Who doesn't know this issue, the fandom is theorizing, debating or just explaining things and it happens: Countless forms of abbreviations get thrown around and while some may be wide known by now some are not so much.
Newbies may be even thrown completely off sometimes by our nerd-speech, so I came up with the idea to compile the most common abbreviations together for better understanding, like the Nomura-interview-archive is for series-knowledge as a whole.
I'll categorize them in a list, but of course I won't be able to do all abbreviations on a whim.
So if you know another one that's not too exotic and actually used by the fandom (not only by yourself) just post it below and I will update the first post when I have the time.
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Characters:
Ansem SoD => Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, see also XH.
AtW => Ansem the Wise
AX => Apprentice Xehanort
LS => Lingering Sentiment, see also LW
LW => Lingering Will, see also LS
MF => Mysterious Figure
MX => Master Xehanort
TX => Terra-Xehanort
VR => Vanitas's Remnant
XH => Xehanort's Heartless, see also Ansem SoD
YX => Young Xehanort
Items & Weapons:
DE => Destiny's Embrace
ES => Earthshaker
IKK => Inverse Kingdom Key, see also KKD
KK => Kingdom Key
KKD => Kingdom Key D, see also IKK
KoPH => Keyblade of People's Hearts
RF => Rainfall
WtD => Way to the Dawn
WW => Wayward Wind
MK => Master Keeper (Eraqus' Keyblade)
Terms and Titles:
ASAS => Another Side, another story (Secret Ending of KH 1)
DD => Deep Dive (Secret Ending of KH 1 Final Mix)
DtD => Door to Darkness
KIC => Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony
MoM => Mark of Mastery
MoM => Master of Masters
PoH => Princess of Heart
PPS => Projected Physical Shell
OrgXIII => Organisation XIII (the first incarnation)
KtRH => Key to Return Hearts
GoL => Guardian of Light / Guardians of Light
BoP => Book of Prophecies
"Trios":
HPO => Hayner, Pence, Olette
MDG => Mickey, Donald, Goofy
RAN => Roxas, Axel, Namin�
RAX => Roxas, Axel, Xion
SDG => Sora, Donald, Goofy
SRK => Sora, Riku, Kairi
TAV => Terra, Aqua, Ventus
Universe:
CO => Castle Oblivion, see also LoD
CoD => Corridor of Darkness
CoR => Chamber of Repose (in Radiant Garden)
CoW => Chamber of Waking (in Castle Oblivion)
DI => Destiny Islands
HB => Hollow Bastion, see also RG
KG => Keyblade Graveyard
LoD => Land of Departure, see also CO
MA => Mirage Arena
OC => Olympus Coliseum
RG => Radiant Garden, see also HB
RoD => Realm of Darkness
RoI => Realm of In-between
RoL => Realm of Light
RoS => Realm of Sleep
TLTW => Twilight Town
TT => Traverse Town
TWTNW => The World that never was
TT.exe => Virtual Twilight Town
Games:
BBS => Birth by Sleep
KH I => Kingdom Hearts (I / 1)
CoM => Chain of Memories
ReCoM => Re: Chain of Memories
KH II => Kingdom Hearts II (2)
Days => Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
BBSv2 => Birth by Sleep Volume 2 (not confirmed, but widely used by the Fandom).
DDD/3D => Dream Drop Distance
KH III => Kingdom Hearts III (3)
I.5/ 1.5 => Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMix (HD Remaster for PS3 including KH 1 Final Mix, Re: Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days as HD cutscenes)
II.5/ 2.5 => Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix (HD Remaster for PS3 including KH 2 Final Mix, Birth by Sleep Final Mix and Re: Coded as HD Cutscenes)
KHX => Kingdom Hearts X [chi] (Browser-game)
KHUX => Kingdom Hearts Unchained X [chi] (Smartphone-game)
KH 2.8 FCP (or variants of it like just "2.8" or "FCP") => Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (third "HD Remaster" for PS4 including Dream Drop Distance, Birth by Sleep 0.2 - A fragmentary passage and X Back Cover HD movie)
0.2 => Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 0.2 - A fragmentary passage (Demo/Prologue for KH III featuring Aqua as main playable character)
XBC/BC => Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover (HD movie centering around the five Foretellers from Kingdom Hearts X[chi]/Unchained X[chi])
Fanterms for unknown characters (Secret endings, trailers etc.):
BHK => Blonde-Haired-Kid (Roxas)
DS => Dark Soldier (Vanitas)
UEM => Unknown Elderly Mage (Master Xehanort)
AU => Armored Unknown (applies to Terra, Aqua and Ventus)
DWU => Dual-Wielding Unknown (Roxas in Deep Dive and Another Side, another story), see also GEU
GEU => Golden-eyed Unknown (also Roxas), see also DWU
SU => Sitting Unknown (Xemnas in Deep Dive, ASAS)
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Fanterms that are not abbreviations but still widely used:
Geezernort => Master Xehanort
Repliku => Shortened Name for the Riku Replica of Chain of Memories
Terranort => shortened form of the official Terra-Xehanort
Venitas => shortened form of the official Ventus-Vanitas
Rikunort => Term for Riku-Ansem, the form Riku takes for most of KH 2
Trollanort => Nickname for Young Xehanort.
Xehanorganisation, Xehaborg => Nicknames for the new/true Organisation XIII.
Xehanortification => Fanterm for the process of main villain Xehanort possessing other characters, making them his puppets/vessels.
Flowerboy => Nickname for Ephemer from x[chi].
Dandelion-kids => collective term for Ephemer and Skuld from x[chi].
Apocalypse-Coaty (Coaty) => Nickname for the "Master of Masters" from X[chi]-Back Cover (Nah, not possible!)
Goatblade => Nickname for Master Xehanort's Keyblade.
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Newbies may be even thrown completely off sometimes by our nerd-speech, so I came up with the idea to compile the most common abbreviations together for better understanding, like the Nomura-interview-archive is for series-knowledge as a whole.
I'll categorize them in a list, but of course I won't be able to do all abbreviations on a whim.
So if you know another one that's not too exotic and actually used by the fandom (not only by yourself) just post it below and I will update the first post when I have the time.
---
Characters:
Ansem SoD => Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, see also XH.
AtW => Ansem the Wise
AX => Apprentice Xehanort
LS => Lingering Sentiment, see also LW
LW => Lingering Will, see also LS
MF => Mysterious Figure
MX => Master Xehanort
TX => Terra-Xehanort
VR => Vanitas's Remnant
XH => Xehanort's Heartless, see also Ansem SoD
YX => Young Xehanort
Items & Weapons:
DE => Destiny's Embrace
ES => Earthshaker
IKK => Inverse Kingdom Key, see also KKD
KK => Kingdom Key
KKD => Kingdom Key D, see also IKK
KoPH => Keyblade of People's Hearts
RF => Rainfall
WtD => Way to the Dawn
WW => Wayward Wind
MK => Master Keeper (Eraqus' Keyblade)
Terms and Titles:
ASAS => Another Side, another story (Secret Ending of KH 1)
DD => Deep Dive (Secret Ending of KH 1 Final Mix)
DtD => Door to Darkness
KIC => Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony
MoM => Mark of Mastery
MoM => Master of Masters
PoH => Princess of Heart
PPS => Projected Physical Shell
OrgXIII => Organisation XIII (the first incarnation)
KtRH => Key to Return Hearts
GoL => Guardian of Light / Guardians of Light
BoP => Book of Prophecies
"Trios":
HPO => Hayner, Pence, Olette
MDG => Mickey, Donald, Goofy
RAN => Roxas, Axel, Namin�
RAX => Roxas, Axel, Xion
SDG => Sora, Donald, Goofy
SRK => Sora, Riku, Kairi
TAV => Terra, Aqua, Ventus
Universe:
CO => Castle Oblivion, see also LoD
CoD => Corridor of Darkness
CoR => Chamber of Repose (in Radiant Garden)
CoW => Chamber of Waking (in Castle Oblivion)
DI => Destiny Islands
HB => Hollow Bastion, see also RG
KG => Keyblade Graveyard
LoD => Land of Departure, see also CO
MA => Mirage Arena
OC => Olympus Coliseum
RG => Radiant Garden, see also HB
RoD => Realm of Darkness
RoI => Realm of In-between
RoL => Realm of Light
RoS => Realm of Sleep
TLTW => Twilight Town
TT => Traverse Town
TWTNW => The World that never was
TT.exe => Virtual Twilight Town
Games:
BBS => Birth by Sleep
KH I => Kingdom Hearts (I / 1)
CoM => Chain of Memories
ReCoM => Re: Chain of Memories
KH II => Kingdom Hearts II (2)
Days => Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
BBSv2 => Birth by Sleep Volume 2 (not confirmed, but widely used by the Fandom).
DDD/3D => Dream Drop Distance
KH III => Kingdom Hearts III (3)
I.5/ 1.5 => Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMix (HD Remaster for PS3 including KH 1 Final Mix, Re: Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days as HD cutscenes)
II.5/ 2.5 => Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix (HD Remaster for PS3 including KH 2 Final Mix, Birth by Sleep Final Mix and Re: Coded as HD Cutscenes)
KHX => Kingdom Hearts X [chi] (Browser-game)
KHUX => Kingdom Hearts Unchained X [chi] (Smartphone-game)
KH 2.8 FCP (or variants of it like just "2.8" or "FCP") => Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (third "HD Remaster" for PS4 including Dream Drop Distance, Birth by Sleep 0.2 - A fragmentary passage and X Back Cover HD movie)
0.2 => Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 0.2 - A fragmentary passage (Demo/Prologue for KH III featuring Aqua as main playable character)
XBC/BC => Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover (HD movie centering around the five Foretellers from Kingdom Hearts X[chi]/Unchained X[chi])
Fanterms for unknown characters (Secret endings, trailers etc.):
BHK => Blonde-Haired-Kid (Roxas)
DS => Dark Soldier (Vanitas)
UEM => Unknown Elderly Mage (Master Xehanort)
AU => Armored Unknown (applies to Terra, Aqua and Ventus)
DWU => Dual-Wielding Unknown (Roxas in Deep Dive and Another Side, another story), see also GEU
GEU => Golden-eyed Unknown (also Roxas), see also DWU
SU => Sitting Unknown (Xemnas in Deep Dive, ASAS)
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Fanterms that are not abbreviations but still widely used:
Geezernort => Master Xehanort
Repliku => Shortened Name for the Riku Replica of Chain of Memories
Terranort => shortened form of the official Terra-Xehanort
Venitas => shortened form of the official Ventus-Vanitas
Rikunort => Term for Riku-Ansem, the form Riku takes for most of KH 2
Trollanort => Nickname for Young Xehanort.
Xehanorganisation, Xehaborg => Nicknames for the new/true Organisation XIII.
Xehanortification => Fanterm for the process of main villain Xehanort possessing other characters, making them his puppets/vessels.
Flowerboy => Nickname for Ephemer from x[chi].
Dandelion-kids => collective term for Ephemer and Skuld from x[chi].
Apocalypse-Coaty (Coaty) => Nickname for the "Master of Masters" from X[chi]-Back Cover (Nah, not possible!)
Goatblade => Nickname for Master Xehanort's Keyblade.
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