Many experienced players in Wild Horse Islands like to use common terms and abbreviations when discussing elements in the game. If you're not sure what a player is saying, this list might help you understand better. Players often make up new terms that not many other players are aware of, so if you're not sure, just ask them nicely what they mean!

General

• WHI: Wild Horse Islands
• GG: Good Game
• CG or GZ: Congratulations/Congrats
• TY: Thank you
• NTY: No thank you
• OG: Original
• AFK: Away from keyboard
• DM: Direct message
• PS: Private server
• SOZ: Sorry

Trading

• NFT - Not for trade
• NFS - Not for sale
• FT: For-trade
• FS: For-sale
• LF: Looking for
• NLF: Not looking for
• SB: Starting bid
• HB: Highest bid
• OB: Outbid
• NYP: Name your price
• WFL: Win/Fair/Loss - When somebody asks you this, they want to know if their trade is in their favour, equal, or in the other player's favour.
• LAO: Looking at offers
• LAS: Looking at swaps

Horse Characteristics

• MT or M/T: Mane & Tail.
• Pure: A horse with the properly matching mane & tail colour for its coat.
• Impure / Not pure: A horse with a mane & tail colour that's not considered to be the "pure" colour for its coat. I.e., doesn't match.
• MM: Mismatch - A horse with naturally different mane and tail colours. Does not apply to dyes.
• PB: Pure bought - a horse that was bought from a shop that is pure.
• PWC: Pure wild caught - A horse that was caught in the wild that is pure.
• PHC: Pure herd caught - A horse that was caught in a herd that is pure.
• IB: Impure bought - A horse that was bought from a shop but is not pure.
• WC: Wild caught - A horse that was caught in the wild.
• HC: Herd caught - A horse that was caught in a herd.
• IUC: Island unique coat - A horse coat that can only be found on a specific island.
• IUH/IUHC: Island unique hair colour: A horse hair colour that can only be found on a specific island.
• FF: Forever foal - A horse that has had a Forever Foal Potion used on them and will never grow into an adult.
• V1/Legacy: A horse that has been discontinued and a new version exists.
• TIU: Training island unique - A horse or item that can only be obtained from Training Island.
• Inf: A horse with the infernal coat.
• Gapple: A horse with the golden apple coat.
• OG Stat(s): A stat that's the max possible for its breed.
• BU: Breeding unique - A horse that can only be obtained from breeding.
• CBU: Co-breeding unique - A horse that can only be obtained from co-breeding.
• OOAK: One of a kind - A horse that is considered to be the only one exactly like it in existence. Warning: Be vary wary when trading for "OOAK" horses as there's no way to know if it is truly one of a kind.

Horse Breeds

• QH: Quarter Horse.
• Ap or Appy: Appaloosa.
• DWB: Dutch Warmblood.
• TB: Thoroughbred.
• SB: Standardbred.
• Arab: Arabian.
• Fri: Friesian.
• Clyde/Clydes: Clydesdale.
• Perch: Percheron.
• Must/Musty: Mustang.
• Mar/Mari/Wari: Marwari.
• Andy/Anda: Andalusian.
• Icey: Icelandic.

Items & Currency

• MS: Moonstone.
• PG or PM: Prismatic Gems.
• VM: Volcanic Minerals.
• TR: Training Receipts.
• Tk or Tks: Tokens.
• Limited: An item or horse than can only be obtained during a special limited time event. May or may not be recurring.