I was hoping there might be a glossary of some of the terms and acronyms slung about on these community forums. I keep seeing these terms and acronyms and not really understanding them. For example, UVHM and TVHM - I have no idea what those are. I havenāt found any other threads that explain these things, so maybe this thread can be a place to post such explanations? We can call it a Glossary if you want. At the very least, if someone can explain UVHM and TVHM to me, thatād be great.
Thatād actually be more wiki-material, or just Google it. You can always make a thread on the forum like you did just now to ask what something means, but again, Google is your friend.
In character discussions youāll find that 9 times out of ten the acronym is referring to a skill in the characters skill tree. For example, when referring to Dopplegangers skill Absolute Advantage, a lot of people will abbreviate it to AA.
People will often shorten whole skill trees as well. Fragtraps āI Love You Guysā tree will be abbreviated ILYG.
Acronyms usually either refer to skills or legendary guns. When reading about builds do like I do and open an online skill tree viewer on another tab. As for guns, not sure if TPS (The PreSequel) has any guns as infamous as the the Double Penetrating Unkempt Harold in BL2 (dpuh)
Oh yeah and PT1=playthrough 1, ie normal mode
PT2=true vault hunter mode
PT2.5= True vault hunter mode with the story finished (sidequests you accept at this point scale to your own level)
PT3=UVHM
TTAoDK= Tiny Tinaās assault on dragon keep, the 4th dlc for BL2
Toon= character
FFYL = fight for your life, the time you are down and without someone
to revive you trying to get a kill before you are respawned
DPUH = double penetrating unkempt harold, a legendary pistol which
was in Borderlands2 but used for comparison quite a bit
AS = action skill
BA or BAR = badass rank
DLC = downloadable content (in case you are new to gaming in general)
DoT = (elemental) damage over time
AoE = area of effect, usually for grenades like teslas, clouds, cryos, firebursts
DPS = damage per second
OP = overpowered OR original poster of the thread
rez = revive
crit = critical hit
COM = old use of the term COMmand deck which refers to class
modification units (class mods)
SDU = storage upgrade unit, what you purchase with moonstones to
increase your backback, bank, and ammo carrying capabilites or what
you get as rewards your first PT to increase your weapon carrying
capabilities from 2 to 3 and eventually to 4
raid or raid boss = a boss that you kill over and over to try and get his special item(s) to drop. almost every boss in BL2 was a raid boss but in BLTPS very few are raidable. This is a hot topic right now.
For example, UVHM and TVHM - I have no idea what those are. 
I havenāt found any other threads that explain these things, so maybe this thread can be a place to post such explanations? We can call it a Glossary if you want. 
At the very least, if someone can explain UVHM and TVHM to me, thatād be great.