FYI Enworld speak made sensible AFAIK

[JVisgaitis]

GIven the proliferation of GSL threads, I'm surprised that "IANAL" (I Am Not A Lawyer) hasn't been mentioned yet.

LOL. I was thinking the same thing...

 

[Doug McCrae]

QFT = Quoted for truth
OTOH = On the other hand
IIRC = If I recall correctly
AFAIK = As far as I know
IMO = In my opinion

 

[Jack99]

I don't think I saw RAI (Rules As Intended) on the list.

 

[Lackhand]

"This."

I second the "If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do [Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge]".

PC = Pirate Cat has come up a few times, too, just to confuse things ("I was typing on my PC about my PC when PC closed the thread ")

"Klunk", too, might need explanation. On the other hand, maybe not.

IBTL has been coming up too (In Before The Lock). Stupid edition wars.

 

[Umbran]

P&P is sometimes also PnP.

Now I nitpick, because the idea is to get stuff across to new people quickly: In my experience, "beer and pretzels" is most commonly used to denote a very casual playstyle - playing where the social get-together of having beer and such is the real focus of activity. Not all P&P is Beer and Pretzels.

 

[wedgeski]

SWAT? Someone started a whole thread about it and I still don't know what it means. Something about Armchair Tacticians?

 

[Gundark]

AoW = Age of Worms
STAP = Savage tide adventure path

 

[Particle_Man]

AFM: Away from Manual.

DHTRWM: Don't Have the Rulebook With Me.

 

[Fifth Element]

OGL is not the d20 system license. That's:

d20STL

 

[MortalPlague]

BECMI = Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal*

I was very confused by this one initially... I had to do extensive google searching to find a definition! Everyone kept talking about BECMI D&D as if it were a third party product that I'd overlooked...