| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|
| ! | Bang is a term for the exclamation character |
| </:-) | Witch smiling |
| </;-) | Witch winking |
| ** | Kisses |
| .plan | (AKA Plan or Finger) A .plan is a personal log that game developers and other prominent people in the gaming scene can update that other people can see. You will often see them referred to on this and other sites. You will often find tasty tidbits straight from the horse's mouth in these. |
| /ignore, /I | A way to avoid spam. Ignore the names you wish never to hear from again. |
| /loc, loc, location | Coordinates showing one's exact location, gained by using the /loc command on the command line. |
| :( or =( | Frown, unhappy |
| :) or =) | Smiley face, happy |
| :/ | Skeptical smily, or a grimace |
| :0 | Gasp |
| :p | Tongue down smily |
| :x | Kiss, or secret |
| ;) | Wink |
| @>-->-- | Rose |
| [] | Hugs |
| \ | Whack is a term for the slash character, an example of usage might be Whack Whack Localhost (meaning the path \\localhost). |
| Big Grin |
| Grin |
| 0 | O |
| 1 | I, L, one, won |
| 10x | Thanks. |
| 1337 | Elite |
| 1ed | 1st edition rules (original) circa 1978 |
| 2 | Z, to, two |
| 2bctnd | To be continued |
| 2ed | 2nd edition rules (revised) circa 1989 |
| 2g4u | Too good for you |
| 3 | E |
| 32K | The act of an NPC or a spellcaster's pet committing suicide. |
| 3D | Real life. |
| 3ed | 3rd edition rules circa 2000 |
| 4 | H, for |
| 404 | Someone who's clueless. 404 Not Found, meaning that the requested document could not be located. |
| 4yeo | For your eyes only |
| 5 | S |
| 5K | Five fold kiss |
| 7 | T |
| 8 | B, ate |
| 9 | G |
| A/S/L | Age Sex Location |
| AA | Alright already |
| Absolute Variable | A variable declared to exist at a fixed location in memory rather than letting the computer determine its location |
| Abuse of Functionality | An attack technique that uses the features and functionality of a web site to consume, defraud, or circumvent the site’s access controls. See also “Denial of Service” |
| AC | Armor Class. A measurement of the protective value provided by armour and various spells. 2. Asheron's Call. Another massively multiplayer online role-playing game. 3. Adult content |
| ActiveX controls | A program, called a “control”, developed using ActiveX controls technologies. ActiveX controls controls can be downloaded and executed within technology-enabled Web browsers. ActiveX controls is a set of rules for how applications should share information. ActiveX controls controls can be developed in C, C++, Visual Basic, and Java. See also “Java”, “Java Applets”, “JavaScript”, “Web Browser” |
| Address | A specific location in memory |
| ADMINISPHERE | The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. |
| Admins | Adminstrator - Ultimate god of the game or forum |
| ADND-L | Advanced Dungeon's and Dragon's List |
| AE, AOE - Area (of) Effect. | Referring to spells that affect all valid targets in a specific area, rather than a single target. May also refer to the actual area such a spell would affect. |
| afaik, AFIK | As far as I know |
| AFK | In PVP games it means 'A free kill', otherwise 'Away from keyboard' |
| aggro, agro | Aggresive. NPCs that attack on sight are said to be aggro. |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence - Code controlling Bots |
| AIE | Like ARGH only not as loud |
| AIM | American Indian Movement, or AOL Instant Messenger |
| AISI | As I See It |
| AKA | Also known as |
| AKASHA | The fifth element which permeates the universe. It embraces the other elements (earth, air, fire, water) which are said to stem from it |
| Algorithm | A set of rules that defines the solution to a problem |
| All City | To get your name up in every burough/neighborhood in town. |
| Allocate | To reserve memory for a particular purpose, usually from the heap |
| all-you-can-eat | Any quest that gives items and can be completed repeatedly. |
| alpha, alpha loot | Using alphabetical order to determine who should loot each kill. Alpha item means to that each person loots until they receive an item. Alpha 2pp means that each person shall loot until they receive at least a total of 2pp. cf. master loot, honor loot |
| ALTAR | A flat surface used for rituals, preferably of natural materials such as wood or stone |
| Aluve' | Goodbye |
| AMULET | An object charged to protect the bearer. It is often a natural object such as a feather, shell or stone |
| amy whip, AOF | Amygdalan Tendril, a Warrior-only 1-handed slashing weapon from the Planes. |
| ANKH | Egyptian "Cross of Life" which represents the union of male and female and was regarded as a universal life charm. The symbol is a cross with a looped, oval top |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| Anti-Automation | Security measure that prevents automated programs from exercising web site functionality by administering the Turing Test to a user, which only a human could pass. See also “Visual Verification” |
| AOL | American On Line |
| AOs | Advanced Options |
| AoT | Some creature spawned by a quest in Paineel. |
| Application Server | A software server, normally using HTTP, which has the ability to execute dynamic web applications. Also known a middleware, this piece of software is normally installed on or near the web server where it can be called upon. See also “Web Application”, “Web Server” |
| ARCHETYPES | Universal symbols that speak to us in the language of the subconscious |
| Ardane | Ordain |
| ARG | Usually said when shot down in an online game |
| Argh! | Scared, shocked, starteled. Sometimes used as "yes" by Trolls. |
| Argument | Alternative name for a parameter |
| Array | A sequential group of identical data elements that are arranged as a single data structure and accessible by an index |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASCII character set | American Standard Code for Information Interchange's standard set of numbers to represent the characters and control signals used by computers |
| ASL | Age / Sex / Location |
| Assembler | A program that converts assembly-language programs into machine language |
| Assembly Language | The first language level above machine language. Assembly language is specific to the microprocessor it is running on. The major difference between assembly language and machine language is that assembly language provides mnemonics, making it easier to read and write |
| Assignment Statement | A statement that assigns a specific value to an identifier |
| Athame | Black handled, double edged witch knife |
| ATM | At The Moment, or any person serving as a means of economic exchange, by trading small quantities of large valued coins (such as gold or platinum) for large quantities of small coins (such as coppers) to help people burdened by their loot. e.g. ""ATM service! 120 copper gets you 1 gold!"" ""At the moment."" e.g. ""The Goblin Knight isn't here ATM, but he'll pop any second."" [From 'Automatic Teller Machine'] |
| ATT | At the time |
| Authentication | The process of verifying the identity or location of a user, service or application. Authentication is performed using at least one of three mechanisms: “something you have”, “something you know” or “something you are”. The authenticating application may provide different services based on the location, access method, time of day, etc. See also “Insufficient Authentication” |
| Authorization | The determination of what resources a user, service or application has permission to access. Accessible resources can be URL’s, files, directories, servlets, databases, execution paths, etc. See also “Insufficient Authorization” |
| avo | Aviak Avocet. Fairly tough variety of Aviak residing in South Karana. |
| awhfy | Are we having fun yet? |
| B/F | Boy friend |
| B1, B2, B3 | Specific locations in Lake Rathetear where Aviak Guards spawn. B1 spawns one guard, B2 spawns 2, etc. cf. 1 Bird, Bird 1, et al.. |
| B4 | Before |
| BABS | Bored as bat shit |
| baby, babysit | To assist a (very) low level character by healing, rooting or otherwise providng massive assistance during combats. Does not refer to providing protective spells, however. cf. twink, sugar daddy/momma. |
| Backup File Disclosure | (Obsolete) See “Predictable File Location” |
| backwash | A train returning to it's various spawn points after losing or killing it's target. e.g. "I'd been fine, except some twit dumped a train at the zone, and I got caught in the backwash." cf. walker, train. |
| Baculum | Wand |
| BAH | Said if you totally disagree with what someone said |
| Baile | A dance |
| bait | See pull |
| BAK | Back At Keyboard |
| BALEFIRE | Bonfire |
| bamf, bamph | To teleport or gate. e.g. "So long guys - gotta bamf and sell before I camp." |
| Ban | To curse |
| band-aid | A Cleric or other healing character. 2. Bandages - especially summoned ones. e.g. "Anyone got some band-aids for my booboos?" |
| Bang | Word for the ""!"" character |
| Banned | Not allowed to post or play |
| bar | The experience, mana, stamina and health indicators. cf. bub, bubble. (P.n) The Barroom in Unrest. e.g. "We're holding down the Bar - you wanna come?" |
| Barbie | Barbarian - specifically of the female gender. |
| bard gate | See EverQuest Express. |
| Barrow | Burial Ground |
| barsh | Ogres and Trolls often refer to melee combat as barshing. "Me go barsh lizzies!" |
| Base | The area of the map with the flag in a CTF map. There are generally 2 bases, Red and Blue. |
| Base Type | The types of values in an array |
| Basic Authentication | A simple form of client-side authentication supported in HTTP. The http-client sends a request header to the web server containing a Base64 encoded username and password. If the username/password combination is valid, the web server grants the client access to the requested resource. See also “Authentication”, “Insufficient Authentication” |
| bath time | A term used by some magicians to describe Fire Bolt. e.g. "Alright, Cornflake, it's bath time!" [from the message generated by the spell: "XXX is bathed in fire!"] |
| BB | Bright Blessings, or Be Back, or Butcherblock (also BBM), an area on the western coast of Faydwer. Noted for the docks which transport travelers to Antonica, and also for the Citadel of Kaladim. 2. Black Burrow, an area north of Qeynos hills that connects to Everfrost. Black Burrow is known for it's population of fearsome Gnolls." |
| BBB | Bored beyond belief |
| BBC | Bone Bladed Claymore. A powerful magic weapon found in Befallen. |
| BBIAB | Shortand for Be Back In A Bit. |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BBS | Be Back Soon |
| BC | Because, or Stiletto of the Bloodclaw. A magical dagger. cf. SBC. |
| BCNU | Be Seeing You |
| bearhead | Any Barbarian - especially wearing a leather helm (which appears as a bear's head). |
| beetle paste | Very very difficult. Equivalent to a deep deep deep red. If red is "You're gonna die", then beetle paste means you, and five of your friends are going to die |
| beg out | Politely removing yourself from a group by coming up with an excuse to leave, "Gotta dash", "Need to help a friend", "Guild is calling me", "Have to go raid" |
| Besom | Broom |
| Beta | The period before Everquest was released to the general public, during which only a comparative handful of folks could play the game (for testing purposes). Usually used to indicate lengthy experience with Everquest |
| BF | BoyFriend |
| BFG | Big Gun |
| BG | Big Grin |
| BIBS | Blackened Iron Bastard Sword, a very nice weapon, found on the Goblin Knight in Runnyeye. Sometimes called the BIT (Blackened Iron Toothpick) due to it's small size. |
| BIC | Blackened Iron Crown. Good headwear, found in Runnyeye. |
| BIM | Blackened Iron Medallion. Nice neckwear |
| Binary | Base 2; a method of representing numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1 |
| bind | Resets the location a PC will respawn in the event that they die. 2: Assigning one or more game commands to a key or button so they execute when it is pressed |
| bing! | See ding. |
| bingo | Group looting scenario where anyone loots anything, and sometimes someone get's lucky. |
| Bit | A binary digit with a value of either 0 or 1. The smallest unit of data in a computer |
| Bite | To copy another writer's style. |
| BITE ME | A come back to some who just said something to annoy you |
| BLAMESTORMING | Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. |
| Block | The associated declaration and statement parts of a program or subprogram |
| BLOOD OF THE MOON | Menstrual blood |
| Bloodclaw | See BC |
| bluebecite, blubecite | Lambent armour (as the replacement for Rubicite). |
| blueberry | Any person wearing full Lambent or Crafted armour. cf. candy apple. |
| BMUS | Beam Me Up Scotty |
| boat | One of the ships that travel between continent's. cf. ship. Also, any of a number of small rowboats that can be controlled directly by players. To control one of the small boats, stand in it, and click on the hull. You have the helm! |
| BoB | Bracers of Battle. Wrist armour found in Crushbone. |
| Body | The instructions pertaining to a program or subprogram (a procedure or function) |
| Bomb | Prolific painting or marking with ink., or To use a very high powered direct-damage spell. cf. nuke, hose, burn. (n.) Any high-powered direct damage spell |
| Bone out | To leave "Ayo Cops!! Bone Out" |
| BONFIRE | Good Fire |
| boogeyman | Any spellcaster who uses a large amount of fear spells. e.g. ""Who was that boogeyman in the West Commons? He toasted my whole party, one at a time!"" Also, a tough monster in the Fear Plane |
| BOOK OF SHADOWS | A book of spells, rituals, recipes, and other guides and materials |
| Boolean | A data type that can have a value of true or false |
| boot | See speedyfeet. (v.) To get disconnected from EverQuest |
| BOS | Book Of Shadows |
| Bot | A computer player. Generally it's a compliment to be accused of being one. |
| bounce | To leave a zone and immediately get knocked back into the zone you just left due to someone blocking the zone entrance. A common occurrence for those going into West Karana from Qeynos Hills. Can be deadly if you're zoning to escape a train. cf. bump (2.). |
| Bouncer | The Ogre Bouncer NPC who patrols the entrance to Cazic-Thule. Very aggressive to non-evil races. |
| BP | 1. Breastplate. Can refer to any armour for the torso. eg. ""Dude - I just got this awesome new BP - isn't it awesome?"" 2. Black Pearls. Very rare and valuable gemstone." |
| Braces | The characters { and } sometimes called curly brackets |
| Brackets | The characters [ and ] sometimes called square brackets |
| BRB | Be Right Back or Bath Room Break |
| Brile | To roast meat on a sharpened stick over an open fire |
| Britches | Pants |
| Bro | Brother |
| broker | Any player character who buys or sells items for the entire party because of better merchant prices caused by high Charisma, faction, etc. |
| brown | A very very tough monster |
| BRT | Be right there. |
| Brute Force | An automated process of trial and error used to guess the “secret” protecting a system. Examples of these secrets include usernames, passwords or cryptographic keys. See also “Authentication”, “Insufficient Authentication”, “Password Recover System”, “Weak Password Recovery Validation” |
| BS | Bullshit, or Backstab. A Rogue ability to do increased damage by stabbing a creature in it's unprotected back. (adj.) Bloodstained. A variety of magic armour. |
| BTB | By The Book |
| BTDT | Been There Done That |
| BTW | By the Way. |
| bub, bubble | The experience, mana, stamina and health indicators. So called because they look like 5 connected bubbles. |
| BUCK | One dollar |
| buff | To cast enhancement spells on a target. (n.) Any such enhancing spell. 2: Any means employed by the Transit Authority to remove graffiti from trains. |
| buff hunter | One who goes around looking for buffs from anyone who can cast them. Especially applied to people who petulantly whine to every Druid or Shaman they see. eg. ""SOW, please?!"" Also - buff hunting, buff begging, the act of hunting for buffs. |
| Buffer | An area of memory allocated as temporary storage |
| Buffer Overflow | An exploitation technique that alters the flow of an application by overwriting parts of memory. Buffer Overflows are a common cause of malfunctioning software. If the data written into a buffer exceeds its size, adjacent memory space will be corrupted and normally produce a fault. An attacker may be able to utilize a buffer overflow situation to alter an application's process flow. Overfilling the buffer and rewriting memory-stack pointers could be used to execute arbitrary operating-system commands |
| Bug | An glitch or error in a program. Sytax errors refer to incorrect use of the rules of the programming language; logic errors refer to the incorrect strategy in the program to accomplish the intended result.
To file a bug report with the /bug command. e.g. "Did you see that orc flying around CB?" "Yeah, better /bug it." |
| Build | The process of recompiling all the units used by a program |
| bump | To move a message to the ""front"" by replying to it |
| bunny | Refers to a single monster as it is in the process of being ""pulled,"" especially if it is a particularly easy kill |
| burner | A spellcaster capable of doing large amounts of direct damage to a target. 2: A well done wildstyle window down whole car; a burner is a winner. In tennis, an ace. |
| bus | See taking the bus. |
| bus fare | The amount charged to be teleported somewhere. cf. taking the bus. |
| butt-scratch brigade | Any large party comprised mostly or entirely of Ogres and Trolls. So named because of their disturbing tendency to scratch their butts at all times |
| Byte | A sequence of 8 bits |
| C | See |
| C&T | Combat and Tactics rulebook (optional combat rules) |
| C&W | Cakes And Wine |
| C*HB | Complete * Handbook, *=(F)ighters, (T)hieves, (N)injas, etc. |
| c, cp | Copper. Smallest unit of currency in EverQuest. 10 Copper equals 1 Silver, 100 Copper to a Gold, and 1000 Copper to a single Platinum. |
| cafeteria | "The tunnel entrance in East commons, which is usually full of players hanging around, loosely organized by level. Like the cafeteria in high school." |
| Call | To call a suprogram (procedure or function) to execute |
| camel jockey | "One who causes deaths of others by kiting. eg. ""I was in Oasis the other day when some camel jockey kited Habib down the beach, oh the humanity!"" cf. kiting. " |
| camo, cammie | "Camoflage. A Druid or Ranger spell that provides a sort of invisibility, but only outdoors. Improved Camoflage, also a Druid or Ranger spell works indoors as well. " |
| camp | "To wait near an NPC's known respawn point in an attempt to kill it repeatedly, either for experience or rare items. EQ Combat etiquette states that simply ""camping"" an area does not grant one full ""range-rights"" to all NPCs that spawn there, thus many people will happily run through a camp (""dawn patrol!"") and collect kills the camp is preparing for. 2. (on Rallos Zek server) hiding in a difficult-to-reach location in order to pick off other players by way of ranged weapons or spells. 3. The act of logging out. e.g. ""I'm going to camp out for the night."" (n.) Any area where monsters spawn regularly - especially where tents are. e.g. ""Runnyeye is in the tunnel by the second goblin camp."" " |
| camp twist | "To go back and forth between 2 or more camps in order to maximize loot or experience. e.g. ""We were the only ones in perma last night, so we twisted the scryer and jailmaster camp"" [From camp + twist]" |
| campcheck! | A call for people to say which camp spots they are taking in a particular zone. Usually done in dungeons or any place that camping might be done on fixed spawn points for experience or items. |
| Camper | A player who sits in one spot, usually an area with a powerful weapon or a sniping spot. It's always a heated debate as to the ethics of camping. Some feel it is a valid tactic, and others feel it is just lame and boring. |
| candy apple | "Any person in full Rubicite armour. cf. blueberry, bluebecite " |
| Candyland | "Any Non-PVP server, as referred to by a PVP-server resident. eg. ""Stop yer whinin' and go back to Candyland."" cf. PVP. " |
| Cap | To get the other team's flag in CTF (see Capture). |
| Cap, fat or skinny | Interchangeable spray-can nozzles fitted to can to vary width of spray. |
| Capture | To get the other team's flag in CTF. |
| CARDINAL POINTS | North, South, East, and West, often marked by candles of green, red, yellow, and blue |
| carebear | "Anyone new to a PVP server, or the residents of non-PVP servers, as referred to by PVP players. eg. ""Go back to Candyland with the other carebears!"" cf. PVP. " |
| Case Selector | An expression whose result is used to select which case statement will be executed |
| caster | "Any spellcaster, but especially NPC's. ""Careful - Mooto's a caster!"" " |
| CAULDRON | Three-legged cooking pot |
| CB, C.B. | "Crushbone, an area in the Greater Faydark, on Faydwer, noted for a large population of Orcs. " |
| CDS | Cracked Darkwood Shield. A nice shield found in the High Hold area. |
| cent | "Centurion. Refers to Orc Centurions, found in many regions. " |
| CFGN | Cyber Forces Gaming Nation |
| CFV | Call For Votes |
| CG | "Carrion Ghoul. Tough monster in Unrest, capable of rooting players. " |
| CGI Scanner | Automated security program that searches for well-known vulnerabilities in web servers and off-the-shelf web application software. Often CGI Scanners are not very “stateful” in their analysis and only test a series HTTP requests against known CGI strings. See also, “Web Application Vulnerability Scanner.” |
| CGI Security | (Obsolete) See “Web Application Security” |
| CGS | "Charred Guardian Shield. Extremely nice shield for priest-classes and paladins, found in one of the Solusek. " |
| Chain Bridge | "Wooden bridge between North Karana and East Karana. So called because of the giant-sized chains supporting it. cf. East Bridge, Wood Bridge. " |
| Chaining | The passing of control from one program to another |
| CHAKRAS | Seven major intersections of energy located on the vertical axis of the body. Each is associated with a color and an area of the body. They are also associated with life experiences such as love and may be used when meditating on those experiences. Starting from the tailbone, they are Root (Red), Sexual/Generative (Orange), Solar Plexus (Yellow), Heart (Green), Throat (Blue), 3rd Eye (Indigo), and Crown (Violet) |
| CHALICE | Cup |
| chalk talk | "A brief discussion, prior to battle, to review tactics. e.g. ""Okay, before we take on Vox, let's have a little chalk talk."" [from American football, refers to marking plays on a chalkboard]" |
| Char | A type that represents a single character (programming) or a character (rpg) |
| Chessboard | (Butcherblock Mountains): Spawning ground for giant undead. Resembles a giant game of chess left in the grass for a while. |
| chicken | Any Aviak or other bird-like humanoid. |
| CHINDIA | The combination of China and India as a major economic force |
| choo-choo! | See train. |
| CIAO | See ya, goodbye |
| CIMS | Cold Iron Morning Star. |
| Circle Strafe | Shooting someone as you run in a circle around them, strafing so that you are always facing them. |
| CK | "Kerran Clawknight, a Kerran warrior almost as dangerous as a High Guard. 2. Cackling Klaknak. A website dedicated to EverQuest humour. Heh. Dr. Grog, Barbarian Proctologist... Heh heh. " |
| Clan | A group of players who form a team that play together formally against other clans. They hold practices and formal matches. I am a member of the XTS clan. |
| clang! | "See ding, bing. " |
| clap | "see herpes, rabies. e.g. ""Any Clerics can heal the Mummy Clap?"" " |
| Client | A player's copy of a multiplayer game. Every player is playing on a client. |
| Client-Side Scripting | Web browser feature that extends the functionality and interactivity of static HyperText markup language (HTML) web pages. Examples of Client-Side Scripting languages are JavaScript, JScript and VBScript. See also “ActiveX controls”, “Java Applets” |
| cm | Call me |
| Code | Instructions to a computer. Code is made up of algorithms |
| Code Segment | A portion of a compiled program up to 32767 bytes in length |
| CoF | "To run for your life - especially if you hear really cool music while doing it, and everything seems to slow down. e.g. ""I was hunting caimans, when up pops Habib. Next thing I know, I'm CoFing for the zone, and it's like an eternity before I get there."" Originated by Badurak the Dwarf Paladin, Hand of Aequitas, Sol Ro. (n.) Cloak of Flames. A gament that provides haste to it's wearer. [From 'Chariots of Fire']" |
| COG | Covenant of the Goddess (Wiccan Organization) |
| combo | "The act of making several combat moves in a row (especially for a monk) or hitting with several spells simultaneously. e.g. ""Nice combo, WangChung!"" " |
| Comment | An explanatory statement in source code |
| commercial release | "The date on which Everquest became available to the general public (sometime in the early part of March 1999). Many events in-game are gauged by their relationship to commercial release, e.g. ""A lot of folks hit 50th level during beta, but the first one to hit 50th after commercial release was Kalaran on the Veeshan server."" cf. Beta " |
| commie | "Gnoll commander, found in Black Burrow. " |
| Common Gateway Interface | (Acronym - CGI) Programming standard for software to interface and execute applications residing on web servers. See also “Web Application”, “Application Server”, “Web Server” |
| Commons | "The Commonlands, an area between Freeport and the Kithicor woods, known for it's variety of tough creatures. 2. Any zone suffering from an excess of OOC shouting and childish behaviour. e.g. ""Mistmoore became the Commons last night, so we ringed to Lava."" " |
| Compersion | The feeling of happiness in knowing that others you love share joy with each other, especially taking joy in the knowledge that your beloveds are expressing their love for one another. The opposite of jealousy. |
| Compiler | A program that translates a program written in a high-level language into machine language |
| Compiler Directive | An instruction to the compiler that is embedded within the program |
| con, consider | "To appraise the apparent difficulty of a monster or player. A target can be Green (very easy, little or no EXP for killing), Blue (medium difficulty), Black/White (relatively equal to you), Yellow (Probably too tough to solo), and Red (What would you like your tombstone to read?) It is not recommended that you take on yellow or red mobs without a group. " |
| Concatenate | The joining of two or more strings |
| Configuration File Disclosure | (Obsolete) See “Predictable File Location” |
| Console | The command line interface. You can usually access it via the ~ (tilde) key. It allows you to type in commands for the game. You can do more in the console than you can through menus. |
| Constant | A fixed value in a program |
| Content Spoofing | An attack technique used to trick a user into thinking that fake web site content is legitimate data |
| Control Character | A special nonprinting character in the ASCII character set originally designed to control a printing device or communications link |
| Control Structure | A statement that manages the flow of execution of a program |
| Cookie | Small amount of data sent by the web server, to a web client, which can be stored and retrieved at a later time. Typically cookies are used to keep track of a user’s state as they traverse a web site. See also “Cookie Manipulation” |
| Cookie Manipulation | Altering or modification of cookie values, on the client’s web browser, to exploit security issues within a web application. Attackers will normally manipulate cookie values to fraudulently authenticate themselves to a web site. This is an example of the problem of trusting the user to provide reasonable input. See also “Cookie” |
| Cookie Poisoning | (Obsolete) See “Cookie Manipulation” |
| cooking dinner | "The act of summoning lots of food and water. eg. ""I'm cooking dinner - anyone want some?"" cf. making donuts. " |
| CO-OP | Cooperative |
| cooties | See herpes. |
| Cop | To steal or get. (eg. "I gotta Cop me some fatcaps") |
| Corflunk | "A moderately difficult Ogre warrior NPC in Butcherblock. Also Cornflunk, Cornflake. (""His head goes great with milk!"") " |
| corpse | "Someone who spends more time dead or retrieving their corpse than they do alive. e.g. ""Yeah, he was pretty good in UO, but in EQ he's just a corpse."" (v.) To use the ""/corpse"" command repeatedly, to move one's body to a safer location. cf. drag. " |
| corpse camping | "[On PvP servers] Loitering near a deceased players corpse, with the intent to jump them after they loot their corpse. Can also refer to jumping players BEFORE they get to their corpse - but this is a bannable offense. Quote from Guide Galwin on Vallon Zek: ""As far as the GM/Guide staff is concerned, corpse camping is when you attack someone that is actively looting their corpse,(e.g. kneeling by the corpse while reclaiming items)"" 2. Refers to when a player has died at the feet of a particularly nasty NPC preventing the player from retrieving his/her corpse. eg. ""I died in the mines, and now Meldrath is camping my corpse... Can you help?"" cf. camp. " |
| corpse compass | Any Bard or Necromancer currently hunting down someone's corpse. |
| CoS | Cloak of Shadows. Found on something called a Guano Harvester. Yuk. |
| Coven | A congregation of witches, at least 3, no more than 13 |
| cowboy | A player who runs off and attacks creatures before the party (or even the player himself) isn't finished recuperating from the last fight. |
| CPL | Cyberathlete Professional League. A group that organizes gaming tournaments that offer cash prizes. |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit. The brain of a computer system, which interprets and executes instructions and controls the other components of the system |
| CR | "Corpse Retrieval. The act of trying to retrieve someone's corpse from a potentially hazardous location. e.g. ""Can someone assist with a CR on the Plane of Fear?"" " |
| crack | "The Enchanter spell Clarity, or any similar mana-refreshing effect. cf. mana crack. 2. EverQuest, the addiction. e.g. ""See ya later, hon - I'm off to play some crack."" " |
| Crash | A sudden computer failure due to a hardware problem or program error |
| Crew | Loosely organized group, also known as a clique. |
| crit | "Critical hit. e.g. ""Hey, nice crit!"" " |
| CROSS QUARTERS | The modern name for the Celtic Fire Festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane,and Lammas |
| Cross-Site Scripting | (Acronym – XSS) An attack technique that forces a web site to echo client-supplied data, which execute in a user’s web browser. When a user is Cross-Site Scripted, the attacker will have access to all web browser content (cookies, history, application version, etc). See also “Client-Side Scripting” |
| crowd control | "The act of preventing excessive mobs from joining melee. cf. lull e.g. ""I need an Enchanter for crowd control."" " |
| Crushmail, CrushArmour | Refers to a specific set of ringmail looted off of Emperor Crush's body in Crushbone. Rumoured to also be a quest item. |
| CS | Counter Strike, a Half Life mod |
| CT | "Cazic Thule. Very powerful God residing on the Plane of Fear. Known for his powerful Death Touch, which he can use on anyone in the zone. Can also refer to the Lost Temple of Cazic Thule, a zone located near the Feerot. cf. CZ. " |
| CTE | CTE - Cover The Entrances. |
| CTF | Capture the Flag. A game style where the objective is to take another team's flag from their base and return it to yours. Very popular due to the team play, offense, and defense involved. |
| CTX | Cover the eXits. |
| CU | See You (implies later?) |
| cub | "Young Kodiak, found in Misty Thicket and East and West Commonlands. 2. Polar Bear Cubs, found in Everfrost. " |
| CUBE FARM | An office filled with cubicles. |
| CUL | See You Later |
| CUL8R | See You Later |
| cured | "Cured Silk armour. Nice lightweight Monk-only armour, made via Tailoring AND Brewing skills. " |
| CUZ | Cousin, or Because |
| CYA | See Ya, or Cover Your Ass |
| CYAL8R, CYAL8TR | See Ya Later |
| Cyas | See You Later (can be singular implying many goodbyes, or plural to multiple people) |
| cycle | "The act of a hotkey combat button becoming available once again after being used, e.g. ""This is gonna be dicey, so hit that Taunt button every time it cycles."" Also called ""refresh"". " |
| CZ | "Cazic-Thule, a dungeon located in Feerott, noted for the local Lizardman populace. Changing Zones. Usually used as a tell to let people know that you are zoning. " |
| D&D | Dungeons and Dragons (basic rules) or Deities and Demigods rulebook |
| d/l | Download |
| d1, d2, d3, d4, d5 | Down 1, etc. Refers to how much mana was expended, in terms of bubbles." |
| D3D | Microsoft Direct 3D - Program for Video Acceleration Hardware |
| DA | Don't ask |
| DA - (n.) Divine Aura | Any of the Cleric spells that make them immune to damage (and healing) for a brief period. |
| dark | See deep. |
| Data Segment | The segment in memory where the static global variables are stored |
| Data Structures | Areas of related items in memory, represented as arrays, records or linked lists |
| DB, DBS | "Dark Boned Skeletons. Tough creature found in Unrest. (2.) Dry Boned Skeleton, a rather nasty skeleton found in desert regions, such as Ro, and the Oasis of Marr. cf. IBS, Dry (3.) Disband. " |
| DC | Disconnected, or Dagnor's Cauldron, an area near Butcherblock containing Unrest and Kedge Keep |
| DCC | Direct Cable Connection - Serial or Nullmodem Cable Connection |
| dc'd | "Disconnected. e.g. ""If I get dc'd one more time, I'm quitting for the night!"" " |
| DD | Direct Damage. Refers to any spell designed to do damage to a single target. 2. Dragoon Dirk. Good low-level piercing weapon found on Dark Elf Dragoons (such as Ambassador D'Vinn in Crushbone). |
| DE | "Dark Elf. cf. drow (2.), inky, smurf. " |
| Dead Side | The portion of Lower Guk which is populated primarily with undead frogloks. cf. Live Side. |
| death crawl | "Very slow walk, due to very low health or stamina. " |
| Death Match | (AKA FFA) A game style where it is every player for them selves and the goal is to kill as many other players as possible. |
| Deathmarch! | Warning shouted in Oasis when the Spectres have decided to go on a rampage. |
| debuff | To cast non-damaging ability-reduction spells on a target. (n.) Any such detrimental spell. |
| Debug Commands | Application debugging features or commands that assist in identifying programming errors during the software development process |
| Debugger | A special program that provides capabilities to start and stop execution of a program at will, as well as analyze values that the program is manipulating |
| Debugging | The process of binding and removing bugs from programs |
| Decimal | A method of representing numbers using base 10 notation, where legal digits range from 0 to 9 |
| Declare | The act of explicitly defining the name and type of an identifier in a program |
| deep | "Phrase used to denote a more extreme level of difficulty than a simple con reports. ""Red"" is 2 or 3 levels higher, ""deep red"" would be 3+ levels higher. cf. dark, light, brown " |
| Def | Really good |
| Definition Part | The part of a program where constants, labels and structured types are defined |
| Delimiter | A boundry marker that can be a word, a character, or a symbol |
| Demo | A recording of a game. You can replay the recording later. Often used for viewing popular matches. |
| Denial of Service | (Acronym – DoS) An attack technique that consumes all of a web site’s available resources with the intent of rendering legitimate use impossible. Resources include CPU time, memory utilization, bandwidth, disk space, etc. When any of these resources reach full capacity, the system will normally be inaccessible to normal user activity. See also “Abuse of Functionality” |
| DEOSIL | Clockwise or sunwise movement of actions in a ritual |
| Dereferencing | The act of accessing a value pointed to by a pointer variable |
| Derv | "Dervish Cutthroat, Raider or Thug. Tough, aggressive creature found in the Commonlands and the Desert of Ro. May appear as Ogres, Humans, Erudites or even as Orcs. " |
| derv ring | Cutthroat Insignia Ring. A particular magical ring found on Dervishes in the Commonlands or the Desert of Ro. |
| DG | Dead Gods |
| ding | "An exclamation to inform friends that you have gained your level. Also, can refer to the sound itself. e.g. ""Let me hear the bing before we gate to Cazic."" cf. bing, clang, kip. From the sound that announces a new level." |
| Ding Dong | "Relatively new stainless-steel type of subway car, so named for the bell that rings just before the doors close." |
| dingo | A weak NPC that attacks meditating wizards. More of an annoyance than anything else. |
| Directory | A work area on a disk or a listing of files (or directories) on a disk |
| Directory Browsing | (Obsolete) See “Directory Indexing” |
| Directory Enumeration | (Obsolete) See “Predictable File Location” |
| Directory Indexing | A feature common to most popular web servers, that exposes contents of a directory when no index page is present. See also “Predictable File Location” |
| Directory Traversal | A technique used to exploit web sites by accessing files and commands beyond the document root directory. Most web sites restrict user access to a specific portion of the file-system, typically called the document root directory or CGI root directory. These directories contain the files and executables intended for public use. In most cases, a user should not be able to access any files beyond this point |
| Dirt Elf | "Any Dark Elf, refers to their subterrainian origins and dark skin. " |
| disco, disc | To be disconnected from EverQuest. ie, ""I was disco'd for ten minutes, what happened?"". (n.) The instance of being disconnected. ie, ""I HATE discos!!!"" " |
| DL | Download, or Dragonlance setting |
| DLED | Downloaded |
| DLG | Devilish Little Grin |
| DLING | Downloading |
| DM | Death Match (UT) or Desert Madman (EQ) or Dungeon Master (DnD) |
| DMG | Dungeonmaster's Guide. 2: Damage |
| DnD | Dungeons and Dragons or Do Not Delete |
| DnF | Do Not Forward |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| Documentation | A written explanation of a computer program. Documentation can vary from manuals hundreds of pages long to a one-line comment embedded in the program itself |
| DOD | Department of Defence |
| Doh! | Noise made immediately after doing something exceedingly stupid. Made famous by Homer Simpson, said if you've made a mistake |
| Dolmen | Circle of stones |
| dong | The sound made when you lose a level. |
| dOoD, dEwD | "Player, usually immature, who is more concerned about being powerful, exploiting the game, or PKing than they are about role-playing and adding to the fantasy environment. Generally has absolutely no interest in roleplaying, and will often hold lengthy OOC conversations on any channel. The non-fantasy name is usually the first tip-off. e.g. ""Poopsmuggler is such a dOoD. All he does is killsteal and shout about how much easier EQ is than UO."" " |
| DoT | "Damage over time. Refers to certain spells that cause damage over a period of time, rather than all at once. e.g. The Choke series of spells for Enchanters are all DoT spells. " |
| Down | In, part of the group or action (e.g. "He's down with us.") |
| drag | "To use the ""/corpse"" command repeatedly, to move one's body to a safer location. ""Hey - you don't want to lose your invis, so drag your corpse out to the tunnel before looting it."" cf. corpse (v.), tow. " |
| dress | See nightie. |
| drop | To kill an NPC as quickly as possible, by any means possible. To leave loot when dying, especially NPCs |
| Drow | Dark Elf |
| Dry | See DBS |
| DS | Damage Shield. Any protective spell that also causes damage to the attacker. Shield of Spikes is a good DS. 2. Dark Sun (DnD setting) |
| DT | Death Touch, a powerful ability that can kill even the strongest of characters outright |
| DU | Doors to the Unknown |
| duel | Consensual player-vs-player combat, regardless of either players PVP status. Both players must agree to duel by targetting the other player, and selecting Duel |
| dump | To sell off all of one's excess loot 2. To drop a train on an unexpecting group - usually at a zone point |
| DUR? | Do you remember? |
| DWB | Dwarven Work Boots. Nice footwear found in the Estate of Unrest. But you have to supply your own OdorEaters. |
| DWC | Deepwater Crocodile or Deepwater Caiman. Both are reptiles found in the Oasis of Mar. The croc is MUCH tougher than the caiman. |
| DYJHIW | Don't You Just Hate it When… |
| DYN | Did you notice |
| Dynamic | Something that varies while the program is running |
| Dynamic Allocation | The allocation and deallocation of memory from the heap at runtime |
| Dynamic Variable | A variable on the heap |
| EAC | Extreme Adult Content |
| EAFW | Earth Air Fire Water |
| Earth Religion | a religion whose main tenet is that the worshipper be in harmony with the Earth and with all life. Such religions oppose the idea that the world is a resource to be subdued and exploited |
| EF | Efreeti. Powerful monster found in fire-based areas and on some of the Planes. |
| Egad | Said in many movies involving a scientist of some kind, usually said when you just realize something |
| EIAOK | Everything is A OK |
| EK | East Karana. An area in the western part of Antonica |
| Element | One of the items in an array |
| elvenator | Any of the lifts in Kelethin. |
| enchilada | Any person buffed with a large number of enchantments. |
| Encoding Attacks | An exploitation technique that aids an attack by changing the format of user-supplied data to bypass sanity checking filters. See also “Null Injection” |
| Enumerated Type | A user-defined scalar type that consists of an arbitrary list of identifiers |
| EOM | End Of Message |
| EP, EXP | Experience. cf. XP (EQ and D&D) Electrum Pieces (D&D) |
| EQ | EverQuest. Equipment. |
| Esbat | Full moon ceremony |
| ETA | "Estimated Time of Arrival of the next ship, usually shouted as a question in zones where ships dock. e.g ""What's the ETA of the ship?"" cf. boat or ship. " |
| ETS | See PTS |
| evac | "Group Gate or other method of instant transport to another location. ""Can someone evac me to North Karanas, please?! I'm sick of this continent!"" " |
| Evaluate | To compute the part of an expression |
| EverQuest Express | "Quick method of travel utilized by remaining bound to a location while running off to a distant land to acquire something, banking it, then getting killed deliberately, to return to one's spawn point. e.g. ""I'll be home in a minute, honey, I'm taking the EverQuest Express!"" cf. warrior gate, bard gate. (P.n.) The name of a popular website, billed as ""Everquests first online newspaper."" " |
| EW | Dislike for something, disgusted about something |
| Ewok hat | "A leather cap, especially when worn by Dwarves. " |
| Ewok Village | Kelethin. cf. Tree City. |
| Execute | To carry out the programs instructions |
| Expanded Family | Where three or more people choose to live as a family unit. This usually involves a commitment between each of the partners and decisions are usually made by mutual consent. The term expanded family is also used to describe the core family and their closest supporting friends/ families/lovers. |
| exploit | "An unintended consequence of game mechanics or outright bug which allows a player to gain an unfair advantage if used. e.g. ""Getting monsters stuck in a wall then killing them with spells is an exploit."" (v.) To deliberately use take advantage of bugs for the purpose of unfair advancement. e.g. ""The GMs caught Porno exploiting the clog in Unrest again."" " |
| Expression | Part of a statement that represents a value or can be used to calculate a value |
| Extension | Any addition to the standard definition of a language. Also, the optional three-character ending (following the period) in a standard DOS file name |
| Extension Manipulation | (Obsolete) See “Filename Manipulation” |
| External | A file of one or more subprograms that have been written in assembly language and assembled to native executable code |
| EZ | Easy |
| F&W, FW | "Food and water. |
| F2F | Face To Face |
| faction | "The particular group or groups that an NPC belongs to. Killing NPC's may affect one's faction standings with the factions that NPC is affiliated with - e.g. Killing Crushbone orcs will reduce your standing with other Crushbone orcs, as well as a group of Dark Elves in Neriak, but will increase your standings with several ""good"" factions in the area. If a player's faction with a particular group drops low enough, they will be killed on sight (KOS) by members of that group. Likewise, a player can positively affect their faction to not be KOS in certain areas. cf. KOS. " |
| Fade | To blend colors. |
| FAIK | For All I Know |
| Fakir | A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance |
| fang | Giant Snake Fang. A good low-level piercing weapon. cf. GSF |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions. A collection of common questions and their answers. |
| Farce | Untrue or false commitment |
| farm | To camp a specific creature with the express purpose of collecting rare loot items for sale to other players. cf. camp. |
| fast boots, fast feet, fastyfeets | See speedyfeet The last is usually only used by Trolls. |
| FB | "Firebolt, a low-level Wizard spell. (2.) Firebeetle, a weak monster found in many parts of Antonica. " |
| FBLT | Fine be like that |
| FBR | Flowing Black Robe. Powerful robes for spellcasters. |
| FBSS | "Flowing Black Silk Sash. Nice sash that increases the attack rate of the wearer, found in Lower Guk. cf. Haste Sash. " |
| FC | Fingers Crossed |
| FD | Feign death. A Monk skill and Necromancer/Shadowknight spell. |
| FedEx Quest | "Any Quest consisting exclusively of delivering an item, especially if the Quest is repeatable. " |
| feet | See speedyfeet. |
| feign pull | "To ""pull"" a creature, using Feign Death (a Monk ability and a Necromancer spell). This practice allows the ""puller"" to control the number of creatures pulled. cf. fpull. " |
| FELLA | Guy, man, male |
| fetch | See pull. (n.) One who fetches. cf. puller. |
| FF (name) | Our team has someone shooting Friendly Fire. |
| FFA | (AKA DM) Free for All. A game type where it is every player for themselves and the goal is to kill as many other players as possible. |
| FFF | Faith, Family, Folk |
| FFS | For f*^$s sake, sign of frustration |
| FG | Fire Giant. Tough giant located in Nagafen's Lair. |
| Field List | The field name and type definition of a record |
| Field Width | The number of place holders in an output statement |
| File | A collection of data that can be stored on and retrieved from a disk |
| File Enumeration | (Obsolete) See “Predictable File Location” |
| File Pointer | A pointer that tracks where the next object will be retrieved from within a file |
| File Variable | An identifer in a program that represents a file |
| Filename Manipulation | An attack technique used to exploit web sites by manipulating URL filenames to cause application errors, discover hidden content, or display the source code of an application. See also “Predictable File Location” |
| Filter-Bypass Manipulation | See “Encoding Attacks” |
| Finger | (AKA .plan or plan) A finger is a personal log that game developers and other prominent people in the gaming scene can update that other people can see. You will often see them referred to on this and other sites. You will often find tasty tidbits straight from the horse's mouth in these. |
| fireworks | The numerous sparklies accompanying most Bardic songs. 2. Tinkered item made by Gnomes. Currently suffering from a bug that displays a charge even after they are expended. |
| fish | "See fetch, bait. " |
| Fixed-point Notation | The representation of real numbers without decimal points |
| flack | "Weaker monsters that get swept up into a larger train, following very powerful monsters. e.g. ""Boy, DVinn sure carries a lot of flack with him, doesn't he?"" \ " |
| Flag | A variable, usually of type integer or boolean, that changes value to indicate that an event has taken place |
| Flame war | A series of insulting, irrelevant posts in the same thread. |
| flamer | "Any Caster who burns through all their mana during battle, especially when the additional spells are not necessary. example Man, that Wizard is such a Flamer. He used his High level spells to kill a greenie. 2. Soulfire or The Fiery Avenger, Paladin-only swords. " |
| Flat | Older slab-sided type of subway car; the most suitable surface for painting. |
| FLC | "Feet Like Cat, a Ranger or Shaman spell that improves Agility. cf. kitty feet. " |
| FLEXTING | Flirting through mobile phone texts |
| Floating-point Notation | The representation of real numbers using decimal points |
| FLRT | Flirt, show off |
| FM | The Factol's Manifesto |
| FM, FOM | "Full (of) Mana. cf. FMH, FnR, OOM" |
| FMB | "Full Mana Burn. Used by casters right after a fight to convey how difficult it was. If a caster goes FMB for a fight, that means they felt that it was necessary to unload all of their reserves in order to win. Implies that the caster is out of mana. " |
| FMH | "Full on Mana and Health. cf. FM, FnR, OOM " |
| FnR | "Full and Ready. cf. FM, FMH " |
| fodder | "A really weak pet or player. e.g. ""Ahh damn! Every pet I summon is fodder till I get lvl 8!"" " |
| FoE | Faces of Evil |
| Forced Browsing | See “Predictable File Location” |
| Form Field Manipulation | Altering or modification of HTML Form-Field input values or HTTP post-data to exploit security issues within a web application. See also “Parameter Tampering”, “Cookie Manipulation” |
| Formal Parameter | An identifier in a procedure or function declaration heading that represents the arguments that will be passed to the subprogram when it is called |
| Format String Attack | An exploit technique that alters the flow of an application by using string formatting library features to access other memory space |
| Forward Declaration | The declaration of a procedure or function and its parameters in advance of the actual definition of the subroutine |
| FOTCL | Falling Off The Chair Laughing |
| FP | "Freeport, a Human city on the eastern coast of Antonica. " |
| FPS | First person shooter, i.e. Quake, Half Life and Unreal Tournament. |
| fpull | See feign pull. |
| FR | Forgotten Realms setting |
| Frag | To kill another player. |
| Frag Limit | The number of frags that you must get to first in a FFA match to win. After that, the next match starts. |
| Frame Spoofing | (Obsolete) See “Content Spoofing” |
| FREAK | If you're a freak that usually means your good at whatever you are doing at the time |
| froggie | "Troll/Ogre term: Any frog-like creature, but especially frogloks. e.g. ""Let's go to Guk and barsh dem froggies!"" " |
| front yard, front porch | "Any newbie area, especially very close to a city or zone entrance. |
| FS | Fine Steel. A high-quality variety of normal weapon. |
| FSR | For some reason |
| FSS | Fanged Skull Stiletto. Piercing weapon from the Plane of Fear. |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FUGLY | F*&#$ing ugly |
| full house | "A spawning area that spawns stationary monsters, has no campers and has monsters at every known spawn point. The entrance to Kerra Isle, for example, has a full house when there are 3 kitties in the left hut, 4 kitties in the right hut, and 2 on the bridge. 2. A known spawning area, or even an entire zone, that is camped by a large number of players, preventing anyone else from hunting in that area. e.g. ""Man has CB got a full house tonight! I couldn't walk for all the tents."" " |
| full pull | "Pulling all of the mobs in a single spawn area. eg. ""Full Pull! Prepare for evac!"" cf. pull. " |
| Function | A subroutine that computes and returns a value |
| furby | A Burynai. These are squat badger-looking creatures that walk upright and swat with fiercly-clawed paws. |
| FW | Faction War |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth. |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYI | For Your Information. |
| G&G | God And Goddess |
| G&H | Complete book of Gnomes & Halflings |
| g, gp | Gold. Standard unit of currency in EverQuest. Equal to 10 Silver or 100 Copper. 10 Gold equal 1 Platinum. |
| G2G/GTG | Got to go |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| Gag | Bitter, hateful woman |
| GAL | Get a life |
| Gangsta | Really good (eg. "That piece is Gangsta") |
| gank | "To kill a PC or creature. e.g. ""Hey - let's join up in CB and gank DVinn!"" 2. See killsteal. e.g. ""Dagnabit! Doperabbi ganked my kill again!"" " |
| garnish | "Any low level creatures that tag along with a ""pulled"" kill. e.g. ""Bringing a ghoul and some death beetle garnish!"" " |
| GB | Ghoulbane. A Paladin-only sword. |
| GBS | Glowing Black Stone. |
| GDB | Greater Dark Boned Skeleton. Very tough creature in Unrest. |
| Geezer | Long time player, with knowledge and sometimes skill |
| GENERICA | Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. |
| George of the Jungle | "Someone who walks into trees frequently, either due to autowalk or just not paying attention. " |
| Getting the Shaft | Getting fragged by the Lightning Gun. |
| GF | Girl Friend |
| GF, Gfay, Greater | "Greater Faydark, an area on the Faydwer continent. Contains the tree city of Kelethin, as well as entrances to a number of other zones. Excellent newbie area. " |
| GG | Group Gate. See evac. Or Good Game. Or Gotta Go. |
| GGS | Giant Gnome Syndrome. Strange affliction affecting certain NPC gnomes, and corpses of gnomes, dwarves and halflings. |
| GH | Greyhawk setting. This is the default setting for Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition. |
| ghetto | See welfare. |
| ghost | "Any NPC that gets low on hit points and suddenly cannot be hit by spells or melee due to being ""out of range,"" even though the NPC appears to be visible and within range (sometimes right in front of you). This happens when the server tells the critter to run away but the client doesn't get the message for a few seconds, and is usually caused by lag. 2. Any NPC that can be seen walking along in the distance, but which disappears as you get close. This is usually due to lag, and often the monster will reappear nearby if you wait a few seconds. 3. (Usually ""The ghost"") A tough mob hiding in the basement in Unrest. e.g. ""We're gonna go camp the ghost - you want in?"" " |
| ghost train | "A train that never appears. e.g. ""Hrm - that train of Bouncers never made it - guess it was a ghost train."" cf. train. " |
| Gib | The body parts that fly about when a player suffers a particularly messy death. |
| GIBS | "Greater Ice Boned Skeleton. Very tough version of the Ice Boned Skeleton, this one resides in Lower Guk. " |
| gimp | "See girlscout,scrub. 2. See runner. " |
| girlscout | "Any player that must be watched closely or babysat to make sure that they don't die unexpectedly, either from ignorance or stupidity. cf. scrub " |
| GK'd | "Guard Killed. Refers to a PC being killed by a guard, either due to accidentally attacking one, or by having KOS status with the guard. cf. KOS. " |
| Global Variable | A variable declared in the main program block that can be accessed from anywhere within the program |
| GLS | Greater Light Stone. Good light source that can be held in inventory to provide light. Found on wisps. |
| GM | "Verant's customer service employees who appear in-game as godlike player characters and whose job is to assist players who are plagued by bugs or deal with those who may be exploiting them. GMs can be contacted with the /petition command. 2. Ghoul Messenger. Strange creature from Western Karana, rumoured to be part of a quest. No relation to GM (1.) " |
| GMM | The Great Modron March |
| GMORWIS? | Give me one reason why I should? |
| GMTA | Great minds think alike |
| gob, gobbie, gobo, gobbo | "Goblin. Found in Butcherblock, Runnyeye, Misty Thicket, and other regions. " |
| Going over | One writer covering another writer's name with his own. |
| GONNA | Going to |
| Google | Search the web for the answer, or "find the answer yourself" "Hey, what item has the best haste? Google it bro" |
| GR | Great Rite |
| GR&D | Grinning, Running & Ducking |
| Grand Central Station | Castle Mistmoore - so called because of the horrendous trains. Can also refer to any zone or region prone to massive trains. |
| grape | Someone wearing a full set of Ethereal Mist armour. |
| Grass Roots | Empty nonsense term used to imply support from the people |
| green machine | "A train of weaker creatures that would normally be no threat, but en masse can kill a player. e.g. ""I was doing fine until that green machine of gnolls got me."" " |
| Greenie | Any troll, or creatures that are of much lower level (EQ) |
| griff | "Griffon, Griffin, Griffene or Griffawn. Very tough, aggressive flying creature mostly inhabiting the Karanas, with a few terrorizing the Commonlands. " |
| Grimoire | Book |
| GRN | Grin(s) |
| Group Bug | "Specific condition that results in being unable to join or disband from a group. Usually caused by the group leader going linkdead or disbanding while other members are zoning. e.g. ""It says you're in another group."" ""Damn, I'm group bugged. Gotta relog, brb."" " |
| Group Hug | "To get close enough to be afffected by party-affecting spells. e.g. ""Group hug, everybody, casting Shared Wolf Form."" " |
| Group Marriage | A marriage involving more than two people. Not recognized by the U.S. government or most major religions in western society. Many people do it anyway. |
| Grrr | Growling at someone |
| GSF | Giant Snake Fang. A good low-level piercing weapon. cf. fang |
| GSkel | Greater Skeleton |
| GTG, GG | Got to go. e.g. ""Sorry, guys, GTG, dinnertime."" 2. Good to Go. Ready and waiting. e.g. ""I'm GTG, let's get'em! |
| GtH | Guide to Hell |
| GTP | Get the point? Get the picture? |
| Guk | Dungeon zone located near Innothule Swamp known to be inhabited by Frogloks. |
| gull | See seagull. |
| GW | Good work |
| GWAD | God, said in frustration |
| GZ | A Gigantic Zweihander. A powerful two-handed sword. |
| H4><><0R | Hacker |
| H8 | Hate |
| HA | Holy Armor. A Cleric or Paladin spell that improves armour class and hit points. cf. SA. |
| Habib | Any Sand Giant. e.g. ""Move it, here comes Habib! |
| Hack 'n Slash | A campaign that emphasizes combat with little or no role-playing |
| HACXOREZ | Hackers |
| Haggle | Argue |
| Hagride | Torment |
| HAH | Unlike BAH, this is said when you find something amusing |
| hand | Reanimated Hand. A tough monster residing in the Estate of Unrest, and the Lower side of Guk. |
| Handmaiden | Young girl witch |
| Hank | Any Hill Giant. |
| happyfeet | See speedyfeet, slickshoes, feet. Usually used by Ogres and Trolls. |
| haste sash | See FBSS. |
| HB | Hold Back. |
| HD | Hard drive, something every computer has. ALT: High Definition |
| heal pimp | One who takes on overly tough monsters, then begs others for healing spells. Similar to, but not the same as a mana sponge. |
| Heap | An area of memory reserved for the dynamic allocation of variables |
| Hearthrock | Stone before the fireplace |
| hehe | A small laugh in chat. |
| Hero | Usually refers to the Minotaur Hero that pops up occasionally in Steamfont. |
| herpes, herpies | Another name for Rabies (disease). ""Mummy herpes--it's not a pretty sight. |
| Hexadecimal | A method of representing numbers using base 16 notation, where legal digits range from 0 to 9 and A to F |
| HEY | Hi, hello |
| HG | Hill Giants, from the Western Commonlands, the Karanas and other areas. cf. hank, homer 2. Kerran High Guard, a high level, very dangerous NPC. Has the unfortunate tendency to spawn in the tunnel leading to the zone border with the Toxxulia Forest, meaning that it generally appears behind you as you're fighting normal Kerrans. " |
| HH | Holding Hands, High Hold, Harbinger House |
| HHOJ/K | Ha Ha, Only Joking / Kidding |
| High-level Language | A programming language that more closely resembles human language than machine language. Pascal is a high-level language |
| Hit | To tag up any surface with paint or ink. |
| HIWTH | Hate it When That Happens |
| HKers | "Hong Kong-ers. A group of Hong Kong players that haunt the night and early US hours on the Tunare server. Originally all defined by their names (started with ""HK"") but now their names have been changed. " |
| HL | Half Life, Honorable Lord, or Honorable Lady |
| Hmm | Said when thinking about something. Often a sign someone is wondering if you have Aimbot. |
| Hoc | Trouble |
| Homer | "Any Hill Giant or Cyclops. cf. Hank, Saddam. From Homer Simpson" |
| honor loot | "Method of looting where everyone loots as they feel like it with the constraint of no one taking all the loot. cf. alpha loot, master loot. " |
| hose | "When casters use most/all their mana in a single spell or few spells, or just to take out a single mob. e.g. ""Ack! Hose that slaver!"" cf. mana dump, nuke (2.). 2. To get really badly hurt or killed, especially under adverse circumstances. e.g. ""Man, Habib really hosed us..."" " |
| House | To steal. |
| HP | High Priest |
| HPB | High Ping Bastard. A player with a high ping. Above 200 or more. Pity the HPB, as it makes game play more difficult. |
| HPS | High Priestess |
| HQ | High Quality |
| HT | Harm touch. A Shadowknight skill that allows them to do damage to the target. |
| HTTP | HyperText Markup Language |
| HUD | Heads Up Display. The overlay on the play screen that gives you game information as you're playing. |
| humie, hummie | "Troll/Ogre term: Any human or human-like species. Can refer to Humans, Erudites, Barbarians, Half-elves, or even elves. " |
| hurder | One who leads Bouncer Hurd away from Cazic Thule in an effort to save those attempting to flee a train of crazed lizards. [Originated by Kitasi] |
| HyperText Transfer Protocol | (Acronym – HTTP) A protocol scheme used on the World Wide Web. HTTP describes the way a web-client requests data and how a web server responds to those requests. See also “Web Server”, “Web Browser” |
| HYT | Hey you there |
| I/O | Input / Output. The process of receiving or sending data |
| I/O error | An error that occurs while trying th input or output data |
| I/O redirection | The DOS ability to direct input/output to access devices other than the default DOS devices |
| IAE | In Any Event |
| IANAL | I Am Not A Lawyer |
| IBS, ICB | "Ice Boned Skeleton, a very nasty skeleton found in Everfrost and also in Befallen. Like wisps it is invulnerable to normal attacks. cf. DBS " |
| IC | I see |
| ICQ | Chat program "I Seek You" |
| icwum | I see what you mean |
| Identifier | A user-defined name for a specific item (constant, type, variable, procedure, function, unit, program and field). It must begin with a letter and cannot contain spaces |
| IDHTBIFOM | I don't have the book in front of me. |
| IDK | I Don’t Know |
| IDTS | I don't think so |
| IH | Impact hammer - UT weapon |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
| IITYWTMWYBMAD | If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me a Drink? |
| Ill | really cool or the state of silliness (eg. "Yo, it's time to get Ill"). |
| ILY | I Love You |
| IM | Instant Message, aka Chat |
| IMC | In My Campaign (i.e., might differ from official rules). Some information about my campaigns can be found here. |
| IMCO | In My Considered Opinion |
| IMHO | In My Honest/Humble Opinion. |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| Implementation | The particular embodiment of a programming language. Turbo Pascal is an implementation of standard Pascal for IBM-compatible computers |
| IMSO | In My Stupid Opinion. |
| inc!, incoming! | Usually used when a mob is on it's way to the party or a known location. |
| Increment | To increase the value of a variable |
| Index | A position within a list of elements |
| Index Type | The type of indexes in an array |
| Information Leakage | When a web site reveals sensitive data, such as developer comments or error messages, which aids an attacker in exploiting the system. See also “Verbose Messages” |
| Initialize | The process of giving a known initial value to a variable or data structure |
| inky | Any Dark Elf |
| INO | In Need Of |
| Input | The information a program receives from some external device, such as a keyboard |
| Insufficient Authentication | When a web site permits an attacker to access sensitive content or functionality without verifying their identity. See also “Authentication” |
| Insufficient Authorization | When a web site permits an attacker to access sensitive content or functionality that should require increased access control restrictions. See also “Authorization” |
| Insufficient Process Validation | When a web site permits an attacker to bypass or circumvent the intended flow control of an application |
| Insufficient Session Expiration | When a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session ID’s for authorization. See also “Session Replay”, “Session Credential”, “Session ID”, “Session Manipulation” |
| Integer | A numeric variable that is a whole number |
| Intentional Family | Unrelated individuals who have joined together to establish a loving, caring family. |
| Interactive | A program that communicates with a user through some I/O device |
| Interpreter | A program that sequentially interprets each statement in a program into machine code and then immediately executes it |
| Interrupt | The temporary halting of a program in order to process an event of higher priority |
| Intimate Network | Individuals who desire friendship and perhaps sex with their lovers and other friends, forming a web of varying connections within a social circle. |
| introduce | "To get a monster's attention by attacking it with a massive first strike. ""Wait here, I'm gonna introduce myself to that Calf."" " |
| invis, inviso | Invisibility. Any spell or effect that can cause the target to vanish from sight. Some NPCs can see through invisibility. Often needed to get into or out of difficult places. |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IPLIPT | In Perfect Love, In Perfect Trust |
| IPO | Initial; Pass On. Alternatively, Initial Public Offering. |
| IRC | Internet relay chat |
| IRL | In Real Life (stuff outside the game, yeah, I know, strange idea) |
| IRRITAINMENT | Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. |
| IRT | In Regards To |
| IRU, IRY | I read you |
| ISO | In Search of |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ITC | In The Cage |
| Iteration | The process of repetition or looping |
| IV | Any of the spells that provide Infravision, or just simply infravision by itself |
| IYC | In Your Campaign |
| IYDL | In your dreams loser |
| IYKWIM | If You Know What I Mean |
| J/K | Just kidding |
| J00 | You |
| J00R | Your |
| Jack | Jack-o'lantern. Tough monster found in Unrest. |
| JAM | Just A Minute |
| jammies | Wood elf clothes. |
| JASE | Just Another System Error |
| Java | A popular programming language developed by Sun Microsystems(tm). See also “ActiveX controls”, “Web Browser”, “JavaScript”, “Client-Side Scripting” |
| Java Applets | An applet is a program written in the Java programming language that can be included in a web page. When a Java enabled web browser views a page containing an applet, the code is executed by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). See also “Web Browser”, “Java”, “ActiveX controls”, “JavaScript”, “Client-Side Scripting” |
| JavaScript | A popular web browser client-side scripting language used to create dynamic web page content. See also “Active X”, “Java Applets”, “Client-Side Scripting” |
| JB, jboots | Journeyman's Boots, a charge-based speed-enhancing piece of footwear. |
| JC | Jewelcraft. One of the trade skills, this one is for creating jewelry |
| jelly, jello | Gelatinous Cube. |
| JJ, J/J | Just Joking. |
| JK | Joke |
| JK, J/K | Just Kidding. |
| Jojo | Jojounga. Nasty Kobold Warrior NPC found in Innothule swamp |
| juggle | See twist. |
| juju | "Magic or mana - especially for Ogres and Trolls. e.g. ""Snoj out of juju - wait while med!"" cf. mojo. (2.) Faction rating, or the effect that a particular action can have on it. e.g. ""Don't attack that goblin, it's bad juju with the guards."" " |
| JuJu stick | "Any magical staff - especially for Ogres and Trolls. e.g. ""JuJu Stik fer sale!"" " |
| JW, J/W | Just Wondering, or Jehovah Witness |
| K | Short for ok |
| kamikaze | A player that attacks things that are way too tough, almost always dying in the process. cf. scrub. (v.) To make an obviously suicidal attack on a mob for no apparent reason |
| KAY | A name, also short for ok |
| KEWL | Cool, only cooler! |
| kEwlDoOd | see dOoD. |
| Keyword | A reserved word |
| Kill | To hit or bomb excessively. To delete a post. An NPC that has been killed. Any creature in the process of being killed. A very dominant win. |
| killfile | "Another name for the /ignore list. Term originates from Usenet (aka the newsgroups), where a killfile served the same purpose there that the /ignore list serves on EverQuest. e.g. ""*sigh* Welcome to my killfile, jerkweed."" " |
| killnapper | See killstealer. Originated by Leiria of Karana |
| killstealer | One who steals kills, by either casting very powerful spells or simply by running up to an already engaged creature and killing it. Standard EQ combat etiquette states that when an NPC is already engaged by or engaging a PC, if the PC is not asking for help or in obvious immediate need of it (nearly dead, stunned, blinded, etc.) that any persons not already involved ask prior to engaging said NPC. Doing otherwise will get one branded as a ""killstealer."" " |
| King | The best with the most |
| KISS | Keep It Simple Stupid (programming maxim) |
| kite | (usually "kiting"). To run around, deliberately training one or more NPCs, killing them slowly with DoT spells or DD spells (which takes a little better timing), while staying just out of their reach. e.g. ""Dontcha just hate when Bards are kiting, and they drag Lockjaw down on you?"" cf. reverse kite. " |
| kith | Kithicor Forest |
| kitty | Kerran, one of the cat people of Kerra Isle |
| kitty feet | Feet Like Cat, a Ranger or Shaman spell that improves Agility. cf. FLC |
| Knackered | very tired, over-exerted, brain-dead |
| kneebiter | Halflings or children |
| Known CGI file | See “Predictable File Location” |
| Known Directory | See “Predictable File Location” |
| KOS | Kill On Sight. Typically describing aggressive NPCs |
| KOTC | Kiss On The Cheek |
| KS, Kser | killstealer |
| Kung Fu | "Combat style practiced by spellcasters, especially unarmed, or weakly armed ones, wherein little or no damage is actually done. e.g. ""Uh oh - Murlun's whipping out the Kung Fu, Lockjaw's in for it now! *snicker*"" " |
| L | Laugh |
| L&L | Lord And Lady. 2 Love and Laughter, 3 Love and Light. 4 Legends and Lore. |
| L337 | L337 A language style where numbers are substituted for characters. |
| L337 H4><><0R | Elite Hacker |
| L33t Speak | Chatting with words where numbers and symbols are substituted for letters and strange spellings and pronunciations are used. |
| L8R | Later, See ya later |
| Label | An identifer that marks a place in the program text for a goto statement |
| Lady | High priestess |
| Lag | (lagged, lagging) Increased latency resulting in slower overall game response. The delay between when you initiate an action with a key/button press or mouse movement and when it actually appears in the game. The lead factors that affect lag are FPS and the network connection (it's ping time and packet loss). Also called ping, latency. Man, I'm really lagged - orcs are teleporting all over the place! |
| lag evasion | The act of being right on top of a mob but not hitting it and then seeing the mob jump a few feet ahead e.g. ""I was right on top of that fire beetle but it used its lag evasion techniques to get away from me!"" cf. warp. " |
| lagbeast | Ephemeral horrific beast, known for causing indiscriminate mystery deaths, teleporting creatures, and random acts of stupidity. No known weakness. [picture not available] e.g. ""Die, foul lagbeast! Die!"" " |