# MapleStory/Glossary

* MapleStory
* Complete Table of Contents
* Jobs
* Locations
* Shops
* Monsters
* Quests
* FAQs
* Glossary
* Authors list
Here is a list of common acronyms and shortforms used when discussing MapleStory.

## A
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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
### 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.

## R
### 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
### 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
### 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
### U

    You.

## V
### 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
### 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
### XBow

    Crossbow

### XBowman

    Crossbowman - Archer who specializes in Crossbows.

## Y
### Y

    Why

### Yepe, Yepi, YnP

    Yeti & Pepe combined - Enemy found in Ice Valley II in Ossyria.

## Z
### 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