I'd like to point out that CoT can also stand for Cavern of Transcendence.
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Awesome post. Knew most of them, and a few that I'd seen but didn't know. Recomended reading for all.
Forgot a few
<ul type="square"> Bridge Request to join a team with a high level mission usually +4 to +8 to you and Sidekick a much lower level player so that he gets Uber XP and levels faster. Of course you get the Uber XP also. Bridge requests are usually for levels 42-46.
Dreck name of a mission (usually given to level 50's) but is used as a bridge request.
Farm Start a mission, almost complete it and leave, then restart the mission. Repeat. (Usually saved for missions with lots of XP).[/list]
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Did not mean to start another thread on this. Just found this one Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations
It's been around much longer.
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A lot of yours seem to be here ... 
Who cares how many times or who posted it first...at least it's posted.
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Pwn To own strongly (see own)
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This is probably the funniest thing i have ever read. I shall add it to my sig and quote you as the writer. If you got it from somewheres else let me know i will quote them instead.
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Pwn To own strongly (see own)
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This is probably the funniest thing i have ever read. I shall add it to my sig and quote you as the writer. If you got it from somewheres else let me know i will quote them instead.
kenny
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After all this time I see its still in your sig. 
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How about adding the forum-specific jargon, like /jranger or tl;dr?
Nice post. I personally was thinking of typing one of these up a while back (Glad you did it, now I don't have to )
This is a nice guide to have. I know when I first started playing this game I knew nothing of "Game-Speak".
Thanks for taking the time to type this up!
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The following is a list of some of the more common In-Game & Chat Abbreviations that are being used. I found some on the Internet and some are CoH specific.
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2 To
4 For
5th 5th Column
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
Aggro aggression / aggravation
Alt Alternate character
AO Anarchy Online, a MMORPG
AoE Area of Effect
AP Atlas Park
Aqua Awaken inspirations
Assist To attack the target of a specific teammate.
AoE - Area of Effect (Effects an area, not a single target)
AV ArchVillian
AV Avatar Graphical Representation (A Picture) Often Used In Chat Rooms
Awaken(s) Awaken inspirations
BBL Be back later
BF Boyfriend
Bio / Bio Break Bathroom break
Blinkies Item that needs to be clicked in a mission
Blue(s) Catch a Breath inspirations
Boom Boomtown
BRB Be right back
Brick Brickstown
BRT Be right there
BTW By the way
Buff a power, inspiration, or enhancement that increases abilities.
Cab Catch a Breath inspiration
CF Crey's Folly
Character Player character
Clock Clockwork
CoH City of Heroes
Con / cons To consider
CoT Circle of Thorns
CoV City of Villains
Creys/Folly Creys Folly
DA Dark Astoria
Debuff A power, inspiration, or enhancement that decreases the abilities.
Dev/DE Devouring Earth
Ding Indicates that a character has leveled
Disc / Discoed disconnected
DO Dual origin enhancement
Door Mission or waypoint
DoT Damage over time
DPS Damage per second
End Endurance
End Break / End Rest / End request to rest and regain endurance
EQ EverQuest, a MMORPG
Exp Experience
Fault Faultline
FF Founders Fall
Flame To insult someone in a harsh manner
Freak(s) Freakshow
FYI for your information
G2G Good to go
Gather teammate will be giving a buff so gather near (healing, accuracy, defense, etc.)
GC Galaxy City
GF Girlfriend
Glowies Item that needs to be clicked in a mission
GM Game Master
Grapes = Purple con mobs
Grats Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Gratz Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Green(s) Respite inspiration
Griefer A player who gets enjoyment from trying to kill other players.
GTG Good to go
Hold aggro Keeping the focus of an opponent on yourself and away from your teammates
HUD Heads up display
IDK I Dont Know
IIRC If I recall correctly
Illinois Nazis 5th Column
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
Inc! Incoming monsters
Insp Inspiration
INV Invite
IP Independence Port
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IYKWIMAITYD If you know what I mean, and I think you do
KS Kill Steal To defeat an enemy that was being defeated by another player, without first getting their permission.
KK / K = OK
KR Kings Row
LFT Looking for team
LOL Laughing out loud
LoS Line of Sight
Lt Lieutenant
LVL Level
Main A player's primary character; that is, the character the player plays most of the time. Almost always the highest level character on an account.
Mezzers Something that kills squishies quickly
Mish Mission
MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game)
Mob An NPC, short for mobile object
MT = mistell
N00B Someone who is annoying, stupid, or refuses to learn
Nerf / Nerfed to lessen in usefulness or power
Newb Same as n00b
Newbie Someone new to the game
NFI No f**king idea
NP No problem
NPC Nonplayer character
Nuke Damage ability
OMG Oh my god
OMW On my way
OOE Out of Endurance
OOR Out of Range
OTW On the way
Own / Owned To lay waste to an enemy or having your butt kicked.
PBAoE Point blank area of effect
PC Player character
PITA pain in the a$$
PK Player killer
PL Power Level. To level as quickly as possible, with outside assistance.
Plz Please
PP Perez Park; also, Power Pool
PPL People
Pull To hit a specific opponent, in order to begin combat with either just it, or it and a group of opponents near it.
Purps / Purples Luck inspirations
PvE Player versus environment (NPC)
PvP Player versus player
Pwn To own strongly (see own)
Raiders skyraiders
RAWR Look at me/us kick a$$
RBTL Read Between The Lines
Red(s) enrage inspiration.
Resp Respite inspiration
Rez To resurrect or revive a player
RL Real life, as in, the life you live in the real world.
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTF Rolling On The Floor (Laughing Is Implied)
ROTFLMAO / ROFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
ROTFLMFAO / ROFLMFAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***Ing) My A$$ Off
Root To immobilize an opponent
RSN Real Soon Now
RTFM Read the Freakin manual
RTM Read the manual
Runner An NPC that (for whatever reason) bolts from the group; runners tend to fetch help.
SC Steel Canyon
SK Sidekick
Sky skyraiders
Sky Skyway City
S&D / SnD Seek & destroy; for those missions where the PC must find and defeat x of a specific type of NPC.
SO Single origin enhancement
SOL Sh*t out of luck
Talos Talos Island
Tank To engage in hand to hand combat in a manner designed to keep the attention of the enemies on yourself, rather than on weaker teammates. / A way of life
Taxi A request, meaning I need a teleport to your location
THX Thanks
TI Talos Island
Toon Player character
TP Teleport
Train / Tram The tram/railway/line station
TV Terra Volta
TXS Thanks
TY Thank you
Vahz Vahzilok
[censored] What the f**k?
WTG Way to go!
XP Experience
Yellow(s) Insight inspirations
YW You're welcome
Zone A specific area within the game
Zone line Area where you exit the current part of town to enter another
Zoning The process of moving from one zone to another[/list]
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