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.

Action Slang

 * 'Alert - Referring to a 's Alert ability.
 * BMd / BM'd / BMed/ BM - Blackmailed
 * Def - Defense
 * Immune - Night Immunity (Defense)
 * Invest - Investigate
 * Invested / Invd - Investigated
 * RB / RBed / RBd / RB'D - Role blocked
 * Res / Rev / Ret / Rez - Resurrect/Revive
 * Transed/ TPd / TPed / TP'd / Trans - Transported (try to avoid using TPd/TPed as TP is often confused with TP (.))
 * Whisp - Whisper
 * Controlled/Witched - Controlled by a Witch or the Coven Leader; Hypnotized into being controlled.

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 lead 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.
 * Vote to Confirm - When a  votes to confirm that they have not been bitten by a.
 * Remember/Revive someone tonight - When somebody claims /. If they do not remember or revive a role, they will be lynched.
 * Cure that player - (Coven DLC only!) When somebody has curable poisoned, a should cure that player's poison.

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
 * Mass Role Call - When everyone starts to claim their roles in attempt to find the last evil role.
 * 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)
 * NV - No visits.
 * 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 possible to be started by a non-confirmed ) usually a , votes everyone up just to get their roles.
 * WIFOM - Wine in front of me. Using reverse psychology to throw the mafia off.

Miscellaneous
These are abbreviations you will encounter anywhere in the internet or multiplayer games.
 * AFK - Away From Keyboard. (This might be used to signal a player that isn't active, and not just away from their keyboard.)
 * Carry - Referring to someone who won the game for their faction. They "carried" all the other members of the faction to victory. Similar to MVP.
 * DC - Disconnected.
 * EZ - Easy (Mostly said when someone wins a game easily or when somebody is gloating).
 * 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).
 * idk - I don't know.
 * immune - When somebody's defense is too high to be killed. This is a referenace to the old night-immunity system used 2017 and back.
 * 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 - Refers to the meta game, or the current top strategies. Used when discussing about tactics people may use, for example, "You know, claiming to be an is the new  meta.". Often times used sarcastically or in a joking way.
 * MVP - Most Valuable Player. (Usually a compliment given to the player who was the most beneficial 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 doesn't want to read it).
 * TR - Trial Rating. Relates to the number of reports a person has voted correctly on in the Trial System.
 * 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 ).
 * WiP - Work In Progress.
 * YW - You're welcome (usually said after someone says they were healed, by someone who claimed/is )