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This is merely a guide composed of common knowledge. This is not necessarily fact, and these are bound to change. I do not take credit for the game Runescape, or its creator, Jagex LTD.

Word (Space) Meaning



2h Two-handed sword
360 Ket-Zek
702 TzTok-Jad
(a) Activated
(d) Defensive
(g) Gold trimmed items
(kp) Karambwan poison
(l) Indicates that a set of armour has legs instead of a skirt
(m) Mature
(o) Offensive
(p) Poisoned
(p+) Extra poison
(p++) Super poison
(s) Indicates that a set of armour has a skirt instead of legs
(t) Trimmed armour
(u) Unstrung bow
[ ] Square shield
[ h ] Heraldic kite shield


A



Abby Abyssal
Addy Adamantite
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
Agil Agility
AKA Also known as
Alch Alchemy
Ammy Amulet
Ancients Ancient Magicks spell list
Anti Anti-poison potion
Ardy Ardougne
ASAP As soon as possible
Atk Attack
ATM At the moment


B


Barb Barbarian
Baxe Battleaxe
BBL Be back later
B bone Big bone
BBS Be back soon
Brassy Verac's brassard (Armour)
BRB Be right back
BS Bow strings
B sale Bank sale
BTS Be there soon
BTW By the way


C


Calc Calculator
Cammy Camelot
Camo Camouflage items from Drill Sergeant Random Event
Cav Cavalier hat
CB Combat
Chain Chainmail
Choob Joke word for a high level who acts like a noob
Clue Clue scroll
CS Customer support/Clue scroll
Ctrl Control
CW Castle Wars


D


D Dragon
D2H Dragon two-handed sword
Dag Dagannoth
D axe Dragon axe
D bone Dragon bone
DD Dragon dagger
DD+ Dragon dagger extra poison
DDP Dragon dagger poisoned
DDS Dragon dagger super poison
Def Defence
Dh Dharok
D hide Dragon hide
DIY Do it yourself
DK Dagannoth King
D long Dragon longsword
DM Deathmatch
Drop rate Chance of a monster dropping a specific item
DS Dragon spear
DS+ Dragon spear extra poison
D Scimmy Dragon scimitar
DSP Dragon spear poisoned
DSS Dragon spear super poison
Dusties Dust devils
DW Don't worry


E


Ea Each
Edgy Edgeville
Emote Emotion
Ess Rune essence
Etc Etceteria/et cetera
Exp Experience points


F


F2P Non-members (Free to Play)
Fally Falador
FAQ Frequently asked questions
FM Firemaking
FMod Forum moderator
Fremmy Fremennik
Froob Noob so new that they haven't left Lumbridge
FTW For the win
Full Complete set (e.g. full dragon)
Funning Duelling for fun - rules and no stake
FYI For your information


G


G axe Dharok's great axe
GG Good game
GJ Good job
GL Good luck
Glory Amulet of glory
GP Gold pieces
Gr8 Great
Gr8 ax Dharok's great axe
Gratz Congratulations
GTG/G2G Got to go


H


Hally Halberd
HAM Humans Against Monsters
Hatchet Woodcutting axe
Hax Hack/To cheat (generally used as a joke)
Helm Helmet
Herby Herblore
Hits/HP Hitpoints


I


ID Identity/Identify
IDC I don't care
IDK I don't know
IMO In my opinion
IRL In real life


J


Jad TzTok-Jad
Jagex Java Gaming Experts
JK Just kidding
JMod Jagex moderator


K

KB Knowledge Base
KBD King Black Dragon
Kite Kite shield
Kk Okay
KQ Kalphite Queen


L


L8erLater /See you later
Lag Slow or unreliable internet connection
Large Full helmet
Law Law rune
Legs Platelegs
Lesser Lesser demon
Limps Limpwurt roots
Lob/Lobby Lobster
Lol Laugh out loud
Long Longsword/Longbow
LTNS Long time, no see
Lumby Lumbridge
Lvl Level


M


M/Mil Million
M8 Mate
Mage Magician
Magi Magicians
Maul Granite maul or TzHaar maul
Maxed When a stat has reached level 99 (e.g. maxed str)
Max hit Largest amount of damage you can do
Med Medium helmet
Misc Miscellaneous
Mith Mithril
MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mod Moderator
MOM Mysterious Old Man (Random Event)
Mossies Moss giants
Msg Message

N



Nat Nature rune
NB Not bad
Newb New player
NFS Not for sale
Noob New player
NP No problem
NPC Non-player character
Nrg Energy
NTY No thank you
Nvm Never mind


O



Obby Obsidian, as in TzHaar items
OMG Oh my gosh
OMW On my way
Owned Kill something with ease


P


P2P Member (Pay to Play)
Phat Partyhat
PK(er) Player kill(er)
Plate/Pl8 Platemail and legs/skirt
Plz Please
PM Private message
PMod Player moderator
POH Player-owned houses
Pot Potion
Potter Someone who uses potions to fight
Ppl People
Pray Prayer
Pure Someone who trains a select skill, or has a pre-set stat goal


Q


QP Quest points


R


R2H Rune two-handed sword
RC(ing) Runecrafting
RFD Recipe for Disaster
RL Real life
Robin Robin Hood hat
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
ROL Ring of life
ROW Ring of wealth
RS RuneScape
RS2 RuneScape 2
RSC RuneScape Classic


S


Santa Santa Claus/Santa hat
Saph Sapphire
Sara Saradomin
Scimmy Scimitar
Seers Seers' Village
Shilo Shilo Village
Short Shortsword/Shortbow
Skirt Plateskirt
Spec Special attack
Sq Square shield
Str Strength
Super sets | Super Attack, Super Strength and Super Defense potions
SwordySwordfish


T


Tally Talisman TBHTo be honest
Teh The
Tele Teleport
Thx/Thnx Thanks
Total Total level
TT Treasure Trail
TTFNTa ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TY Thank you
TYVM Thank you very much


U


Ur You're/Your


V


Vambs Vambraces
V Brassy Verac's brassard (Armour)


W


W/O Without
WB Welcome back
WC(ing) Woodcutting
Wealth Ring of wealth
Whip Abyssal whip
Wildy Wilderness
WOM Wise Old Man
Woot Woohoo!
WP Wrong person


X


X-bow Crossbow
Xmas Christmas
XP Experience points


Y


Y? Why?
YW You're welcome


Z


Zammy Zamorak

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Wait - who the hell unstickied this?

 

hahaha idk who but reallly goood guide.

 

Yeh cool guide.

 

copied off of runescape.com?

 

That might help the noobs, Good job!

 

wtf are u talking about?
Anyways, helps me alot

 

Wasn't this stickied? Great guide, should be stickied IMO.

 

Lol?

 

This was a sticky. Some jackass unstickied it.