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This is primarily a list of WoT Abbreviations (and several
standard abbreviations from Internet jargon) that may be used
from time to time on the other pages of this website. In cases
where the definition is given entirely in caps (e.g. THE EYE OF
THE WORLD) it refers to a book (or miniature novel such as NEW
SPRING) written by Robert Jordan and dealing with the Wheel of
Time in some way.
Please note that it is not mandatory that you always type these
things in all caps whenever you use any of these terms. In fact,
in cases such as book titles, many people prefer to only
capitalize the letters representing the key words which would
normally be capitalized if they were actually typing out the
entire book title in the text of a homework assignment which an
English teacher intended to scour for errors of spelling and
punctuation and so forth the following morning, with
approximately thirty percent of their semester grade being
utterly dependent upon how many errors the teacher found and
marked with red ink. In this case, THE EYE OF THE WORLD would be
abbreviated as TEotW, or even tEotW, even though you should
ALWAYS capitalize the first letter of the first word of a book
title when mentioning that title in a term paper. Honest!
However, even though I am frequently accused of being an English
Major myself, I prefer to use these terms in all caps most of
the time. My approach is to pin down the SHIFT key with one
finger and then pound on all the other keys I need to get the
job done, instead of trying to remember "Shift + T, Shift + E,
release shift long enough to hit o and then hit t, SHIFT + W,
done!"
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AS: Aes Sedai
BB: Bulletin Board
COS: A CROWN OF SWORDS. Workaholics sometimes type an extra letter, making it ACOS, but that's THEIR problem.
COTL: Children of the Light (see also the WC entry)
DO: Dark One
DOTNM: Daughter of the Nine Moons
EG: Egwene
EL: Elayne
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. A common term on the Internet; it refers to any document which lists a number of common questions people often ask about a particular subject, and then attempts to answer each of these questions as best it can. The classic Wheel of Time FAQ is at http://hugin.imat.com/jordan/, although it has not yet been updated to allow for the recent publication of THE PATH OF DAGGERS.
FYI: For Your Information
GUIDE: a nickname for the book titled THE WORLD OF ROBERT JORDAN'S THE WHEEL OF TIME. Calling it the Guide, or saying, "Guide, page 245" is just a TAD shorter than typing out the whole thing, or even typing out the initial letters of each word in the title (TWORJTWOT). Although you can certainly do it the hard way if you really WANT to (shudder).
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
LOC: LORD OF CHAOS
MUD: Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH: Multi-User Shared Hallucination
NS: NEW SPRING (a Wheel of Time "prequel" set 20 years before THE EYE OF THE WORLD, featuring Lan and Moiraine as they first meet each other, and found in the LEGENDS collection.
NYN: Nynaeve
POD: THE PATH OF DAGGERS
POV: Point of View. Refers to whose thoughts and perceptions we are seeing in a particular scene. For instance, we see Rand's thoughts in the first chapter of TEOTW, so this chapter is a "Rand POV."
RJ: Robert Jordan
SAS: Salidar Aes Sedai (refers to those who joined the rebel faction, which was based for some months in the village of Salidar, after the Tower split in TSR)
SG: Shayol Ghul
TDR: THE DRAGON REBORN
TEOTW: THE EYE OF THE WORLD
TFOH: THE FIRES OF HEAVEN
TG: Tarmon Gai'don
TGH: THE GREAT HUNT
TSR: THE SHADOW RISING
TV: TAR VALON
WC: Whitecloaks
WOT: Wheel of Time
WT: WHITE TOWER
WTAS: White Tower Aes Sedai (refers to those who followed
Elaida's lead after the Tower split in TSR)