Gah...so many acronyms o.O

[bareheiny]

So I've been reading a few posts, and I'm beginning to hit walls when it comes to some of the acronyms. To a certain extent I may as well try and read the non-english forums

Is there an acronym list anywhere, or can somebody point out the most common acronyms?

So far I've seen:

SMN - picking summoner
BLM - picking black mage
AoE - already know this one, area of effect
LB - ?
AK - ?
AF - ?

Maybe one day in the not so distant future I'll be able to fully comprehend a thread without struggling through it!

[Koga_Edge]

LB - Limit Break
AK - Amdapor Keep
AF - Artifact Armor ( the stuff you get via job quest at 45/50)

[Estellios]

You can learn all the class/job abbreviations by looking at gear and skills, since it uses them to tell you who can equip what.

[O-Deka-K]

The classes/jobs all have abbreviations that are actually used in the game, so these are good to know:

GLA - Gladiator
PLD - Paladin

MRD - Marauder
WAR - Warrior

PGL - Pugilist
MNK - Monk

LNC - Lancer
DRG - Dragoon

ARC - Archer
BRD - Bard

THM - Thaumaturge
BLM - Black Mage

CNJ - Conjurer
WHM - White Mage

ACN - Arcanist
SMN - Summoner
SCH - Scholar

ALC - Alchemist
ARM - Armorer
BSM - Blacksmith
CRP - Carpenter
CUL - Culinarian
GSM - Goldsmith
LTW - Leatherworker
WVR - Weaver

BTN - Botanist
FSH - Fisher
MIN - Miner

Source: http://ffxivrealm.com/guides/abbreviations.16/

[JGwinters]

A good rule of thumb to keep in mind is that class/job abbreviations have three letters (SMN, DRG, PLD, etc), while dungeons generally have two (AK, AV, CC, etc). Can give you a general idea of what it is that's talked about even if you don't know the exact meaning. Other than those two things, you'd only have to learn the special cases, like AoE (and its variations, like PBAoE), LB and AF.