This is a short guide covering some of the most common acronyms in use both here, on the message boards, and in the chatroom.
Acronyms relating to the message boards and Sorcerer's Place:
AoDA - Alley of
Dangerous Angles forum
BoM - Boards O' Magick
FAI - Friendly
Arm Inn (name of the SP chatroom)
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions (BoM FAQ is here,
General SP FAQ is here)
MM - Minstrel's
Medallion (name of our role playing chatroom)
SP - Sorcerer's
Place
SPH - Sorcerer's Place
Happenings
SPMP - Sorcerer's
Place Member Photos
SotW - Screenshot
of the Week
SPS - Sorcerer's Place Supporter
SPSA - Sorcerer's
Place Supporter Account
SS - Sorcerous Sundries forum
Acronyms relating to the games covered here:
3e - Third
Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules
(A)D&D - (Advanced) Dungeons & Dragons
BG - Baldur's
Gate
(C)RPG - (Computer) Role Playing Game
D&DO - Dungeons & Dragons Online
DA - Dragon Age
DSotSC - Dark Side of the Sword Coast (BG mod)
FR:DS - Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
HotU - Hordes
of the Underdark (NWN expansion #2)
HoW - Heart
of Winter (IWD expansion)
IWD - Icewind
Dale
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
NWN - Neverwinter
Nights
P&P - Pen & Paper
PoR: RoMD - Pool
of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
PS:T - Planescape:
Torment
SoA - Shadows of Amn (Baldur's Gate 2)
SoU - Shadows
of Undrentide (NWN expansion #1)
ToB - Throne
of Bhaal (BG2 expansion)
ToEE - (The) Temple
of Elemental Evil
TotLM - Trials
of the Luremaster (HoW free expansion)
TotSC - Tales
of the Sword Coast (BG expansion)
More general ones often used in the chatroom, and occasionally in here:
Afaik - As far
as I know
Afk - Away from keyboard
Asap - As soon as possible
Brb - Be right back
Bbiab - Be back in a bit
Bbl - Be back later
Btw - By the way
Fyi - For your information
IE - Internet Explorer/Infinity Engine/Infinity Explorer
Iirc - If I recall correctly
Imho - In my humble/honest opinion
ISP - Internet service provider
LARP - Live Action Role Playing
Lmao - Laughing my ass off
Lol - Laughing out loud
Ltns - Long time no see
mIRC - Standalone IRC chat
program used to reach SP chatrooms (setup
instructions)
Nm - Never mind
Np - No problem
NS - Netscape
Omg - Oh my god
Otoh - On the other hand
Rotfl - Rolling on the floor laughing
Rotflmao - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
Rtfm - Read the ****ing manual
Rtffp - Read the ****ing front
page
Tmi - Too much info
Ttyl - Talk to you later
Ty - Thank You
Wb - Welcome back
Wtf - What the ****
Yw - You're Welcome
*eg* - Evil grin
*g* - Grin