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Abbreviations Explanation

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Here are the definitions for all the new users on the site. I'm going to make this sticky so that new people can always see these definitions, with the mods permission of course.

General

W.A.A.C. = "Win At All Costs"

WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get (otherwise know and wissywig)

n00b = new member/new player also known as newbie

SoC = Storm of Chaos

CoL = Conclave/Council of Light

CoD = Conclave/Council of Dark (see the storm of chaos)

EoT = Eye of Terror

DD = Druchii Discussion or Dispel Dice

WGD = Wargames Discussion

IIRC = If I remember correctly

LOL = Laugh out Loud

AFAIK = As far as I know

IMO = In my opinion etc etc

IMHO = Im my humble opinion

WTF = What the FRICK??

BTW = By the way

Magic Items

GoP = Gauntler of Power

COBI Crown of Black Iron

SoM = Sword of Might

SoB = Sword of Battle (not what you were thinking you dirty mind 8) !!)

HB = Hydra Banner

AoD = Armour of Darkness

BA = Blood Armour

DS = Dispel Scroll

PS = Power Stone

SoG = Seal of Ghrond

Units

COK = Cold one Knights

COC = Cold one chariots

WE + witchelves OR Woodelves depending on the context

RXB = repeater crossbow

RBT = reaper bolt thrower

EX, Execs = executioners

BG = Black Guard

CoB =Cauldron of Blood

DR = Dark Riders

Armies

DE = Dark Elves

VC = Vampire Counts

SAD = Skaven Army of Death (very shooty skaven army)

TK = Tomb Kings

BC = Beasts of Chaos

DoW = Dogs of War

O&G = Orcs and Goblins

WE = Wood Elves or witchelves depending on the context

Characters

FC = Full Command

BSB = Battle Standard Bearer

HB = highborn

BM = Beast Master

HS = High Sorceress

Std = Standard bearer or standard

Mus = Musician

Scroll Caddy = level one (usually) sorceress that carries two dispel scrolls

Equipment

SDC = Sea Dragon Cloak

GW = Great Weapon or Games Workshop

SP = Spear

HA = Heavy Armour

LA = Light Armour

Sh = Shield

DS = Dark Steed

CO = Cold One

DP = Dark Pegasus

HW = Hand Weapon

Spells

WoP = word of pain

CW = chillwind

BH = black horror

DD = Dispel Dice or Druchii Discussion

PD = Power Dice

Tactics

MSU = Many small units

MSE = Many small elites ... this and the MSU tactics can be found on
the tactics page (surprisingly)

RF = Refused Flank

RFZ = Red Fury zone

Please do not post on this thread. If there are some definitions I forgot PM me and I will edit this post. Thanks for your co-operation.
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AS = Armour Save
CC = Close Combat
LoS = Line of Sight
BtB = Base to Base (contact)
HtH = Hand to Hand (combat)
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Post by Liquidoloco »

Rork wrote:I thought it was rotfl...(which gets you the laughter)


We also have

ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO: Rolling On the Floor Laughing My [Arse] Off

Fell free to note if I am to remove the stuff between the brackets [] :)
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What is SSS?
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Soul Shadows Standard. One of the CoS Items
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Post by Annointedofdrucius »

COTEC: Chamber Of The Ever Chosen (a site devoted to the evil forces of SoC)
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What about WPS? Is it perhaps a website?
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Post by Linda lobsta defenda »

WPS: warhammer players society or something. yeah it is a website
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Post by Malda »

Maybee I came from another dimension, but what is vanilla list?
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IIRC 'vanilla' is in this context used to describe a standard list, ie the normal druchii list as from the army book, not CoS.
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Post by Mormacili »

what is vanilla list?


The normal dark elf list, that you find in the book (so not the cult, patrol or garrison. Sometimes people also use it on army list that are very "standard".

Edit: I was the quickest gunslinger of all times. Until I met the one known as Mornedhel.
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You can't forget BRB = Big Red Book (i.e. Warhammer Rulebook) or Be Right Back
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Post by Psychologic »

And lets not forget the newest army: OK = Ogre Kingdoms
We'll be seeing those around here very often.
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Post by Linda lobsta defenda »

and all this is in the general FAQ in the druchii discussions :)
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Post by Yemeth »

Also I've seen around D.net:

WoC - Warriors of Chaos

D.net - Druchii.net (obvious but abbreviation nonetheless)

AB - Armybook

And as we include ROFL, LOL, WTF etc. - the English-mangling stuff that the terms of service (basically) forbid..
(at least as FYI)

FYI - For your information (used when adding information that are either not relevant to the subject or to the part of the subject, that is discussed at the moment. Also used to create an aggresive/pseudo-ironic "epiphany" to make someone feel bad about himself/hermself while exploiting his/her consience [And FYI, I did LOVE HER!])

Woot (Wut)? - What? A sign of major confusion by something he/she said, posted and/or done. It's usually a reaction on something ridiculous and/or absurd. Examples:
Bad: Woot are you playing tonight?
Good: And now I deploy a high sorceress with an Executioner's axe and BA.
          You: Woot?

NOTE: Woot (Wut) may come without a question mark. Then it's less "are you REALLY doing this?" and more like "Oh,... wow". I know woot isn't an abbreviation, but I feel it's good to understand and it's, basically, the same kind of operation - saying less and expressing more.
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JK - Just kidding (very rare these days)

OMG - Oh My GOD!!

OMFG - As above but vulgar

NOTE: OMG is often used when he/she did something stupid, may substitute woot as an expression of astonishment. OMFG is OMG^2, it's used when he/she did something EXTREMELY stupid, ridiculous, that makes you want to hit your head against the table. OMFG is an expression of this anger. It's also used as extreme OMG in woot/wut substitution.


FTW - For the win. (e.g. Malekith FTW [ftw also possible - not case sensitive], means Malekith is the best, Woohooo, Malekith! etc.)
Odi ergo sum - Druchii's illumination


DE noble is talking to a HE prisoner

DE: 'Do you know the difference between you and me?'

HE: 'Hmmmmmgh'

DE: 'That's right, I've still got my tounge.' - Anon
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Post by Gh9st »

Some threadomancy? >_<

Also as a mod said further up in this all these terms are already available in the website's FAQ.
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Post by Yemeth »

Gh9st wrote:Some threadomancy? >_<

Also as a mod said further up in this all these terms are already available in the website's FAQ.


I know it's old.
But: It's sticky, so it won't move due to my post.
There is a direct link to this thread in some welcoming PM (or something like that) so I thought, I'd add something with no damage done. People who end up following the mod's post wont miss anything and those who don't, at least, learn something useful (maybe).
It's sort of necromantic community-service with zero risk.
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DE noble is talking to a HE prisoner

DE: 'Do you know the difference between you and me?'

HE: 'Hmmmmmgh'

DE: 'That's right, I've still got my tounge.' - Anon
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Post by Gh9st »

Ah well, no worries. I didn't realise it was sticky, most of the stickies usually have Sticky: in front of the topic title. =)

Agreed, this sort of thing is useful for people to know. Especially for those that don't speak English as their first language.
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Post by Calisson »

FYI, a more recent thread has been created, with not only up-to-date abbreviations (the whole thread was Last edited by tmr on Tue Aug 18, 2009, i.e. ...yesterday!), but also a treasure of other useful informations:

Hyperlink => D.R.A.I.C.H. - Complementary material

That hyperlink is also in the D.R.A.I.C.H. first post.
The D.R.A.I.C.H. itself is stickied in the tactics forum.
Have a look, you'll be impressed!
and tmr welcomes you to provide any complement to his thread, of course!
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Woot (Wut)? - What? A sign of major confusion by something he/she said, posted and/or done. It's usually a reaction on something ridiculous and/or absurd. Examples:
Bad: Woot are you playing tonight?
Good: And now I deploy a high sorceress with an Executioner's axe and BA.
You: Woot?

NOTE: Woot (Wut) may come without a question mark. Then it's less "are you REALLY doing this?" and more like "Oh,... wow". I know woot isn't an abbreviation, but I feel it's good to understand and it's, basically, the same kind of operation - saying less and expressing more.

The hell, I've never used Woot or seen Woot used like that, "woot" is more like "yay" or something.

"Woot! I made it!"
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I've always understood woot to be an abbreviation of 'Wonderful loot'...so if something good happens (you get some nice loot...) you can say woot!
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We own other team.
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Linda Lobsta Defenda wrote:and all this is in the general FAQ in the druchii discussions :)


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