A
AA - anti-aliasing - a graphics feature that EVE now supports - essentially, smooths edges
AB - Afterburner
Abso - Absolution
AC - AutoCannon
ACR - Ancillary Current Router
AE - Angel Extravaganza - a particularly challenging mission
AF - Assault Frigate
afaik - as far as I know
afk - away from keyboard
aggro - Aggression - a state of recent hostility towards another, often allowing retaliation
align - manually orienting your ship towards a celestial object for quick warp-out
alpha - alpha strike - the first salvo from guns which generally inflicts the greatest damage
alt - alternate character, subsidiary characters to a 'main'
AM - Antimatter Charge
Amp - Shield Boost Amplifier or any passive shield resistance module
Ana - Anathema
ANP - Auxiliary Nano Pump
AoD - adapt or die - often used to reply to anyone complaining about recent changes to the game
AoE - area of effect - a weapon which harms anything within a given radius
AP - autopilot
API - unique code that allows you to input character-specific information into third party applications outside of the game
Apoc - Apocalypse
Arb - 'Arbalest' missile launcher
Arbi - Arbitrator
Arty - Artillery
Ash - Ashimmu (faction cruiser)
AU/s - Astronomical Units per second - unit of measure for warp speeds
Aug - Augoror
Auto - AutoCannon
avg - average

B
B2 - Badger Mark II
Baddon - Abaddon
Basi - Basilisk
BB - Blackbird
bbl - be back later
BC - Battlecruiser
BCS or BCU - Ballistic Control System - damage module for missile launchers
Beagle - Blaster-fit Eagle
Beam - Beam Laser
belt - asteroid belt
Best - Bestower
BFA - bum f*ck Amarr - a play on 'BFE - bum f*ck Egypt' - referring to the remote corners of the Amarr Empire
Bhaal - Bhaalgorn (faction battleship)
BIG - best-in-game
bil or bill - billion
bio - a characters biography page, found by showing the player info and selecting the bio tab
Blarpy - blaster-fit Harpy
Blasterthron - blaster-fit Megathron
blob - a large fleet of ships flying closely together
blue - referring to someone held in good standing
BM - bookmark - a location saved to your People and Places
boot.ini - a Windows system file which was accidentally removed from many player's computers after the release of Trinity
BPC - Blueprint Copy
BPO - Blueprint Original
BOB - Band Of Brothers - a significant alliance noted only because of their unpopularity (closed down)
boo - base of operations or headquarters
Booster - Cap Booster or Shield Booster or Sensor Booster
borked - slang term for 'broken'
brb - be right back
bridge - Jump Bridge - essentially, a player-owned stargate in 0.0
bs - bull sh*t
BS - battleship
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death - failure screen when Microsoft Windows crashes
btw - by the way
bubble - Interdiction Field which prevents ships from warping (can only be deployed in 0.0 systems)
BW - Bandwidth - ship attribute which governs the drones a ship can deploy
BYOB - bring your own blueprint - used when someone is manufacturing for another
BYOM - bring your own minerals - used when someone is manufacturing for another

C
C&P - Crime and Punishment section of the EVE forums
CA - Cosmic Anomaly
Cal - Caldari
Cane - Hurricane
CAOD - Corporation, Aliance, and Organization Discussion section of the EVE forums - the popular destination for all things smack
Cap - Capacitor or Capital (ship type) or Capacity (in relation to cargo)
Cara - Caracal
carebear - a player who avoids PVP at all costs
Carebearus - Cerberus
Castor - December 2003 EVE expansion
CCC - Capacitor Control Circuit
cd - confirm or deny
CDFE - Core Defence Field Extender
CDFP - Core Defence Field Purger
Ceptor - Interceptor
Cerb - Cerberus
cha - Charisma attribute
chain - to leave an NPC alive to force a quicker respawn - used mostly in 0.0 asteroid belts
char - character or Charisma attribute
Cit - The Citadel region
civ or civy - Civilian - referring to modules
CNR - Raven Navy Issue
comps - components - often referring to Tech II or capital building materials
CONCORD - highsec NPC police faction
corridor - any well-traveled route, usually the shortest autopilot route between busy or important systems
Corm - Cormorant
Corp - Corporation - the fundamental 'team' or 'guild' structure of EVE
COSMOS - special constellations which are home to unique storyline agents and complexes
Cov - Covetor
Cov Ops - Covert Ops frigate class
CPR - Capacitor Power Relay
CPU - computer usage/output
CS - Command Ship or Cosmic Signature
CSPA - CONCORD Spam Prevention Act - a fee charged for contacting someone who does not know you
CSM - Council of Stellar Management - a democratically-elected board of players who do what all politicians do ... nothing :)
CT - Control Tower
CTD - crash to desktop - an error causes the game to close completely
CW - Cold War - 2005 EVE expansion
Cyn - Cynabal (faction cruiser)
cyno - cynosural field - a player-deployed beacon which capital ships use to move between systems

D
Damcon - Damage Control Unit
Damp - Sensor Dampener
DB - Dark Blood
dc - disconnect (EVE client or Internet connection failure)
dc - Datacore
DCU - Damage Control Unit
DD or DDD or DDW - Doomsday Weapon - the most destructive weapon in the game, can only be deployed by Titans
dec - war declaration
def - definitely
Dessie - Destroyer
Dev - Game Developer
DG - Dread Guristas
Dictor - Interdictor
disco - disconnect (EVE client or Internet connection failure)
disco- - as in DiscoRokh - a ship, generally a Battleship, fit with numerous smartbombs
Disrupt - Tracking Disruptor or Warp Disruptor
Domi - Dominix or referring to Domination Angel faction ships or modules
don't* - a play-on-words meaning: do not 'ask for ISK' (asterisk)
DPS - damage per second
Dread - Dreadnought
DS - Deadspace - a complex or mission in which MWD is prohibited (accessed via Acceleration Gate)
DT - downtime (server downtime scheduled for an hour every day)
DUD - daily unscheduled downtime - a tongue-in-cheek reference towards a server failure

E
e-peen - ego ;)
EA - Empyrean Age - 2008 EVE expansion
EAF - Electronic Attack Frigate
EANM - Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
ECM - Electronic Countermeasures - module used to inhibit your target from acquiring a target lock
ECCM - Electronic Counter-Countermeasures - module used to boost sensor strength, a defense against ECM
EFT - EVE Fitting Tool - a superb and free ship-fitting application
egg - referring to a ship's escape pod or an outpost platform (a player outpost under construction)
EM - electromagnetic - in reference to damage type
Empire - all systems 0.1 through 1.0
EoM - Equilibrium of Mankind - a mercenary class of NPCs found in Gone Berserk missions
EON - the official EVE magazine
ETA - estimated time of arrival
EULA - End-User License Agreement - the conditions to which you agree when installing software
evac - evacuate - leave a particular area
EVEMon - a free skill-planning application
EW or EWar - Electronic Warfare - referring to numerous types of electronic weaponry
Exeq - Exequror
Exodus - 2004 EVE expansion
exp - explosive - in reference to damage type

F
Fagabond - Vagabond
falloff - a range associated with guns - when added upon optimal range, will result in the range at which maximum damage is halved
FAQ - frequently asked questions
FC - Fleet Commander
FF - Friendly Fire or Fan Fest, an annual EVE event held in Iceland
ffs - for f*ck sake
FoF - Friend or Foe missile - hits nearby hostile without needing a target lock
FoN - Friends of Nature - a mercenary class of NPCs found in Gallente COSMOS
fotm - flavor of the month - usually referring to the most popular PVP class considering recent rebalancing of the game
flag - mark of an Aggression Countdown - a pilot who steals from another's wreck would be "flagged" for fifteen minutes
Frig - Frigate
ftw - for the win - an exclamation of adoration towards something
fubar - f*cked-up beyond all recognition
fw - faction warfare - the PVP experience a pilot faces upon joining a militia
fwiw - for what it's worth

G
Gal or Gall - Gallente
gank - slang for a "gang kill" - being destroyed by a vastly superior force
Ganza - Angel or Guristas Extravaganza - a particularly challenging mission
gate - stargate
GCC - Global Criminal Countdown - 15 minute timer resulting from hostile action, during which station or stargate sentries will fire upon you
GE - Guristas Extravaganza - a particularly challenging mission
geddon - Armageddon
gf - good fight
GFC - General Freight Container
gl - good luck
glass cannon - a fragile ship designed to inflict a punishing blow or face certain destruction
GM - Game Master
Goons - Goonswarm - a significant alliance noted only because of their unpopularity
grid - powergrid output/usage
GSC - Giant Secure Container
GTC - Game Time Code
gtg - got to go
gtfo - get the f*ck out
gtfooj - get the f*ck out of Jita
Guri - Gurista(s) - an NPC pirate faction
G Vex - Guardian-Vexor (rare faction cruiser)
Gyro - Gyrostabilizer - damage module for projectile turrets

H
HAC - Heavy Assault Cruiser (Heavy Assault Ship)
HACtor - Heavy Interdictor
HAM - Heavy Assault Missiles
Hammer - Hammerhead
Harbi - Harbinger
Harv - Harvester mining drone or Ice Harvester
HAS - Heavy Assault Ship
HDR - High Dynamic Range imaging - option in the premium graphic client which, in simplest terms, makes lights 'glow'
HG - high-grade - referring to the +3 attribute faction implants (such as Slave Alpha)
HH - Hammerhead
HIC - Heavy Interdictor
hisec or highsec - high security system(s) - 0.5 through 1.0 in which CONCORD has jurisdiction and random acts of aggression will be punished
Hobbler - Hobgoblin
Hobgob - Hobgoblin
honor tank - a combat ship lacking a tank, but fit with cargo expanders
Hooker - Hookbill (faction frigate)
Howi - Howitzer Artillery
HMM - Helpmymission Channel (has been said is the best channel in Eve)
HQ - Headquarters
HS - Heat Sink - damage module for energy turrets
HUD - Heads-Up Display - the tactical overview and ship information
Huggy - Huginn
Hyp - Hyperion

I
ibtl - in before the lock - responding in a forum thread prior to a moderator lock
IGB - In Game Browser - referring to the EVE web browser
idk - I don't know
iirc - if I remember correctly
ikr - I know, right?
imo - in my opinion
imp - Implant
Indy - Industrial ships
infinipoint - Warp Disruption Field Generator - used by Heavy Interdictors
insta - prior to being able to warp to 0 km - bookmark which allowed a pilot to warp onto a particular object
Int - Interceptor
intel - Intelligence attribute
Inty - Interceptor
Invul - Invulnerability Field
ISD - Interstellar Services Department - a volunteer group which reports on player events and furthers the EVE story
ISK - Interstellar Kredits - the currency of EVE
Iso - Isogen
istab - Inertia Stabilizer
Itty - Iteron Industrial Ship

J
Jag - Jaguar
Jam - 'target jam' through the use of ECM
JC - Jettison Container or Jump Clone
jetcan - Jettison Container
JF - Jump Freighter
jk - just kidding
JRC or JRP - Jita-Rens corridor/pipe - the extremely dangerous low-sec passage between Caldari and Minmatar commercial centers
Jugg - Juggernaut Torpedo

K
Kali - the codename for what became the Revelations expansion
kb - kill board
Kern - Kernite
Kessie - Kestrel
kin - kinetic - in reference to damage type
Kit - Kitsune
kite - the act of flying away from the enemy while attacking them - so named because the resulting wrecks will look like a kite's tail
kk - abbreviation for thousand-thousand - a million
km - kill mail
km/s - kilometers per second - a measure of sub-warp velocity
KOS - kill on sight

L
Lach - Lachesis
LAR - Large Armor Repairer
LG - low-grade - referring to the +2 attribute faction implants
lmao - laughing my ass off
lol - laughing out loud
lowsec - low security system(s) - 0.1 through 0.4 systems in which CONCORD has no jurisdiction, and anyone may shoot you
LP - loyalty points (given by agents)
LSB - Large Shield Booster
ltns - long time no see
lvl - level, usually in reference to skill or mission difficulty

M
m3 - cubic meters - unit of measure for volume
MA - Massive Attack - a particularly challenging mission
Mach - Machariel (faction battleship)
Mael - Maelstrom
Mag - Magnate
main - main or primary character
Manti - Manticore
MAPC - Micro Auxiliary Power Core
MAR - Medium Armor Repairer
Mare - Nightmare (faction battleship)
mats - materials - usually for building, research, or invention
ME - Material Efficiency - researched blueprint material requirements
Medbay - Medical station service - allows a pilot to install a clone
Mega - Megathron or Megacyte
mem - Memory attribute
merc - mercenary
Meta - the Meta Level of a module roughly represents its quality - the higher, the better
Mex - Mexallon
MFS - Magnetic Field Stabilizer - damage module for hybrid turrets
mil or mill - million
Min - Minmatar
mins - minerals
mish - mission
MLU - Mining Laser Upgrade
MMO - massive multiplayer online game
mod - ship module
Mom - Mothership
MS - Mothership
MSB - Medium Shield Booster
Multi - Multifrequency energy weapon crystal
MWD - MicroWarpdrive
Myr - Myrmidon

N
Nag - Naglfar dreadnought
Nano - Nanofiber Internal Structure
nano- - prefix indicating a ship fit for speed - a 'nanozeal' would be a Zealot which used high velocity to avoid damage rather than an armor tank to absorb damage
NAP - Non-Aggression Pact
Navythron - Megathron Navy Issue
NBSI - Not Blue Shoot It - policy of shooting any pilot not held in positive standing
Neut - Energy Neutralizer
NH - Nighthawk
nn - night night
Nomen - Amarr Navy Omen
noob - new or inexperienced character
Nos - Nosferatu
Nox - Nocxium
np - no problem
NPC - Non-Playable Character - referring to the computer-controlled ships
NRDS - Not Red Don't Shoot - policy of shooting only pilots held in negative standing
nt - nice try
nullsec - 0.0 systems
nvm - nevermind

O
o> - an emoticon for a person saluting
o/ - an emoticon for a person waving
Ob - Obelisk
Occ - Occator
OD or ODI - Overdrive Injector System
ofc - of course
omfg - oh my f*cking God
omg - oh my God
omni - referring to the entire gamut of damage types - tanking all four resistances
omw - on my way
OOG - Out-of-Game - referring to websites not compatible with the EVE web browser
OP - original poster - the creator of a forum thread
OP - over powered - referring to a ship or weapon which is vastly superior to others in its class
Ossy - Osprey
OT - off-topic
otoh - on the other hand
Ours - Oursulaert - the Gallente commercial hub solar system

P
P&P - People & Places
P2 - Power of Two - a discount of a second account sometimes offered by CCP
Pal or Pali - Paladin
Paste - Nanite Repair Paste
pc - price check
PE - Production Efficiency - researched blueprint production speed
Pest - Tempest
PDS or PDU - Power Diagnostic System
perc or percep - Perception attribute
pet - a derogatory term describing a corporation which pays a larger corporation/alliance for protection and/or use of certain territory
PG - powergrid output/usage
Phant - Phantasm (faction cruiser)
Phoon - Typhoon
pipe - any well-traveled route, usually the shortest autopilot route between busy or important systems
pita - pain in the ass
PK - podkill - destruction of a Capsule
Plag - Plagioclase
Plant - Implant
Plate - Armor Plates
plex - Deadspace Complex
PLEX - Pilot's License Extension - item that extends your paid game time, but can be purchased on market
PM - private message/chat
Poc - Apocalypse
pod - Capsule
podkill - destruction of a Capsule
point - the act or mod of warp disruption - referring to the value of the scrambling effect
Poly - Polycarbon Engine Housing
POS - Player Owned Structure - a corporation-owned Control Tower and related facilities
prat - player pirate - specifically another player aggressor
Proph - Prophecy
Prov - Providence
PU - per unit
Pulse - Pulse Laser
PVE - Player-versus-Environment combat (against NPCs)
PVP - Player-versus-Player combat
pwn - Intentional misspelling of 'own' - to defeat someone by a wide margin
PWNAGE - Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron - the best type of target painter
Pyr - Pyerite (also sometimes in reference to Pyroxeres)
Pyrox - Pyroxeres

Q
QEN - Quarterly Economic Newsletter - a publication from CCP which provides details on the EVE economy
QF - QuickFit - a decent ship-fitting application
qft - quoted for truth - meaning 'agreed'
QR - Quantum Rise - 2008-present EVE expansion

R
R&D - Research and Development - a type of agent who supplies datacores
R.Db - Research Database - tools used in Tech II blueprint research
Rail - Railgun
rainbow - referring to the entire gamut of damage types - tanking all four resistances
Ranis - Taranis
rat - pirate - referring to either player or computer aggressors
Rattler - Rattlesnake (faction battleship)
Rax - Thorax
RCU - Reactor Control Unit
rdy - ready
red - referring to someone held in poor standing
rep - repair or an actual Armor Repairer module
reqs - requirements - usually referring to skills (in game) or computer system (out-of-game)
resis - damage resistance
Retri - Retribution
Rev - Revelations - 2006-2007 EVE expansions
Rev - Revelation dreadnought
RF - Republic Fleet
rgr - 'Roger' - statement of affirmation
rickroll - deceiving someone with a seemingly relevant link which actually leads to an obscene or irrelevant webpage
rig - Ship Modification - installs in a ship's available Upgrade Hardpoint
rl - real life ... whatever that is
RMR - Red Moon Rising - 2005-2006 EVE expansion
RMT - real money trading - selling ISK for real life money - a very bad thing
rof - Rate of Fire
rofl - rolling on floor laughing
Rorq - Rorqual
Rox - Ferox
RP - role-playing or research points (given by R&D agents)
RPG - role-playing game
RSD - Remote Sensor Dampener
Ruppy - Rupture

S
S&I - Science & Industry
Sac - Sacrilege
Sader - Crusader
Salv - Salvage or Salvager
SAR - Small Armor Repairer
SB - Shield Booster or Sensor Booster or Smartbomb
SBA - Shield Boost Amplifier
Scord - Scordite
Scorp - Scorpion
Scram - Warp Scrambler or the act of preventing a target to enter warp
SD - Remote Sensor Dampener
sec - security rating (of either a player or system)
SecGen - Second Genesis - May 2003 EVE expansion
Serp - Serpentis - an NPC pirate faction
SG - Second Genesis - May 2003 EVE expansion
sig - signature radius - the size of ship
SiSi - Singularity - the EVE test server
SL - Storyline agent or mission
Sleip - Sleipnir
smack - smack talk - aggressive language, often meant to provoke a fight
Smartie - Smartbomb
snafu - situation normal: all f*cked-up
SOE - Sisters of EVE
soon™ - CCP's interpretation of approximately a year
SP - skill points
spec - specialization - often referring to skillbooks which improve damage to T2 weaponry (drones, turrets, missiles, etc)
spider tank - a strong fleet defense in which fellow pilots remotely repair whichever ships are taking damage
SPR - Shield Power Relay
ss - safe spot - an arbitrary bookmark to be used to evade any hostiles
SS - Shadow Serpentis
SSB - Small Shield Booster
Stab - Warp Core Stabilizer
Strip - Strip Miner
Supercap - Super-Capital - referring to Mothership or Titan
SWA - State War Academy - the Caldari military starter corporation - noted because it is generally home to the most moronic and infantile noobs in EVE
Syn - Syndicate faction
sys - Solar System

T
T2 - Tech II - referring to higher-level ships or components
Tach - Tachyon Beam Laser
tbh - to be honest
TD - Tracking Disruptor
therm - thermal - in reference to damage type
TL;DR - too long; don't read - often referring to a forum post with far too much text
Torp - Torpedo
TOS - Terms of Service
TP - Target Painter
TQ - Tranquility - the unsharded, live EVE server
Trek - Lonetrek region
Trin - Trinity - 2007-2008 EVE expansion
Trit - Tritanium
TS - TeamSpeak - voice communication software often used for fleet operations
TS - Tech Secrets - a particularly challenging mission
TS - True Sansha
ttyl - talk to you later
tyvm - thank you very much

U

V
Vaga - Vagabond
Valk - Valkyrie
Vamp - Nosferatu
Veld - Veldspar
Vent - Ventrilo - voice communication software often used for fleet operations
Vex - Vexor
Vigi - Vigilant (faction cruiser)
Villard Wheel - a nonexistent and confusing item - tutorial for that mission can be found here.
Vindi - Vindicator (faction battleship)
VV - Verge Vendor region

W
wardec - war declaration
wb - welcome back
WC - Worlds Collide - a particularly challenging mission
WCS - Warp Core Stabilizer
we - whatever
Web - Stasis Webifier or the act of using a Stasis Webifier against a target
will - Willpower attribute
WIS - Walking In Stations - a pending project towards allowing players to leave their capsules and be able to interact with other players within stations - also known as Ambulation
woot - an exclamation of success
wot - wall-of-text - in reference to a very long forum post
WoW - World of Warcraft - another MMO - often viewed as inferior by EVE players
wp - way point
wru - where are you - often used in a sarcastic, rhetorical manner
WTA - Want To Auction
WTB - Want To Buy
wtf - what the f*ck
WTS - Want To Sell
WTT - Want To Trade
WTZ or W2Z - Warp To Zero - in reference to warping directly onto a target location

X
XLSB - X-Large Shield Booster

Y
yarr - what a pirate says :)
yw - you're welcome

Z
Zeal - Zealot
Zyd - Zydrine

Other
20k - Warp Disruptor
23/7 - meaning 24/7 or all-day taking into account the hour-long daily scheduled downtime
4-4 - Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant - the Caldari and galaxy commercial hub solar system
5x5 - five-by-five - meaning 'understood' or 'ready'
7k - Warp Scrambler