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Here is a list of common acronyms and shortforms used when discussing MapleStory.
A
edit- AB
- Arrow Blow - Bowman Skill
- AC
- Auto-Clicker. Before Wizet's implementation of GameGuard, these programs were one of the most popular way to gain entrance into the Kerning City and Ludibrium Party Quests. Wizet now prohibits their use. Despite the ban, they still are very popular today.
- AE
- Arrow Eruption - Sniper Skill
- AFK
- Away From Keyboard; typically suggests that a player is currently inactive, but still logged on.
- AFMS
- Away From Maple Story
- AR
- Arrow Rain - Ranger Skill
- Aqua Road
- ATM
- Short for "at the moment".
- Asi, Asia, Asianic
- Asianic Bow - Bowman Bow
B
edit- Bagged
- Death by another player's summoning bag.
- Banditsin
- A rogue that maxes Lucky 7 and will make the job advancement as a bandit.
- BB
- Bow Booster - Bowman Skill
- Bye Bye
- Bathroom Break
- Black Bandana
- BC
- Black Crystal (usually the ore)
- Bomb
- Arrow Bomb - Hunter Skill
- Booster
- Weapon booster skill - Most classes have a skill to boost their attack speed.
- BRB
- Be Right Back - Player must leave, but will be right back.
- "B>"
- Shorthand used to mean "Buying".
C
edit- CB
- Crossbow Booster - Bowman Skill
- Chief Bandit - third job for Bandits
- CC
- Change channel(s). Considered very rude to most people. To change channels means to leave a map (presumably to another channel) that someone is training on to avoid Kill Stealing them.
- CC Plz
- Change channel(s) please. Another way people use "CC".
- CE
- Curse Eyes, found around Sleepywood and Ellinia.
- Cold Eyes, found deep in the Dungeon.
- Clean
- An equipment with all of its slots remaining.
- Coolies
- The Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.
- CP5
- Cloud Park 5, a popular training spot.
- CRog
- Crimson Balrog - One of the most powerful monsters in the game.
- CS
- Critical Shot - Bowman Skill
- Cash Shop
- Cursed Sanctuary, the map where Jr. Balrog spawns.
D
edit- Dark YnP
- Dark Yeti & Dark Pepe combined - Enemy found in Dangerous Cliff
- DC
- Disconnected (also written as D/C)
- Dark Crystal (usually the ore)
- Defamer
- Player defame others who does not do anything bad. Defamers may defame for fun, lossing a game, jeaious others level up or more powerful.
- Dit
- Bandit
- DK
- Dragon Knight - third job of the Spearman.
- DMT
- Drake's Meal Table - Map in the dungeon, contains Cold Eyes, Cargos, and Drakes.
- DR
- Dark Ritual - Level 75 Magician staff
- DS
- Double Shot - Bowman Skill
- Dark Sight - Thief Skill
- Devil's Sunrise - Level 90 two-handed sword
- DSG
- Dark Stone Golem - Monster found in Sleepywood Dungeon III, IV, V and Golem Temple 3
- DT
- Death Teddies - Monster found in Forgotten Path of Time 3
- DW
- Don't worry.
E
edit- EE
- Evil Eye - Monster found in the Dungeon
- EEC(1-4)
- Evil Eye Caves 1-4.
- ER
- Elemental Resistance - Dragon Knight Skill
- Elemental Resistance - Priest Skill
- ET
- Evil Tale - Level 58 Magician Wand
- EW
- Evil Wing - Level 65 Magician Staff
- EXP
- Experience, usually mean current EXP %
F
edit- FA
- Final Attack - Bowman & Warrior Skill
- Fire Arrow - Skill for Fire Wizards
- Fame
- Fame - Required to begin certain quests and wear specific equipments.
- Farrow
- Fire Arrow - Skill for Fire Wizards
- Fizard
- Fire Wizard - 2nd Job for Magicians
- FJ
- Flash Jump - Hermit Skill
- FM
- Free Market
G
edit- GC
- Golden Crow - Bowman Crossbow
- GG
- Good Game
- GJ
- Good Job
- GK
- Gatekeeper - A powerful monster found within the Warped Passage.
- GM
- Game Master - The employees of Wizet who strive to maintain order in Maple Story. Easily identifiable by the GM symbol above their heads.
- Grim
- Grim Phantom Watches, high-level monsters that are found in Ludibrium.
H
edit- HA
- Holy Arrow - active skill available only for magicians, specifically clerics, in which a 'holy' or 'divine' arrow is fired at any surrounding enemies and foes. This inflicts a great deal of damage upon undead monsters, when this skill has been maxed.
- HB
- Hyper Body - Spearman Skill
- HHG
- Henesys Hunting Grounds - The first map to the left of Henesys.
- HP
- Health/Hit Point(s) - the amount of life, or health, a player may have. Acquiring damage may result in the decreasing of health/hit points, while consuming any type of health-providing products may result in the increasing of health/hit points. HP is indicated by a medium-sized red bar that is located at the very bottom of the screen right to the left of the MP bar.
- HS
- Holy Symbol - Priest Skill
- Hidden Street - www.hidden-street.net
- Hybrid
- A spearman who uses both spears and polearms, or a bandit that uses luck and str daggers.
I
edit- IA
- Iron Arrow - Bowman Skill
- IDC
- I don't care.
- IDK
- I don't know.
- IGN
- In-Game Name - Used when requesting another person's character name when not in the game
- I/L
- Ice-Lightning Wizard/Mage.
J
edit- Jaeger
- Gross Jaeger - Level 70 Crossbow
- Jeti, J Yeti
- Jr. Yeti - Enemy found east of El Nath
- JQ
- Jump Quest
- Jr.Rog
- Jr. Balrog
K
edit- KB
- Knockback - Ability to knock an enemy back by doing more than a certain amount of (monster dependant) damage.
- Kittens, Kitties
- Jr. Cellions/Jr.Lioners/Jr. Grupins - Enemies found in Garden area of Cloud Park.
- KS
- Kill Steal - Kill steal is when one user kills a monster that another user is fighting, or is about to fight. It is usually depreciated by users.
L
edit- L7
- Lucky Seven - Thief Skill
- Lawl
- Replacement for LOL due to similar pronunciation, with identical meaning.
- Lizzard
- Lightning Wizard - 2nd Job for Magicians
- LMAO
- Laugh/Laughing my a** off - used when somone says something really funny.
- LMFAO
- Laugh/Laughing my f**king ass off - used when somone says something extremely funny.
- LOL
- Laugh Out Loud
- LOWB (2)
- Land of the Wild Boar - located just to the right of Perion, in a Hidden Street, or Land of the Wild Boar II, located in a Hidden Street at the East Domain of Perion.
- Ludi
- Short for the Ludibrium area of Ossyria, or the town with the same name.
- lvl
- Level
- Lycan/Lyco
- Lycanthrope - Enemies found in Wolf Territory III and IV
M
edit- Macis
- Tauromacis - An enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog
- Mass Defame
- The act of defaming a character multiple times by either using alternate characters, or calling upon one's friends to defame the character.
- MB
- Mortal Blow - Ranger and Sniper Skill
- MC
- Magic Claw - Magician Skill
- Magic Composition: Mage Third job Skill
- MDT
- Master Death Teddies - Monster found in Lost Time, a Hidden Street off Forgotten Path of Time 3
- ME
- Meso Explosion - Chief Bandit Skill
- MG
- Mix Golem
- Magic Guard(mage)
- Meso Guard(chief Bandit)
- MM
- Mushmom - Boss monster found in 'Someone Else's House' <--(Hidden Street located near taxi cab of Henesys.)
- MP
- Mana/Magic Point(s) - A type of substance that enables a player to cast and perform magic, as in skills. MP is indicated by a medium-sized bar that is light-blue in color, located at the very bottom of the screen right beside the HP bar, while one is running the MapleStory program.
- MS
- MapleStory
N
edit- Newbie
- A new player to the game.
- Noob
- Common insult used for describing experienced players who behave like newbies.
- NPC
- Non-Player Character. (Shop/Quest characters)
- Act of selling an item to a shop NPC instead of to another player.
- Nub
- Another form of noob.
O
edit- Oly
- Olympus - Bowman Bow
- OMFG
- Oh my f**king god.
- OMG
- Oh My God
- Oh My Gosh
- "OMG Spear": Omega Spear, level 80 item
- OS
- Omega Sector
- Ossy
- Ossyria
- Owned
- Term used for describing that a player has either killed a monster with ease or been killed by a monster.
P
edit- Pang
- White Pang - A monster found outside El Nath, commonly in Wolf Territory 3-5
- PC
- Price Check, used to get a feel for what the price of a (usually rare) item is.
- PG
- Power Guard - Fighter and Page skill
- Pizard
- Poison Wizard - Fire/Poison Wizard who uses pure Poison. Very uncommon build.
- PKB
- Power Knock-Back - Hunter and Crossbowman skill.
- Pls, Plz, Pl0x
- Please - common for noobs to say, especially when someone wants you to change channels.
- Poly
- Bowman Polyfeather Hat
- PQ
- Party Quest
- PS
- Power Strike - Warrior Skill
- PT
- Party. Party members can share part of EXP gained from other members (as known as Training). All memebers can pick up any mesos or items dropped by monsters killed by other memebers.
- PT Leech
- Party Leech(PTL) is who join a party do not kill but gain EXP from party.
- Pwned
- Common, intentional mispelling of 'owned', with same meaning.
Q
editR
edit- R>
- A short way of saying "Recruiting" (as in recruiting guild members).
- Rawr
- An alternative spelling of "roar"
- Repot
- Buying potions from the nearest store (usually a town).
- Rest-Kill
- Rest-Kill (RK) is other player induces or knock-back monsters to attack you when you are resting.
- ROFL
- Rolling On the Floor Laughing - used when someone says something so funny, you are literally on the floor laughing.
- ROFLMFAO
- Rolling On the Floor Laughing My F***ing Ass off - used when someone says something so funny, you are literally on the floor laughing and your ass is falling off.
- Rog
- Jr. or Crimson Balrog.
- Rush
- Exitting a PQ with the intention of re-entering immediately. Usually done after Kerning PQ's Bonus stage.
S
edit- SA
- Soul Arrow - Bowman Skill
- Sader
- Shortened and common name to refer to Crusaders.
- Sanc
- Sanctuary Entrance series of maps.
- SB
- Slash Blast - Warrior Skill
- Savage Blow - Bandit Skill
- SC
- Silver Crow - Bowman Crossbow
- Sin
- Assassin character class
- Sleepy
- Sleepywood
- Sniping
- Attacking a monster from range to prevent taking damage.
- Soul
- Soul Arrow - Bowman Skill
- SP
- Shadow Partner - Hermit Skill
- sp?
- Signifies that the persion is not certain of a word's spelling. Ex. That was one wierd (sp?) monster.
- Spears
- Taurospear - Enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog.
- SR
- Shining Ray - Priest Skill
- STFU
- Shut the fuck up
- SW
- Sleepywood - The town or the web site www.sleepywood.net
- "S>"
- Shorthand used to mean "Selling".
T
edit- TMI
- Too much info, used when someone says too much info causing them to feel uncomfortable.
- Track
- Repeatedly using the /find command on a player to follow their movement, often used in PQs to determine a current party's location.
- Train
- If somebody ask for train, it means who want to party with players in higher level and gain much EXP from it. For an effective training, it is suggested to party with player at least 5 level higher than you. But you should note that if the trainer kills monster not for your level, you may not gain any EXP.
- Transfer
- Using the storage feature to move items from one character to another on the same world/account.
- "T>"
- Shorthand used to mean "Trading"
U
edit- U
- You.
V
edit- V2k
- Vaulter 2000 - Bowman Bow
- Vac
- Vaccum Hacks, brings all monsters to a specific location. Wizet bans players who do this.
- Vending
- Going AFK while using a Shop Permit to sell items while inactive. (i.e. overnight)
- Vic
- Victoria Island
- Vikings
- Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters.
- Gigantic Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters near Spirit Vikings.
- Viper
- Red Viper - Bowman Bow
W
edit- WB
- Welcome Back
- W/G or WG
- Work Gloves
- WK
- White Knight - The Third Job for page
- WOMG
- Whoa Oh My God - Another variant of OMG.
- WTC
- What The Crap (uncommon)
- WTF
- What The F**k
- WTH
- What The Hell/Heck
- WW
- Werewolf - Enemy found in Wolf Territory I and II
X
edit- XBow
- Crossbow
- XBowman
- Crossbowman - Archer who specializes in Crossbows.
Y
edit- Y
- Why
- Yepe, Yepi, YnP
- Yeti & Pepe combined - Enemy found in Ice Valley II in Ossyria.
Z
edit- Z(1-4)
- Refers to a specific Forest of Dead Trees map, from I to IV.
- ZB
- Zombie.
- ZHelm
- Short for Zakum Helm, an untradable item dropped by a boss.
- ZLupins
- Zombie Lupins.
- ZS, ZShroom
- Zombie Mushroom
- Zombies
- Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.
- Minor Zombies just after the Forest of Dead Trees maps, in the Dead Mine maps.
- ZOMG
- Zoh My God - Another way of saying OMG