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    I would link to a wiki page, but it contains bad langage, so I sadly cannot, or at least not without breaking the forum rules. Sorry. However, from what I know:

    AFAIK — As far as I know
    BTW — By the way
    Bump — When somebody posts in a thread to bring it back up to the top of the forum page and get it noticed.
    Spam — Posting, which often makes no sense, just to increase post-count. Most posts of this nature include the phrase "+1" to indicate the level of which their post count has increased by.
    AoR (a.k.a ZoR) — Area/Zone of recruitment, A feature in many modifications, and in the games M:TW and R:TW, which restricts certain units to be trained in certain regions. For example, Swiss Pikemen can only be trained in the province of Switzerland or Spartan Hoplites only being available in Sparta and Syracuse.
    PBM (a.k.a PBeM)— Play by (e-mail) campaign. A nice explanation of this can be found here.

    Hope this helps, cheers!
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    Thanks guys! :)

    Found two more confusing ones:

    FRAPS
    UI

    Also, as for FTW ("for the win), "[x] ftw" means "[x] is (a) good (thing)". Could be extended to FTD, ~L (For the Draw, ~Loss) - again, "This is mediocre"/"This is bad", but those are really only joke ones.

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    Default Re: Main abbreviations you guys use please :)

    UI is User Interface, I believe. It's basically what you see on screen (Unit cards, mini-map...)
    FRAPS, I don't think is an abreviation, but is a usefull program to take screenshots and videos. It's free, but in that case you can only get 30 seconds max videos. I don't know any other limitation.
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    Default Re: Main abbreviations you guys use please :)

    An abbreviation is a shortening of a word or phrase, commonly made by only using the first letter in each word, example After Action Report becomes AAR.

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    Also, IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
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    To save you time, if you ever come upon the letters GUI it just refers to the previously answered abbreviation UI or User Interface. (GUI = Graphic User Interface if you ever need to know).
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    IMO - In My Opinion
    IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

    And a few M2TW unit specific abbreviations:

    DGK - Dismounted Gothic Knights
    DFK - Dismounted Feudal Knights
    DCK - Dismounted Chivalric Knights
    S&S - Sword & Shield
    2hander - Anything from Zweihänder ( two handed sword:two hander ) to 2handed Axe


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    IMHO can also mean In My Humble Opinion
    #Hillary4prism

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