The Ultimate Everquest Acronyms List

[Zartacx]

Hello Everyone.

I am going to be compiling the posts here to make the Ultimate Acronyms List for new players, and or old players for a reference place.

What I need from you forum folk:


The Acronym, and the Thing is represents
EXAMPLE: omw - On my Way, wts - want to sell, wtt - want to trade
THIS list needs to include...items, zones, phrases, and anything you think relevent.


Lets do this thing!

[Bubbles]

lol - laugh out loud
brb - be right back
afk - away from keyboard
bio - bathroom break
mez - mesmorize
nuke - cast direct damage spell
rez - ressurection

[Qaedain]

FBSS: Flowing Black Silk Sash
GEBS: Golden Efreeti Boots
GBS: Glowing Black Stone
SMR: Shining Metallic Robe
SSOY: Short Sword of the Ykesha
CoF: Cloak of Flames
Rubi: Rubicite armor

SK: South Karana
NK: North Karana
EK: East Karana
WK: West Karana
QCat: Qeynos Catacombs
MM: (Castle) Mistmoore. NOTE: In certain contexts, this may also refer to the deity Mithaniel Marr.
KK: Kedge Keep
BB: Butcherblock
WC: Western Commonlands
EC: Eastern Commonlands
Guk: Upper Guk
LGuk: Lower Guk
HHP: High Pass
HHK: High Keep
Kith: Kithicor Forest
LS: Lavastorm
Sol A: Solusek's Eye
Sol B: Nagafen's Lair
Toxx: Toxxulia Forest
GFay: Greater Faydark
LFay: Lesser Faydark
PoS: Plane of Sky
PoH: Plane of Hate
PoF: Plane of Fear
NRo: Northern Desert of Ro
SRo: Southern Desert of Ro
NFP: North Freeport
EFP: East Freeport
WFP: West Freeport
OOT: Ocean of Tears
CT: Cazic-Thule
Nek: Nektulos Forest
Paw: Splitpaw
CB: Crushbone


OMW: On My Way
BRT: Be Right There
#m: Mana percentage (Ex: 20m = 20% mana)
Inc: "Incoming"
Pop: MOB spawn
MOB: Movable Object/critter/baddie
WTS: Want To Sell
WTT: Want To Trade
LFG: Looking For Group
LFM: Looking For More
Train: An overwhelming number of mobs is chasing a player to zone
Zone: The line that separates one zone from another, also refers to the distinct areas players can adventure in.
LOM: Low on Mana
OOM: Out of Mana
Evac: Evacuate, teleports a Wizard and his/her group to a safe location within the zone.

[SunDrake]

Items

RBB: Runed Bolster Belt
HBC: Hooded Black Cloak
SSB: Skull-shaped Barbute
EBW: Electrum Bladed Wakashazi
PGT: Polished Granite Tomahawk
TBB: Thick Banded Belt
PBB: Polished Bone Bracelet
CBB: Chipped Bone Bracelet
RMB: Runed Mithril Bracer
EBM: Enamlled Black Mace
CGS: Charred Guardian Shield
SBS: Shiny Brass Shield -or- Sarnak Battle Shield
ORS: Ornate Rune Shield
PMM: Polished Mithril Mask
JBoots: Journeyman's Boots [Quested, w/ click effect of run speed increase]

Creatures

LDC: Lava Duct Crawler
GIBS: Greater Icebone Skeleton
AC: Ancient Cyclops -or- Ancient Crocodile [more frequently the former]
HG: Hill Giant
FG: Fire Giant

Zones

PoF: Plane of Fear
PoH: Plane of Hate
KK: Kedge Keep

[Elissa]

SoW = Spirit of Wolf...druid/shaman (do rangers get it eventually?) spell that increases run speed. one of the more important ones :)

[mmiles8]

bio - bathroom break
^
Excuse me while I poopsock

Fixed

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

abbreviations aren't really acronyms...lol

I think this thread is great though.

Sow is great... that one transcends all.
LFG is another.
kk is another, I saw alot of asian players use this, instead of k or ok, it kind of caught on.
ks? kill steal?
Dot? we get that one? I had never seen Dot before eq.
What about mmorpg? I know we had uo, but Eq kinda took over everything.
gg group gate?
Train to zone definitely is tops. We would use that in the cafeteria at lunch.. lol.

[Walabaego]

PST: Please Send Tell
BBS: Be Back Soon
Otw: On The Way
Inv: Invite
Obo: Or Best Offer
WTB: Want To Buy
PP: Platinum Pieces? Not sure on this one.
PC: Price Check
CC: Camp Check
FTW: For The Win
DS: Damage Shield
Loc: Location
CR: Corpse Run
BBL: Be Back Later
GG: Good Game

[Loftus]

AFAIK - as far as I know
IIRC - if I recall correctly
GTG - good to go (for pulls) or got to go (log/leave group)
PST - please send tell
OOM - out of mana
LM/LOM - low mana/low on mana

DOT - Damage over time
HOT - Heal over time

QQ - I recall this being something as Asian in source, basically I always thought it was their "WTF"; I may be wrong.

[Bubbles]

^
Excuse me while I poopsock

Fixed

lol is that really how that term originated?

[fastboy21]

C - Clarity

[utenan]

Its Highkeep ( HK ) and High Pass Hold ( HPH ) where did this HHP and HHK come from? Prolly my biggest pet peeve in EQ, : P

BB can also be Blackburrow
also ORS = Ornate Rune shield, are we covering kunark as well? :D

[Sarkhan]

wmp = when mana permits.

ex: Sow wmp

[guineapig]

You guys missed my favorite:

KFC = South Karana Aviak Village

You would be surprised how many people confuse it with KC (Karnor's Castle).
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Also POD = Priest of Discord.

[Mournblade]

KOS - Kill On Sight - When you've ruined your own lands and they don't want you to ruin theirs.

[girth]

Its Highkeep ( HK ) and High Pass Hold ( HPH ) where did this HHP and HHK come from? Prolly my biggest pet peeve in EQ, : P


It's actually High Hold Keep. So HHK is correct.

[Damaja]

C - Clarity
crack


fixed :D

[YendorLootmonkey]

Xegony server specific acronyms:

GTFO - Please get out of the immediate vicinity, sir. This is our camp.
STFU - I disagree, please remain quiet from this point forward, sir.
WTF - I also respectfully disagree, as we were here first.
GFY - Here is a nice train of mobs for you, fellow players in the camp I want.
SMD - My group and I commend you on your train... here is a nice sausage for you to place in your mouth as a reward.
LMA - Please rub your tongue against my rectal orifice, my friend... this camp now belongs to me.

[tefog]

very nice much appreciated

[Zartacx]

Wow these are great. Thanks guys.

[utenan]

It's actually High Hold Keep. So HHK is correct.

No? unless that is some sort of crazy abbreviation for both zones, although i dont know why you would refer to both zones at once.....

[VictoryARC]

One of my favorites
FFS: for fuck sake

[Kimmie]

Its Highkeep ( HK ) and High Pass Hold ( HPH ) where did this HHP and HHK come from? Prolly my biggest pet peeve in EQ, : P

^This...I couldn't agree more.

[Damaja]

Xegony server specific acronyms:

GTFO - Please get out of the immediate vicinity, sir. This is our camp.
STFU - I disagree, please remain quiet from this point forward, sir.
WTF - I also respectfully disagree, as we were here first.
GFY - Here is a nice train of mobs for you, fellow players in the camp I want.
SMD - My group and I commend you on your train... here is a nice sausage for you to place in your mouth as a reward.
LMA - Please rub your tongue against my rectal orifice, my friend... this camp now belongs to me.

win but sir I say you stole those from Vallon Zek :D

[girth]

No? unless that is some sort of crazy abbreviation for both zones, although i dont know why you would refer to both zones at once.....

Apparently I am wrong, but I guess its just because how many people still to this day use the phrase high hold keep. I know when I played everybody called it that, and I guess over the years I thought HHK was legit, and maybe it just got a name change or something.

Did some internet researching, and it seems HHK and HHP came from back when people referred to the 2 zones as high hold keep and high hold pass. I'm assuming it was just an easy way to differentiate and somehow it caught on.

[YendorLootmonkey]

win but sir I say you stole those from Vallon Zek :D

No, good sir... as on VZ I am sure you had other means by which to grief people other than trains. Xegony was as close as you could get to PVP on a carebear server. It was like the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome of blue servers.

[Damaja]

:( busted

[StinkyGreenBud]

STICKY THIS PLEASE. I played back in 99 but i still forget this shit all the time.


Edit: But remove the stupid shit...as my post and many others.

[liveitup1216]

KOS - Kill On Sight - When you've ruined your own lands and they don't want you to ruin theirs.

this made me lol.

[gprater]

dont think this one made it. a few years ago in another game the tank kepft saying after every mob OTM. I was killing myself trying to figure it out. Finally had to ask.


OTM=on the move

[Supreme]

JFC-jesus fkin christ
FFS-for fucks sake.
PST-please send tell

[Rael]

QQ - I recall this being something as Asian in source, basically I always thought it was their "WTF"; I may be wrong.

Means cry. Depending on who you talk to it either looks like a pair of crying eyes or it's Korean for "Ragequit/Stop playing" (alt+q+q to quit in Starcraft)

[toddfx]

GTG - good to go (for pulls) or got to go (log/leave group)


I have seen GTG and G2G cause some confusion in groups before. By default I would expect it to mean "good to go" as in go ahead and pull, but on multiple occasions I have seen other group members interpret it as "got to go" and started saying their good byes to that person haha. They even went as far as to recruit a replacement group member, then had to turn them away when they discovered the true meaning of the GTG.

I think it depends on your own acquaintance with the internet. If you spend a lot of time in chat rooms and instant messenger apps, I can definitely see "g2g" being more known to you as "got to go." But I think if ones history is more filled with MMORPGs then I'd expect them to use "gtg" as "good to go." :cool:

[Yoite]

I dont think i seen these, sorry if they repeats.

BRT - be right there
OTW - on the way

[Overcast]

Here's a good list :)

http://web.archive.org/web/20030604092025/amtgard.pinkpig.com/everquest/eqglossary.htm

[Smasheeie]

YSL-You Smasheeies Lunch

[Bubbles]

forgot my all-time favorite:

FDOK

Feigned Death on Keyboard.

"Why the hell is he still up in hate? raid ended 3 hours ago. "He FDOK'd without a porter in group".

Claaaaasic.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

QQ is actually sad, like about to cry or just started crying.

[applesauce25r624]

AE or AOE = area effect spells/songs

[Kender]

I have seen GTG and G2G cause some confusion in groups before. By default I would expect it to mean "good to go" as in go ahead and pull, but on multiple occasions I have seen other group members interpret it as "got to go" and started saying their good byes to that person haha. They even went as far as to recruit a replacement group member, then had to turn them away when they discovered the true meaning of the GTG.

I think it depends on your own acquaintance with the internet. If you spend a lot of time in chat rooms and instant messenger apps, I can definitely see "g2g" being more known to you as "got to go." But I think if ones history is more filled with MMORPGs then I'd expect them to use "gtg" as "good to go." :cool:


when i first played EQ GTG was got to go. once i started on WoW it changed to good to go. it caused all sorts of confusion to people that made the switch from eq. i think good to go was perpetrated more from the non eq influx. well that's my personal experience of it at least

[RKromwell]

No, good sir... as on VZ I am sure you had other means by which to grief people other than trains. Xegony was as close as you could get to PVP on a carebear server. It was like the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome of blue servers.


Yea, it wasn't a real raid unless you got trained and had an item ninja looted. If one of those things didn't happen, it caused strange things to happen. Like, guild drama over loot or strat causing half the guild to quit.

Trains kept people focused.

[KnuckleSangwich]

Add: Additional MOB aggro'd (could be on purpose but typically accidental)

[Arclanz]

...MOB: Movable Object/critter/baddie


Never knew this; I assumed it just meant Mob as in "an unruly mob." Oh and kudos to the post above me for getting something everyone else missed. I also found QQ pretty amusing to learn.

[BeepBeep]

...MOB: Movable Object/critter/baddie

the computer graphics programming term MOB (Movable Object Block)


The term mob as it is used in MUDs is short for mobile, which was used by Richard Bartle for objects that were self-mobile in MUD1. Source code in DikuMUD uses the term "mob" to refer to a generic NPC. DikuMUD was influential in the creation of EverQuest, and the term as it exists in MMORPGs is derived from the MUD usage. In this usage, the term is properly an abbreviation rather than an acronym. Backronyms for "MOB" such as "monster or beast", "mere ordinary beast" and "mean old bastard" have also been coined.

Full article here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_%28computer_gaming%29).


Personally I like the acronym "Monster or Beast"

[Arclanz]

awesome info BeepBeep; thanks! I suspected it was from MuDs as soon as I learned what MOB meant. Oooh here's one I don't recall seeing on this thread.

Woot.

Also from MUDs, right? It means "Wow, loot!"

wow Wiki shows this: Do I actually know more than wiki on this one ??

W00t is a Leet corruption of the exclamation "Woot!", meaning "Hooray". The term rose to popularity sometime during the 1990s and is popular on the Internet, especially in MMORPGS. Both the exclamation and the Leet spelling are of uncertain origin. Many explanations have been offered, but none cite any reliable research or definitive sources. At this time, any explanation proffered without proper citations is mere speculation.

[StinkyGreenBud]

Can we get this stickied? I forget most of these and this is a help.

[Ponden]

I hated when people said "argo" and "mod" instead of aggro and mob. Man, the little things in life...

[stayne]

tnl = til next level, as in "5 blues tnl"

...I think

[ooantipostoo]

omgih2tas&u - Oh my gosh I have 2 take a shit & urine

[tekktrailz]

No, good sir... as on VZ I am sure you had other means by which to grief people other than trains. Xegony was as close as you could get to PVP on a carebear server. It was like the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome of blue servers.

Xegony was the business. For a blue server, we had serious anger issues.
aka the good old days.