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.

Town

 * BG - Bodyguard
 * Doc - Doctor
 * Esc - Escort
 * Invest - Investigator
 * Med - Medium
 * Ret/Retri - Retributionist
 * Sher - Sheriff
 * TP/Tper/Trans - Transporter (TP can also mean Town Points)
 * Vet - Veteran
 * Vig/Vigi - Vigilante

Mafia

 * Bm/Bmer - Blackmailer
 * Con/Cons - Consort
 * Consig - Consigliere
 * Dis/Disg - Disguiser
 * GF - Godfather
 * Jan - Janitor
 * Maf/Mafio - Mafioso

Neutral

 * Amn/Amne/Amnes - Amnesiac
 * Arso/Arson - Arsonist
 * Exe/Exec - Executioner
 * Jest - Jester
 * SK - Serial Killer
 * Sur/Surv - Survivor
 * WW/Were/Wolf - Werewolf

Action Slang

 * Bmd/Bm'd - Blackmailed
 * Bming - Blackmailing
 * Imm/Immune - Night Immunity
 * Invested/Invd - Investigated
 * Investing/Inving - Investigating
 * Rbd/Rb'd - Roleblocked
 * Tpd/Tp'd/Transd - Transported
 * Whisp/Pm - Whisper

Show by Action

 * Voting and canceling your vote twice - This is the sign for being blackmailed. Note: This won't work for a revealed mayor if 3 or less votes are required to lynch, as a mayor's vote is 3 votes, it will instantly send the person lynched.

Slang

 * Conf - Confirmed
 * DN - Death Note
 * GY - Graveyard
 * Inno - Innocent
 * LW/Will - Last Will
 * Maf - Mafia (Can also be for Mafioso)
 * N# - Stands for Night 1, Night 2, so on in a Last Will or Death Note.
 * D# - rarely used as nothing unique for each role happens in day, same as N#, but means Day.
 * Neut - Neutral
 * NS - Not Suspicious (often used by Sheriffs in their will)
 * Sus/Susp - Suspicious
 * TP - Town Points (can also mean Transporter)

Miscellaneous

 * AFK - Away from keyboard
 * GG - Good game (amicable thing to say at the end of a game)
 * GJ - Good job
 * 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)
 * MVP - Most Valuable Player
 * OP - Overpowered
 * PM - Private message (AKA a whisper)
 * Rand - Random