Abbreviations
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Here is an alphabetical list of abbreviations and terms used in Europa Universalis 3 and by its players on the forums.
General EU terms
- AR or AAR = After Action Report
- ADM = Administrative skill of a ruler
- AE or AEM = Administrative Efficiency Modifier
- ART or ARTY = Artillery
- BB = Badboy
- CAV = Cavalry
- CB = Casus Belli
- COA = Coat of Arms
- COT = Centre of Trade
- CTA = Call to Arms
- DEF = Defensiveness (fort defensiveness specifically), or 'defense', or 'definitely'
- DIP = Diplomatic rating of a ruler
- disc = Discipline
- DOW or DoW = Declaration of War (Can be used as a noun or as a verb in the sense of 'attack' or 'invade')
- GC = Grand Campaign
- HYW = Hundred Years' War
- IA = Imperial Authority
- INF = Infantry
- MIL = Military skill of a ruler
- MoM = Master of mint advisor
- MTTH = Mean time to happen
- NI = National idea
- OPM = One Province Minor ( 2PM = 2 Province Minor)
- PE or PE% = Production efficiency (percentage)
- PTI = Permanent Terra Incognita
- PU = Personal union
- RM = Royal marriage
- RR, RR% = Revolt risk (percentage)
- SoI = Sphere of Influence
- stab = Stability
- stab hit = losing a stab level
- stab hitting = lowering someone elses stab lvl (usually by them refusing a good peace deal)
- TE or TE% = Trade efficiency (percentage)
- TI = Terra incognita
- TL = Trade League
- TPM = Two- or three- Province Minor
- TSC = Tribal Succession Crisis
- WC = War Capacity, or World Conquest
- WE = War exhaustion
- WP = White peace
- WS = War Score
National Ideas (NI's)
- See also: National ideas and National idea review
- DV = Deus Vult!
- LEF = Liberté, égalité, fraternité (there is also a decision with the same name)
- NTP = National Trade Policy
- SCP = Shrewd Commerce Practices
- SE = Smithian Economics
- SR = Scientific Revolution
- QFTNW = Quest for the New World
- US = Unam Sanctum
- BBB = Big Blue Blob (France)
- BWB = Big White Blob (Austria)
- GB = Great Britain
- GH = Golden Horde
- KoJ = Kingdom of Jerusalem
- HB = Holy Blob (HRE)
- HRE = Holy Roman Empire and/or Emperor
- OE = Ottoman Empire
- TO = Teutonic Order
Country Tags
- See Tag for a complete list
- HAB = Austria (Habsburg Austria)
- NAT = Natives (Special tag)
- PIR = Pirates (Special tag)
- REB = Rebel Scum (Special tag)
- TUR = Ottoman Empire
Generic Game Lingo
- AI = Artificial Intelligence (the computer)
- CTD = Crash To Desktop
- def = Defense, or 'definitely', or 'defensiveness' (EU:3 fort defensiveness specifically)
- dmg = damage
- FoW = Fog of War (areas where you can't see what is happening)
- gfx = graphics
- mod = modification
- MP = multiplayer or manpower
- RTFM = Read The F'ing Manual
- tac = tactic
- UI = User Interface
Game Versions
- See also: Versioning
- vanilla = unmodified version of the game, or EU3 1.X, 2.X, 3.2, or 4.0
- NA = Napoleon's Ambition, the first expansion pack
- IN = In Nomine, the second expansion pack (requires the first one)
- HttT, HT or HT3 = Heir to the Throne, the third expansion pack (requires both NA and IN,or Complete)
- DW = Divine Wind, the fourth expansion
- Complete = EU:3 complete, the 'gold edition': EU:3 with its first two expansion packs
- HoI = Hearts of Iron (the 1st version, or any version depending on the user)
- HoI2 = Hearts of Iron 2
- HoI3 = Hearts of Iron 3
- Vicky or V1 = Victoria (1)
- V2 = Victoria 2
- Ricky = 'Revolutions' expansion pack for Victoria (1)
- EU:R = Europa Universalis: Rome
- VV = 'Vae Victis', expansion pack for EU:R
- CK = Crusader Kings
- EU2 = Europa Universalis 2
- Dip = Diplomacy
- CE = Collector's Edition, a special edition of vanilla, not to be confused with Complete
Mods
- See also: List of mods
- D&T = Death and Taxes
- MM = Magna Mundi
- MMP = Magna Mundi Platinum (current version, for others check the Magna Mundi subforum)
- MEIOU = Mihi Est Imperare Orbi et Universo (Latin: "It is my destiny to command to the entire world")
- WWM = Whole World Mod
- TOT = Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
- SRI = Sacra Romanum Imperium
- TGA = The Golden Age
Forum Lingo
- See also: Wiktionary on internet slang
- AFAIK = As far as I know
- ASAP = As soon as possible
- CP = Control Panel (The place to change your forum settings, profile, avatar, etc.)
- def = Definitely, 'defense', or 'defensiveness' (EU:3 fort defensiveness specifically)
- FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
- FUBAR = F***** up beyond all [repair, recognition, reason, etc.]
- FYI = For your information
- gf = Girlfriend
- GG = Gamersgate or 'good game'
- IDK = I don't know
- IIRC = If I recall correctly
- IMHO = In my humble opinion
- IMO = In my opinion
- lmao = Laughing my ass off
- lol = Laughing out loud
- OMG = Oh my God
- OP = Original Poster and/or Post
- OT = Off-topic
- OTOH = On the other hand
- thx = Thanks
- ty = Thank you
- WAD = Working as designed (i.e. not a "bug" in the game code; this doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a problem)
- WTF = What the F***
- WTH = What the Hell
- yw = You're welcome