in a text or chat message, it's possible the sender doesn't consider you their best friend ...

A Twitter acronym that is used on Fridays and preceded with a hashtag; used in a tweet with the person's handle to get other Tweeple to follow a person (the handle you mentioned) you think deserves more followers, such as a friend, musician, actor, or comedian.

Angry and/or disinterested people use FF to mean "flying f***." You're most likely to see this acronym used as part of the phrases "I don't give a FF" or "I couldn't give a FF," which mean the same thing as ICCL.

In some extremely rare cases, such as when you're chatting with someone who doesn't swear, FF may instead stand for "flying fadoodle." A fadoodle is a trinket, trifle, or other worthless item. But in this case, the word fadoodle is just a clean stand-in for "f***."

FF is a quick way to refer to a specific point when recalling a memory (the point is similar to a frame you freeze when watching a movie). People may also use it when conversing in messages to mean, "Stop right there."

For example, if you are enjoying an idyllic vacation where you are perfectly content, you might text your friend, "I just wanna ff this whole week and stay here forever." Or, your wife may message you how she was a gymnast in high school, and you reply with, "Wait, FF. I had no clue you did gymnastics!!!"

People may also use FF to refer to an actual frame of a video, whether it be a movie, show, highlight, etc. For example, you might review a surveillance video and email the security person, "Can I get an enhanced FF of the suspect?"