I grow tired of new threads just asking about an Acronym so I have decided to write a thread on all of the Acronyms in the modified format.
Sets:
DP: Diamond and Pearl
MT: Mysterious Treasures
SW: Secret Wonders
GE: Great Encounters
MD: Majestic Dawn
LA: Legends Awakened
SF: Stormfront
PL: Platinum
RR: Rising Rivals
SV: Supreme Victors
AoA: Advent of Arceus (Japanese Only)
Trainers:
BTS: Broken Time Space
SSU: Super Scoop Up (DP)
WP: Warp Point (DP)
NM: Night Maintenance (MT)
TSD: Time Space Distortion (MT)
TGW: Team Galactic's Wager (MT)
POV: Professor Oak's Visit (SW)
RR: Roseanne's Research (SW)
TGM: Team Galactic Mars (SW)
PP: Plus Power (SW)
RC: Rare Candy (GE)
TMTS1: Technical Machine TS-1 (LA)
TMTS2: Technical Machine TS-2 (LA)
GHQ: Galactic's HQ
Decks:
PUMA: Palkia Uxie Mesprit Azelf
AMU: Azelf Lv.X+Mesprit Lv.X+Uxie Lv.X
DWD: Dark Wing Duck (Honchkrow+Darkrai)
DWB: Darkrai+Weavile+Blissey
PLOX: Psychic Locks (Gardevoir)
G&G: Gardevoir Gallade
Terminology:
BDIF: Best Deck In Format
BCIF: Best Card In Format
T2: Turn Two
SD: Secret Deck
FTKO: First Turn Knock Out
OHKO: One Hit Knock Out
2HKO: Two Hit Knock Out
IIRC: If I Remember Correctly
IDGI: I Don't Get It
IMO: In My Opinion
ATM: At The Moment
FTL: For The Loss
FTW: For The Win
BTW: By The Way
FYI: For Your Info
Tournaments:
PR: Prerelease
BR: Battle Roads
CC: City Championships
States: State Championships
Regs: Regional Championships
Nats: National Championships
Worlds: World Championships
POP: Pokemon Organized Play
PUSA: Pokemon USA
Trading Corner Terms:
CML: Check My List
LMK: Let Me Know
2CYL: To see your list.
Common Terms:
Metagame: The current group of decks that are used regularly in events. This is the group of best decks.
Tier: A subjective organization of popular decks showing which decks are better than others.
Net-Decking: Copying a winning list without practicing with the deck at all.
Rogue: A deck that isn't commonly played, but it has a noticable strategy.
Top-deck: Getting a "needed" or "gamechanging" card as your draw for the turn.
Run: To play
Snipe: Dealing concentrated damage to a pokemon
Spread: Dealing a small amount of damage to all of your opponents pokemon.
Limited: Playing in the current format that all tournaments occur in the current season of POP.
Unlimited: Playing with any cards from any set. (Not allowed in POP Tournaments.)
Obviously this isn't done. Please tell me if I missed anything.
Sets:
DP: Diamond and Pearl
MT: Mysterious Treasures
SW: Secret Wonders
GE: Great Encounters
MD: Majestic Dawn
LA: Legends Awakened
SF: Stormfront
PL: Platinum
RR: Rising Rivals
SV: Supreme Victors
AoA: Advent of Arceus (Japanese Only)
Trainers:
BTS: Broken Time Space
SSU: Super Scoop Up (DP)
WP: Warp Point (DP)
NM: Night Maintenance (MT)
TSD: Time Space Distortion (MT)
TGW: Team Galactic's Wager (MT)
POV: Professor Oak's Visit (SW)
RR: Roseanne's Research (SW)
TGM: Team Galactic Mars (SW)
PP: Plus Power (SW)
RC: Rare Candy (GE)
TMTS1: Technical Machine TS-1 (LA)
TMTS2: Technical Machine TS-2 (LA)
GHQ: Galactic's HQ
Decks:
PUMA: Palkia Uxie Mesprit Azelf
AMU: Azelf Lv.X+Mesprit Lv.X+Uxie Lv.X
DWD: Dark Wing Duck (Honchkrow+Darkrai)
DWB: Darkrai+Weavile+Blissey
PLOX: Psychic Locks (Gardevoir)
G&G: Gardevoir Gallade
Terminology:
BDIF: Best Deck In Format
BCIF: Best Card In Format
T2: Turn Two
SD: Secret Deck
FTKO: First Turn Knock Out
OHKO: One Hit Knock Out
2HKO: Two Hit Knock Out
IIRC: If I Remember Correctly
IDGI: I Don't Get It
IMO: In My Opinion
ATM: At The Moment
FTL: For The Loss
FTW: For The Win
BTW: By The Way
FYI: For Your Info
Tournaments:
PR: Prerelease
BR: Battle Roads
CC: City Championships
States: State Championships
Regs: Regional Championships
Nats: National Championships
Worlds: World Championships
POP: Pokemon Organized Play
PUSA: Pokemon USA
Trading Corner Terms:
CML: Check My List
LMK: Let Me Know
2CYL: To see your list.
Common Terms:
Metagame: The current group of decks that are used regularly in events. This is the group of best decks.
Tier: A subjective organization of popular decks showing which decks are better than others.
Net-Decking: Copying a winning list without practicing with the deck at all.
Rogue: A deck that isn't commonly played, but it has a noticable strategy.
Top-deck: Getting a "needed" or "gamechanging" card as your draw for the turn.
Run: To play
Snipe: Dealing concentrated damage to a pokemon
Spread: Dealing a small amount of damage to all of your opponents pokemon.
Limited: Playing in the current format that all tournaments occur in the current season of POP.
Unlimited: Playing with any cards from any set. (Not allowed in POP Tournaments.)
Obviously this isn't done. Please tell me if I missed anything.