Abbreviation guide

This article is an acronym guide.

See World of Warcraft terminology and Category:Acronyms for more detail on these.

Battlegrounds
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 * BG: Battleground
 * GY: Grave Yard, or the respawn point when you release
 * Twink: A character that has unusually high quality gear & enchants
 * GY: Grave Yard, or the respawn point when you release
 * Twink: A character that has unusually high quality gear & enchants

AB: Arathi Basin

 * BS: Blacksmith
 * Farm: Farm
 * LM: Lumber Mill
 * GM: Goldmine
 * Mine: Goldmine
 * ST: Stables

AV: Alterac Valley

 * IB: Iceblood
 * TP: Tower Point
 * FW: Frostwolf (Can be used as part of a longer acronym (FWGY))
 * SP: Stormpike (Can be used as part of a longer acronym (SPGY))
 * RH: Frostwolf Relief Hut

TBfG: Battle for Gilneas

 * LH: Light House
 * WW: Water Works
 * Mines: Mines

EotS: Eye of the Storm

 * BET: Blood Elf Tower
 * DR: Draenei Ruins
 * FRR: Fel Reaver Ruins
 * MT: Mage Tower

SotA: Strand of the Ancients

 * Blue
 * Green
 * etc

WSG: Warsong Gulch

 * EFC: Enemy Flag Carrier
 * EFR: Enemy Flag Room; the room in which the flag resides inside the enemy's base
 * FC: Flag Carrier
 * FR: Flag Room; the room in which your flag resides, also the main focal point of defense
 * Tun: abbreviation for "tunnel", the underground section leading from the FR
 * Ramp: the area leading from the FR or EFR that leads outside, once outside they may go GY side or just ramp

DG: Deepwind Gorge

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Zones
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Eastern Kingdoms

 * BB: Booty Bay
 * EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
 * IF: Ironforge
 * SMC: Silvermoon City
 * SoS: Swamp of Sorrows
 * STV: Stranglethorn Vale
 * SW: Stormwind City
 * TM: Tarren Mill
 * UC: Undercity
 * WPL: Western Plaguelands

Kalimdor

 * Darn: Darnassus
 * Exo: Exodar
 * Gads/GZ/Gadget: Gadgetzan
 * Org: Orgrimmar
 * STM: Stonetalon Mountains
 * STP: Stonetalon Peak
 * TB: Thunder Bluff
 * XR: Crossroads

Outland

 * OL: Outland
 * BE: Blade's Edge
 * HFP: Hellfire Peninsula
 * HH: Honor Hold
 * NS: Netherstorm
 * SH/Shat: Shattrath City
 * SMV: Shadowmoon Valley
 * Tero: Terokkar
 * TM: Thrallmar
 * ZM: Zangarmarsh

Instances (5-man)

 * Arm: Scarlet Monastery Armory wing
 * BF: Blood Furnace
 * BFD: Blackfathom Deeps
 * BM: Black Morass
 * BRD: Blackrock Depths
 * BRS: Blackrock Spire
 * Cath: Scarlet Monastery Cathedral wing
 * DM East: Dire Maul East
 * DM North: Dire Maul North
 * DM Trib: Dire Maul tribute run
 * DM West: Dire Maul West
 * DM: Dire Maul
 * Gnomer: Gnomeregan
 * GY: Scarlet Monastery Graveyard wing
 * HFR: Hellfire Ramparts
 * HoS: Halls of Stone
 * LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire
 * Lib: Scarlet Monastery Library wing
 * Mara: Maraudon
 * MGT: Magister's Terrace
 * RFC: Ragefire Chasm
 * RFD: Razorfen Downs
 * RFK: Razorfen Kraul
 * SC/Live Strat: Scarlet side of Stratholme
 * Scholo: Scholomance
 * SFK: Shadowfang Keep
 * SH: Shattered Halls
 * SL: Shadow Labyrinth
 * SM: Scarlet Monastery
 * SP: Slave Pens
 * ST: Temple of Atal'Hakkar (aka Sunken Temple)
 * Stocks: Stockade
 * Strat: Stratholme
 * SV: The Steamvault
 * UB: Underbog
 * UBRS: Upper Blackrock Spire
 * UD Strat: Undead side of Stratholme
 * Ulda: Uldaman
 * VC/DM: Deadmines
 * WC: Wailing Caverns
 * ZF: Zul'Farrak

Instances (Raid)

 * AQ20/RAQ: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
 * AQ40/TAQ: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
 * BT: Black Temple
 * BWL: Blackwing Lair
 * EoE: The Eye of Eternity
 * ICC: Icecrown Citadel
 * Kara/KZ: Karazhan
 * MAG Magtheridon's Lair
 * MC: Molten Core
 * Naxx: Naxxramas
 * Ony: Onyxia's Lair
 * OS: Obsidian Sanctum
 * RS: Ruby Sanctum
 * SSC: Serpentshrine Cavern
 * SWP: Sunwell Plateau
 * ToC: Trial of the Crusader (not to be confused with Trial of the Champion)
 * ToGC: Trial of the Grand Crusader
 * UBRS: Upper Blackrock Spire
 * VoA: Vault of Archavon
 * ZA: Zul'Aman
 * ZG: Zul'Gurub