To understand announcements and other people a good knowledge of English language might not be enough.
Below is a short list of terms that might come in handy.
Buff- A spell that temporary raises your statistics.
It can be used on yourself or other players.
Caster- Character classes that casts spells.
Cooldown- Time that you must wait until you’ve got the option to use an ability again.
Drop- Items that fall from a defeated enemy.
Hate- A parameter that shows how your spell works on your enemy.
The higher the hate level, the greater the chance that he will attack you.
Instance- A location which you could enter only accompanied by a group.
Mob- Enemy controlled by a computer.
Newbie- A young, inexperienced player.
A positive version of Noob.
Pet- An animal that follows player.
Raid- A very big group that is created on higher levels for instances or battlegrounds.
Respawn- When an enemy shows again after killing him.
Stack- Items that take only one slot in your backpack even if there are more than one of them.
It can be written what you are going away from the computer for a while.
BG-Battleground- A place where forces of Horde fights with the Alliance.
DPS-Damage per second- Characters that focuses on dealing damage are called that way as well.
GS-Gear Score- A parameter that describes our equipment level.
GY-Graveyard
HoT-Healing over Time- Healing in a specific amount of time, like 30 seconds.
HP-Health points
HS-Hearthstone- A stone that transfers you to a specific place, usually to same city.
LFM-Looking for more- You write it when you need more people to group.
MB-Mana Break- A brake while on a raid or in a dungeon to replenish mana.
NP-No Problem-
NPC-Non-playing Character- A character controlled by computer.
NVM-Nevermind
OOM-Out of Mana
PR-Personal Rating- A parameter that describes character level.
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