Angry about acronyms? Confused by conundrums? Flummoxed by FAIK? Then you'll need this handy guide to the world of acronyms.
40K = Warhammer 40,000
AMT = Advanced Marstall Theory
AUC = Auction. Usually of old stuff.
BFTBG = Blood for the blood god
LatD = Lost and the dammed
NC = Necromunda
RoC = Realms of Chaos. There are two books StD and LatD. StD concerns mainly Khorne and Slaneesh, LatD Nurgle and Tzeentch.
SM = Space Marines
StD = Slaves to Darkness
SW = Space Wolves
WH40K = Warhammer 40,000
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get - in 40K terms, a model is what it appears to be, and any items the troop or character has are on the model, and anything that is on the model, the troop or character is equipped with.
AFAIK = As far as I know (*NOT*: All fear the almighty, invincible Khorne)
BTW = By the way (*NOT*: Biomorph : Tyranid Warrior)
FWIW = For what it's worth
FYA = For your amusment
IIRC = If I recall correctly (*NOT*: In the infinite realms of chaos)
IMO = In my opinion (*NOT*: I'm an ork)
IMHO = In my humble opinion (*NOT*: I'm a hairy ork)
IMNSHO = In my not so humble opinion
IOW = In other words
OTOH = On the other hand
TIA = Thanks in advance
YMMV = Your mileage my vary
List created first by Aaron Tunny. He gives a big thank you must go to the members of the Warhammer 40,000 mailing list (especially palidin and howard Liu for his alternative definitions) for this wacky list of acronyms as used on various GW mailing lists and web pages.
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