Definition of Abbreviations and Acronyms, edition II

[Brother-Captain Sharp]

Okay gents, we're gonna resurrect this idea. What I've done is grab the old list from the original thread, cut off some outdated terms, and repost it. Now obviously this list is not even close to complete! (There's not even anything in the Orks section) That's where you come in. Post abbreviations or acronyms that you use or see others use, and we'll get 'em added to the list. However, there is a caveat. If the acronym you put forward is something only used in your store or made up by you, it's not likely to get put in the list. We want the most commonly used terms, not every term under the sun. In this vein, if there are acronyms on the original list that you guys don't think should be on there, feel free to suggest taking them off.


Any definition you propose should look like this-
TH/SS: Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield

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General Terms
AI - Anti Infantry (a list building term for how good your army is against infantry)
AT - Anti Tank (a list building term for how good your army is against vehicles)
AV: Armour Value
BF:Battle Force (Boxed set)
BRB: Big Red Book or Big Rule Book
This is the core rule book for Warhammer 40K
CCW: Close Combat Weapon
Dex: Codex
FNP: Feel No Pain
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
IMO: In My Opinion
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
LOS: Line of Sight
MC: Master crafted
MEQ: Marine Equivalent
A Marine Equivalent is an army that has strength 4 toughness 4 with a 3 plus armor save.
MSU - Multiple Small Units, list building term for the use of many similar small/minimal units.
Naked - a unit purchased as stock with no upgrades i.e. a naked Canifex is one one with a dual set of scything talons and no other biomorphs.
Nerf:"to be screwed over, f***ed up, made less good, or in the case of anything Eldar "not as bent"."
PW: Power Weapon
QFT: Quoted For Truth
STC: Standard Template Construct
It is the basis of all technology that humanity has in the 41st millenium, all the things currently produced by the forge worlds are made from partially complete STC's such as the rhino, ramilies class star fort, land raider etc.
RAI: Read as Intended
RAW: Read As Written or Rules As Written
TEQ: Terminator Equivalent
TL: Twin-Linked
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
(What you see is what you get) means that if you have say a Tau Crisis Suit that is modeled with a Fusion Blaster and a Flamer, I cant say "Oh this guy actully has a Missile Pod and Plasma Rifle". He has to count as being equiped with what is shown on the model.

Chaos Space Marines
AC: Aspiring Champion (Chaos)
BP: Bolt Pistol
CSM: Chaos Space Marine(s)
DG: Death Guard (also commonly called Plague Marines)
DP: Daemon Prince
Dread: Dreadnought (Space Marine Walker)
EC: Emporer's Children (Chaos Space Marine army dedicated to Slaanesh)
LR: Land Raider
MG: Melta Gun
PF: Powerfist
PG: Plasma Gun
Termy: Space Marine or Chaos Space Marine Terminator

Grey Knights
BC = Brother Captain
BHC = Brotherhood Champion
DK = Dreadknight
GK: Grey Knights
GM: Grand Master
Inq/Inq Lord = Inquisitor
Libby = LibrarianPsyback = Razorback with Twin Linked Heavy Bolters (TLHBs) and Psybolts
Psyfleman = Dreadnought with two Twin Linked (TL) Autocannons and Psybolts

Dark Eldar
Blastborn - Minimal (?) squad of Trueborn with Blasters
DE: Dark Eldar
DL - Dark Lance
FF - Flicker Field
Haemy - Heamonculus
HL - Heat Lance
HWG - Haywire Grenades
LG - Liquifier Gun
NS - Night Shield
SC - Splinter Cannon
VB - Venom Blade

Eldar
Space Elves: Eldar

Imperial Guard
AC: Armored Company (Imperial Guard)
BP: Bolt Pistol
Basie: Basilisk
Chim: Chimera (Imperial Guard transport)
IG: Imperial Guard
LRBT: Leman Russ Battle Tank
LRE: Leman Russ Exterminator
LRV: Leman Russ Vanquisher
MG: Melta Gun
PF: Powerfist
PG: Plasma Gun

Necrons
Crons: Necrons
D-Lord - Destoryer Lord
DS - Dispersion Shield
HD's: Heavy Destroyers
HS - Hyperphase Sword
Lith: Monolith
MS - Mindshackle Scarabs
NB: Nightbringer
Orb, Rez Orb: Resurrection Orb
PS - Phase Shifter
RP - Reanimation Protocols
SoL - Staff of Light
SW - Sempiternal Weave
TA - Tachyon Arrow
TB - Transdimensional Beamer
TLTD - Twin-Linked Tesla Destructor
VoD: Veil of Darkness

Orks
BC: Big Choppa
BP = Bosspole
BW: Battlewagon
Ghaz = Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, Esq.
KFF = Kustom Force FieldKMB = Kustom Mega-BlastaManz: Mega NobzPK: Power Klaw
SAG = Shokk Attack Gun
Waaagh! = Waaagh!

Space Marines
AC: Assault Cannon (Space Marine Weapon)
BA: Blood Angels
Boy Scouts: Ultramarines
BP: Bolt Pistol
BT: Black Templar
DA: Dark Angels
DC: Death Company (Blood Angels unit)
DCC: Death Company Chaplain
DP: Drop Pod
Dread: Dreadnought (Space Marine Walker)
EC: Emperor's Champion (Black Templar unit)
LRC: Land Raider Crusader
LR: Land Raider
MG: Melta Gun
PF: Powerfist
PG: Plasma Gun
PotMS: Power of the Machine Spirit
RZ: Righteous Zeal (Black Templar rule)
SHP: Sanguinary High Priest (Blood Angel’s unit)
SM: Space Marine(s)
Smurfs: Ultramarines
SW: Space Wolves
Termy: Space Marine
Vanilla Marines: Ultramarines
UM: Ultramarines

Tau Empire
Fireknife: Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod
Deathrain: TL Missile Pod
Helios: Plasma Rifle, Fusion Blaster
Sunforge: TL Fusion Blaster
Burning Eye: TL Plasma Rifle
FoF: Fish of Furry
MP: Missile Pod
MT: Multi-Tracker (Tau Wargear)
PR: Plasma Rifle (Tau Weapon)
SMS: Smart Missile System
TL: Target-Lock (Tau Wargear)

Tyranids
AG: Adrenal Glands
ST: Scything Talons
HT: Hive Tyrant
RC: Rending Claws
BL: Brood Lord
TS: Toxin Sacs
EC: Extended Carapace
FH: Flesh Hooks
BE: Bonded Exoskeleton
VC: Venom Cannon
BS: Barbed Strangler
IA: Implant Attack
BP: Bio Plasma
Bugs: Tyranids
Flyrant: A winged Hive tyrant
Nids: Tyranids
LW&BS - Lashwhip & Bonesword
HVC - Heavy Venom Cannon
Devilgaunt - Termagent with Devourer
Doom - Doom of Malan'tai

Sisters of Battle
DCA - Death Cult Assassins
HF - Heavy Flamer
SI - Simulacrum Imperialis
SoB: Sisters of Battle
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Now have at it, gents!

[Architech]

A noble endeavor worthy of being noted, thanks.

stickied

[edmundblack]

Grey Knights

Libby = Librarian
Psyfleman = Dreadnought with two Twin Linked (TL) Autocannons and Psybolts
Psyback = Razorback with Twin Linked Heavy Bolters (TLHBs) and Psybolts
BC = Brother Captain
BHC = Brotherhood Champion
DK = Dreadknight
Inq/Inq Lord = Inquisitor

That's all I can think of for now.

[Salag]

Necrons:
Orb, Rez Orb: Resurrection Orb
HD's: Heavy Destroyers

Tyranids:
AG: Adrenal Glands

Orks:
PK: Power Klaw
BC: Big Choppa
Manz: Mega Nobz
BW: Battlewagon

General:
TEQ: Terminator Equivalent

I'm sure there's more, just can't think of them just now

[Omega1907]

General:
AI - Anti Infantry (a list building term for how good your army is against infantry)
AT - Anti Tank (a list building term for how good your army is against vehicles)

Dark Eldar:
Blastborn - Minimal (?) squad of Trueborn with Blasters
Haemy - Heamonculus
DL - Dark Lance
FF - Flicker Field
HL - Heat Lance
HWG - Haywire Grenades
LG - Liquifier Gun
NS - Night Shield
SC - Splinter Cannon
VB - Venom Blade

There are maybe more, but I don't know if only I would use them, so left them out.

[Brother-Captain Sharp]

Awesome guys! I've got all your entries added. Keep 'em coming!

[Salag]

Where's @incubus ... he can help with the SoB stuff

Also, there's a few lines breaks missing there BCS

[Brother-Captain Sharp]

Where's @incubus ... he can help with the SoB stuff

Also, there's a few lines breaks missing there BCS

Son of a- Thanks, Salag.

[incubus]

You raaaaang?

These are some of the abbreviations I use:

Sisters of Battle:
SI - Simulacrum Imperialis
DCA - Death Cult Assassins
HF - Heavy Flamer

On a personal note, the old WH codex had way more acronyms and abbreviations due to all the cool wargear in the wargear section

[Beeva]

Nids:
LW&BS - Lashwhip & Bonesword
HVC - Heavy Venom Cannon
Devilgaunt - Termagent with Devourer
Doom - Doom of Malan'tai (too obvious for inclusion?)

BS could be Bonesword or Barbed Strangler, context is everythign I suppose. I would perhaps argue BS is more common.

General:
Naked - a unit purchased as stock with no upgrades i.e. a naked Canifex is one one with a dual set of scything talons and no other biomorphs.

[SonsOfStalingrad]

General:
Naked - a unit purchased as stock with no upgrades i.e. a naked Canifex is one one with a dual set of scything talons and no other biomorphs.

Really? I always called that 'Vanilla'. As in, it's plain and lacks flavour.

also, RAI seems to be missing from general, although RAW is right there.

[Beeva]

I've seen naked used a lot for Nids particularly, so Nid specific? Not seen vanilla used much.

[Architech]

Vanilla tends towards marines...hence why I think it doesn't get used for others...

On another note...vanilla is not plain...it is a flavor...cream flavored icecream would be plain...

[daddy4count]

vanilla is not plain...it is a flavor...cream flavored icecream would be plain...

Vanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor!

[SourImplant]

Orks:
KFF = Kustom Force Field
SAG = Shokk Attack Gun
KMB = Kustom Mega-Blasta
MANZ = Meganobz
Ghaz = Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, Esq.
BP = Bosspole
Waaagh! = Waaagh!

[Brother-Captain Sharp]

List updated. We could some more fleshing out, so keep 'em coming! I know there are a lot more acronyms out there.

[wookieplus]

Can I suggest you pull out the wargear and vehicles used by multiple codexes into a generic, saves repeating PW,PF,HB,PG etc.

Also add the short codes for the codexes in the titles (eg 'Dark Eldar (DE)' )

Also, merge SoB and GK, as there are a number of troops there that are common to both in the Inquisitor list (which has a lot to add: CR=Crusader,DCA=Death Cult Assassin, PSY=psyker, AF=arcoflagellant, WA=Warrior acolyte, JK=jokaero, IS=inq servitor)

Also add:
LS Landspeeder
Pred Predator
Dakkapred: Pred with HB and autocannon
SR Stormraven

suffix of 'S' for sponsons (eg HBS, LCS)

I also suggest RZ refers to Razorback not Righteous Zeal. The latter would be better referred to as Zeal or RZeal.

Good to see this growing

[Bodopo]

Could someone please add MSU and what it means, maybe something to do with necrons?

[edmundblack]

Multiple Small Units. Dark Eldar/ Eldar do it well (Venom spam), Blood Angels can pull it off too. Necrons though ... don't. That's just not how they are.

[Omega1907]

MSU - Multiple Small Units, list building term for the use of many similar small/minimal units.

What EB said, just gave it a little better appearance