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
 * Inv/Inves/Invest - Investigator
 * LK - Lookout
 * Med - Medium
 * Ret/Retri/Retrib - Retributionist
 * Sher - Sheriff
 * TP/Tper/Trans - Transporter (TP can also mean Town Points or Town Protective)
 * Vet - Veteran
 * Vig/Vigi/Vigil - Vigilante

Mafia

 * BM/BMer - Blackmailer
 * Con/Cons - Consort
 * Consi/Consig - Consigliere
 * Dis/Disg - Disguiser
 * GF - Godfather
 * Jan/Jani - 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 - Werewolf

Action Slang

 * BMd/BM'd - Blackmailed
 * BMing - Blackmailing
 * Imm/Immune - Night Immunity
 * Invested/Invd - Investigated
 * Investing/Inving - Investigating
 * RBd/RB'd - Roleblocked
 * Resed/Res'ed - Resurrected
 * Resing/Res'ing - Resurrecting
 * TPd/TP'd/Transd - Transported
 * Whisp/PM - Whisper
 * Witched - Controlling

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.
 * Spy Test - a test to prove a spy role by whispering a code to another playing and asking the spy to say what was said, usually a number.

Slang

 * Bandwagon - When people vote whoever is being voted (randomly), usually with little to no evidence
 * D# - Day# (analogous to N#; rarely used as most events happen at night)
 * DN - Death Note
 * Freelo - Refers to the award of Elo after an easy game, so easy it is basically free.
 * GY - Graveyard
 * Inno - Innocent
 * LW/Will - Last Will
 * LyLo - A "Lynch or Lose" day (if Town doesn't lynch an evil role today, they will lose)


 * Maf - Mafia (rarely: Mafioso)
 * N# - Night# (commonly used in a Last Will or Death Note)
 * Neut - Neutral
 * NA - Not Attacked (sometimes used by Bodyguards and Doctors or even Survivors in their will to show that their target/themself was not attacked that night)
 * NoLynch/NL - Don't lynch anyone today.
 * NS - Not Suspicious (often used by Sheriffs in their will)
 * Random Lynch/RL - Voting or lynching somebody with little or no proof (usually done in absence of conclusive evidence or during LyLo)
 * Sus/Susp - Suspicious
 * TOS/ToS - Town of Salem
 * Townie - A member of the town
 * 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 (mostly said when the Jailor, a Veteran or a Vigilante successfully kills a Mafia member or a Neutral Killing)
 * 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
 * UP - Underpowered
 * PM - Private Message (AKA a Whisper)
 * Rand/Rando - Random
 * WB - Welcome back (commonly said to a townie after resurrection)
 * Tldr; or Tl;dr - Too long; Didn't read
 * Sometimes used when a will is too long and the player(s) don't want to read it.