According to dictonary.com the word Acronym means “a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words” so basically it is the first letters of the words it stands for. The examples (ex) are to show you how you could use them in chat. In this article I’m going to go over some of the most common ones in World of Warcraft (WoW or wow). There is your first one. WoW or wow stands for World of Warcraft. Now here are some others.

LFG = Looking for Group, means that you are looking for a group of people to play with either to finish a quest, go to an instance, go on a raid or something of that sort.

ex: LFG to finish a quest

LFM = Looking for Member, it basically means the same thing as LFG but the other way around, you are in a group and looking for more people to join.
ex: LFM to go raid some town

LFxM = Stands for the same thing as LFM except for x stands for a number, it is used when you are looking for more than one member.
ex: LF3M to come help me with a quest

FP = Flight Path or Flight Plan, a flight path is where you can fly from one town/city to another
ex: I am going to go to the FP

AFK = Away From Keyboard, you use that when you are not at the keyboard
ex: I was AFK

COD = Cash On Delivery, when you mail someone something and want them to pay you for it before they get you can use this.
ex: I will COD it to you

DE = Dis Enchanting, something enchanters do to items to get things to do enchants
ex: Will you DE this for me

G2G or GTG = Got To Go, when you have to go and leave the game you can use this
ex: I g2g will be back later

NPC = Non Playable Character, that is a character in the game that isn’t human..it is played by the computer
ex: That is a NPC

WTS = Wanting To Sell, this is usually in the trade channel and you use it if you want to sell something
ex: WTS Copper bar

WTB = Wanting To Buy, just the opposite of WTS..use it if you are looking to buy something
ex: WTB Silver bar

PST = Please Send Tell, it basically means to whisper the person..a tell is like a whisper or private message.
ex: If you are looking to join my group pst

AH = Auction House, the place where you buy and sell stuff
ex: Go look in the AH

BRB = Be Right Back, this is used when you are going to be away from the game for a little bit but still in the game.
ex: I will BRB, need to go and get a drink

DPS = Damage Per Second, you use this when talking about weapons
ex: What kind of DPS does that have

GM = Game Manager, someone that helps make sure the game goes smoothly and can assist you if you need help or have a problem
ex: Just go to ask the GM

Now here are the abbreviations for some of the places in WoW. You will use these a lot and it will save you a lot of time and typing so these are good to know.

UC = Undercity
Org. = Orgrimmar
DM = Deadmines

SFK = ShadowFang Keep
RFC = RageFire Chasm
WC = Waling Caverns

TB = Thunder Bluff
Xroads or XR = Crossroads
SM = Scarlet Monastery

BFD = BlackFathom Deeps
BRD = BlackRock Depths
IF = IronForge

RFD = RazonFen Downs
RFK = RazonFen Kraul
WSG = WarSong Gulch

There is a lot to remember but once you start to see them more and use them you will start to remembering them. My next article about Wow will be on some of the least known acronyms, so be on the lookout for that.