Waypoint Acronyms and Terms Dictionary

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Welcome to the dictionary of site acronyms! I know surfing the 'net can be like speaking a whole new language and posting/reading on forums also suffers from the same affliction. To help ease this language barrier, I’ve listed some of the more frequently used/seen acronyms on the forums. (They are listed in alphabetical order in order to facilitate quick identification.)

Frequently Used Acronyms and/or Terms

  • AA - Armor Ability

  • AC - Active Camo

  • AE - Armor Effect

  • AFAIK - As far as I know

  • AL - Armor Lock

  • AR - Assault Rifle

  • ARG - Alternate Reality Game

  • BR - Battle Rifle

  • BTB - Big Team Battle

  • CC - Community Creations

  • CMOTW - Community Member of the Week

  • CSR - Competitive Skill Ranking

  • CTF - Capture the Flag

  • DL/DLC - Download/Download Content (ie map packs, preorder bonuses, etc)

  • DMR - Designated Marksman Rifle

  • FFA - Free For All (i.e. Rumble Pit)

  • FF - Firefight

  • GD - General Discussion

  • GL - Grenade Launcher

  • GT - Gamertag

  • HWTM - Host With the Most

  • IIRC - If I recall correctly

  • IME - In my experience

  • IMO/IMHO - In my opinion/In my humble opinion

  • IS - Infinity Slayer

  • ITT - In this thread

  • KOTH - King of the Hill

  • LASO/SLASO - Legendary, All Skulls On; Solo Legendary, All Skulls On. Sometimes referred to as Mythic difficulty.

  • MLG - Major League Gaming

  • MM - Matchmaking

  • OP - Original Post; Original Poster; Over Powered. Usually fairly easy to figure out which is being referenced.

  • OS - Overshield

  • OT - On topic; Off-topic. Can be used either way.

  • PV - Promethean Vision

  • PW - Power Weapons

  • QFT - Quote for truth

  • RL - Rocket Launcher

  • RT - Rooster Teeth; Retweet

  • Sec3 - ONI Section 3

  • Spec - Specializations

  • SpOps - Spartan Ops

  • SR 1-130 - Spartan Rank. Earned by accumulating EXP

  • TFR/T4R - Title for reference

  • TIL - Today I learned

  • TL;DR - Too long; didn’t read.
    Can also be used as post summary.

  • TO - Team Objective

  • TU - Title Update

  • WRT - With regards to

  • XP/EXP - Experience Points

  • -Yoink!- - The replacement word for the word filter.

  • YOLO - You only live once. (Oh yes I went there.)

  • ZB - Zero Bloom. Used primarily in regards to the Halo: Reach DMR.

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If you have any that you think should be added, feel free to leave a comment or send a PM!

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> <mark>YOLO - You only live once. (Oh yes I went there.)</mark>

How dare you go there! ahah nah Thanks for it all though! :smiley:

And Also
FPS - First Person Shooter
RPG - Role Playing Game
MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online ? (I’m terrible with that one)
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

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Forum terminology glossary

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Nice list! Yes, you did just go there!

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I feel very embarrassed to ask this. What does “This.” mean. Is it just short for “I second this”? Thanks in advance.

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Yes “this.” More or less means I second this.

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> Yes “this.” More or less means I second this.

This.

Sorry…couldn’t resist!

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It’s in no way prevalent, but my friends and I call FRG/FRC-wielding grunts Fergies and the Elite types Fergusons. And either term for Spartans using these.

I really, really hate Fergusons.

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Got another one!

FLOABW - For Lack Of A Better Word

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SR - Storm Rifle

LR - Light Rifle

BTIS - Big Team Infinity Slayer, often used to differentiate from BTB.

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> > Yes “this.” More or less means I second this.
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Your awesome!

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MoU

Master of Unicorns. Not used often, I think (maybe) but it could.

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> Your awesome!

We already have two Doodle fan-boys! We don’t need another! :slight_smile:

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> > Your awesome!
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> We already have two Doodle fan-boys! We don’t need another! :slight_smile:

Agreed!

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ARG always gets me personally, I always have to figure it out in context.

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Thank

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You should add:

  • H2 - Halo 2 - H2A - Halo 2 Anniversary - H3 - Halo 3 - H4 - Halo 4 - H5 - Halo 5 Guardians - HCE/H1 - Halo Combat Evolved - HCEA/H1A - Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary - HMCC - Halo Master Chief Collection
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TFoR: The Fall of Reach
GoO: Ghosts of Onyx

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I’ve been looking through a bunch of stuff online an cannot find an answer anywhere… I’ve been looking at Halo Reach Customization recently, and in looking at the Helmet attachments, I have found CNM (Command Network Module), HUL (External Hardened Uplink), UA (Up-Armored), RS (remote sensor), etc. but I cannot for the life of me find what FC stands for… There’s FC, FC-I, FC-I[2], etc. but it never explains the acronym like it does for the other attachments. It seems to me that FC is uses when there is a combination with HUL and CNM, but I have no idea what it stands for.
help?