Abbreviations
From NSwiki, the NationStates encyclopedia.
- Admin: Administrator (Usually Refers to [violet])
- AFAICS: As Far As I Can See
- AFAICT: As Far As I Can Tell
- AFAIK: As Far As I Know
- ASAP: As Soon As Possible
- ATM: At The Moment
- BTA: But Then Again
- BTW: By The Way
- C&P (also c'n'p): Cut and Paste/Copy and Paste
- CHQ: Civil Headquarters
- COI: Conflict Of Interests
- DEAT: Delete
- DoD: Department of Defense
- FA: Forum Administrator
- Forum Admin: Forum Administrator
- FM: Forum Moderator
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- FYI: For Your Information
- GDP: Gross Domestic Product
- GDPCalc: Gross Domestic Product Calculators
- GM: Game Moderator
- GORT: Delete
- 'gram: Telegram (deprecated, only seen in older threads)
- IAMB: I Am Max Barry
- IC: In Character
- IH: In Humour
- II: The International Incidents forum
- IMO: In My Opinion
- IMHO: In My Honest/Humble Opinion
- IIRC: If I Remember/Recall Correctly
- IRC: Internet Relay Chat
- IRL: In Real Life
- IVMB: Is [violet] Max Barry?
- JG: Jennifer Government (the book/movie or the forum of the same name)
- j/k: Just Kidding
- LMAO: Laughing My Arse Off
- LOL (and variations): Laughing Out Loud
- Mod: Moderator (or the Moderation Forum)
- Modbomb: Delete
- nm: Nevermind/Not Much
- NS: NationStates (the game or the forum of the same name)
- NS2: NationStates 2 (the game or the forum of the same name)
- OOC: Out Of Character
- OMG: Oh My God
- OMFG: Oh My F***ing God
- OMGLOL: Oh My God Laughing Out Loud
- OOI: Out Of Interest
- OT: Off-topic
- OTOH: On The Other Hand
- OTT: Over The Top
- OWN (and variations): Overpower; to be superior to; to own.
- PM: Private Message (seldom used, mostly used by TG
- Pop: Population
- Pop Bug: Population Bug
- Pop Bug Nation: Nation that received the pop bug for a long time
- PW: Password
- PWed: Passworded (Password-protected)
- PwPd: Password-protected
- PWN (and variations): Overpower; to be superior to; to own.
- QF: Quarter Final(s) [of a tournament]
- RB: Regional Message Board
- Reg: Regular
- RL: Real Life
- RMB: Regional Message Board
- Ro16: Round of 16, second round
- Rofl: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- Roflmao: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off
- RP: Roleplay
- SF: Semi Final(s) [of a tournament]
- Smilie: Emoticon
- (sp?): Is this correctly spelled?
- STFU: Shut The F*** Up (Note that this is indisputably flaming)
- TG: Telegram
- TM: Telegram
- TMI: Too Much Information
- Tech: The Technical Forum
- The RR: The Rejected Realms
- UN: United Nations (the organisation and the forum of the same name)
- VM: Vacation Mode
- WarCalc: War Calculator
- WC: World Cup
- WCC: World Cup Committee
- w/e: Whatever
- WFE: World Factbook Entry
- WTF: What The F***
- YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
UN Forum Abbreviations
These are abbreviations only seen in the United Nations forum. See also UN Cards