Part of World of Warcraft Slang

Categories in this reference:

1. World of Warcraft Slang
2. Trade
3. Places and Travel
4. Grouping
5. Battle
6. Interfaction
7. Equipment
8. Characters
9. Other Terms
10. Exercises

Areas (including cities, towns and zones, and their subareas):

• AH: Auction House -- Auction houses are found in every major city on Azeroth (none are found in Outland, however). Each faction has their own auction system, which is identical, no matter which city it is used from. In addition, there is an interfaction auction system, accessible from the neutral cities: Booty Bay, Everlook, and Gadgetzan.
• BEM: Blade's Edge Mountains
• BB: Booty Bay
• COT: Caverns of Time
• Darn: Darnassus -- home of the Night Elves.
• EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
• Exo: The Exodar -- home of the Draenei.
• FP: Flight Path or Flight Point -- Refers to either a taxi route (hired winged mount) between two places, or the location of the taxi master.
• GL: Ghostlands
• IF: Ironforge -- home of the Dwarves and Gnomes.
• MH: Menethil Harbor or Mount Hyjal
• Org: Orgrimmar -- home of the Orcs and Trolls.
• QD: Isle of Quel'Danas
• Shat(t) or SC: Shattrath City
• SM: Silvermoon -- home of the Blood Elves.
• STV: Stranglethorn Vale
• SW: Stormwind City -- home of the Humans.
• TB: Thunder Bluff -- home of the Tauren.
• UC: Undercity -- home of the Undead.
• WPL: Western Plaguelands
• XR: Crossroads

Battlegrounds:

• AB: Arathi Basin
• AV: Alterac Valley
• BG: Battlegrounds -- battlegrounds were added by Blizzard in order to give players a good environment to compete against the other faction. There are four battlegrounds: Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, Alterac Valley and Eye of the Storm.
• EoTS: Eye of the Storm
• WSG: Warsong Gulch
• WG: Wintergarde

Non-raid instances (5-person):

• Achindoun:
  • AC: Auchenai Crypts
  • MT: Mana-Tombs
  • SH: Sethekk Halls
  • SL or Slabs: The Shadow Labyrinth
• Azjol-Nerub:
  • AN: Azjol-Nerub
  • OK: Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
• BFD: Blackfathom Deeps
• Blackrock Mountain:
  • BRD: Blackrock Depths
  • LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire
• Caverns of Time:
  • BM: The Black Morass
  • CoS: The Culling of Stratholme
  • OH: Old Hillsbrad Foothills
• Coilfang Reservoir:
  • SP: The Slave Pens
  • SV: The Steamvault
  • UB: The Underbog
• DM: Dire Maul or the Deadmines
• DTK: Drak'Tharon Keep
• Gnomer: Gnomeregan
• Gun: Gundrak
• Hellfire Citadel:
  • BF: The Blood Furnace
  • Ramp: Hellfire Ramparts
  • SH: The Shattered Halls
• Mara: Maraudon
• MGT: Magister's Terrace
• The Nexus:
  • Nex: The Nexus
  • Oc: The Oculus
• RFC: Ragefire Chasm
• RFD: Razorfen Downs
• RFK: Razorfen Kraul
• Scholo: Scholomance
• SFK: Shadowfang Keep
• SM: Scarlet Monastery
• ST: Sunken Temple of Atal'Hakkar
• Stocks: The Stockade
• Strat(h): Stratholme
• Tempest Keep:
  • Arc: The Arcatraz
  • Bot: The Botanica
  • Mech: The Mechanar
• UD Strat: the Undead (Scourge) section of Stratholme (as opposed to the Live section, where the Scarlet Crusaders are)
• Ulda: Uldaman
• Ulduar:
  • HoL: Halls of Lightning
  • HoS: Halls of Stone
• Utgarde Keep:
  • UK: Utgarde Keep
  • UP: Utgarde Pinnacle
• VC: Edwin VanCleef -- the final boss of the Deadmines. Often used by newbies to refer to the dungeon itself.
• WC: Wailing Caverns
• ZF: Zul'Farrak

Raid instances:

• AQ20: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (20-person)
• AQ40: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (40-person)
• BT: Black Temple (25-person)
• BWL: Blackwing Lair (40-person)
• Eye: The Nexus: Eye of Eternity (10- and 25-person)
• GL: Gruul's Lair (25-person)
• HS or Hyjal or MH: Caverns of Time: Hyjal Summit (25-person)
• Kara: Karazhan (10-person)
• Mag: Hellfire Citadel: Magtheridon's Lair (25-person)
• MC: Molten Core (40-person)
• Naxx: Naxxramas (10- and 25-person)
• Ony: Onyxia's Lair (40-person)
• OS: The Obsidian Sanctum (10- and 25-person)
• SP: The Sunwell: Sunwell Plateau (25-person)
• SSC: Coilfang Reservoir: Serpentshrine Cavern (25-person)
• TK: Tempest Keep: The Eye (25-person)
• UBRS: Blackrock Mountain: Upper Blackrock Spire (10-person)
• Uld: Ulduar (10- and 25-person)
• VoA: Vault of Archavon (10- and 25-person)
• ZA: Zul'Aman (10-person)
• ZG: Zul'Gurub (20-person)