Glossary of Abbreviations

Town of Salem relies heavily on communication between players. Because the day and night phases of the game are fairly short, and a lot of evidence may need to be discussed in these short spans of time, abbreviations and acronyms can be quite helpful. Here is a list of common abbreviations and their meanings. Other variations can be used, but these are just a few.

* TP can also mean Town Points.

Action Slang

 * BMd / BM'd / BMed/ BM - Blackmailed
 * Immune - Night Immunity
 * Invested / Invd - Investigated
 * RB / RBed / RBd / RB'D - Role blocked
 * Res / Rev / Ret / Rez - Resurrect/Revive
 * TPd / TPed / TP'd / Transed - Transported
 * Whisp - Whisper
 * Controlled/Witched - Controlled by the Witch

Show by Action

 * Voting and canceling your vote twice - This is the sign for being blackmailed. Note: This won't work for a revealed if 3 or less votes are required to lynch, as a 's vote counts as 3 votes, it may instantly get the person lynched. In some situations, it may also lead to other  to actually lynch said player. Members of the  can also use this to a certain player to indicate that player needs to be acted upon by a member of the, but this is rarely used.
 * Reveal or Die - When a player is suspected of being either an evil role or the, said player will be put on trial. If they do not reveal themselves as the , said person will be lynched.

Discussion Slang

 * Bandwagon - When people vote whoever is being randomly voted, usually with little to no evidence.
 * BMG - BlankMediaGames
 * Bussing - When a member of the claims a  role and calls out and pushes to lynch one of their own members to seem to be a "confirmed "
 * CC - Counterclaim. This is used when one player claims a role, but another player claims to have the same role (or another role of the same alignment).
 * D# - Day# - (analogous to N#; rarely used as most events happen at Night).
 * DN - Death Note.
 * FOS / FoS - Fingers of Suspicion, used to call a person out for being suspicious (ex. FoS on (insert name) for voting innocent on the !)
 * Freelo - Refers to the award of Elo after an easy game; so easy it is basically free.
 * GY - Graveyard
 * Inno - Innocent
 * LyLo - A "Lynch or Lose" Day (if the doesn't lynch an evil role today, they will lose.)
 * LW / Will - Last Will
 * Maf maj - The has the majority
 * MyLo - A "Mislynch or Lose" day, similar to LyLo. (The can safely not lynch, but if they lynch someone wrongly, they will lose.)
 * N# - Night# (commonly used in a Last Will or Death Note)
 * NA - Not Attacked (sometimes used by and  or even  in their Last Will to show that they were not attacked that night)
 * NoLynch / NL - Don't lynch anyone today.
 * NS/NSus/Not Sus/Not Susp - Not Suspicious (often used by in their Last Will). Has many variations beyond these four.
 * Random Lynch/RL - Voting or lynching somebody with little or no proof. (usually done in absence of conclusive evidence or during LyLo)
 * Scum - Someone with an evil role, generally used in the same ways as "Sus".
 * Sus / Susp - Suspicious
 * TOS / ToS - Town of Salem
 * Townie - A member of the
 * TP - From most to least common:, , Town Points
 * VB - Visited By; common in s' Last Wills.
 * VFR - Vote For Roles. This is when a confirmed, (oftenly, but it is possibile to be started by a non-confirmed ) usually a , votes everyone up just to get their roles.

Miscellaneous
These are abbreviations you will encounter anywhere in the internet or multiplayer games.
 * AFK - Away From Keyboard.
 * EZ - Easy (Mostly said when someone wins a game easily).
 * GG/GGWP - Good Game/Good Game, Well Played (amicable thing to say at the end of a game, otherwise it's a quick way to say that the game is over).
 * GJ - Good Job (Mostly said when a successfully kills/lynches a member of the  or a  role).
 * GL - Good Luck (amicable thing to say at the start of a game).
 * GLHF - Good Luck, Have Fun (amicable thing to say at the start of a game).
 * inb4 - In Before. Used to essentially say something before anyone else, such as just after lynching someone in Ranked when there is a dead role, yet someone was acting very suspicious, one might say, "Inb4 Any ".
 * MB/My b - My Bad.
 * Meta - Abbreviation of Most Effective Tactic Available (Used when discussing about tactics people may use, for example, "You know, claiming to be an is the new  meta.")
 * MVP - Most Valuable Player. (Usually a compliment given to the player who was the most benificial to the team)
 * OP - Overpowered (Too strong).
 * PM - Private Message (Also known as a Whisper).
 * Premade - Having entered the game together with a party.
 * TBH - To Be Honest (Normally used when defending on trial or building up an accusation early in the morning. Example, "TBH, there's got be 2 members of the left, and (insert name) has to be one of them.")
 * Theme - Usually said before the game starts in the Lobby, and typically has a reference or popular trend before it, such as "Superhero" or "Food." This means a player wants to have the other players choose a name that would be related to the theme.
 * Tldr; or Tl;dr - Too Long; Didn't Read (sometimes used when a Last Will is too long, and the player(s) don't want to read it).
 * TY/Thx - Thank You (usually said after one player has been satisfied by someone else, for example, "TY for healing me", or "Thx for reviving me .")
 * UP - Underpowered (Not strong enough).
 * WB - Welcome back (commonly said to a after being resurrected by a ).