Online:Abbreviations and Terms

Players of MMOs use many different Abbreviations and Terms to refer to different activities, in-game items and places. Here is a list of terms you may come across while playing ESO:

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:Refers to the number of bosses faced at once in certain mini trials, e.g. "nCR+0" means a Normal Mode Cloudrest run where each boss is fought separately.
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:One Tamriel
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:Aetherian Archive
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:Aldmeri Dominion
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:Additional enemies in a dungeon which are scripted to arrive during a boss fight. See also Trash Mobs.
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:Away From Keyboard — Player is going away from their computer for a period of time, usually more than 5 minutes. Compare BRB. See also BK.
:Note that after 15 minutes inactivity, a player is automatically logged out.
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:Aggression — Determines which player an enemy will attack. Taunting an enemy will increase its aggro towards you.
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:Fort Aleswell
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:An alternative character on a player's account. Compare Main.
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:Area of Effect — Abilities that deal damage to an area rather than a specific target.
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:Alliance Points
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:Arx Corinium
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:Asylum Sanctorium
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:Alliance versus Alliance — Alliance War content in Cyrodiil. "Realm versus Realm" is a term adopted from other games with similar large-scale PvP content.
;Bananas
:See: Yellows
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:Be Back Later
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:The Banished Cells or Blessed Crucible, depending on zone. See also BCells, Crucible.
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:The Banished Cells. See also BC.
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:Black Drake Villa
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:Blackheart Haven
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:Back — With no other context, refers to a player who has just returned from being AFK.
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:Intentionally running into enemies in order to die and quickly respawn at a Transitus shrine.
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:PvP terms for Daggerfall Covenant enemies.
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:Automated characters without a human player, usually used to farm mob drops or collect crafting materials. Against the game's terms of service.
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:Be Right Back — Player is going away from their computer for a short period of time, usually less than 5 minutes. Compare AFK.
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:Blue Road Keep
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:Burning Spellweave, a popular item set.
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:#A beneficial effect on an enemy or player character. Compare Debuff.
:#Used when certain content has been made more powerful or more effective. Compare Nerf.
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:Refers to a character's race, attributes, chosen skills, gear and abilities.
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:Castle Black Boot
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:Castle Bloodmayne
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:Crowd Control — Abilities that apply Disabling Effects to their target(s). CCs consist of Stuns, Knockbacks, and Pulls.
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:Chalman Keep
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:Your character.
;Cherries
:See: Reds
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:City of Ash
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:Cash On Delivery —  One player sending item(s) via mail, with a price, whereas the receiving player can only accept the items sent to them if they send the gold requested by sender. 
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:Crypt of Hearts
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:Corintthac the Abomination
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:Champion Points
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:Cloudrest
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:Craglorn. See also Grindlorn.
;Crown
:See: Lead
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:Blessed Crucible. See also BC.
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:Clockwork City
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:Cyrodiil
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:#Dark Brotherhood
:#Dragon Bones
:Due to the ambiguity, it may be wise to avoid using this unless context is given.
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:Daggerfall Covenant. Compare d/c.
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:Disconnect(ed)
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:Damage Dealer — A character whose primary role in a group is to deal damage. Compare DPS.
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:A detrimental effect on an enemy or player character. Compare Buff (1).
; D(ee)-Tick
:Reward for keep defense. See Tick (2).
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:Defend a keep or resource in PvP.
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:Direfrost Keep
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:Player has leveled up.
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:Dragonknight
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:Damage
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:Damage over Time
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:Damage Per Second — Amount of damage dealt by a character or group divided by the time of the fight. Relevant to DDs.
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:Fort Dragonclaw
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:Drakelowe Keep
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:Dragonstar Arena
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:Darkshade Caverns
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:(pronounced like the first syllable of "dungeon")
:Dungeon — A grouping of content including Delves, Public Dungeons, Group Dungeons and Trials. With no other context, usually refers to Group Dungeons.
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:King-Chief Edu
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:Elden Hollow
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:An enemy which is more powerful than a standard mob, but less powerful than a boss. Has one pip on the health bar.
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:Emperor
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:The practice of grinding Alliance Points in a group and allowing Ring Keeps to fall in order to crown each member as Emperor.
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:Ebonheart Pact
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:(The) Elder Scrolls Online
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:The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
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:A generic name for certain skills that inflict a large amount of damage on targets low on health.
;EXP
:See: XP
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:Repeatedly killing certain enemies. See also Grinding.
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:Castle Faregyl
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:Farragut Keep
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:Forward Camp
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:Front Door — Usually said with a keep (ex: "fd kings", or "chal fd") to alert people that enemies are attacking the front door of a keep (or possibly that it needs to be repaired).
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:#Fungal Grotto
:#Fighters Guild
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:Gold
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:Good To Go — A dungeon group whose players are ready to begin their run. Compare GTG.
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:A player attacking another player by surprise in a PvP area, often when they are traveling between PvP objectives or completing PvE quests.
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:Good Fight — Used to congratulate another player for their performance (win or loss) after a duel.
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:Fort Glademist
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:A Gamemaster
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:Congratulations
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:Dominion and Covenant working together in AvA. See also Orange Alliance, Purple Alliance.
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:Repeating the same content over and over, usually to level up. See also Farming.
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:Going to Craglorn specifically for grinding, or referencing that grinding is the most common activity in overland Craglorn and its delves.
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:Got To Go — Player is logging off for at least a few hours. Compare G2G.
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:Fellow members of a player guild.
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:Repeatedly running a Group Dungeon to obtain a Monster Helm with a certain trait.
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:A character whose primary role in a group is to heal the other group members.
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:Hel Ra Citadel
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:Halls of Fabrication
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:Healing over Time
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:Horns of the Reach
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:Harrowstorm
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:#Imperial City
:#In-character (roleplay context; see also OOC.)
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:Imperial City Prison
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:Inspiration Points
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:Kingscrest Keep
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:The act of attacking an enemy repeatedly (usually ranged but not always) while leading it (usually) in a pattern in order for others to safely kill it or focus on other things.
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:Kill on Sight
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:Learn to Play — Said to someone, often in derogation, who appears to not be able to play their build effectively.
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:Status as leader of a group, e.g. "pass lead".
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:Looking For Group/Squad/Party
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:Looking For More/Member
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:Level
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:Maelstrom Arena
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:Mad Urkazbur
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:A player's main character. Compare Alt.
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:Mages Guild
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:Minotaur World Boss Limenauruus
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:Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
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:Mobile Object Block — Refers to all computer-controlled characters, but usually used to mean standard overland enemies. See also NPC.
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:Monster Helm
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:Main Quest
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:Normal — Difficulty mode of a Dungeon or Trial, usually used as a prefix, e.g. nSO. See also v.
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:A popular nickname for Patch Notes; began when a UESP guild member made a typo on the official forum.
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:#Nightblade
:#Nature's Bounty
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:Used when certain content has been downgraded or made less effective. Compare Buff (2).
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: A Newb or Newbie is a new player to a game that may not know all of the mechanics and often has a lot of questions. Compare Noob.
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: A Noob (or sometimes seen as N00b) is a derogatory term meaning someone that does not know all of the game mechanics, is usually new to the game, and yet proclaims to know everything. This term is sometimes mistakenly used by people that mean to say Newb (or Newbie).
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: Non-Player Character — All of the computer-controlled characters in the game, but usually used to mean non-hostile characters. See also Mob.
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:Nyzchaleft
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:On My Way
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:Out-of-character (roleplay context; see also IC.)
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:Over-powered, referring to certain builds, enemies, or strategies that are tougher to overcome than most.
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:Dominion and Pact working together in AvA. See also Green Alliance, Purple Alliance.
;OT
:See: 1T
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:Content which is not contained within a dungeon or other interior location.
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:Embellishments added to an enemy health bar that are indicative of difficulty, up to a maximum of three. Also called Stars.
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:Private Message, Whisper — Usually seen as "PM me" or "/w me", player is looking for a reply to their comment via /tell (/t) or /whisper (/w). See also PST.
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:Poacher's Encampment
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:Teleport, to a player or Wayshrine.
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:Potions. See also Tri-Pots.
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:Procedural Random Occurrence — Activation of an effect based on random chance.
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:Please Send Tell — Player is looking for a reply to their comment via /tell (/t) or /whisper (/w). "pst" also sounds like someone whispering. See also PM.
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:Public Test Server
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:Pick-Up Group — A random group of players, formed on the fly, often in which nobody knows anyone else.
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:Attack a single enemy and lure it away from a group of enemies, or towards a group of players.
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:Covenant and Pact working together in AvA. See also Green Alliance, Orange Alliance.
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:Player versus Environment — Players fighting against computer-controlled enemies.
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:Player versus Player — Players in combat with each other.
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:#A Trial.
:#A large-scale attack on a certain AvA objective.
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:PvP terms for Ebonheart Pact enemies.
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:Visiting a Shrine to change the skills or attributes in your build.
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:Resurrect, using a Soul Gem.
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:Random Normal Dungeon, an activity available via the Group Finder tool.
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:Ring of the Pale Order
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:PvP term for Castle Roebeck; can also mean Perfect Roe.
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:RolePlay(ing)
;RvR
:See: AvA
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:Sejanus Outpost
;Smurfs
:See: Blues
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:Sanctum Ophidia
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:Sorcerer
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:Skill Points
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:Spell Power Cure, a popular item set.
;Spec
:See: Build
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:Spindleclutch
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:Sunspire
;Stars
:See: Pips
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:Selene's Web
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:Set Collection
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:Synergy
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:A character whose primary role in a group is to take the majority of enemy damage, and keep the enemy's attention off other group members.
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:The art of standing and squatting over another NPC or character to teabag them can be considered a form of harassment which can be a violation of the Terms of Service (ToS). The official stance is with all forms of harassment, if a player asks you to stop a behavior, you need to stop. If you continue to teabag someone that asks you to stop, that is a violation of the ToS and may lead to your account being suspended or even permanently banned.
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:Templar
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:Tempest Island
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:The Elder Scrolls
;TESO
:See: ESO
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:Thieves Guild
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:#The frequency at which a DoT or HoT ability applies damage or healing.
:#The AP reward for a successful keep capture or defense.
;Tomatoes
:See: Reds
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:A player's in-game character.
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:A large group of coordinated players in PvP. Compare Zerg.
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:See: Vendor Trash, Trash Mobs
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:Enemies in a dungeon that may or may not be associated with a boss but don't give out big loot and are usually killed as a time waster. See also Adds.
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:Potions which restores health, magicka and stamina simultaneously.
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:Tel Var Stones
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:Under Attack/Siege
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:Unfinished Dolmen
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:Ultimate
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:Vampire
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:Visit a vendor to sell some Vendor Trash.
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:Items which are only valuable as something to sell to a merchant, e.g. loot items.
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:Veteran — Difficulty mode of a Dungeon or Trial, usually used as a prefix, e.g. vSO. Compare Vet. See also n.
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:Veteran (Rank), i.e., Level 50+. Compare v.
:Vet is also used (incorrectly) to describe Champion Rank 160+
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:Volenfell
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:Vaults of Madness
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:Veteran Points — Outdated, replaced with Champion Points.
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:Whisper, see PM.
;Wasp Test
:Outdated. A method of fighting a group of   Giant Wasps in Craglorn solo to test the viability of a build.
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:World Boss — An overland boss. In ESO, usually refers to a Group Boss location.
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:White-Gold Tower
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:Wayrest Sewers
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:Want To Buy
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:Want To Sell
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:Want To Trade
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:Werewolf
;x
:Commonly used in zone chat to indicate interest in joining a group; many group leaders use an instant invite addon that will automatically invite anyone who types an exact string, and "x" tends to be the most common string people use (e.g. one might say in zone chat "Type x for dolmen group", resulting in zone chat full of nothing but people saying the letter "x")
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:Experience Points
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:PvP terms for Aldmeri Dominion enemies.
;Zeni
:See: ZOS
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:A huge group of players rushing at a target, usually without any tactics. Compare Train.
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:ZeniMax Online Studios

See Also
Roleplaying § Abbreviations and Terms — for roleplay jargon

External Links
Unofficial ESO Slang and Abbreviation Dictionary at the Official ESO Forums, upon which parts of this list are based