The slang dictionary is a list of informal words, expressions, and abbreviations that are commonly used in RuneScape RuneScape 's constantly changing vocabulary and community, so please add to it.
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General [ ] # [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Activity + #
Request for # number of players to join in on an activity. (E.g. Raids +2)
+1
A single item that can be preserved by the Protect Item prayer in a PvP situation
2H
Two-handed weapon
3a
Third Age
4t, 4taa, 4 tick, c4t
Four tick auto attack or the patched "constant 4taa"
99
The maximum level for 24 of the 27 skills
120
The maximum level for Dungeoneering , Invention , and Slayer . The maximum virtual level cap for all skills, besides Invention, which has a maximum cap of 150.
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A [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
AB
Action bar , Anti-ban , Anti-botter
Abby
Abyssal , Aberrant Spectres , Abyssal whip , Abyssal demon
ABS
Armadyl battlestaff
Addy
Adamant
Adr, Adren
Adrenaline
AFK
Away From Keyboard, often refers to methods of training skills that don't require looking at the screen, referred to as "afk training".
Aggro
Aggression , aggressive, e.g. aggro pots .
Agi, Agil
Agility
Alch(ing)
Using an alchemy spell to convert items into gold using either Low or High Level Alchemy
Asphyx
Asphyxiate
Aml
The Amlodd district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
Ammy
Amulet
Ancients
Ancient Magicks
Anti
poison cure , Anti-dragon shield , Antifire , Super antifire
Antic
Anticipation
AntiP, Ap, Super AP
Antipoison , Super Antipoison potions
AoD
Nex: Angel of Death , an extension of Nex released on 30 January 2017
AoE
Area of Effect, referring to attacks and/or abilities that affect multiple targets at once.
AoS
Amulet of souls
Alt
Alternative account, generally the second account.
Ard, Ardy
Ardougne
Arma
Armadyl
Asc
Ascension crossbow , Monastery of Ascension
Assist
Assist System (usually found while Runecrafting or opening an Effigy )
Atk, Att
Attack , Attacker role in Barbarian Assault
ATN
All Together Now , Daredevil feat
Autoer/autoing
A bot user/using a bot
Auto, AA
Auto-attack (attacking without the use of an ability), Auto Retaliate
Ava
Avatar of Creation or of Destruction found in Soul Wars , Ava's attractor , accumulator , or alerter , Clan Avatar
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B [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
B, bil
Billion. E.g. 1b = 1,000,000,000 gold.
B2B/BTB
Back-to-back, usually refers to receiving a rare item twice in a row.
BA
Barbarian Assault
Bank made
An exclamation, sometimes sarcastic, about the value of a drop or other benefit. Particularly used of drops (such as the abyssal whip and Dragon claws ) which used to be extremely valuable.
Bankstand(ing)
AFKing or socialising with other players in a populated area such as a bank or the Grand Exchange
Barb
Barbarian , Gunnarsgrunn (previously known as Barbarian Village)
Barrage
Ice Barrage , Smoke Barrage , Shadow Barrage , Blood Barrage
Baxe
Battleaxe
BB
Blue Base (Stealing Creation) , Barrows brothers
BD
Bladed Dive
Bh
Bounty Hunter
BM
Beastmaster Durzag
Blitz
Ice Blitz or any other Blitz spell in the Ancient Magicks spellbook
BOB
Beast of Burden familiar that can carry items
Box
Fighting rules at Duel Arena when no equipment is used
Br, B/r
The Saradomin brew and Super restores combo drop found at Nex
Brac, Brace
Bracelet
Brawlers
Brawling gloves
Brew(s)
Typically Saradomin brews
Brid
Hybrid. Utilising more than one style of the Combat triangle .
Broads
Broad arrows
B sale, Bsale, Bs
Bank sale , big sale
BT, base
Base tank, i.e. main tank at a boss, except at Vorago , where 'BT' refers to the bomb tank and 'base' refers to the base tank .
BXP/BXW/BXPW
Bonus XP Weekend
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C [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
C(number 1-6)
Complexity (Dungeoneering ); usually refers to either Complexity 1 or 6. Can also refer to the class of clay, resources or sacred clay objects in Stealing Creation , up to 5.
CA
Combat Academy
Cade
Barricade defensive ability
Cammy, Cam
Camelot
Cannon
Dwarf multicannon
Cap
Reach the maximum weekly resource limit in a Clan Citadel
Cad
The Cadarn district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
Cath
Catherby
Cball
Cannonball
Cb, Cb lvl, Cbt, Cmb
Combat (level)
CC
Clan Camp , Clan chat , Christmas cracker
CCB
Chaotic crossbow
Cept
Intercept
CFP
Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza
Chin(s), chinning
Chinchompas , or the act of using chinchompas in combat for the area-of-effect damage
Charges
Refers to the charges from the charge pack
Cit
Clan Citadels
Clue
Clue scroll
Cwars, Cw
Clan Wars or Castle Wars
Comp
Completionist cape
Comps
Components used in Invention
Con, Cons
Construction , Constitution
Core(s)
Pulse cores
Corp
Corporeal Beast
CS
CoinShare , Customer support , Clue scroll .
Crash
Stealing a person or group's kills at a multi-combat Slayer creature or boss.
Crest
A rare drop from each of the four Heart of Gielinor generals.
Crit
A Critical hit hitsplat that displays when an attack or ability deals high (95%-100% of maximum) damage.
Cstaff
Chaotic staff
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D [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
D/Drag (weapon/armour name)
Dragon equipment
D/A or D/M
Disassemble or Dismantle (Invention)
Da, Duel
Duel Arena , ring of duelling
Dag(s), Dagg
Dagannoth , dagger
Daily, Dailies
Daily Challenges
Dbane
Dragonbane arrows , Dragonbane bolts
Dbones
Dragon bones
DC, DC'd
Disconnect, disconnected. Used when players have lost connection with the game server. May result in death if in dangerous combat.
Dclaws
Dragon claws
D&D, Distractions
Distractions and Diversions
DD, Death dot
Death dot, a multicombat player killing tactic where a number of players stand on the same square, making them appear as one player on the minimap .
De
Dead end, usually used in Dungeoneering
Debil
Debilitate ability
Denk
Dead end, no key, a term used in Dungeoneering stating that there is no key in a recently-reached dead end room.
Dewk
Dead end, with key, a term used in Dungeoneering stating that there is a key in a recently-reached dead end room.
Def
Defence , Defender
Devo
Devotion
Dfs
Dragonfire shield
Dh
Dharok the Wretched's equipment
D hide, D'hide
Dragon hide
Div Loc
Divine location
Divine, Div, Divi
Divine spirit shield , Divination
DK, DKs
Dagannoth Kings
DM
Deathmatch, Dark magic aura , or Dominion mine
Dome
Shield Dome
Dp
Drop party
DPS, DPM
Damage Per Second/Minute (amount of damage dealt over time)
Drag
Dragon, either the type of armour or the monster
DRS
Deadly red spiders
Dry, Drys
Drygore weaponry
DS, DSwift
Death's Swiftness
DT
Desert Treasure , Dominion Tower
DTB
Deathtouch bracelet
DTD
Deathtouched dart
Dg, Dung
Dungeoneering
Dummy
Training dummy , Combat dummy , or Elite training dummy
DW
Dual wield
DWF
Dark Warriors' Fortress
DXP/DXW/DXPW
Double XP Weekend
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E [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Ecto
Ectofuntus , Ectophial
ED#
Enhanced Devoted , with the rank (number) ranging between 1-3.
Edge
Edgeville
Ele
Chaos Elemental
ELM
East of the Lava Maze, Wilderness Warbands location
Ely
Elysian spirit shield
Enr
Enrage, a boss mechanic which the fight gets tougher the higher the enrage.
Ens, En
Tectonic energy , Malevolent energy
Ess
Essence drops found in the Heart of Gielinor , Blood essences , Rune or pure essence
EOC, EoC
Evolution of Combat
Ext
Extend (typically aura or daily challenge)
Excal, EE
Enhanced excalibur
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F [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
F
Free players from the sand pool mechanic at Yakamaru , flip to reveal the face during the Raids puzzle
F(number), NF(number)
Floor number in Daemonheim . The N variant stands for "Need floor".
F2P, F2Pers, Ftp, Freers
Non-members (Free-to-play ).
Fally
Falador .
FB
Final Boss achievement/title
Fc/Fcc
Friends chat channel.
Ff
Fish Flingers
FFA
Free for all. Person who deals the most damage gets the drop.
FI/Fall/Fi
Fall in, used to get people to follow a leader into a war or battle or player killing trip.
FoG
Fist of Guthix .
FL
Friend's list
Flip
A trading term that refers to buying an item and then, within a short period of time, selling it for a profit.
FM
Firemaking
FMod
Forum moderator .
Frag(s)
Short for "fragments"; e.g. Soul fragments used in Soul Wars ; fragments in Stealing Creation ; Sacred metal fragments used in the Battle of Lumbridge ; Chronicle fragment used in Divination
Fremmy, Frem
Fremennik .
Frost(s)
Frost Dragon or Frost Dragon Bones
Full
Complete set that usually consists of a helm, shield, body piece and leg piece (such as full dragon armour)
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G [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
G altar
Gilded altar prayer training facility found in a POH
Gano
Ganodermic beasts , Ganodermic armour
GB
Green bomb, a Vorago mechanic and rotation
GCD
Global cooldown, the 1.8 second cooldown in between each ability.
GD
Guardian door (Dungeoneering)
GE, G.E.
Grand Exchange , located in northwestern Varrock. Used for trading other players.
GGS
Group gatestone
Glory
Amulet of glory
Gmaul
Granite maul
Goebiebands
Supply run at Mazcab
GOP
Great Orb Project minigame located in the Runecrafting Guild.
Gore(s)
Drygore weaponry
GP, gold
Gold pieces , primary in-game currency
Gold sink
Removal of an in-game item (that holds a monetary value) or currency. For example; training Prayer through the usage of a gilded altar is considered a gold sink.
Greaters
Greater demons
Greg
Gregorovic . (Not to be confused with Greg .)
GS
Godsword , Gatestone , Guthix staff
GTE
Teleport to the Group gatestone and end the dungeon. (Dungeoneering)
GWD, GW
God Wars Dungeon
GWD2, GW2, HoG, The Heart
Heart of Gielinor , typically referred to as the second God Wars Dungeon.
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H [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Hally
Halberd
Harm ore
Harmonised rocks
HC, HCIM
Hardcore Ironman
Hef
The Hefin district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
Herb
Herblore
Hilt
Godsword hilt , Araxxi's fang , web , eye .
HLF
High level forums , forums which can only be accessed by having an account with level 99 in all skills.
Hop
To change worlds, i.e. "Let's hop worlds."
HP
Hitpoints. Could be used to refer to a player's Constitution level, an amount of Life points, or to Hitpoints as it was before the 3 March 2010 updates.
HSR
Hazelmere's signet ring
Hybrid
Catering to more than one combat style of the Combat Triangle
H/V
Heal & provoke role at Kalphite King , responsible for drawing aggression away from the tank during the green mechanic. Can also use Heal Other on the tank.
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I [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Ice
Icicle mechanic at Nex or Nex: Angel of Death
IFB
Insane Final Boss achievement/title
Ignore, Iggy'd
Ignore list , added to ignore list.
IM, Iron
Ironman
Immort
Immortality defensive ability
In
An invitation to enter; usually refers to a boss instance, POH , or the Clan Wars purple portal.
Inc
Incite
Incand(s)
Incandescent wisps , Incandescent energy
Inv
Inventory , Invention , requesting an invite to a group/clan/etc.
IOM
"In on me". Used to tell other players to enter an instanced area via the person's name.
Ior
The Iorwerth district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
Ith
The Ithell district , similar to above.
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M [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
M, mil
Million (e.g.:. 6M = 6,000,000 gold)
MA
Mobilising Armies
Mage
Magic
Main
A player's main character
Malev
Malevolent armour , Malevolent energy
Mani
Maniacal aura
MB
Mage bank (the Mage Arena in deep Wilderness) or Mage box (used in duelling ).
Max, Maxed
When a stat has reached level 99 (e.g. maxed Strength ); when someone hits their max hit on a person (maxing); when someone has a combat level of 138 – often referred to as "maxed cb" or "max melee"; or when a player has reached the maximum experience (30,000) through the Assist System and cannot assist for a few hours.
MD
Melee Distance
MDS
Mutated Dazing Shot ability
Med helm
Helm
Mei(l)
The Meilyr district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
Mem, Memb
Member /membership
Mena
The city of Menaphos
Mep1, Mep2
Mourning's end part 1 and 2
Merch
The buying of very large amounts of an item on the Grand Exchange to cause the price to unnaturally go up, then selling that same item later on in order to make a profit.
Meta
Metamorphosis ability
MG
Max Guild
Mith
Mithril
MQC, MQPC
Master quest cape , Master Quest Cape (achievement)
MVGT, MGT
Move gatestone . In Dungeoneering , requests that another party member move the group gatestone from where it is to a more suitable location.
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N [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Nat
Nature rune , Natural Instinct (PvP term)
NH,Nhing
No Honour, or No Honour killing, used to describe someone who Player kills with no regard for honour
Nip
Dreadnip
Noob
Short for newbie (new player)
Nox
Noxious weaponry
NS,Nsing
Nonstop, generally used in clan wars FFA portal to refer to non-stop killing
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P [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
P#
Precise (Invention perk, rank #), Phase #
P2P(er)
Members (Pay-to-Play)
Pass, pw
Password , Shantay Pass , Underground Pass
Pb
Personal best completion time, Purple Bomb rotation/mechanic at Vorago
PC
Pest Control , Price check
Peng(s)
Penguins from the Penguin Hide and Seek Distraction.
PF, PF switch
Planted Feet Invention perk
Ph, Phat
Partyhat
Phas
Port Phasmatys
Phase (verb)
To push a boss into the next phase, usually timed carefully to give an advantage to the player.
Pile, Piling
Multiple people attacking the same opponent in PvP
Pick
Pickaxe
PK, PKer, PKing
Player Killer/Player killing . Someone who is fighting other players - specifically in the Wilderness or other high risk PvP areas.
Plate
Platebody
PM, DM
Private message
PMod
Player Moderator
Pneck
Phoenix necklace , commonly used for PvP and Vorago entry
Ports
Player-owned port , Portables
POF
Player-owned farm
POH
Player-owned houses
POP
Player-owned port
Pot, Pots
Potions
Pp
Pyramid Plunder , Prayer points , polypore
Pray Pot/Ppot
Prayer potion , but can also loosely refer to Super restores and other prayer-restoring potions.
Prep
Preparation , prepare
Prif, Priff
Prifddinas
Proc/Procs
Process, activation. Programmed Random Occurrence.
Prot, Prot item
Protect Item prayer or curse (typically PvP terminology), Protect from Magic/Melee/Ranged prayers or Deflect curses.
PT
Poison tank role at Yakamaru , Pet tank roles at Beastmaster Durzag
Pure
Someone who trains only one type of skill ; someone who only trains specific combat skills, or only non-combat skills. (Those who specifically train non-combat skills only are more commonly known as skillers .
Puz, Puzz
Liberation of Mazcab puzzle
Pw
Password
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Q [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
QBD
Queen black dragon
QC
Quick Chat , Quest Cape
QFC
Quick find code, for referring to the forums
QH
Quick hop, the act of joining a friend on another world without going to the lobby
QP/QPS
Quest points , Quick prayers
QPC
Quest point cape
QS
Quick Start, Phrase used before Barbarian Assault waves to start before the 30 second wait
Querc
Quercus , an ent via which you hand in Wilderness Warbands supplies in exchange for experience or gold.
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R [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
R
Ready
R2H
Rune 2h sword
RaF, RAF
Refer a Friend Programme
Rago
Vorago
Rax
Araxxor /Araxxi
RB
Re-bank (to withdraw more food or potions, etc.), Red Base (Stealing Creation)
Rcb
Royal Crossbow
RCing
Runecrafting
RDI
Southeast of the Red Dragon Isle, Wilderness Warbands location
RDT
Rare drop table
Reck
Reckless aura
Recoil, RoR
Ring of Recoil
Red barred
Term sometimes used to describe a person with so little Life points remaining that its health bar appears to be completely red.
Rep
Reputation at various places
Req(s)
Request assistance , Requirement(s)
Res, Reso
Resonance defensive ability
Reset
Daily, weekly and monthly resets. Resetting Liberation of Mazcab locks.
Rev(s)
Revenant
Revo
Revolution mode of combat
Rex
Dagannoth Rex
Rg
Re-group
RFD
Recipe for Disaster
Rm
Rematch
Rng, RNG
Random Number Generator
RoD
Ring of death
RoF
Ring of fortune
Rot
Boss rotation. Applies to bosses with mechanics that vary periodically.
ROTM
Ritual of the Mahjarrat
ROTS
Barrows: Rise of the Six
RoW
Ring of Wealth
RR
Reroll
RS
RuneScape
RSC
RuneScape Classic
RSN
RuneScape Name, i.e. a player's username or character name
RSOF
RuneScape Official Forums
RT, Rocks
Rocktail
RWT
Real world trading
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S [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Santa
Santa Claus , Santa hat
Sara
Saradomin
SC
Stealing Creation minigame
Scimmy, Scim
Scimitar
Scop
Scopulus mechanic at Vorago
Scrim
Scrimshaw, a pocket slot item.
Seers
Seers' Village
Seis
Seismic wand and Seismic singularity
SGB
Seren godbow
SGS
Saradomin godsword or Solomon's General Store
Sh10, St10
Mirage role at Yakamaru responsible for tanking and closing the Shark pool with 10 planks.
Sig
Sigil or Ascension signet
Sign
The activation of a Sign of life , Sign of death , Portent of life , Portent of death , Defence cape perk, or Desert pantheon aura ward of Icthlarin effect.
Sing
Seismic singularity
Sip(s)
Perfect juju potion doses, generally refers to free Perfect juju prayer potion sips available while Prayer training at a POH
Size x
The layer that the Shooting Star is currently on. Often abbreviated to just SX, such as S5.
Skiller
Someone who trains non-combat skills (can be any combat level ), more commonly someone who trains non-combat skills primarily or exclusively.
Smited
Having prayer points depleted, usually by Smite or Soul Split prayers in PvP .
Smoke
Smoke pool in Nex: Angel of Death
Snipe
To receive a desirable drop in LootShare , when one does not have the distinct highest LootShare potential in the team.
Sof
Squeal of Fortune , preceded Treasure Hunter
Soph
The city of Sophanem
Sos
Staff of Sliske or Stronghold of security
Spec
Special attack
SS
Soul Split , Spirit shields , screenshot
Stall
The act of stalling adrenaline , or the delay Vorago has when he moves a square on phase 5 in NM, or phases 10/11 on HM
Steads
Steadfast Boots
Str
Strength
Stronghold
Stronghold of security
Subj
Subjugation equipment
Summ
Summoning skill
Sun
Sunshine ability
Sup
Superior version. E.g. Superior Morrigan's javelin
SWH, Stat hammer
Statius's warhammer
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T [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
T95/T99
Level 95 or level 99 curses
Tally/Tali
Talisman
Tab
A teleport tablet
Tag
Attacking a monster first, or being the first to touch a Shooting Star
Tassy, Tassets
Bandos tassets
Tav
Taverley
Tb, Tbed, Tb'ed, Tb'd
Teleblock, reference to someone getting Teleport Blocked , mainly used during pking. Can also refer to the Trouble Brewing minigame.
TDS
Tormented demons
TH
Treasure Hunter
Thresh
Threshold ability
Tick
Game tick
TL, TL5
Top lure role at Vorago. Usually combined with Voke 5 role.
Tog/Tears
Tears of Guthix
Total/ttl
Total level
TP, Tele
Teleport
Trah
The Trahaearn district in Prifddinas , typically used when saying where the Voice of Seren currently is.
TT
Treasure Trail , Temple Trekking
Tubbied
A Shooting Star that has been mined to its centre, revealing the Star sprite . This term refers to the TV show Teletubbies , which many believe the Star sprite resembles
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U [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Ult
Ultimate ability
(u)
Unstrung, unenchanted, uncharged, etc
(unf)
Unfinished
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X [ ]
Abbreviation
Meaning
Xlog
Log out by closing the game window
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