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 |
---|---|---|
Camper | A player who doesn't move | 563 |
WoW | World of Warcraft | 567 |
RL | Real life | 569 |
pwned | Owned | 573 |
crit | Critical Strike | 573 |
GM | Game master | 575 |
WTS | Want to sell | 577 |
GB | Guild bank | 578 |
inv | Invite | 579 |
mats | Materials | 580 |
Boomkin | Moonkin druid | 581 |
Ganking | Launching a surprise attack | 581 |
rep | Reputation | 581 |
MMO | Massively multiplayer online | 582 |
Ding | Level up | 583 |
Uber | The best | 583 |
AP | Attack power | 584 |
oneshot | One shot completion | 584 |
25m | Twenty-five man | 585 |
cata | Cataclysm | 585 |
LFG | Looking for group | 585 |
AH | Auction house | 586 |
MT | Mistype | 587 |
brez | Battle resurrection | 588 |
jc | Jewelcrafter | 588 |
pwnt | Owned | 589 |
HM | Hard mode | 589 |
HPS | Heals per second | 589 |
MC | Mind Control | 590 |
MDPS | Melee damage per second | 591 |
bio | Bathroom | 594 |
LF1M | Looking for one more | 595 |
int | Intellect | 595 |
agi | Agility | 596 |
WOTLK | Wrath of the Lich King | 596 |
Pull | Enter combat | 596 |
Dal | Dalaran | 597 |
spec | Specialization | 597 |
Wipe | Total death | 597 |
rez | Resurrection | 597 |
WTB | Want to buy | 597 |
DKP | Dragon kill points | 597 |
BFA | Battle for Azeroth | 597 |
resto | Restoration | 598 |
str | Strength | 598 |
MOP | Mists of Pandaria | 598 |
prot | Protection | 598 |
LFW | Looking for work | 598 |
RDPS | Ranged damage per second | 598 |
bg | Battleground | 598 |
de | Disenchant | 598 |
kara | Karazhan | 598 |
20m | Twenty man | 599 |
PST | Please send tell | 599 |
GS | Gear score | 599 |
HOT | Heal over time | 599 |
xmute | Transmute | 599 |
def | Defense | 599 |
PTR | Public test realm | 599 |
FP | Flight point | 599 |
icc | Icecrown Citadel | 599 |
naxx | Naxxaramas | 599 |
Trash | Dungeon enemy mob groups | 599 |
Ninja | Loot stealer | 600 |
Burst | Combination of attacks in a short span of time | 600 |
adds | Additional mobs | 600 |
hp5 | Health per five seconds | 600 |
Toon | Alternate character | 600 |
pat | Patrol | 600 |
waggro | Wife aggro | 600 |
Mule | Alternate character for storage | 600 |
SP | Spell power | 600 |
nax | Naxxaramas | 600 |
RMP | Rogue, Mage, Priest | 600 |
shat | Shattrath City | 600 |
BIS | Best in slot | 600 |
disc | Discipline | 600 |
DBM | Deadly Boss Mods | 600 |
Raid | Raid group | 600 |
belf | Blood Elf | 601 |
arpen | Armor penetration | 601 |
Bot mafia | A legion of automated World of Warcraft characters | 601 |
shatt | Shattrath City | 601 |
10m | Ten man | 602 |
idd | Indeed | 602 |
mut | Mutilate | 602 |
BoT | Bastion of Twilight | 602 |
wg | Wintergrasp | 603 |
ks | Kingslayer | 603 |
AE | Area of effect | 604 |
GTG | Good to go | 605 |
woot | Wonderful loot | 605 |
LOM | Low on mana | 606 |
BC | The Burning Crusade | 607 |