Abbreviations
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Areas of the Site
| Forums | Grouped Areas | |||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
| BD | Boy's Dorm | MG&S | Magical Games & Sports | |
| CR | Common Room | HINT | Hobbies and INTerests | |
| DA | Diagon Alley | MA | Magical Archives | |
| DO | Dumbledore's Office | MoMA | Ministry of Magical Arts | |
| EH | Entrance Hall | SF | Shopping Forums | |
| FF | Fan Fiction | USF | Unified Shopping Forums | |
| GD | Girl's Dorm | Other Areas | ||
| GC | Goblin City | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
| GH | Great Hall | DP | Daily Prophet | |
| HM | Hogsmeade | ID | Item Design | |
| KA | Knockturn Alley | KB | Knowledge Base | |
| LU | London Underground | ME | Magical Education | |
| RPC | Roleplay Center | NUA | New User Area | |
| SH | Student Hangout | QD | Quidditch | |
| WC | Welcome Center | WWN | Wizarding Wireless Network | |
Economy
| Stores | Other Economy | |||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
| BAB | Borgin and Burkes | BOGO | Buy One Get One (Free) | |
| FAB | Flourish and Blotts | DM | Daily Money | |
| FFI | Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlor | DP | Dirigible Plums | |
| FHS | Fred's Holiday Store | Econ | Economy | |
| GAJ | Gambol and Japes | FC | Free Contest | |
| HON | Honeydukes | G | Galleons | |
| LGS | Luna's General Store | IDSO | In Desperate Search Of | |
| MME | Magical Menagerie | Invo | Inventory | |
| MMR | Madam Malkins Robes For All Occasions | ISO | In Search Of | |
| NFY | Naut Fur You | K | Knuts | |
| OLL | Ollivander's | Lotto | Lottery | |
| PEM | Pet Emporium | OS | Owl Search | |
| QQS | Quality Quidditch Supplies | PCT | Price Check Thread | |
| TCS | The Cauldron Shop | RA | Runic Aleatorem | |
| TLC | The Leaky Cauldron | S | Sickles | |
| ZON | Zonkos | SA | Silent Auction | |
| SC | Store Contest or Side Contest | |||
| TC | Trophy Case | |||
| TL | Tradelink | |||
| VM | Vending Machine | |||
| WL | Wishlist | |||
| WCE | Wizard Card Exchange | |||
House-Specific
| Gryffindor | Ravenclaw | |||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
| BoB | Badge of Bravery | CotW | Chat of the Week | |
| CotW | Chat of the Week | CCL | Corvus Cum Laude | |
| GHOST | Gryffindor House Official Source of Truth | DLaH | Dance Like a Hippogriff | |
| GS | Gryffindor Store | HoR | Hall of Records | |
| GQT | Gryffindor's Quidditch Team | EN | Eagle's Nest | |
| GSW | Gryffindor's Secret Weapon | EotM | Eagle of the Month | |
| HH | Hagrid's Hut | RNN | Ravenclaw Newbie Network | |
| MH | McGonagall Hall | RoR | Room of Requirement | |
| NNN | Neville's Newbie Network | RRR | Ravenclaw Roleplay Room | |
| SOG | Spirit of Gryffindor | SS | Sapphire Securer | |
| TG | True Gryffindor | TH | Treehouse | |
| VV | Vying Vault | HFE | High Flyin' Eagles | |
| WWW | Weasley's Wizarding Workshop | UR | Universal Ravenclaw | |
| WWR | Wishy Wishy Revolution | HS | Hot Seat | |
| RA | Ravie Arcade | |||
| Slytherin | Hufflepuff | |||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
| CoS | Chamber of Secrets | (U)BPs | (Ultimate) Battle Points | |
| CotW | Chat of the Week | CC | Cedric's Clubhouse | |
| HoS | Heir of Slytherin | HNQS | Hufflepuff's Next Quidditch Superstar | |
| MA | Merlin's Alcove | G&S | Games and Sports | |
| NHoS | Noble Houses of Slytherin | HH | Helga's Hollow | |
| SF | Study Forum | TBP | The Badger Publication | |
| SN | Serpent's Nest | UH | Ultimate Huffie | |
| SOUP | Slytherin Obscene Underground Paper | LH | Loyal Huffie | |
| SRPC | Slytherin Roleplay Central | PP | Pomona's Prodigy | |
| SSO | Slytherin Shout-Outs | SS | Sprout's Study | |
Miscellaneous
| Books/Movies | Classes | |||||||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning | SS | Sorcerer's Stone | AR | Ancient Runes | |
| PS | Philosopher's Stone | ARTH | Arithmancy | |||||
| CoS | Chamber of Secrets | ASTRO | Astronomy | |||||
| PoA | Prisoner of Azkaban | CoMC | Care of Magical Creature | |||||
| GoF | Goblet of Fire | CHA | Charms | |||||
| OotP | Order of the Phoenix | CWM | Cooking with Magic | |||||
| HBP | Half-Blood Prince | CUR | Curses | |||||
| DH | Deathly Hallows | DADA | Defense Against the Dark Arts | |||||
| DIVN | Divination | |||||||
| Events | FLY | Flying | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | HEAL | Healing | |||||
| AJTT | A Journey Through Time | HERB | Herbology | |||||
| HI | Hex Idol | HoM | History of Magic | |||||
| HNTGD | Hex's Next Top Graphic Designer | HOG | Hogwarts to 1997 | |||||
| IHC | Inter-House Competition | MiA | Magic in Art | |||||
| PI | Project Ink | MT&C | Magical Trade & Commerce | |||||
| RPF | RP Factor | MPSY | MagiPsychology | |||||
| MS | Muggle Studies | |||||||
| Items | MEM | Medicinal Magic | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | POS or PMS | Postmortem Studies | |||||
| BBEFB | Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans | POT | Potions | |||||
| CCI | Color Changing Ink | THEO | Theory | |||||
| DK or Kiss | Dementor's Kiss | TRAN | Transfiguration | |||||
| DMP | Dark Mark Pendant | WECO | Wizarding Economics | |||||
| EFB | Every Flavor Beans | LAW | Wizarding Law | |||||
| Memos | Interdepartmental Memos | WLIT | Wizarding Literature | |||||
| MUBA | Muggle Underwater Breathing Apparatus | WLO | Wand Lore | |||||
| PJP | Polyjuice Potion | WNEC | Wizarding Necessities | |||||
| PPJP | Problematic Polyjuice Potion | |||||||
| QQQ | Quick-Quotes Quill | Other | ||||||
| UCF | Unopened Chocolate Frog | Abbreviation | Meaning | |||||
| WC | Wizard Cards | Ad | Advertisement | |||||
| App | Application | |||||||
| Positions | Avvie | Avatar | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | DE | Death Eater | |||||
| Admin | Administrator | EST | Estimate | |||||
| Asst. | Assistant | FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions | |||||
| Coord | Coordinator | HP | Harry Potter; Health Points; House Points | |||||
| GD | Graphic Designer | HW | Homework | |||||
| GM | Graphics Management | Intro | Introduction | |||||
| Gmod | Global Moderator | MP | Magic Points | |||||
| HS | Head Student | OC | Original Character | |||||
| IM | Item Management | OOC | Out Of Character | |||||
| Mod | Moderator | Q&A | Questions & Answers | |||||
| SM | Staff Member | RE | Random Event | |||||
| TA | Teacher's Assistant | RL | Real Life | |||||
| RP | Roleplay | |||||||
| Technology | RPG | Roleplay Game | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Meaning | SP | Sharepost | |||||
| BBCode | Bulletin Board Code | UGRE | User Generated Random Event | |||||
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet | |||||||
| FB | ||||||||
| HEX or Hex | Hexrpg | |||||||
| HTML Coding | Hypertext Markup Language | |||||||
| IG | ||||||||
| PM | Pottermore | |||||||
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (a link) |
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