world of warcraft glossary

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AC

Armor CLass or Defense.



Add

Used when an extra monster joins an existing battle.



Alt

A character on your account that isnt the main character you use.



AOE

Area of Effect damage. A spell that can damage a group of monsters in a limited area.



AFK

Away from Keyboard. Used to inform other players that you are taking a break away from the keyboard.



Aggro

This means that you have aggravated one or more monsters and they have begun to attack you.



Aggro Radius

The radius around a monster within which they will become aggravated by your presence.



AGI

Agility



AH

Auction House



Avatar

Your character



Buff

A beneficial spell that can be cast on a monster or player.



Carebear

Player that prefers to help other players attack monsters, rather than attack other players in PvP combat.



Caster

A character that stays towards the back of the battle to heal or cast spells on the enemy, such as a Mage.



Cheese

To exploit an imbalance in the game.



CR

Corpse Revival



Creep

A Monster



Creep Jacking

A term for referring to the tactic of attacking other players while they are already engaged in combat with neutral monsters.



Critters

Monsters that don't attack back



DD

Direct Damage. This is a spell that does all of its damage in one hit rather than spreading its damage over time.



DMG

Damage



DOT

Damage over time



DPS

Damage Per Second



De-Buff

A negative spell cast on a player or monster that makes it less powerful.



FH

Full Health



FM

Full Mana



FTL

For the Loss



FTW

For the Win



Gank

Player vs. Player: To attack another player while they're trying to fight a monster.



GM

Game Master. Someone employed by blizzard entertainment to moniter, assist and help World of Warcraft players.



Griefer

A Person who purposely tries to annoy or anger other players.



Grinding

Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for the sole purpose of levelling-up



HP

Hit Points or Health



Incoming (INC)

Announcment of an imminent attack



Instancing

A dungeon in which only you and a small party or other players may enter to interact with the computer-controlled opponents within. Each party's instance is kept seperate from other players.



INT

Intelligence



Kiting

a style of combat in which a player continually stays out of an enemies combat range, while simultaneously causeing damage to it



KOS

Killed on Sight. An example: if an Orc approaches a Human guard, the guard would try to kill on sight (aggro).



KS

Kill Steal. trying to steal another players kill.



LFG

Looking for group. Looking for more players for an instance.



LFM

Looking for More. Looking for more players for an instance.



Log

When you log off; disconnect from the game.



LOL

Laugh Out Loud. An abbreviation used to indicate that something is funny.



LOM

Low on Mana



LOS

Line of Sight



LOOT

To Take a treasure from a slain monster or chest



LVL

Level



Mez

Short for Mesmerise. refers to spells, such as polymorph, that temporarily incapacitate a target.



MOB

Short for Mobile Ojbect Block. Mobs are all computer-controlled characters in the game. more typically referred as NPC's, monsters or creeps.



Named

A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possible special abilities and item drops.



NBG

Need before Greed. only people that need an item will roll dice (in case there is more than one player in the team that needs the item).



Nerf

To downgrade, be made softer, or to make less effective. Used in context: "X has been nerfed".



Newbie/Newb

A term meaning "new player". Also used to suggest that a player is not very good.



Ninja

To try to loot an item without other players knowing or paying attaention. to take an item without permission.



NOOB

An imbecilic way to say "newb". Never use this.



NPC

Non Player Character. A computer controlled character.



OOM

Out of Mana. Used to let the party members know that you are out of mana and cant cast any spells, particularly healing.



PC

A Player-Controlled character



Pet

A NPC creature controlled by the player. Different pets can either aide in combat or just follow the player around looking cute.



PK

Player Kill or Player Killer.



POP

A contraction of "Repopulation", often used to describe the re-spawn of monsters.



Proc

Activate. Example: A weapon with a special effect will "proc" every so often.



PST

Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to recieve communication via a "tell" or "whisper" command.



Puller

Person who pulls monsters for the party.



Pulling

One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once.



PvE

Player vs. Enviornment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.



PvP

Player vs. Player. This means for the one player to attack another player.



Raid

A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.



Res

Short for Ressurection



Re-Spawn

A Monster that has been killed has spawned (been created) again.



Rest (State)

An indicator of how tired a character is, which affects how much experience is gained from killing monsters.



Roll

This means that you should roll a random number to determine who has the right to get an item. For example: /random 1-100



Root

To trap a target in place using a "root" type spell such as "Entagling Roots".



Shard

Soul Shard. An item gained by the Warlock using Soul Draining. used to cast several spells such as Ritual Of Summoning and to Conjure Soulstones.



Spawns

The Process (or Location) of monsters appearing when they are created in the world.



SPI

Spirit



STA

Stamina



Stack

A Number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve place. Only certain items can be stacked.



STR

Strength



Tank

A melee character that can take a lot of damage, like a Warrior.



Tap

To do damage to a monster, making it "Your Kill". Once you have damaged the monster, you are the only one able to get experience and loot from it. A monster with a greyed-out name bar has been tapped by another player and will not earn you experience or Loot.



Taunt

Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attaention of a monster off another player and onto him or herself.



Threat

Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monsters aggro.



Train

To lead monsters into another player. This is not desired behavior.



Twink

A Low-level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by being given stronger armor and weapons that would normally not be available at such a low level.



Uber

A german slang term for "super". originally meaning "over". Can also be used to say somethings extremeley powerful.



Vendor Trash

An item only a vendor/merchant would buy.



WTB

Wanting to Buy



WTS

Wanting to Sell



XP or EXP

Experience Points



Zerg

From Starcraft, to attack something with a lot of players/units.