Common terms
Last modified: December 3, 2010

This is a list of common terms and abbreviations that you might read through this or other druid sites.

Blanketing Cycling through the raid casting predominantly Rejuvenation
Bloom The final heal of Lifebloom, or the “bloom”.
BR / B-rez / Brez Battle rez or Combat rez – another name for Rebirth
CC Crowd control (eg Cyclone or Entangling Roots)
Clearcasting An effect that makes your next spell cost zero mana/power.
Diminishing returns Spells subject to diminishing returns become less effective with each subsequent use.
DoT Damage over time spell
Emp Touch Empowered Touch
FF Faerie Fire
FFF Feral Faerie Fire
GCD Global cooldown
GotEM Gift of the Earthmother
Haste soft cap The amount of haste required for your GCD to reach 1.0sec (50% haste).
HoT Heal over time spell
HT Healing Touch
LB Lifebloom
MotW Mark of the Wild
NG Nature’s Grasp OR Nature’s Grace
NS Nature’s Swiftness
Nuke “Nuke” generally refers to using magical spells to kill a target. Plant & nuke = stand and DPS.
Omen / OoC Omen of Clarity
RG Regrowth
RJ Rejuvenation
Slow stacking Gradually refreshing Lifebloom, casting other spells between refreshes
TBC The Burning Crusade expansion pack
ToL Tree of Life
Tranq Tranquility
Vanilla World of Warcraft pre The Burning Crusade (to level 60)
WG Wild Growth
WotLK Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack