List of abbreviations

Here is a list of common shorthand for long Super Smash Bros.-related terms:

Attacks

Abbreviation	Name
Nair	Neutral aerial
Fair	Forward aerial
Dair	Down aerial
Bair	Back aerial
Uair	Up aerial
Zair	Grab aerial
Ftilt	Forward tilt
Dtilt	Down tilt
Utilt	Up tilt
DA	Dash attack
Fsmash	Forward smash
Dsmash	Down smash
Usmash	Up smash
Fthrow	Forward throw
Dthrow	Down throw
Bthrow	Back throw
Uthrow	Up throw
B	Special moves (from B button)
NB	Neutral special move
FS	Final Smash

General terms

Abbreviation	Name
AI	Artificial intelligence
AT	Advanced technique or Assist Trophy
BD	Bat drop
CSS	Character selection screen
CP	Computer player or counterpick
CPU	Computer player (-user)
DACUS	Dash attack canceled up smash
DI	Directional influence
DJCFFL	Doublejump cancel fast fall L-cancel
DSR	Dave's Stupid Rule
FAF	First actionable frame
FC	Fully charged or Friend Code or Float cancel
FF	Fast fall
FFA	Free for all
FP	Figure Player (amiibo)
GSP	Global Smash Power
HRC	Home-Run Contest
IASA	Interruptible as soon as
KB	Knockback
KO	Knockout
MU	Match-up
OHKO	One-hit KO
OoS	Out of shield
RAR	Reverse aerial rush
SD	Self-destruct
SDI	Smash directional influence
SH	Short hop
SHFFL	Short hop fast fall L-cancel
SSE	Subspace Emissary
WD	Wavedash
WoL	World of Light

Character-specific terms

Abbreviation	Name	Character(s)
DABK	Down-angled After Burner Kick	Bayonetta
FOP	Fence of pain	Kirby
LCS	Limit Cross Slash	Cloud
MALLC	Monado Art landing lag cancel	Shulk
Nanner	Banana Peel	Diddy Kong
MF/MFK	Monkey Flip/Monkey Flip Kick	Diddy Kong
SHL/B	Short hop laser/blaster	Falco, Fox
SWD	Super wavedash	Samus
Tatsu	Tatsumaki Senpukyaku	Ryu, Ken
YYG	Yoyo glitch	Ness
WOP	Wall of pain	Jigglypuff
CG	Chain grab	Various

Characters

Abbreviation	Name
BK / Banjo	Banjo & Kazooie
Bayo	Bayonetta
Jr. / BJ	Bowser Jr.
CF / Cap / C. Falcon	Captain Falcon
Zard	Charizard
Damus	Dark Samus
DDK / Diddy	Diddy Kong
DK / Dong	Donkey Kong
Doc	Dr. Mario
DH / DHD	Duck Hunt (-Dog/-Duo)
Ganon	Ganondorf
IC / ICs / Icies	Ice Climbers
Jiggly / Puff / Jiggs	Jigglypuff
DDD / D3	King Dedede
KKR	King K. Rool
Mac	Little Mac
MK	Meta Knight
M2	Mewtwo
Brawler	Mii Brawler
Gunner	Mii Gunner
Sword / Swordie / Swordfighter	Mii Swordfighter
GW / GaW / G&W / GnW	Mr. Game & Watch
Oli	Olimar
Palu	Palutena
Pika	Pikachu
PP / Plant	Piranha Plant
PT / Trainer	Pokémon Trainer
Rosaluma / Rosa	Rosalina & Luma
TL / Tink	Toon Link
Villy	Villager
WFT / Wii Fit	Wii Fit Trainer
YL / Yink	Young Link
ZSS / 0SS / Zamus	Zero Suit Samus

Stages

Abbreviation	Name
BF	Battlefield (may include Battlefield forms)
CS	Castle Siege
DH	Duck Hunt
DL	Dream Land
FD / Final D	Final Destination (may include Ω forms)
FoD	Fountain of Dreams
KPL / Kalos	Kalos Pokémon League
LC / Lylat	Lylat Cruise
NDC / NDC Hall	New Donk City Hall
PC	PictoChat
PS(1)	Pokémon Stadium
PS2	Pokémon Stadium 2
PTAD	Port Town Aero Dive
SBF	Small Battlefield
SV	Smashville
TaC/T&C/TnC/TC	Town and City
UPL / Unova	Unova Pokémon League
WW	WarioWare, Inc.
YA	Yggdrasil's Altar
YI	Yoshi's Island
YIB	Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
YS	Yoshi's Story

Game media terms

Abbreviation	Name
DLC	Downloadable content
PM	Project M (not to be confused with "private message")
SSB4 3DS / SSB3DS / Smash 3DS	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
SSB4 Wii U / SSBWiiU / Smash Wii U	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
SSB4 / Smash 4 / Sm4sh	Super Smash Bros. 4
SSB64 / Smash 64 / 64	Super Smash Bros. (for Nintendo 64)
SSBB / Brawl	Super Smash Bros. Brawl
SSBM / Melee	Super Smash Bros. Melee
SSBU / Ult / Ultimate	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Universes

Abbreviation	Name
AC	Animal Crossing
DK	Donkey Kong
DQ	Dragon Quest
EB	EarthBound
FF	Final Fantasy
FE	Fire Emblem
FZ	F-Zero
KI	Kid Icarus
(T)LoZ / Zelda	The Legend of Zelda
MGS	Metal Gear
SF	Street Fighter