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WWJD- What would Jerry do?
TMI- Take my insulin
FYI- F#*@ your insulin
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QFT - Quote For Truth
My brain always translated this as Quite F%#~ing True
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Maybe im being a bit slow and a numpty, What does to BUMP 'mean'?
Sixty-first!
Also "BUMP" is technically a "backronym" (yes, the term exists) meaning an acronym that was created to fit a word. One of the most famous examples being Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.).
FGG = Frog God Games
But I usually spell it out so that people don't confuse us with
FFG = Fantasy Flight Games
WW: White Wolf Publishing - creators of:
WoD: World Of Darkness
oWoD: old World Of Darkness
nWoD: new World Of Darkness
VtM: Vampire The Masquarade (oWoD)
VtR: Vampire The Requiem (nWoD)
WtA: Werewolf The Apocalypse (oWoD)
WtF: Werewolf The Forsaken (nWoD)
MtA: Mage The Ascension (oWoD) or Mage The Awakening (nWoD)
CtD: Changeling The Dreaming (oWoD)
I rarely see other WoD games being referred by acronyms instead of their full names.
CoC: Call Of Cthulhu. Six or something like that editions existing with most of them being reprints with minor changes.
BRP: Basic Roleplaying
RQ: Runequest, sometimes with number representing edition (which can get confusing after two editions of RQ Chaosium and third by Avalon Hill Mongoose done two more editions of Runequest restarting the numbering with one again...
WFRP: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Sometimes rendered as WHFRP or just WH (which also refers to one of multiple editions of wargame). Three editions of RPG, seven or eight (I lost count a few years ago) of wargame editions plus, er...
WH40K or WH 40K: Warhammer 40K
DH, RT, DW: When used in context of Warhammer 40K it'd be Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader and Death Watch, respectively. Three interrelated RPGs taking place in the world of WH40K.
SIFRP: Saga Of Ice And Fire Role Play by Green Ronin.
GURPS: Generic Universal RolePlaying System by Steve Jackson Games. Four editions existing.
FR: Here on boards it usually it refers to Forgotten Realms setting to (A)D&D.
L5R: Legend Of Five Rings by Alderac Entertainment Group. Four editions existing.
LOTRO: Lord Of The Rings Online. Rarely used outside of Pathfinder Online section when comparing various MMOs. Sometimes referred to in Conversions or Homebrew sections when presenting various classes, feats, spells or creatures inspired by that game.
RoM: Runes Of Magic. Usage as for LOTRO but rarer. Seems less inspiring than LOTRO ;)
There's a couple of useful posts on other fora that collect a large number of acronyms. There's one on the Giant in the Playground forums, and one on the Wizards forums.
Their forums are arguably more amenable to collecting this sort of data due to the restriction on post editing here. Most of what I've seen here is covered in those two threads—except for some of the Paizo-specific stuff, of course.
So, just noticing another person who, like me, is unfamiliar with the assumed-common-use acronyms.
All you long-service-on-the-boards types, how about posting some lists of your commonly-used acronyms and their translation into the common tongue of westron?
I've got to laugh as I have worked for two companies who had manuals defining commonly used Acronyms. The one company's manual was over 750 pages long.
JJ - James Jacobs.
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WH40K or WH 40K: Warhammer 40K
More commonly, at least in my area and on the boards I've frequented, simply abbreviated "W40K" or "40K" (the 'H' and sometimes even the 'W' get dropped)-- when referring not only to the tabletop game, but also the setting and everything else associated with it as well.
LOTRO: Lord Of The Rings Online. Rarely used outside of Pathfinder Online section when comparing various MMOs. Sometimes referred to in Conversions or Homebrew sections when presenting various classes, feats, spells or creatures inspired by that game.
'LOTRO' may not be so common on Paizo's boards, but it's very common among people/fans discussing MMOs outside of Paizo's circle of discussions.
More commonly, at least in my area and on the boards I've frequented, simply abbreviated "W40K" or "40K" (the 'H' and sometimes even the 'W' get dropped)-- when referring not only to the tabletop game, but also the setting and everything else associated with it as well.
Oh, yes, sorry, forgot about the 40k abbreviation. I should remember it, in Polish we often just say "Czterdziestka" ("The Forty") when speaking about the setting.
WH40K or WH 40K: Warhammer 40K
More commonly, at least in my area and on the boards I've frequented, simply abbreviated "W40K" or "40K" (the 'H' and sometimes even the 'W' get dropped)-- when referring not only to the tabletop game, but also the setting and everything else associated with it as well.
LOTRO: Lord Of The Rings Online. Rarely used outside of Pathfinder Online section when comparing various MMOs. Sometimes referred to in Conversions or Homebrew sections when presenting various classes, feats, spells or creatures inspired by that game.
'LOTRO' may not be so common on Paizo's boards, but it's very common among people/fans discussing MMOs outside of Paizo's circle of discussions.
Love me some LotRO
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BECMI = Early incarnation of D&D, consisting of Basic, Expert, Companion, Master and Immortals expansions. This version started as the "blue box" set of Basic D&D.
Minor quibble. BECMI only refers to Mentzer's 1983 and beyond editions. The previous edition is referred to as Moldvay/Cook Basic and Expert, and the "blue box" is Holmes Basic.
The Mentzer versions were combined into the Rules Cyclopedia.
S.H.I.T. = Superior Hybrid Interactive Tabletop game. This is the official name of the "Kirthfinder" variant houserules.
Sorry for raising this thread from the dead, but how about WBL? I know it is for something for wealth, but it is not clear to me.
Wealth By Level. The table it refers to is in gamemastering section of the core rulebook (fourth table on the page after some scrolling down).
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Has anyone mentioned FTW = For The Win?
As far as I can tell, generally added to something to indicate one's opinion that it is a very good or 'winning' aspect or tactic of the game. For example: 'Alchemist FTW!' would indicate that the poster in question is of the opinion that the Alchemist character class is particularly good / effective in the situation being discussed (or, indeed, any situation...).