For beginners and newcomers to this game, here is a complete list on the common terms and abbreviations used on this site for The Wind Waker and what they all mean. You may find this resource to be very useful when it comes to understanding the language of the various routes used in speedrunning this game.
Locations
Abbreviation
Description
BPR
Bird's Peak Rock
DRC
Dragon Roost Cavern
DRI
Dragon Roost Island
DS or DSI
Diamond Steppe Island
ET
Earth Temple
ETI
Eastern Triangle Island
FCP
Flight Control Platform
FF1
First visit to Forsaken Fortress
FF2
Second visit to Forsaken Fortress
FF3
Visiting Forsaken Fortress any time after the second visit and Tetra becoming Zelda
FH
Forest Haven
FoF
Forest of Fairies (Forest on top of Outset Island where Tetra falls at the beginning of the game.)
FW
Forbidden Woods (rarely Forest Water)
GF or GFI
Great Fish Isle
GT
Ganon's Tower
H1
Hyrule 1 or the First Visit to Hyrule (to get the Master Sword)
H2
Hyrule 2 or the Second Visit to Hyrule (after FF2 with Tetra)
H3
Hyrule 3 or the Third Visit to Hyrule (to defeat Ganondorf)
IoS
Islet of Steel
M&C
Mother & Child Isles
NTI
Northern Triangle Island
PO
Private Oasis
STI
Southern Triangle Island
ToG or TotG
Tower of the Gods
WT
Wind Temple
Items & Enemy Treasures
Abbreviation
Description
BoG
Ballad of Gales
BK
Big Key or Boss Key
CM
Command Melody
EGL
Earth God's Lyric
GF
Golden Feather
Grapple, Hook
Grappling Hook
HC
Heart Container
HP
Heart Piece
JP
Joy Pendant
KC
Knight's Crest
Rang
Boomerang
SN
Skull Necklace
SoP
Song of Passing
TC
Treasure Chart or Triforce Chart
WGA
Wind God's Aria
WW
Wind Waker
Enemies/NPCs
Abbreviation
Description
KD
Kalle Demos
KoRL
King of Red Lions
NPC
Non-playable Character
PG
Puppet Ganon (sometimes Phantom Ganon but this is to be avoided)
PhG
Phantom Ganon
Tricks
Abbreviation
Description
ACE
Arbitrary Code Execution
AU
Actor Unloading
BiT
Back in Time. Typically referred to as the Title Screen Glitch in TWW.
BK Skip
Big Key Skip. Usually preformed by accessing the boss room loading zone from OoB. Currently in TWW, every dungeon with a boss key (except the TotG) has a boss key skip.
Black Wind
Resetting the neutral position of the control stick so its always slightly down left or down right (referred to in OoT or MM as ESS position), typically used during transitions between scenes. This is done by holding the control stick at the desired angle and then holding start + X + Y together and releasing them.
Deathwarp
Intentionally killing yourself or jumping into a void to warp back to the beginning of a room or dungeon.
EMS
Early Master Sword (Done by accessing FF2 early and activating the "meeting Ganondorf" cutscene).
ESS
The smallest analog stick input that is not considered to be neutral. Can be in any direction (ESS Down, ESS Up, ESS Down-Right, ...). Useful input for brakesliding and superswimming.
MSS
Manual Superswim (Superswimming without Camera Lock)
Savewarp
Saving and then reseting to the title screen to return to the first room of a dungeon, etc. In some cases faster than backtracking normally.
SS
Superswim
UMSS
Unbuffered Manual Superswim (Superswimming without Camera Lock and without Pause Buffering)
ZH
Zombie Hover(ing)
Miscellaneous
Abbreviation
Description
Any%
Beat the game
CS
Cutscene
GC or GCN
The Nintendo Gamecube
Hundo/100%
Beat the game after collecting every item
IL
Individual Level (Dungeon) Speedrun
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
Low%
Beat the game with the fewest items possible
NSO
Nintendo Switch Online, the subscription service needed to play The Wind Waker on the Switch 2.
OoB
Out of Bounds
RTA
Real Time Attack. Like a Single Segment speedrun, except you are allowed to savewarp.
Seg'd/Segged
Segmented
SDA
SpeedDemosArchive
TAS(er)
Tool Assisted Speedrun(ner)
TWW
The Wind Waker
TWWHD (or simply HD)
The Wind Waker HD for the Wii U (HD for High Definition)
TWWSD (or simply SD)
The Wind Waker (SD for Standard Definition, referring to the original gamecube version specifically)
