Here’s a list of some of the most popular online-gaming slangs that a gamer normaly use ingame. Most of this slangs are actually derive from internet chat slangs.

A

• AMP - amp is a short word for “anak ng P***”. It’s an expression use to express discomfort and irateness of the player.
• AFK - “Ayaw Findot Keyboard” hehe kidding. This means Away from Keyboard.
• AFAIK - As Far As I Know
• AH - Ass Hole
• aka - Also Known As
• AOE - Area of Effect
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• ayt! - short for “alright”

B

• Buff - Either the act of using magic / techniques / skills to temporarily increase the abilities of a character
• Badaf - Bading or Bakla
• BH - Boss Hunt
• BOT - “Robot” or a type of computer program that do automated tasks. This is widely use in the game Ragnarok Online.
• BTW - By The Way
• BUMP - Build Up More Post
• BRB - Be Right Back
• B> - Buying

C

• Creep - reffer to computer generated monsters
• Chixsilog - Chick na meh itlog
• CM - Clan Master
• CW - Clan War or “Clockworks” in FLYFF

D

• DC - Discount or Disconnected
• DOT - Damage Over Time
• DND - Do Not Disturb
• Dupe - To duplicate items
• Dunno - short word for “I don’t know”

E

• EXP - Experience

F

• Farm - To kill a specific creature or area repeatedly
• Frag - To kill an opposing player’s character
• F2P - Free To Play
• FTL - For The Lose
• FTW - For The Win
• FYI - For Your Information

G

• GTG - Got To Go
• GG - Good Game
• GLHF - Good Luck Have Fun
• GM - Game Master or Game Moderator
• GTH - Go to Hell
• GW - Guild War

H

• Hax - Game Hack
• HP - Hit Points or Health Points
• HF/H5 - High Five

I

• IMBA - Imbalance
• IGN - In Game Name
• IMO - In My Opinion
• IDK - I Dont Know
• IRL - In Real Life

K

• KS - Kill Steal

L

• LAG - Laging Ayaw Gumalaw or Latency At Game
• LMAO - Laughing my Ass Off
• LOL - “Laughing Out Loud” for most of us Pinoy, this means “ulol” but the real meaning of this is Laughing Out Loud.
• Leech - one who gains experience points or loot by being on your party without fighting
• LVL : abbreviation of “level”

M

• MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online
• MMOG - Massively Multiplayer Online Game
• MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

N

• Newbie or Newb - Someone new to a game.
• Noob - Similar to newbie, but with a negative connotation
• NP - No Problem
• NPC - Non-Player Character
• Nuker : A character primarily capable of doing particularly high damage per unit time
• NUFF Said : Enough Said
• NS : Nice Shot
• NG : Nice Game
• NYC : Nice

O

• OMG -Oh My God
• OMW - On My Way
• OP - Over Price
• OT - Off Topic or On Topic

P

• P2P - Pay to play
• PK/PKer - Player Killer or to Player Kill
• PM - Private Message
• PvM : Player Versus Monster
• PvE: Player versus Environment
• PvP - Player versus Player

R

• Rage - To grow angry and threaten to leave the game(s).
• Rax - Barracks
• Resu - Resurrect
• RL - Real Life
• RM - Remake a game
• RPG - Role Playing Game
• Rush - To quickly go attack the opponent just a few seconds/minutes after the beginning
• ROFL - Rolling on Floor Laughing

S

• S> - Selling
• STFU - Shut The Fuck Up

T

• Tank - A character with particularly high defence/damage absorbing ability, typically used to draw damage away from the rest of a group
• TAE - Mabaho
• TPAM - The Person Above Me
• TS - Topic/Thread Starter
• TW - TerritoriaL War
• T> - Trading

W

• Woot - An interjection used to express excitement, happiness or joy
• WD - Well Done
• WoW - World of Warcraft
• WTF - What the Fuck
• WTH - What the Hell

Z

• zzZ - Bored or Sleeping

Dami noh? For those who have just found out what the real meaning of “LOL” is, LOL ka!