Slang

As with other editions of RuneScape, RuneScape Classic also has its own slang terminology. You may see the following while talking in RSC. Feel free to edit or add to this list. Also, please refrain from using derogatory or potentially offensive language.

Miscellaneous

Abbreviation	Meaning
@	at
1-iteming / One-iteming	Using a single item (usually weapon) to minimise the risk when player-killing, often in conjunction with the Protect items Prayer.
24/7	24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
2day	Today
2h	Two-handed sword
3 hit	Killing the opponent within the first 3 rounds of combat (when retreat without teleporting is not an option) (See KO)
2007 scape / Old School / OSRS	Old School RuneScape

A

Abbreviation	Meaning
Acc(s)	Account (character); Amulet of accuracy
Addy / Adamant	Adamantite
Afk	Away from keyboard
Afking	A character logged in or training while the player has gone away from the keyboard or lost focus in the game.
Air(s)	Air rune
Aka	Also known as
Alch	High level alchemy, Low level alchemy
Ammy / Ammies	Amulet
Anti(s)	Cure poison potion; Anti dragon breath shield
Ardy	Ardougne
Asap	As soon as possible
Atm	At the moment
Att / Atk / Attk	Attack

B

Abbreviation	Meaning
B / Bil	Billion (e.g. 1b = 1,000,000,000)
Barb	Barbarian (ex: Barbarian Village, Barbarian Outpost)
Barb V / BV / BBV / BBvill	Barbarian Village
Baxe	Battleaxe
Bb	Bye bye; Big bones
Bbl	Be back later
Bbones	Big bones
Bf	Best friend; Boy friend
Bff	Best friend forever
Blk	Black weapon/armour
Bot	Computer program that is designed to play/train a character automatically (against the rules)
Br(z)	Bronze
Brb	Be right back
Brt	Be right there
BS	Bank sale; Back Stab(ber); Bow string; Bull crap
Bsale / BS	Bank sale - Selling a large number of assorted items
Bts	Be there soon
Btw	By the way

C

Abbreviation	Meaning
C'Bow / cbow / xbow	Crossbow (ex: Phoenix xbow = Phoenix Crossbow)
Cammy	Camelot
Cath / Cathy	Catherby
CB	Combat level; Multi cannon ball (Renamed as Cannonball in RS2)
CC	Changing channel (switching worlds/servers, commonly used by PKers)
Chain	Chainmail, Chain Mail Body
Chest	Chest plate armor
Choob	A high-level player who acts foolish/childish (ex. begging lower-level players for money when they have or should have the knowledge & experience to obtain it on their own). The account can give the appearance of being a choob if the account was traded and the current player is actually a Newbie.
Clost, C-lost	Connection lost (See Dced)
CS	Customer Support

D

Abbreviation	Meaning
D / Drag	Dragon equipment (not typically used to refer to dragon monsters)
Dagg	Dagger
Daxe / Dbaxe / DBA	Dragon battle Axe
D bones	Dragon Bones
Dced / Dc'd / DC	Disconnected from the game world/server
DD	Death dot - used to describe a group of PKers all standing on one spot so that it appears as if only one person is there.
Def	Defense
Def Noob	Defense Noob - used among PKers to describe a person who has a very high Defense level while having a low combat level.
D long	Dragon Sword - players who play RuneScape 2 may use this term as the Dragon Sword was renamed Dragon Longsword in RS2
D med	Dragon medium helmet
DM	Death Match - players who are fighting each other in the Wilderness may agree to fight to the death (no retreating, even if they run out of food)
D stone	Dragonstone (either cut or uncut)

E

Abbreviation	Meaning
Edge / Edgy	Edgeville
'Ello	Hello
Emmy	Emerald
Etc.	Et cetera - a way of saying "and so forth" -or- "and so on" -or- "the list goes on"
Exp / Xp	Experience

F

Abbreviation	Meaning
F2P / F2Per / Ftp / Freers	Free-to-play (Non-member RuneScape players)
Fally	Falador
FI / Fall	Fall in - used to get people to follow a leader into a war or battle or player killing trip.
Fl	Friends list (See Ignored)
Flat	Having level 99 Attack, Defense, Strength, and Hitpoints.
Flip / Flipping	Buying an item and selling it shortly thereafter for a quick profit. (See Merching)
FM	Firemaking; Forum Moderator
Fraw(s)	Free raw fish, when at a fishing spot (i.e. trout and salmon).
Froob	Free-to-play noob; Frugal noob - A high-level player who others assume should be able to afford better equipment (or more willing to risk it) or utilize better/more expensive training methods. (See Noob, Choob)

G

Abbreviation	Meaning
G2g / gtg	Got to go
GG	Good Game - Said after a Pvp fight.
Gold sink	Removal of an in-game item that holds a monetary value (ex. 30gp boat ride to/from Karamja)
Gp	Coins (gold pieces)
Guth	Guthix

H

Abbreviation	Meaning
Hellies / Hells / HH	Hellhounds
Hemmy / Hemi	Hemenster
Herb(y) / Herblore	Herblaw
High alch	High level alchemy
Hills	Giants (renamed as Hill Giants in RS2
Hop	To change worlds/servers
HP	Refers to a player's Hitpoints level or remaining health.
HPK	Honour PKing (See No Honour)
Hybrid	A player who fights using more than one combat type (Melee, Magic, Ranged).

I

Abbreviation	Meaning
Ignore(d)	Ignore list; added the other player to one's Ignore list (See Fl)
IIRC	If I recall correctly
IMO	In my opinion
Inv / Invo	Inventory

J

Abbreviation	Meaning
Jk	Just kidding, Joking
JMod	Jagex Moderator/Employee

K

Abbreviation	Meaning
K	Kilo (thousand) (e.g. 1k = 1,000)
KO	Knock-out; instant kill (See 3 hit)
KBD	King Black Dragon
KC	Kill count
Kite	Kiteshield

L

Abbreviation	Meaning
Large / lrg	Large helmet
Law(s)	Law rune
Legs	Leg plate armor
Lesser	Lesser demon
Lob(s) / Lobby	Lobster
Loc	Location
Lol / Lul / Lawl	Laughing out loud
Long	Longsword; Longbow
Loot	Items dropped by a player/monster upon death.
Looter	One that gathers on the spot of a kill in hopes they can get something valuable.
Lmao	Laughing my ass off
Lumby / Lummy	Lumbridge

M

Abbreviation	Meaning
M / Mil	Million (e.g. 1m = 1,000,000)
Mage / Mager	A player who uses Magic more than Ranged or Melee.
Mage tank	Player with high Magic and Defense.
Main	A player's most commonly played character, typically the one with the most game progress or the player's first account.
Maxed / Maxing	When a stat has reached level 99 (e.g. maxed Strength); when someone hits their max hit on a person (maxing); or when someone has a combat level of 123.
MB	Mage bank, inside the Mage Arena in deep Wilderness
Mb	My bad (for making a mistake)
Med	Medium helmet
Mem / Memb	Member
Merch(ing) / Merchanting	The buying of an item then selling it later on in order to make a profit. (See flipping)
Mith	Mithril

N

Abbreviation	Meaning
Nat	Nature rune
Newbie / Newb / Noob / Nub	A new, uninformed, or inexperienced player. (See Froob, Choob)
NFS	Not for sale
NH	No Honour - a player who wins by any means necessary in PvP (See Honour)
Nll	Never left Lumbridge
Np	No problem
NPC	Non-player character

O

Abbreviation	Meaning
Off / Ol	Logging offline from the game.
Oic	Oh, I see
Omg	Oh, my god
One-iteming / 1-iteming	Using a single item (usually weapon) to minimise the risk when player-killing, often in conjunction with the Protect items Prayer.
Old School / OSRS / 2007 scape	Old School RuneScape

P

Abbreviation	Meaning
P2P(er)	Pay-to-play - a member or piece of members-only content
Pass	Password (the word password is censored in-game); Shantay pass; Underground Pass
Paw	Parents are watching
Ph / Phat	Partyhat
Pick	Pickaxe
PJer	Someone who pile jumps; going out into the Wilderness specifically to pile jump.
PJing	Pile jumping - the act of initiating combat with an enemy as soon as they've left combat with another opponent in effort to prevent them from healing or retreating.
PK(ing/s)	Player killing - the act of fighting another player, usually in the Wilderness.
PKer	Someone who PKs
Plate / Pl8	Plate mail body or Plate mail top
Pls / Plz	Please
PMod	Player Moderator
Pot(s)	Potion; Lobster pot. Can be used to inform other players to drink potions ("pot up"). There is also an item named pot.
Pot up	Drink your potion and prepare for battle.
Pp	Pickpocket; Prayer potion
Ppl	People
Pray Pot / Ppot // Pp	Prayer potion
Pure	Someone who trains only one type of skill; someone who focuses on a specific combat skill (see Skiller).
PvP	Player-versus-player, in a duel or the Wilderness.

Q

Abbreviation	Meaning
QP(s)	Quest Points

R

Abbreviation	Meaning
R2H	Rune two-handed sword
Rags / Raggers / Ragging	Used in the Wilderness as someone with inferior or cheap gear.
Red barred	Used to describe a monster/player with so few Hitpoints that its health bar is almost completely red.
Req(s)	Requirement(s)
Rimmy	Rimmington
Rl	Real life
Rm	Rematch
Rng	Ranged; random number generator (referring to, for example, how monster loot is generated)
Rofl	Rolling on the floor laughing (See Lol)
Rq(ing)	Rage quit(ting) - The act of leaving an activity or the game itself (sometimes in anger) because a result or expected result is unfavorable.
RS	RuneScape
RS2	RuneScape 2
RS3	RuneScape 3
RSC	RuneScape Classic
RSMV	RuneScape Music Video
RSOF	RuneScape Official Forums (operated by Jagex)
Rune	Runite
RWT	Real world trading

S

Abbreviation	Meaning
Santa	Santa hat
Saph / Sapp	Sapphire
Sara	Saradomin
Seers	Seers' Village and Camelot
Shilo	Shilo Village
Skiller	Someone who trains non-combat skills (can be any Combat level) or more commonly someone who trains non-combat skills primarily or exclusively (see Pure).
Sq	Square shield
Ss	Super Set (Super Attack Potion, Super Defense Potion, and Super Strength Potion)
Str	Strength
Sup att	Super Attack Potion
Sup def	Super Defense Potion
Sup str	Super Strength Potion
Sword	Swordfish; Sword; Longsword

T

Abbreviation	Meaning
Tav / Tavvy	Taverley
Tele / tp	Teleportation
Tnl	To next level
Total / ttl	Skills#Skill_total
Tp	Teleport
Ty	Thank you

U

Abbreviation	Meaning
U	You
Uber	Super (Über in German)
Unid	Unidentified herb
Ur	You are / You're / Your
Utube	Youtube

V

Abbreviation	Meaning
Varr, Varry	Varrock
V Sq	Varrock Square (The very center of Varrock)

W

Abbreviation	Meaning
w8	Wait
WC(ing), WC	Woodcutting; wrong chat
Wep	Weapon
Wild or Wildy	Wilderness
WTB	Want to buy [item name]
WTS	Want to sell [item name]
W#	World/Server #, where # is the world in question {e.g. "w2"}

X

Abbreviation	Meaning
Xbow / cbow	Crossbow
Xp / Exp	Experience

Y

Abbreviation	Meaning
Y	Why
Yan / Yanny	Yanille
Yw	You're welcome

Z

Abbreviation	Meaning
Zammy	Zamorak