| 1337 | L E E T | Pronounced as "leet", it is a numerical translation to the word "elite" meaning above average |
| 2.5D | 2.5 Dimensions | A game that is halfway between 3D and 2D |
| 80085 | B O O B S | A numerical translation of the word "boobs" |
| AAA | Triple A | Highly popular and well-funded games are often dubbed as "AAA titles" |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | Moving away from your keyboard signifying that you are not nearby to respond or act |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence | Behavior by the game's code that reacts to player input |
| AoE | Area of Effect | Skills that hit or affect an area or a group of enemies/allies |
| ARPG | Action Role Playing Game | An action-packed game that lets you play the role of a character |
| Attribute | | Character statistics that affect efficiency or quality such as Intelligence, Strength, Stamina, Dexterity, etc. |
| Avatar | | The graphical representation of a player controlled character |
| Aggro | | Hostile enemies that have noticed a player and intend to attack |
| Alt | Alternative Character | |
| Bio | Biological | Indication of a toilet break |
| BRB | Be Right Back | Leaving for a short period of time |
| Bot | Robot | Automated characters that required little or no user intervention, typically used for illegally farming of wealth for personal gain, results in bans |
| Buff | Buff Skills | Use of skills that can increase attributes and grant abilities |
| Camping | | Staying at a specific spot typically to hunt a specific enemy or wait for an NPC |
| Carebear | | Player that prefers to avoid Player vs Player combat |
| CC | Crowd Control | Skills that stop or hinder enemies from moving or taking action, eg. stun, paralyze, freeze, sleep, confuse |
| Cheese | | Exploitation of an imbalance |
| Crit | Critical Hit | A hit that deals significantly larger damage by percentage typically ranging from 150% to 300% |
| Dailies | Daily Quests or Missions | Any content that may be repeated once per day |
| Debuff | De-Buff | Spells or abilities that weaken an enemy |
| DKP | Dragon Kill Points | A system for keeping score used by guilds to fairly distribute loot |
| DMG | Damage | The amount of damage done to reduce health |
| DoT | Damage Over Time | Spells or abilities that deal damage over a period of time at set intervals |
| DPS | Damage Per Second | The amount of damage dealt to an enemy for every second |
| DW | Don't Worry | Do not panic or worry |
| Endgame | End-game Content | Content only accessible after completing the early game, typically the story line |
| Elitist | | High level or ranking players with an openly lesser view of low level or ranking players |
| EXP | Experience | Quantitative gain used for character levels gained upon completion of quests, missions, killing monsters |
| F2P | Free To Play | A game that is playable without the need to purchase |
| Farming | | The act of repeatedly doing the same task for the accumulation of wealth or items |
| FTW | For The Win | The act or reason for a victory |
| FH | Full Health | Having the maximum amount of health |
| FM | Full Mana | Having the maximum amount of mana |
| Ganking | | The act of overwhelming a player with a team of players |
| GTG | Got To Go or Good To Go | Got To Go means the need to leave, Good To Go means readiness |
| GG | Good Game | Congratulatory term |
| Grinding | | Earn experience by repeatedly doing the same actions |
| Heal | | Replenish health |
| Hotfix | Hot Fix | A patch applied without closing the servers down |
| HoT | Heal Over Time | Abilities or skills that replenish health over a period of time at set intervals |
| HP | Health Points | A character or NPC's health |
| IRL | In Real Life | The real world |
| INC | Incoming | A warning used for incoming enemies or attacks |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly | Recalling something |
| K | Okay | Agreement or acknowledgement |
| KS | Kill Steal | The act of killing an enemy that has already been attacked by others to steal the loot |
| KoS | Kill On Sight | To be killed upon sight of characters or NPCs |
| Kick | | To dismiss a party, guild, raid or faction member |
| Leech | | A player who doesn't help in combat, but still gains experience or loot |
| Leet | Elite | Advanced player |
| LFM | Looking For More | Signifying there is room in a party or raid, and more is needed |
| LFG | Looking For Group | Signifying the desire to join a group |
| Loots | | The bounties or goods from enemies or treasures |
| LOM | Low On Mana | Little supply of mana left |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud | Used when something is funny or you have no better things to say |
| Lvl | Level | A character's current level |
| MMO | Massively Multiplayer Online | Games capable of supporting large numbers of active players on the same server |
| MMORPG | Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game | Games capable of supporting large numbers of players that can interact with one another in a persistent virtual world |
| Mob | Monster | An artificially controlled monster |
| Mod | Modification | Modification of game clients |
| Main | | A person's main character |
| Mule | | An alternate character used for storing items |
| Nerf | | To reduce the power or utility of a class, race, item or ability, reference to Nerf guns |
| Noob | New player | New player in a game |
| NP | No Problem | Everything is okay |
| NPC | Non Player Character | An AI controlled character |
| Nuke | Nuclear | High-damage or "burst" spells or abilities |
| OMG | Oh My God | A surprise |
| OGCD | Off Global Cooldown | Abilities with separate recast time to the global cool-down |
| OOM | Out of Mana | The character has zero mana |
| OST | Original Sound Track | Music original to the game |
| PK | Player Kill | Killing of other players |
| Pker | Player Killer | Killer of other players |
| Pull | | Drawing enemies |
| Plvl | Power Level | Leveling another player in a fast manner |
| PF | Party Finder | The system for automatically finding a party |
| PuG | Pick Up Group | Forming a party with strangers |
| PvE | Player vs Environment | Players fighting AI controlled enemies |
| PvP | Player vs Player | Players fighting other players |
| Quest | | Task given by a NPC to players |
| Queue | | The waiting line to enter a game |
| QQ | Crying | Represents a person complaining or "crying" about something |
| Raid | | A large group or party of players and their companions |
| Rekt | Wrecked | The complete destruction of another player |
| Respec | Re-Specification | Resetting one's abilities or stats to form a new set for a new specification |
| Rez | Ressurect | The act of reviving a character |
| Respawn | Re-Spawn | Returning to life, of a character, enemy or NPC |
| RMT | Real Money Trade | Transaction made between real currency and in-game currency or items |
| RPG | Role Playing Game | A game that lets you play the role of a character |
| Speedrun | Speed Run | Going through a dungeon at a fast pace |
| Static | | A party compromised of the same players for a long period of time |
| Solo | | Playing alone |
| SP | Skill Points | The number of points to be allocated to skills |
| Stacking | | Clustering together in anticipation of an attack |
| Twink | | A low level character that has been geared to the teeth for its current level to gain an advantage over inexperienced and lesser geared characters |
| WB | Welcome Back | Said upon the return of a person |
| WTB | Want To Buy | The desire to purchase something |
| Xp | Experience | Short for experience |
| Zerg | | Strategy consisting of large groups of players charging together to overwhelm a smaller group |
