AA/vAA	Aetherian Archive, one of the “Craglorn Trials”
adds	all those jerkwads who swarm you when you’re trying to fight a boss
altar	Blood Altar and either of its morphs, under the Undaunted skill line
animation cancel	interrupting a skill’s animation by blocking, bashing, roll dodging, or swapping weapons
Atk	attack
block cancel	firing off a skill and pressing block immediately to interrupt the animation
block casting	holding block while casting skills
blockade	Wall of Elements morph Elemental Blockade, a Destruction skill
BoL	Breath of Life, from the Restoring Light skill line (morph of Honor the dead)
CL	Craglorn
CoP	Circle of Protection and either of its morphs, from the Fighters’ Guild skill line
CP	champion points
Craglorn Trials	refers to the three original 12-man trials: SO, HRC, AA
destro	Destruction; may refer to the weapon itself or the skill line
DK	dragonknight
dmg	damage
DPS	dmg per second, also refers to a damage-focused toon
DSA/vDSA	Dragonstar Arena, a 4-man raid in Craglorn
DW	dual wield
ele drain	Elemental Drain, a morph of Weakness to Elements under the Destruction skill line
Feels	feelings, usually hurt ones
gg	“git gud” refers to learning and improving skills so you can be the best, usually used in a derogatory way, but not necessarily; do not confuse with “gg” =good group lol
HA	heavy attack; usually refers to a fully-charged heavy attack
HM	hard mode
HoF/vHoF	Halls of Fabrication, a 12-man raid available with Morrowind
Horn	Aggressive Warhorn, the ultimate under the Alliance – Assault skill line
hps	heal per second; you’ll need a damage monitoring add-on to track this
HRC/vHRC	Hel Ra Citadel, one of the “Craglorn Trials”
inv	invite, such as an invite to a group
jabs	refers to Biting Jabs, a morph of Puncturing Strikes under the Aedric Spear class skill line
jesus beam	refers to Radiant Destruction (and either of its morphs) under the Dawn’s Wrath class skill line
LA	light attack; one quick tap of left click
MA	medium attack; a heavy attack that is not fully charged
magblade	magicka nightblade dps
magden	magicka Warden dps:
magDK	magicka Dragonknight dps
magplar	magicka Templar dps
meteor	Shooting Star, a morph of Meteor , the Mages’ Guild ultimate
min/max	short for “minimizing/maximizing” refers to building toons that squeeze every last drop of math out to be the very very best, even if only ahead by a fraction of a percent
MoL/vMoL	Maw of Lorkhaj, a 12-man raid available with Thieves’ Guild
NB	nightblade
nova	Refers to either morph of the ultimate under the Dawn’s Wrath class skill line
off tank	a secondary tank used in particular situations, usually as a backup (such as vSO HM) or to take enemies that cannot be tanked at the same time as another (like Twins in vMoL).
orbs	Energy Orb, a morph of Necrotic Orb under the Undaunted skill line
parse	the average amount of dps or hps done over the course of combat, can also refer to a screenshot showing an add-on’s analysis of combat
PoL	Power of the Light, from the Dawn’s Wrath skill line (morph of Backlash)
pots	potions
regen	“regeneration” refers to recovery of health, magicka, or stamina.
respec	short for “re-specification,” may refer to a complete redistribution of skill/attribute points or any other major changes to your build
resto	Restoration, may refer to the weapon itself or the skill line
ritual	refers to Ritual of Retribution or Extended Ritual, morphs of Cleansing Ritual under the Restoring Light class skill line
rn	“right now”
RNG	“Random Number Generator”
rq	“real quick”
rune	Refers to Channeled Focus, a morph of Rune Focus from the Restoring Light class skill line
scrub	an amateur, unskilled player
shards	refers to Luminous Shards, a morph of Spear Shards under the Aedric Spear class skill line
SO/vSO	Sanctum Ophidia, one of the “Craglorn Trials”
sorc	sorcerer; usually refers to a magicka sorcerer dps “magsorc”
spam	repeatedly press the same button
SPC	Spell Power Cure armour set
springs	Healing Springs, a morph of Grand Healing under the Restoration skill line
stam	stamina
stamblade	stamina nightblade dps
stamden	stamina Warden dps
stamDK	stamina Dragonknight dps
stamplar	stamina Templar dps
stamsorc	stamina sorcerer dps
temp	Templar
trap	Trap Beast and either of its morphs, from the Fighters’ Guild skill line
ult/ulti	an ultimate skill
uptime	amount of time a buff or debuff is active during a battle, expressed as a %
vet/VR	veteran, refers to an old system of levels above 50 and still used to refer to the higher difficulty setting for dungeons and trials
weave	inserting auto LA or HA between skills
woe	Wall of Elements, a Destruction skill
worm	worm cult armour set, not WC (water closet)