Acronym and Abbreviation Guide
I am making this guide because we as a community use a lot of acronyms on the forum and in game that many people may not understand. Feel free to add any in a reply, and I will add them to the original post.
UO Related:
Aids - Bandages
Alchy - Alchemist
AOS - Age of Shadows
Bandies - Bandages
BOD - Bulk Order Deed
CBD - Clothing Bless Deed
Char - Character
Dclick - Double Click
EB - Energy Bolt
EBB - East Britain Bank
EXP - Explosion
FS - For Sale or Flamestrike
GY - Graveyard
IDOC - In danger of collapsing
LJ - Lumberjack
LJing - Lumberjacking
MS - Meteor Shower
Para - Paralyze
PK - Player Killer
PKK - Player Killer Killer
Pot(s) - Potion(s)
PVE - Person Versus Environment
PVM - Person Versus Monsters
PVP - Person Versus Person (or Player vs. Player)
RA - Reactive Armor
Regs - Reagents
Res - Resurrection
Scribe - Inscription
Temp - Template
UO - Ultima Online
Vent - Ventrilo
WBB - West Britain Bank
WTB - Wanting to Buy
XHeal - Cross Healing
Chat related:
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
AFK - Away from keyboard
ATM - At the moment
BRB - Be right back
BRT - Be right there
BTW - By the way
FFS - For f***'s sake
FOAD - F*** off and die
FTW or 4TW - For the win
FTL - For the lose
GG - Good Going/Good Game
GTFO - Get the f*** out
ICQ- I Seek You Messenger
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
ITT - In this thread
LOL - Laugh out loud
MSN - Microsoft Instant Messenger
NP - No problem
OBO - Or Best Offer
OMG - Oh my god
OMFG - Oh my f***ing god
PC - Price Check
PITA - Pain in the ass
QFT - Quoted for truth
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
STFU - Shut the F*** up
TBH - To be honest
TTIWWP - This Thread Is Worthless Without Pictures
TTYL - Talk to you later
WTF - What the F***?
YIM - Yahoo Instant Messenger
YTMND - You're the Man Now Dawg
More UO Lingo:
AlchyDexxer - A Dexxer (See Dexxer) with alchemy in their template, allowing them to utilize the explosion potion damage bonus, as well as being able to make potions for battle support.
Axer - A character with a template that includes swordsmanship and lumberjacking and uses a primary weapon of an axe.
Dexxer - A pure warrior that has 100 dexterity usually and uses fast weapons such as a katana or a kryss but has been known to use long and short spears.
Gank - When several players simultaneously attack the same target.
Hybrid - A mage or a form thereof that relies on his weapon to deal his damage and the uses magery to finish off the target or as a backup heal plan.
Nox mage - A pure mage with Poisoning as his special skill which allows him to poison every time and allows him to sometimes pull off a level 5 poison (rarely).
Stun Mage - A Pure mage with Anatomy and Wrestling as his special skill so that he can use the special wrestling ability known as stun to demobilize his target for a few seconds.
Tank Mage - A mage that has a weapon ability, generally uses the weapon ability as his backup after he has depleted his mana.
Zerg - To travel in packs/mass. Derived from Star Craft, because the Zerg Race made zerglings; when created they would spawn 4 at a time. ( 2 or 4 ) While all other Races such as Protos and Terran Only made 1 unit at a time that effectively made zerg the rushing race.
I am making this guide because we as a community use a lot of acronyms on the forum and in game that many people may not understand. Feel free to add any in a reply, and I will add them to the original post.
UO Related:
Aids - Bandages
Alchy - Alchemist
AOS - Age of Shadows
Bandies - Bandages
BOD - Bulk Order Deed
CBD - Clothing Bless Deed
Char - Character
Dclick - Double Click
EB - Energy Bolt
EBB - East Britain Bank
EXP - Explosion
FS - For Sale or Flamestrike
GY - Graveyard
IDOC - In danger of collapsing
LJ - Lumberjack
LJing - Lumberjacking
MS - Meteor Shower
Para - Paralyze
PK - Player Killer
PKK - Player Killer Killer
Pot(s) - Potion(s)
PVE - Person Versus Environment
PVM - Person Versus Monsters
PVP - Person Versus Person (or Player vs. Player)
RA - Reactive Armor
Regs - Reagents
Res - Resurrection
Scribe - Inscription
Temp - Template
UO - Ultima Online
Vent - Ventrilo
WBB - West Britain Bank
WTB - Wanting to Buy
XHeal - Cross Healing
Chat related:
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
AFK - Away from keyboard
ATM - At the moment
BRB - Be right back
BRT - Be right there
BTW - By the way
FFS - For f***'s sake
FOAD - F*** off and die
FTW or 4TW - For the win
FTL - For the lose
GG - Good Going/Good Game
GTFO - Get the f*** out
ICQ- I Seek You Messenger
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
ITT - In this thread
LOL - Laugh out loud
MSN - Microsoft Instant Messenger
NP - No problem
OBO - Or Best Offer
OMG - Oh my god
OMFG - Oh my f***ing god
PC - Price Check
PITA - Pain in the ass
QFT - Quoted for truth
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
STFU - Shut the F*** up
TBH - To be honest
TTIWWP - This Thread Is Worthless Without Pictures
TTYL - Talk to you later
WTF - What the F***?
YIM - Yahoo Instant Messenger
YTMND - You're the Man Now Dawg
More UO Lingo:
AlchyDexxer - A Dexxer (See Dexxer) with alchemy in their template, allowing them to utilize the explosion potion damage bonus, as well as being able to make potions for battle support.
Axer - A character with a template that includes swordsmanship and lumberjacking and uses a primary weapon of an axe.
Dexxer - A pure warrior that has 100 dexterity usually and uses fast weapons such as a katana or a kryss but has been known to use long and short spears.
Gank - When several players simultaneously attack the same target.
Hybrid - A mage or a form thereof that relies on his weapon to deal his damage and the uses magery to finish off the target or as a backup heal plan.
Nox mage - A pure mage with Poisoning as his special skill which allows him to poison every time and allows him to sometimes pull off a level 5 poison (rarely).
Stun Mage - A Pure mage with Anatomy and Wrestling as his special skill so that he can use the special wrestling ability known as stun to demobilize his target for a few seconds.
Tank Mage - A mage that has a weapon ability, generally uses the weapon ability as his backup after he has depleted his mana.
Zerg - To travel in packs/mass. Derived from Star Craft, because the Zerg Race made zerglings; when created they would spawn 4 at a time. ( 2 or 4 ) While all other Races such as Protos and Terran Only made 1 unit at a time that effectively made zerg the rushing race.
