Some Common Zelda abreviations

**Kaynil** · Oct 4th 2015

I have decided to bring to the community something that I hope will make things more fluid in writing.
At the same time, given that some users may not be familiar with them. I think this thread can serve to explain some common abbreviations we use to Zelda Titles.

So, now you don't have to dread writing the full names over and over in paragraphs of texts. All you have to do is to use the correct abbreviation between two ":" and voila, the forum will understand what you meant. The forum won't even care if you got caps in all letters or not.

The abbreviations we got so far are the following:

TLoZ = LOZ = The Legend of Zelda
AoL = Adventure of Link
aLttP = LTTP = A Link to the Past
LA = Link's Awakening
OoT = Ocarina of Time
MM = Majora's Mask
OoA = Oracle of Ages
OoS = Oracle of Seasons
OoX = Oracle of Ages/Seasons
tWW = WW = The Wind Waker
TP = Twilight Princess
FS = Four Swords
FSA = Four Swords Adventures
PH = Phantom Hourglass
ST = Spirit Tracks
SS = Skyward Sword
ALbW = A Link between Worlds
TFH = Tri Force Heroes
BotW = Breath of the Wild

So for example
Code: : TLoZ: (without spaces)
Result: :TLOZ:

I hope you like this. If you have more suggestions, make sure to create a topic in feedback to let us know!

Claraviolet · Nov 13th 2015

Whoa...looks great.
But isn't it just easy to use the whole thing?
I don't think I can remember that many abbreviations so....

**Kaynil** · Nov 13th 2015

Quote from Claraviolet

Whoa...looks great.
But isn't it just easy to use the whole thing?
I don't think I can remember that many abbreviations so....

It is of course up to the user. This thread doubles for those times where members just use the abbreviations on their own.
You can come here and see for example that OoT is Ocarina of Time.

I don't use all of the abbreviations as some games we discuss them more often than others.
I did this because it saves time, specially if you keep repeating the same title often.

Claraviolet · Nov 14th 2015

Quote from Kaynil

It is of course up to the user. This thread doubles for those times where members just use the abbreviations on their own.
You can come here and see for example that OoT is Ocarina of Time.

I don't use all of the abbreviations as some games we discuss them more often than others.
I did this because it saves time, specially if you keep repeating the same title often.

I see.
Thank you. I get it now. I hope people use the whole thing rather than just abbreviations though :D
Well, now we can easily get to know what they refer by making use of this thread...so...may be it's not that big of a deal anymore.

_LS_ · Nov 29th 2015

These abbreviations aren't something Kaynil just came up with. These are common terms that have been in use for 16+ years, in pretty much every Zelda community.

alakazam · Dec 2nd 2015

Hmm... To be honest, I've only heard of about half of these in internet discussions... Some of the abbreviations are familiar, while others are new to me...

**Kaynil** · Dec 3rd 2015

Quote from alakazam

Hmm... To be honest, I've only heard of about half of these in internet discussions... Some of the abbreviations are familiar, while others are new to me...

That makes sense, after all some games are discussed more often than others.

**Kyde** · May 11th 2017

BotW = Born of the Wedgies

No ragerts

**Kaynil** · May 17th 2017

Good point, better add BotW to the list.
I have added it.
I also took the opportunity to add some alternate initialisms used in some games such as LOZ (instead of TLOZ).
If you know other alternative spellings that should make it to this list, please let me know.

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