0.02: Acronyms and Abbreviations used in the FAQ
Abbreviations referring to books, newsgroups, etc.
- TWOT/WOT: The Wheel of Time
- TEOTW: The Eye of the World
- TGH: The Great Hunt
- TDR: The Dragon Reborn
- TSR: The Shadow Rising
- TFOH: The Fires of Heaven
- LOC: Lord of Chaos
- ACOS: A Crown of Swords
- TPOD: The Path of Daggers
- WH: Winter's Heart
- COT: Crossroads of Twilight
- NS: New Spring (the prequel novel version)
- L:NS: Legends: "New Spring" (the novella version)
- Guide: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
- RAFO: "Read and Find Out." This is RJ's most common response to questions which fans ask him. May also refer to readandfindout.com
- RJ: Robert Jordan
- FAQ/WOTFAQ: WMAKTD, Wonderful Masterpiece of Assembled Knowledge, Theories, and Discussion, (but FAQ is easier to say and makes for better puns)
- rasfw: rec.arts.sf.written
- rasfwrj: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
- DM: Dragonmount.com
Abbreviations and Jargon Referring to Stuff in TWOT
- AM: Asha'man
- AOL: Age of Legends
- AS: Aes Sedai
- SAS: Salidar Aes Sedai (Egwene's faction)
- TAS: Tower Aes Sedai (Elaida's faction)
- Asm/Asmo: Asmodean
- BA: Black Ajah
- BF: Balefire
- BT: Black Tower
- Dashivan'gar: Dashiva/Osan'gar
- Dem: Demandred
- DO: Dark One
- DF: Darkfriend
- DFS: Darkfriend Social
- DotNM: Daughter of the Nine Moons
- Eg/Egw: Egwene
- El: Elayne
- Finn: A/Eelfinn (Snakes and Foxes)
- Finnland: the world(s?) where the Finn live
- FS: Forsaken
- Gars: Aran'gar and Osan'gar
- Ish/Ishy: Ishamael
- Mog/Moggy: Moghedien
- Moi/Moir: Moiraine
- MPS: Mad Passionate Sex, Mad Purple Stegosaurus, Many Purple Straws
- MT: Mazrim Taim
- Ny/Nyn: Nynaeve
- OP: One Power
- OR: Oath Rod
- Randland: 1) The world where the series takes place, 2) The portion of the world shown on the Map.
- Sam/Sammy: Sammael
- Sem/Semi: Semirhage
- SG: Shayol Ghul
- SH: Shaidar Haran
- SS: Siuan Sanche
- TAR/T'A'R: Tel'aran'rhiod
- TP: True Power (Dark One's Power)
- TV: Tar Valon
- WCs: Whitecloaks
- WOs: Wise Ones
- WT: White Tower
- YKYBRTMRJW: You Know You've Been Reading Too Much Robert Jordan When...