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RuneScape Acronyms & Abbreviations
Written By Hamtaro
Original Guide By Salmoneus
Special Thanks To -Samster-, Ancient Cavalry, Kuemper, Doomcreator0, Evolution,
Salmoneus, 10finland01, Pez, VDH99, Alex, Valethem, OnYx, Morty, Sophia, Greek
Cook, Johnny, Thomas154321, -Dead-, Neolitia, Ambo100, Neo Avatars, Neojono,
Damaged500, Dragons777dr, I am TD, Roy, Maniackid55, Mat Bateman2, Breaker,
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Have you ever wanted to know what the sentence "Rofl z0mg I just got
PKed in the Wildy and lost full Dh and my Abby Whip" means? If so, this
is just the guide for you! This is not an all-inclusive list of every abbreviation
in RuneScape, but it lists the most common ones that you will hear while playing.
#
<3: Heart or love
<>< : Fish/Fishing
[] : Square shield, Varrock Square
(a): Activated, usually in terms of Ring of Charos
(g): Gold trimmed
(h#): Heraldic, either Rune helmets or kites
(H): A person with sunglasses. Often means cool or awesome.
(p): Poisoned
(P+) Extra poisoned
(P++) Super poisoned
(s) Super poisoned.
(t): Trimmed
(u): Unstrung; Unactivated, usually in terms of Ring
of Charos.
¥: Lobster
1337: Elite
1337speak: The official "geek" language
2h: 2-handed sword
A
Abby: Either Abyss or Abyssal Demon/Whip
AC: Anti-crash team
AD: Achievement diary
Addy: Adamantite
AFAIK: As far as I know.
AFAIC: As far as I care.
AFK: Away From Keyboard
Aka: Also known as.
Alch: High level alchemy spell (verb: TO alch, in other words to use alchemy
spells on something.
Ammy: Amulet
Ancients: The spellbook reward (Ancient Magicks)
from Desert Treasure,
mostly used for the ice barrage and burst spells
Anti: Either Anti poison or Antifire (Antidragon breath potion), usually accompanied
by P or D
APKER: Anti-Pker. Someone who only pks other pkers, instead of anyone
Ardy: Ardougne; a city with Market Stalls
which you can steal from.
ASAP: As soon as possible
ATK/ATT: Attack
ATM: at the moment
B
B/C: Because
BA: Barbarian Assault
Barrows/Barrower/Barrowing: The mini-game, Barrows.
Baxe: Battleaxe
BB/ B bones: Big bones
BBL: Be Back Later
BBQ: Barbeque
BF: Boyfriend
BH: Bounty Hunter
BRB: Be Right Back
BRT: Be Right There
BS: Back-stab, bow string (usually "Bowstring", but can also be backstab)
Bsale: A sale usually in the bank, where varieties of items are sold
Bts: Behind The Scenes, the monthly updates of RuneScape listed on the first
of every month.
BTW: By the way
C
C: As in "see"
Camo: Camouflage from the Drill Demon Random Event.
Cammy: Camelot
C.A.T.T.L.E.: Cows Are Taught To Lie Earthward
Cav: Cavalier, Treasure Trail reward
CB/CMB: Combat
Chain: Chainmail, usually Dragon or Rune.
Chins: Chinchompas.
Choob: A J-Mod playing account
Cleaned: When you lose almost all your bank through staking, Can also mean fought
and won without taking damage.
Clw: Clan Wars.
Con: Construction
C u (l8er): See you (later)
CW: Castle Wars, a minigame found close to Yanille;
Clan Wars.
D
D2/D2h: Could mean Diablo II in the first one, but generally Dragon 2 Hander,
a drop from the Kalphite Queen and Chaos
Elemental
D[item]: Dragon
Dag: Dagannoth
D bone/Db: Dragon bone
D bow: Dark bow
DD: Dragon dagger (note: ddp, dds and ddp++ is a dragon dagger with various poisons.)
DD: Death dot, in terms of pking meaning a clan or a group standing on one spot
to make it look like only one person is there.
Def: Defense
Dev Diary: Development
Diary
Dfh/D Full: Dragon Full Helm
Dfs: Dragonfire shield
Dh: Dharok, usually meaning the armor, which is a reward from Barrows;
Dragonhide.
Dhide: Dragonhide
DK(Ing): Dagannoth King Hunting.
DM: Deathmatch; A fun/planned fight to the death.
Drop Mining: Mining where you just drop the ores you get, usually to level up
faster.
Dt/Des Tre: Desert Treasure
E
Ea: Each
Edge: Edgeville
Ele: Elegant Armour (Treasure Trail Reward)
Emote: Usually a skill emote done by a person achieving
99 in a skill or completing all quests
Ess: Rune essence, used in the Runecrafting skill
Exp/xp: Experience.
Ez(pk): Easy (playerkill)
F
F2p/Ftp: Freeplayer, or Free to play, also known as nonmembers.
Fally: Falador.
FFS: For Frick's Sake
Fi- Fall In: Follow Person Who Said- Usually Clan Leader
Flail: Verac's Flail, a barrows item/reward
FM: Firemaking or Forum Mod
F-Mod/FMod: Forum Moderator
FoG: A common abbreviation used for the Fist of Guthix minigame
Fremmy: Fremennik
FTW/FTL: For the win/ For the Loss
Fury: An enchanted Onyx Amulet, which is known as the Amulet of fury
Fyi: For your information
G
G maul: Granite Maul
G4u/GFU: Good for you
Gc: Gnomecopters
GDS: Greater Demon building
Ge/Gx: Grand Exchange
GF: Go figure/Girlfriend/Good fight
GG: Good game
GJ: Good job
GL: Good luck
Glory: Amulet of glory, an enchanted Dragonstone Amulet
GP/Geepee: Two other ways of saying gold pieces
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
Grats: Congratulations.
Gr8: Great
Gs: God Sword
GTFO/GDfo: Get the firetruck out
GTG/G2g: Got to go
Guth: Guthix/Guthan
Gwd: God Wars dungeon
H
HAM: Humans against Monsters.
Herby: Herblore
HO: Hold on
Hop: To change worlds.
HP: Hitpoints
Hybrid: a pure with 2 or sometimes all 3 combat skills, usually ranged and magic.
I
IC: I see.
IDC: I don't care
IDK: I don't know
IMHO: In my honest opinion
IMO: In my opinion
IRL: In Real life
J
JK:Just kidding
JMod: Jagex Moderator
JW/ J/w: Just wondering
K
k: Okay or 1000 (I.E. 10k = 10,000)
Kb/kbase: Knowledge Base, found on the RuneScape homepage, or in terms of (m)IRC,
Kick Ban.
KBD: King Black Dragon
KQ(ing): Kalphite Queen (hunting)
L
l33tspeak/lee7speak: See also 1337speak.
Lag: When a computer slows down and RuneScape "jumps" around
Law: Law rune
Legends: Legends' Quest
Legs: Usually meaning platelegs, can mean plateskirt
Limp: Limpwurt roots.
LM(f)AO: Laughing my (firetrucking) cabbage off
LMHO: Laughing my head off
Lobby: Lobster
Logger: Person that logs off right before something significant happens
LOL: Laugh out loud
LTNS/LTNC: long time no see.
Lumby/Lumb: Lumbridge, the town you start
in.
Lvl: Level
M
M: Million Can also be Mill (XXX,XXX,XXX is Xhundred mil)
Macro: Botting, against rules (Rule 7)
Mage: Magic, or could mean Magic robes, blue or black
Max Hit: The highest hit you ever have done
MM: Monkey Madness
ME /ME2: Mourning's End
Part I/II
MOM: Mysterious old man, but could really mean their mother
MMO(rpg): Multi media Online (Role Playing Game)/ Massively Multiplayer Online
(Role Playing game)
Mossies: moss giants in wilderness
M8: Mate
N
Nat/Nature: Nature rune.
NFS/N4S: Not for sale
Noob/Choob/Froob/N00b/n00bie: An annoying player.
Newb/Newbie: A person who is new to the game or low-leveled.
[insert stat here] Noob: a person who has a higher stat compared to yours.
Nolyfe/N0lifer: A person who trains nonstop, without having any social activity
with friends. Definition varies from person to person.
NPC: Non player character
Np: No problem
Nty: No thanks
n1: Nice one
O
Obby/Oby: TzHaar items, most of the time
either Obsidian shield or cape
OM(f)G: Oh my (firetrucking) gosh
OMW: On my way.
Orly: Another way of saying oh, really?
P
PC: Pest Control/ Price Check
Phat: Partyhat, from the 2001 Christmas event
PJ: Pile Jump(er)- Meaning you kill other people right after they get their loot,
which makes it easier for you to get both loots
PK: Player Kill(ing/er)
Pk Run-in: Planned fight between 2 clans with no special rules.
pl8: Plate(mail/armour)
Pl0x/plz/pl0x/plx: Please
Plunder/ PP: Pyramid Plunder, a Thieving minigame.
PM: Private message
Pm/Pmod: Player Moderator
PMG: Deliberate mispelling of OMG in accord with the principles of l33tspeak
POH: Player owned house, from the Construction skill.
Pot: Potion
Pot up: Telling someone to drink potions
Powermining/Power mine: Staying in a mining area and either having a runner run
ores for you or dropping them, to level up faster.
Power [skill]: Leveling a skill the fastest way possible, for example, Power-ranging
is ranging without picking up the arrows, and powerfishing is fishing while giving
the fish away.
ppl: People.
Ppot: Prayer potion
Pray: Prayer
Prayer noob: Someone who uses protection prayer in a 1v1 fight
Pure: A person who trains usually one type of skill, or there are skill pures
which train all non combat skills to earn money.
Pure Set: Super attack and Super strength, mainly used in World 18 for pking
PWN: Pronounced "poon", it's a deliberate misspelling of own in terms
of l33tspeak.
Q
QFT: Quoted for truth.
QP: Quest points.
R
Ranger Set: Ranger Boots and Robin Hood Hat.
RC(ing): RuneCrafting
Red/Reds: Red Chinchompas.
Returning: if you die in a pk, it means you can come back and fight again.
Rev(s): Revenant Ghost, found throughout the wilderness.
RFD: Recipe for Disaster,
Runescape's 100th quest.
Rimmy: Rimmington; a small town south of Falador and
west of Port Sarim, with a range for cooking,
a General Store and a Crafting Shop.
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughing my cabbage off
ROFLMHO: Rolling on the floor laughing my head off
RR: Rune rocks
Rsc: Usually means Runescape Classic, but in some cases can mean Runescape Community.
RWIT: Real World Item Trading
R U SHUR: Are you sure.
S
Safer: A person who eats when their health is high, usually used in terms
of Pking
Santa: Santa hat, from the 2003 christmas event
Sara: Saradomin
Scimmy/Scim: Scimitar
SDTG: Standard Desert Traveling Gear (Desert Shirt, Robe and Boots, a Knife and
Waterskins)
Soz/Sry/Srry: Sorry.
Spec: Special attack
Spell puppet - A trapped monster you can easily cast spells on for
fast Mage experience.
Sq: Square, usually meaning shield
ss: So sad/Sorry; Saradomin Sword.
Staker: One who stakes in the Duel Arena.
STFU/SDFU: Shut the firetruck up.
STR: Strength
St00f: Stuff (eg: Fr33 st00f pl0x)
Super Set: Super attack, Strength, and defence potion. Can be (3) or (4), ask
seller
Swordy: Swordfish
T
Tally: Talisman
Tank Ranger/Mager: A pure with defence.
Tb: Trouble Brewing, a minigame in RuneScape.
Could also mean teleblock
Tbh: to be honest
TK: Team kill/killer/killed
TT: Treasure trail
TTFN: Ta ta for now, another way of saying goodbye, and a reference to Tigger
from Winnie the Pooh.
TTYL: Talk to you later
TY: Thank you
TYVM: Thank you very much; can also be TYSM = Thank you so much
U
U: You
Ur: Your/You're
V
Visage: Draconic Visage
W
W(#): World (#)
w(/): With
w/e: What ever
W/o or Wo: Without
Wb: Welcome back.
Wbm: Wannabe Mod
WF: Water-filled vial.
Whip: Abyssal Whip, dropped by Abyssal Demons.
Wildy: Wilderness.
WIP: Work in Progress
WOM: Wise Old Man
Woot!: Usually a term of just accomplishing something that took awhile
WP: Wrong person
WTF: What the firetruck
WTH: What the heck
W8: Wait
X
X[)/XD: An emoticon, usually said after saying something funny.
X-bow: Cross Bow, usually Karil's (barrows reward)
Y
y: Why?
YW: Your welcome
Z
Zammy: Zamorak
Z0mg: Just another way of saying OMG
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