Abbreviations

Farmer Giles of Ham · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:47 pm

So as i there are many abbreviations used in the general discussion (like GW=Games Workshop) i just thought i would try to make a list over the most commons ones with explanaiton. The reason i am doing this is because i really used ages to figure some of these out.

so..

The Lord of the rings

Games Workshop and Games

Minatures

WOTR Shortcuts

Books

Tools/Materials

Around the site

Usual discussion shortcuts

Other random shortcuts

If you see some that are missing please post them below.. dont know if this will be helpful...

And for those relatively new to issues like this, there are often variation in how some are entered. I use a sort of camel-case due to drilled in my head from my programming work. So WotR, FotR, etc. Others go all caps ( WOTR, FOTR, AOTD ). No difference in meaning, just cosmetic.

Please note - One Ring does not generally encourage the use of abbreviations, this is just here to help you in the case that you do come across them.

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:01 pm

Good Idea. if I had gold coins, I would give you one.

WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
SkoDa = Swan Knights of Dol Amroth

oh and you left out the 'e' in minatures :-D

osric · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:07 pm

did it for you noddwyr.

gambit025 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:47 pm

This is a pretty good idea.

LoME = Legions of Middle Earth

spuds4ever · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:54 pm

WoMT=Warriors of Minas Tirith
MoS=Mouth of Sauron
WKoA=Witch King of Angmar

whafrog · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:59 pm

RotN = Rangers of the North
RoA = Rangers of Arnor
RoG = Rangers of Gondor
KoMT = Knights of Minas Tirith (I don't think there are KoG)
GotFC = Guards of the Fountain Court
CG = Citadel Guard

Farmer Giles of Ham · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:19 pm

Thanks for the gold coin!!!!!

Corrected the "e" in minatures...

and yes Whafrog you are right thanks for correcting me there..

PM = Personal message

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:55 pm

Thanks for that osric.

Manofkent · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:58 am

Not specifically lotr, but many people on forums use...
imho - in my honest opinion,
wip - work in progress
TIA - thanks in advance
btw - by the way
HTH - hope this helps
jsyk - just so you know
np - no problem
pov - point of view

Thats about all i can remember, there are hundreds but I rairly use them.

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:06 am

SM= Space Marine
WoR= Warriors of Rohan
AC=Assassins Creed... oops, wrong game :oops:

I'm lacking brainpower ATM to think of others, sorry :roll:

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:09 am

OR is not only common here for this site but also for the Big Blue Book that was the final SBG core rule set (because of the Ring on the cover).

WE - Wood Elf

EH - Epic Hero

AotD - Army of the Dead

And for those relatively new to issues like this, there are often variation in how some are entered. I use a sort of camel-case due to drilled in my head from my programming work. So WotR, FotR, etc. Others go all caps ( WOTR, FOTR, AOTD ). No difference in meaning, just cosmetic.

spuds4ever · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:20 pm

JK= just kidding (I think)

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:25 pm

KotD - King of the Dead

ftw - often and originally "for the win!" but other meanings include...well...let's just say it means it's very good.

Not used often here but in other forums and often in IRC ( "KotD ftw!")

geezer of rhun · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:15 pm

A few more:
Troops
KG=Khazad Guard
IG=Iron Guard
OV=Osgiliath Veterans
RRG=Royal Rohan Guard
BVA=Blackroot Vale Archers

Books
MoM=Mines of Moria
SotS= Scouring of the Shire sourcebook
FotN= Fall of the Necromancer sourcebook
ASitE= A shadow in the East sourcebook

Materials
PVA=white glue
CA glue=Super Glue

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:05 pm

Anyway we can put all these in the first post and get rid of the posts after and make this a sticky?

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:17 pm

Noddwyr wrote:

Anyway we can put all these in the first post and get rid of the posts after and make this a sticky?

Farmer Giles of Ham needs to edit his first post to include the new acronyms. The sticky idea is pretty cool; someone should PM a mod once the first post has been reorganized...

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:04 am

Not to hijack (this will be deleted anyway), but why is superglue called CA glue? :roll:

Farmer Giles of Ham · **Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:02 am

Edited list as of 17/07 2010.

I just wrote all like it was me who has written it.. if anyone wants his qoute in there i will place it as once

PM`ed Mr.Dagorland

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:02 pm

Haha I didn't think you would put the Assassin's Creed one in there :rofl:

BTW: two more.

NMM= Non Metallic Metal
SENMM= Sky Earth Non Metallic Metal (aka chrome)

Farmer Giles of Ham · **Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:31 pm

Edited

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