Being as I'm new to the game, I really don't know any of the abbreviations can anyone provide some info so I can understand what people are refering to ingame.
Thanks....

http://revlonred.clanteam.com/...res_Draft_User_Guide.html

Here is a start :)

VIII. Glossary terms and Acronyms:

Attacks
NM - Nuclear Missiles
CM - Chemical Missile
EM - Cruise Missile
SS - Standard strike
PS - Planned strike
GS - Guerrilla strike
BR - Bombing run
AB - Artillery barrage
HPK - Hits per kill
KR - Kill run
LG - Land grab
RoR - Retal on a retal
OOP - Out of Protection
CF - Cease fire.

SPY
SR - Stir Rebellions
CD - Cause dissentions
DM - Demoralize

Country Management
BPT - Build Per turn
TPT - Tech Per Turn
FPT - Food Per Turn
PCI - Per Capita Income
SPT - Spies Per Turn
SPA - Spies Per Acre
CS - Construction Sites
TNW - Total Net Worth.
ANW - Average Net Worth

Buildings
CS - Construction Sites
Res - Residences
Ent - Enterprise Zones
Indies - Industrial Complexes
Rigs - Oil rigs
MB - Military Bases
Labs - Research Labs
MMR - Minimum Military Requirement



Tech

Mil - Military
Med - Medical
Biz - Business
Res - Residential
Agri - Agricultural
War - Warfare
Mil Strat - Military Strategy
Wep - Weapons
Indie - Industrial
spy - Spy
SDI - SDI (space defense initiative)

Incidentally, the short forms we use in FFA control panel for example are:

Units

Tr : troops
J : jets
Tu : turrets
Ta : tanks

Tech

mil - Military
med - Medical
bus - Business
res - Residential
agri - Agricultural
war - Warfare
ms - Military Strategy
weap - Weapons
indy - Industrial
spy - Spy
sdi - SDI