Gaming Abbreviations

[charlesr]

We abbreviate a lot of stuff in chat. Some of it only gamers would understand. Some of it perhaps only the writer understands
Let's see your most used.

[charlesr]

BF4
OW
HOTD

[Neon Ignition]

NS

I despise NSW for Switch as it very much looks like shorthand for NSFW


Not as much as I hate GCN though, it literally makes no sense - just use GC

[Asura]

Not as much as I hate GCN though, it literally makes no sense - just use GC

I used to like G3

The interesting ones are those which are kinda wrong but accepted. Like, Star Wars: The Old Republic abbreviates to SWTOR, but gets pronounced Swo-Tor because it's in the same series as KOTOR.

[QualityChimp]

EDF is an abbreviation of...

->Open Spoiler<-

EDF! EDF! EDF!

[Cassius_Smoke]

TLoU - The Last of Us. I don't like this one though, it doesn't read very nicely.

GoW - Could be God of War or Gears of War.

[Brad]

TLoU - The Last of Us. I don't like this one though, it doesn't read very nicely.

GoW - Could be God of War or Gears of War.

No! God of War had this first. You may use simply 'gears' to describe gears of war if you like though.