The slang dictionary is a list of informal words, expressions, and abbreviations that are commonly used in the Old School RuneScape community. It is incomplete, and may never be complete as Old School RuneScape's community and vocabulary is constantly changing.
This slang dictionary only lists Old School RuneScape-specific terms.
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Meaning
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| "$11"
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The current monthly rate for membership in USD; often jokingly used in minor complaints about the game implying that one is not getting their money's worth.
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| 2H
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Two-handed sword
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| 2+1
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a method of boosting xp rates or boss kills/hr by playing 2 accounts at once while someone else plays another account. This abbreviation can be used to described any ratio of accounts used.
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| 2S2G
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2 sandstone, 2 granite; a Mining training method
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| 2t, 3t, 4t, 5t
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X-tick training; a method of training gathering skills involving tick manipulation
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| 3a
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Third Age
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| 3t4g
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3 tick, 4 granite; a method of training Mining by mining 4 granite rocks while tick manipulating.
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| 99
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Maximum level for a skill, Skill mastery.
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Meaning
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| Abby
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Abyssal, Aberrant spectres, Abyssal whip, Abyssal demon
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| Ac
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Anti-crash (usually for bosses or group Wilderness fights)
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| Acc
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Account, Accuracy
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| Acb
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Armadyl crossbow
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| Acp
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Armadyl chestplate
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| Acs
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Armadyl chainskirt
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| Addy
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Adamant
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| Ads
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Anti-dragon shield, Abyssal dagger (p++)
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| AFK(ing)
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Away from keyboard—an account training while the person has gone away from the keyboard.
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| Aggro
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Aggressiveness (referring to a monster's behaviour around players)
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| Ags
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Armadyl godsword
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| Air(s)
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Air rune
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| Alch(ing)
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Using an alchemy spell to convert items into gold using either Low or High Level Alchemy.
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| Alt
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Alternative account, generally the second account.
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| Ammy
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Amulet
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| Ancients
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Ancient Magicks
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| Anti
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Antipoison, Anti-dragon shield or Antifire
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| AntiD, Anti D shield
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Anti-dragon shield
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| AntiP, Ap, SuperAP
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Antipoison, Super antipoison potions
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| AoE
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Area of Effect—referring to attacks that affect multiple targets at once.
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| AoTD
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Amulet of the damned
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| Arc
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Arcane spirit shield, Arceuus (house or spellbook)
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| Ardy
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Ardougne
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| Arma
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Armadyl
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| Atk, Att
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Attack, Attacker role in Barbarian Assault
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| Autoer, autoing
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A bot user/using a bot
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| Auto, AA
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Auto Retaliate
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| Ava's
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Ava's attractor, accumulator, or assembler
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| Avs, Avies, Avys
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Aviansie
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Meaning
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| B, bil
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Billion, e.g. 1b = 1,000,000,000 coins.
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| B2B, BTB
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Bones to Bananas, Back to back
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| B2P, BTP
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Bones to Peaches
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| BA
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Barbarian Assault
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| Bank made
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An exclamation, usually sarcastic, about the value of a drop or other benefit. Particularly used of drops (such as dragon boots) which used to be extremely valuable and are now merely "nice".
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| Bankstanding
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AFKing or socialising with other players in a populated area such as a bank or the Grand Exchange.
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| Barb
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Barbarian, Barb-tail harpoon, Barbarian Village
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| Barrage
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Ice Barrage or any other Barrage spell in the Ancient Magicks spellbook.
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| Baxe
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Battleaxe
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| Barb Village, Barb Vil
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Barbarian Village
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| Bbones
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Big bones
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| Bcp
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Bandos chestplate
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| BF
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Blast Furnace
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| B gloves
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Barrows gloves from Recipe for Disaster
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| Bgs
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Bandos godsword
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| BiS
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Best-in-slot
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| BK
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Bot kill(ing) (Player killing bots in the Wilderness)
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| Blitz
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Ice Blitz or any other Blitz spell in the Ancient Magicks spellbook.
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| Box
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Fighting rules at Duel Arena, when no equipment is used. Or purposely being attacked by a friend or monster whilst in single combat in order to avoid being killed by a PKer.
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| Bp
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Toxic blowpipe
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| Brace
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Bracelet
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| Brew(s)
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Typically Saradomin brews or, rarely, Zamorak brews. Can also refer to the act of drinking a brew.
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| Brid
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A player who fights with more than one point on the Combat Triangle. See hybridding.
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| Broads
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Broad-tipped bolts (Ranged ammunition)
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| BS, BSer
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Bow strings, bank sale, back stabber (usually used in Wildy)
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| BSS
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Blessed spirit shield
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| B sale, Bsale
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Bank sale (used when players have lots of stuff to sell)
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| Bsk, Bskr, Zerk(er), Berz
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Berserker
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| Btw
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By the way. Also used as a joke to refer to Ironmen, example: "I'm a btw, btw" meaning "I'm an ironman, btw."
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Meaning
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| Cammy, Cam
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Camelot
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| Cannon, Cann
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Dwarf multicannon
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| Cath, Cathy
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Catherby
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| Cb, Cb lvl, Cbt, Cmb, Cmbt, Combat
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Combat (level)
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| Cball
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Cannonball
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| Cbow
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Crystal bow, Crossbow, Craw's bow
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| CC
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Clan Chat
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| Chanced
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Receiving an attack from a boss or player when the attacker's max hit is above their target's current hitpoints, but the target does not die from the attack; leaving survival up to chance.
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| Chofl
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A haughty way of expressing contempt towards another player. Variant of "Rofl"
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| Chins, chinning
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Chinchompas, or the act of hunting/using chinchompas.
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| Choob
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A high-level player who acts like a noob.
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| Clue, Clueing
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Clue scroll, attempting to get a clue scroll or doing Treasure Trails.
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| CMS, Challenge Mode Raid
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Extra hard raids
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| Collat, Collatting
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The act of borrowing an item whilst giving items of equal value in return as collateral. Used by players who don't want to sell their items to buy different items.
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| Con, Cons
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Construction
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| Crash
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Stealing a person or group's kills at a multicombat boss (like God Wars Dungeon, or Dagannoth Kings). See crashing.
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| CW, CWA, cwars
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Castle Wars, Clan Wars, change worlds (CW)
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Meaning
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| D/Drag (weapon/armour name)
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Dragons, Dragon equipment
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| Da, Duel
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Duel Arena, Ring of dueling
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| Dag, Dagg
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Dagannoth, dagger
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| Dbones, D bones
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Dragon bones
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| DC, Dced, Dc'd
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Disconnected
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| Dchain
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Dragon chainbody
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| Dclaws
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Dragon claws
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| DD
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Dragon dagger, death dot (see below), dragon defender (more commonly known as ddef)
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| DDP
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Dragon dagger poisoned
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| DDP+
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Dragon dagger extra poisoned—sometimes mistakenly used instead of DDP++.
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| DDP++, DDS
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Dragon dagger (p++)
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| Death dot, DD
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A multicombat player killing tactic where a number of players stand on the same square, making them appear as one player on the minimap.
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| Def
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Defence, Defender
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| Def tank, Defence tank
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Player with a Defence level of upwards of 90 or higher. Usually a player who is not pure and has Defence as one of their highest combat skills. See tanking.
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| Dfs
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Dragonfire shield. Sometimes erroneously used for Anti-dragon shield.
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| Dh
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Dharok's
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| Dh axe
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Dharok's greataxe
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| Dhide, D hide, D'hide
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Dragonhide
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| Dharok'ing, Dh'ing
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Getting one's Hitpoints as low as possible while in full Dharok's to maximise damage inflicted in battle. Often accompanied with protection prayers.
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| DK, DKs
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Dagannoth Kings
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| DM
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Deathmatch
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| Dmed
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Dragon med helm
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| Dmg
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Damage
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| DMM
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Deadman Mode
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| Dolo
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A method of boosting xp/hr or boss kills/hr by playing two accounts at once.
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| Dp
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Drop party, drop potential, death potential, door partner (to get past the doors in the Waterbirth Island Dungeon), Death Plateau
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| DPS
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Damage per Second (amount of damage dealt over time)
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| DS
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Dragon spear, Double shot (mainly used in reference to the dark bow and magic shortbow), dragon scimitar
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| DS1, DS2
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Dragon Slayer I and Dragon Slayer II respectively
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| DT
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Desert Treasure
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| Dusts
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Dust devils
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| DWH
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Dragon warhammer
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Meaning
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| Ecto
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Ectofuntus, Ectophial
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| Edge
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Edgeville
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| EHP
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Efficient hours played: a measure of how many hours an account has spent gaining experience, assuming only the most efficient methods were used. For example, if the most efficient method of gaining experience in a certain skill grants 100,000 experience per hour, each time a player gains 100,000 experience in that skill, they have played 1 EHP (regardless of how many real hours it took them to get that amount of experience).
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| Ele
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Chaos Elemental
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| Ely
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Elysian spirit shield
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| Ess, essence
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Rune or pure essence (for variants with P).
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| Etc., etce
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Etceteria
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| EOC, EoC
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Referring to Evolution of Combat or RuneScape 3
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Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| F2P, F2Pers, Ftp
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Non-members (Free-to-play)
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| Fally
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Falador
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| Farcaster
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Someone who casts a "hold" spell and doesn't go face-to-face with another player (often used with Ancient Magicks' freeze spells).
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| Fashionscape
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A term jokingly used to describe RuneScape as a dress up game or in reference to worn outfits.
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| FC, FCC
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Friends chat channel
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| FFA
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Free for all. Person who deals the most damage gets the drop.
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| Flip(ing)
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A term that refers to buying an item and then, within a short period of time, selling it for a profit.
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| FM
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Firemaking, Farming, Forum moderator
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| FMod
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Forum moderator
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| Fremmy, Frem
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Fremennik
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| Froob
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Free-to-play noob
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| Full
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Complete set that usually consists of a helm, shield, body piece and leg piece (such as full rune armour), or inventory being full (e.g. picking flax).
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| Funning
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Duelling for fun (possible rules and no stake).
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Meaning
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| Law(s)
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Law rune
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| Leech
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Someone who does nothing in a team-work based activity. Many look down upon these people because of the fact that they earn rewards without helping.
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| Legs
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Platelegs
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| Lesser
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Lesser demon
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| LF
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Looking For:
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| Life
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Ring of life
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| LMS
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Last Man Standing — a player-versus-player battle royale style minigame.
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| Lob, Lobs
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Lobster
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| Long
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Longsword, longbow
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| Looter
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One that gathers on the spot of a kill in hopes they can get something valuable.
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| Lumb, Lumby
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Lumbridge
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| M, Mil
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Million (e.g. 6M = 6,000,000)
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| Mage, Mager
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Referring to the Magic skill, a player who uses Magic more than Ranged or Melee; an NPC wizard; a player with 99 Magic; a player currently using Magic for combat.
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| Mage tank
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Player with high Magic and Defence.
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| Main
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A player's main character; in the context of PVP, an account with no restrictions imposed on its combat stats.
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| MB
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Mage bank (the Mage Arena in Deep Wilderness), Mage box (used in duelling), or "my bad" meaning sorry
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| Maul
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Granite maul, Obsidian maul
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| Mauler
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Player who uses a Granite maul, or Obsidian maul as their weapon.
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| Max, Maxed, Maxing
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To reach level 99 in all skills ("I maxed yesterday"); to deal the maximum amount of damage in one hit ("my max is 32 with this gear"); a player with a combat level of 126 (often referred to as "maxed cb" or "max melee").
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| MD
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Melee distance
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| Med (helm)
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A regular helm, after the old name, medium helmet.
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| Mem, Memb, P2P
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Member
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| Mep1, Mep2
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Mourning's End Part I and Mourning's End Part II
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| Merching, Merch, Merchanting
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Usually means the buying of an item then selling that same item later on in order to make a profit.
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| Meta
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"Most Effective Tactic Available" or the dominant strategy, referring to the best or most popular method used in a scenario such as Skill training, Bossing, etc.
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| Mith
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Mithril
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| Mlm
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Motherlode Mine
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| MM1, MM2
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Monkey Madness I and Monkey Madness II
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| Money snake/Money dragon
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Terms for Zulrah and Vorkath, respectively; refers to their status as consistent moneymaking methods.
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| MSB
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Magic shortbow
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| Mta
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Mage Training Arena, north of the Duel Arena
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| P2P(er)
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Members (Pay-to-Play)
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| Pass, pw
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Password (the word password is censored in-game), Shantay Pass, Underground Pass
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| PB
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Personal best, i.e. best completion time of a boss.
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| PC
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Pest Control, Private chat, Price check
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| Pegs
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Pegasian boots
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| Ph, Phat
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Partyhat
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| Phas
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Port Phasmatys
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| Pile, Piling
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Multiple people attacking the same opponent.
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| Pick
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Pickaxe
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| PJ, PJer, PJing
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Pile jumping. The act of interrupting a player vs player fight by attacking one or both of the players, or attacking the winner of a fight, aiming to get the loot pile.
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| PK, PKer, PKing
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Player killer/Player killing. Someone who is fighting other players - specifically in the Wilderness or other high risk PvP areas.
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| Plate
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Platebody
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| PM
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Private message
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| PMod
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Player Moderator
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| Poacher
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Someone who steals PvM kills, or hoards one NPC to themselves.
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| POH
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Player-owned houses
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| Pot, Pots
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Potion, Lobster pot. Can also be used to inform other players in a group to drink their potions ("pot up"). There is also an item named pot.
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| Potter
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Someone who uses potions to fight.
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| PPot, Pray Pot
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Prayer potion
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| PP
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Pyramid Plunder, Pickpocketing, Prayer points.
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| Prepot(ing)
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Drinking potions at bank before taking supplies and going to a boss fight or slayer task in order to gain their bonus while saving inventory space.
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| Price Check (PC)
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Term used to find the price of the item.
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| Prims
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Primordial boots
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| Prod
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Someone that relies on a certain weapon or special attack when Pking/PvPing to defeat their opponent. For example, "AGS prod".
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| Prossy
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Proselyte armour
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| Pure
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Someone who trains only one type of skill; someone who only trains combat skills, or only non-combat skills. See Combat pure, Defence pure, or Skill pure.
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| Pure set
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Super Attack and Strength, but no Super Defence. Also refers to a dragonhide armour set minus the body.
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| Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| R2H
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Rune two-handed sword
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| Rags, Ragging, Raggers
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Term often used in PKing as someone with inferior or cheap gear.
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| Rambo, Rambo spec, Rambo special
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Term often used in pking for a high-hitting special attack, or a combination of regular hits that surprises the opponent. A word derived from John Rambo, a muscular hard lined character from the movie, First Blood.
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| Range Tank
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Player who focuses mainly on Ranged and Defence.
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| Rangers, Rngrs
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Ranger boots
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| RC(ing)
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Runecraft
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| RC Pker
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Runecrafter player killer. Someone who killed a runecrafter on their way to the Abyss runecraft area.
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| RCB
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Rune crossbow
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| RDT, GDT
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Rare drop table, Gem Drop Table
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| Recoil
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Ring of recoil
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| Red barred
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Term used to describe a monster/person with so little Hitpoints that its health bar is almost completely red. For much of RuneScape 2, monsters with large amounts of hit points could display a solid red health bar when they only had a few health points. This was what lead to the phrase being coined.
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| Req(s)
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Requirement(s)
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| Rev(s)
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Revenants
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| Rex
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Dagannoth Rex
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| RFD
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Recipe for Disaster
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| Rimmy
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Rimmington
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| RMH, RFH
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Rune helm, Rune full helm
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| RNG
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random number generator
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| Robin
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Robin Hood hat
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| RoL
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Ring of life
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| RoS
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Ring of suffering
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| RoW
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Ring of wealth
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| RS
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RuneScape
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| RS2
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RuneScape 2
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| RS3
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The current main branch of RuneScape, RuneScape 3.
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| RSC/RS1
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RuneScape Classic
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| RSHD
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RuneScape HD
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| RSOF
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RuneScape Official Forums
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| Rush, Rusher
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PKing tactic, in which a player is attacked directly after finishing a fight by someone using a high-powered spec weapon (eg. Dragon claws, Armadyl godsword). See rushing.
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| RWT
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Real world trading
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Meaning
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| SC
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Skill capes
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| Scb
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Super combat potion
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| SOTD
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Staff of the dead
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| SotE
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Song of the Elves
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| SSC
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Stronghold Slayer Cave
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| Safer
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Someone who heals at a life points value that is greater than the maximum hit of the opponent or in some cases eating to full Hitpoints. Typically used in the context of one-on-one PvP. Although, some use it in multi-way combat incorrectly.
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| Sand casino
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Duel Arena, particularly when used for staking wealth
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| Santa
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Santa hat
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| Sara
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Saradomin
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| Scimmy, Scim
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Scimitar
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| Seers
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Seers' Village
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| SGS
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Saradomin godsword
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| Shilo
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Shilo Village
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| Short
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Shortsword, Shortbow
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| Skirt
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Plateskirt
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| Skiller
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Someone who trains non-combat skills (can be any Combat level)/more commonly someone who trains non-combat skills primarily or exclusively. See Skill pure.
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| Snipe
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To target and gain a desirable item by outbidding or beating another player to it. See Sniping.
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| SOS, Stronghold
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Stronghold of Security
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| Spec
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Special attack, Spectral spirit shield
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| Sq
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Square shield
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| Str
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Strength
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| SS
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Saradomin sword
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| Super sets (Sup att/atk, Sup def, Sup str)
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Super attack potion, Super defence potion, Super strength potion
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| Sword
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Swordfish, Sword, or Longsword
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Meaning
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| (u)
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Unstrung, unenchanted, uncharged, etc.
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| (unf)
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Unfinished
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