Common WoW Abbreviations

Common Abbreviations and Terminology

Credit is put after each line that a fellow redditor from the subreddit /r/wow reminded me of!

Death Knight: DK
	Death Strike: DS
	Bone Shield: BS
	Death Coil: DC
Balance Druid: Moonkin/Boomkin/Chicken/Laser Chicken  Thanks to /u/Neurorational
Feral Druid: Cat
Guardian Druid: Bear
Restoration Druid: Tree
	Tranquility: Tranq
Hunter: Huntard
Beast Master Hunter: BM
To use a Portal to somewhere: Port
The actual Portal: Port  Thanks to /u/phaqueue
Brewmaster Monk: BrM
Mistweaver Monk: MW
Windwalker Monk: WW
Paladin: Pally
	Hand of Protection: BoP/HoP (used to be Blessing of Protection)
	Divine Shield: DS/Bubble (more commonly known as Pally Bubble)
	To use Divine Shield and then your Hearthstone: Bubblehearth  Thanks to /u/phaqueue
	Divine Storm: DS  Thanks to /u/mistuh_fier
	Eternal Flame: EF
	Sacred Shield: SS
	Selfless Healer: SH
	Lay on Hands: LoH
	Hand of X: HoSpell (E.g. HoP, HoF, HoS)  Thanks to /u/phaqueue
Protection Paladin: Prot Pally
Retribution Pally: Ret Pally (or just Ret)
Discipline Priest: Disc Priest (or just Disc)
	Absorb Shields: Bubbles
	Power Word: PW (in relation to any Power Word ability)
Shaman: Shammy
        Enhancement Shaman: Enh  Thanks to /u/livmaj
        Elemental Shaman: Ele  Thanks to /u/livmaj
        Restoration Shaman: Resto Shammy  Thanks to /u/livmaj
Warlock: Lock
	Chaos Bolt: CB
	Curse of Agony: CoA
	Curse of Elements: CoE
	Mortal Coil: MC
	Healthstones: Lock Cookies  Thanks to /u/pixelprophet
Warrior: War
	Whirlwind: WW
Protection Warrior: Prot Warrior

Alliance: Ally
Night Elf: NElf
Blood Elf: BElf
Tauren: MooMoo Cow / Cow / Beef / Steak
Pandaren: Panda

Healer: Heals
Damage Per Second: DPS
Healing Per Second: HPS
Damage Dealing class: DPS
Damage Over Time: DoT
Healing Over Time: HoT
Cooldown: CD
Global Cooldown: GCD
Player vs. Environment/Enemy: PvE
Player vs. Player: PvP
Bind on Equip: BoE
Bind on Pickup: BoP (when dealing with items)
Bind on Account: BoA
Potion: Pot
Looking For Group: LFG
Pick up Group: PUG/Pugging  Thanks to /u/sowhycantitouchit
Raid Finder: LFR / RF
Battleground: BG
Rated Battleground: RBG
Heroic Scenario: HS  Thanks to /u/mistuh_fier
Heroic Dungeon: Heroic
Flexible Raids: Flex (this is currently in reference to Siege of Orgrimmar and is denoted by sections 1-4, e.g. Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3, and Flex 4)  Thanks to /u/mistuh_fier for the clarification!
Normal Raids: N
Heroic Raids: H
10-man raid: 10M or 10man
25-man raid: 25M or 25man
40-man raid: 40M or 40man
(These can be combined, N10 man, or H25 man, etc.)
A group that is starting a raid with no bosses killed: Fresh
Thousand: K
Million: M
Billion: B (probably unnecessary)
Gold: G
Silver: S
Copper: C
Auction House: AH
Character: Toon
Alternate Character: Alt
Guild Bank: GBank
Line of Sight: LoS (typically used when pulling enemies around a corner)
Enemy: Mob
Enemy that moves along a certain path repeatedly: Pat or Patrol  thanks to /u/Ghost_of_Mary_Todd
Enemies in a dungeon/raid that is not a boss: Trash
Non-Player Character: NPC  Thanks to /u/phaqueue
Artificial Intelligence: AI  Thanks to /u/phaqueue
Flight Point: FP
Specialization: Spec
Want to Buy: WTB
Want to Sell: WTS
Looking For: LF

## Thanks to /u/phaqueue for this block of terms!
Very Easy Boss: Loot Pinata
Gunship Battle in Icecrown Citadel: Lootship
Please Send Tell: PST (also Whisper Me)
I want/I am looking for: WTB
Random Number Generator: RNG (usually referring to loot drops or /roll)

969 rotation - not used as it no longer applies, but it was a rotation used by Prot Pallys during Wrath of the Lich King. Prot Pallys at that time had 2 "classes" of instant spells, some with a 6 second cooldown, some with a 9 second cooldown. Basically, this referred to a rotation of alternating between 6 and 9 second cooldown abilities back and forth, guaranteeing that you would basically always have some ability available when your global cooldown is up.

Hunter Weapon - running joke from the old days of WoW where what weapons "belonged" to hunters wasn't really 	defined and they were able to use basically every class of weapons. This meant that they could "legitimately" roll on nearly any weapon that dropped. Leading people to joke that any weapon that dropped was a "hunter weapon"
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Profession: Prof
Blacksmithing: BS
Jewelcrafting: JC
Herbalism: Herbing
Alchemy: Alch
Leatherworking: LW
Archaeology: Arch

Stormwind: SW
Ironforge: IF
Orgrimmar: Org
Undercity: UC
Silvermoon City: SMC
Thunder Bluff: TB
Shattrath: Shat
Dalaran: Dal
Tol Barad: TB
Wintergrasp: WG

World of Warcraft: WoW
Original World of Warcraft: Vanilla
The Burning Crusade: TBC
Wrath of the Lich King: WotLK
Cataclysm: Cata
Mists of Pandaria: MoP (also referred to as Pandaland)

Ragefire Chasm: RFC
Wailing Caverns: WC
Deadmines: DM
Scarlet Monastery: SM
Dire Maul: DM
Stratholme: Strat
Scholomance: Scholo / Schol
Culling of Stratholme: CoS / Culling / Cull
Zul’Aman: ZA
Zul’Gurub: ZG
Hour of Twilight: HoT

Ahn’Qiraj: AQ10/AQ40 (two raids)
Molten Core: MC
Blackwing Lair: BWL
Naxxramas: Naxx or Nax
Serpentshrine Caverns: SSC
Black Temple: BT
Tempest Keep: TK
Eye of Eternity: EoE
Trial of the Crusader: ToC
Trial of the Grand Crusader: ToGC
Icecrown Citadel: ICC
Obsidian Sanctum: OS
3 Dragon Obsidian Sanctum: 3DOS / 3D OS
Ruby Sanctum: RS
Bastion of Twilight: BoT
Throne of the Four Winds: TotFW
Blackwing Descent: BWD
Firelands: FL
Dragon Soul: DS
Mogu’shan Vaults: MSV
Heart of Fear: HoF
Terrace of Endless Spring: ToES
Throne of Thunder: ToT
Siege of Orgrimmar: SoO