Clan Terminology

[His Lordship]

This is a fairly comprehensive list of abbreviations that clans will use in common speech.
Use this guide if you come across a term that you are unaware of.
Please post below if you would like to add anything to this list.
The list is ordered alphabetically.

TOPIC INCLUDE:

   
• Some general Runescape terminology
• General clan terminology
• In-game locations
• Commands given by leaders
• Certain clan initials
• Clan-related items, particulary PVP items
• Some general internet slang

[#] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] [Clan Initials]



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1-hit - Describing a player dying almost immediately after being attacked, without the opportunity to heal
1-itemer - Any person "1-iteming"
1-iteming - Taking one valuable item into battle and protecting it with the protect item prayer, resulting in no major loss upon death
15%'s - To activate the prayers that boost your combat stats by 15%
50 Port - The ancient portal in level 50 wilderness
"X"k "Y"d - "X" is the number of kills a player made in a fight, "Y" is the amount of times they died (eg. 2k 3d = 2 kills and 3 deaths)

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A

AC (noun)- Anti-crash; a clan protecting a war from crashers
AC (verb)- Anti-crash; to protect a fight from being crashed
Acc - Account
AEST (AKA AU/Aus/Aust./Oz) - Eastern Standard time in Australia (GMT +10)
AFK - Away from Keyboard
All in - The same as "fall in" (verb). To follow the leader or elected person (eg. Fi on Ghjjf = Everyone follows Ghjjf)
Altar - In a PVP context, may refer to either the Chaos Temple in level 15 or Chaos Altar in level 38 Wilderness
Anti-crash (noun)- A clan protecting a war from crashers
Anti-crash (verb)- To protect a fight from being crashed
Anti-snipe - Targeting enemy snipers
App (noun) - Application OR applicant
App (verb) - To apply
Ard/y - Ardougne
AS - Anti-snipe; targeting enemy snipers
Att - Attack (either the act of attacking someone or something, or the combat stat)
Audio - Voice chat software
Auschwitz - The farm from the Spirit of Summer/Summer's End quests
Auto off - Turn off the auto-retaliate feature

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B

Banana - A rank in the clan chat for which the icon resembles a banana (chevron)
Bank (verb) - To deposit any items acquired during an event and to replenish supplies at the bank
Bank? - "What is the value of your bank?"
Barb Vill - Barbarian Village
BH - The crater in the wilderness that was formerly the bounty hunter crater
Bind - To cast bind spells and therefore hold opponents in one spot, stopping them from running around
Blasting - Fighting using the blast magic spells. These are the best F2P mage attack spells
Blnt - Better luck next time
BoB - Beast of Burden
Bounds - The boundaries of an event
Brb - Be right back
Brew - Saradomin Brew
Brt - Be right there
BS - In a PVP context, to backstab; attacking other members of one's own clan. In a non-PVP context, bank sale or bow strings.
Bucket Helm - Rune heraldic helmet, resembling a bucket

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C

C# - Clay class number in stealing creations(eg. C4 = Class 4 clay)
Caller - In a PVP context, the clan member in charge of choosing who to attack amongst the enemy clan
Camp - To constantly attack one person for an extended time, OR to remain in one location for an extended time
Cap (noun) - A limit imposed on a fight. Usually imposed on fight length, number of members or items (eg. 1-hour cap = Stop fighting after one hour)
Cap (verb) - To collect the maximum amount of resources at a citadel for that week
CC - Clan Chat
Chin(ning) (verb) - Using chinchompas
Cit/Citty - Citadel
Classic - Runescape Classic
CL - Clan Leader
CLF - Clan Leader forum in "RSOF"
Cluster - Cluster Fight; a fight involving more than two clans.
Cmb - Combat
Corp - In a PVP context, the entrance to the corporeal beast lair in the wilderness
Corr - Corrupt dragon items
Corrupt - Corrupt dragon items
Crash - When a sthird party interferes with a planned fight between two other clans
CS - Coin share
CSW - Castle Wars
CW - Castle Wars
CWA - Clan wars arena
CWRI - Clan Wars run-in; a fight at clan wars in which members are allowed to return
Cut (verb) - To reduce the amount of players on the stronger side before a battle so that the two opposing clans are of similar strength

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D

DC - Disconnect (presumably from the server)
DD - Death Dot; every member must stand on the same space to appear as one character on the minimap
DDef - Dragon defender
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service attack; an internet attack aimed at a clan's audio server or at the clan's forums, effectively shutting them down for a varying period of time
Death Dance - A warring formation where members of a clan are following each other in a perpetual motion pattern so that no member is stationary
Death Dot - Every member must stand on the same space to appear as one character on the minimap
Death March - When players walk independently in the same direction. Used primarily as an intimidation tactic
Def - Defense
DG - Dungeoneering. In a PVP context, refers to items gained as dungeoneering rewards
DK's - Dagganoth Kings
DMed - Dragon medium helmet
Drag - To run as far as possible when attacked to lure the opponent away from the main battle
Dung - Dungeoneering. In a PVP context, refers to items gained as dungeoneering rewards
Dwarves - In a PVP context, the chaos dwarves near the "piper"

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E

East gate - Same as "new gate": the members' gate in the wilderness EAST of the greater demons
Edge - Edgeville
Ending (noun) - The number of "options" immediately after a PVP battle concludes
EST - Eastern Standard Time in the USA (GMT-5)

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F

F2P - Free-to-play
FA - Future applicant; a player who is on trial with a clan though not yet an official member
Fall-in (noun) - The space in which the members of a clan are standing while following a leader
Fall in (verb) - To follow the leader or elected person (eg. Fi on Ghjjf = Everyone follows Ghjjf)
Fally - Falador
FC - Friend Chat
Feast - Killing many players as part of a PK trip for the purpose of collecting loot OR defeating an opposing clan by a large margin
FFA - Free-for-all
Fi (or simply "in") - Fall in; follow the leader
FoG - Fist of Guthix minigame. In a PVP context, it refers to the equipment obtained from the minigame.
Freeze (noun) - Any of the ice spells in the Ancient Magicks spellbook, and often includes bolas
Freeze (verb) - To cast any of the ice spells in the Ancient Magicks spellbook, or use bolas or any other methods of preventing a target from moving
Full-Out - A type of war in which players do not return upon death
Full rune - Rune helmet, platebody, plage legs or plateskirt, kiteshield AND scimitar
Future app/licant - A player who is on trial with a clan though not yet an official member

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G

G2g - Got to go
Gap - The small pass between two lava rivers south of the greater demons
Gds - Greater demons
GE - Grand exchange
"Get a click" - To hover your cursor over an enemy player in anticipation of attacking them once your current opponent has died
Gf - Good fight
Gj - Good job
Gl - Good luck
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time (STILL called GMT during daylight savings; is exactly the same as BST in these months)
GOP - Great Orb Project. In a PVP context, the items acquired from this minigame.
Grats/Gratz - Congratulations
GWD - God Wars Dungeon

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H

Half-op - Half-operator, with less powers than an operator
HLF - High level forum in "RSOF"
HP - Either constitution level or current life points depending on the context
Hug - To run around a barrier object in order to make it difficult for enemies to attack
Hybrid - To fight with two or more of the three combat styles (Melee, mage, ranged)

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I

"In"  - In a PVP context, a command fall in; follow the leader. In a non-PVP context, a command to enter a specific area
Inv - Inventory
Intro (noun) - A person who is prospecting a clan prior to applying OR the topic made when a player introduces themselves
Intro (verb) - To make an introduction to a clan
IRC - Internet Relay Chat, an alternative to the Runescape clan chat
IRL - In real life

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J

Jk - Joking


K

KBD - King Black Dragon
KC - Kill count
KDR - Kill/death ratio
Key rank - The clan chat ranks whose icons resemble keys. These are the highest ranks in the clan chat
Knock-Out (adjective) - A limit imposed on a fight: once a player dies, they do not return to the fight
Knock-out (verb) - To kill an opponent too quickly for them to eat all their food
KO (adjective) - Knock-out; a limit imposed on a fight: once a player dies, they do not return to the fight
KO (verb) - Knock-out; to kill an opponent too quickly for them to eat all their food
KQ - Kalphite Queen

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L

Lava gap - The small pass between two lava rivers south of the greater demons
Loc - Location. As a question (Loc?), a player is asking for the clan's location
Log (verb) - The act of or command to log out of the game to avoid getting attacked, or to switch worlds
Loot (noun) - Items dropped by players or monsters who have died
Loot (verb) - Picking up items dropped by players or monsters who have died
Looter - A player who invites themself to other clans' wars to "loot"
LS - Lootshare
Lumby - Lumbridge
Lure - To send a single player up against a foe as bait and then run back to the clan with the foe chasing them

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M

Mage Bank - The lever and corresponding building that accesses the bank next to the mage arena
Main = A player's most used or highest level character
Mand - Mandatory event; this refers to events where it is required for clan members to attend or face some form of repercussion.
Mass - To gather in preparation for an event
Matched - Matched options; both the clans must fight with the same amount of members
Matched-opts - Matched options; both the clans must fight with the same amount of members
Max (out) - To achieve level 138 combat OR to collect the maximum amount if resources at the citadel for a week
Maze - The ruins in the far north-east Wilderness, or less commonly the Lava Maze
MB - Mage bank; The lever and corresponding building that accesses the bank next to the mage arena
Members Gate - The same as "old gate"; the gate in the wilderness WEST of the greater demons
MG - Members Gate, the same as "old gate"; the gate in the wilderness WEST of the greater demons
ML - Memberlist
Mossies - In a PVP context, the moss giant hill south of the spider hill
Multi - A multi-combat area
Multi spells - Combat spells that can hit multiple targets (eg. Ice Barrage). Usually includes the use of chinchompas even though they are not spells

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N

NBH - North Bounty Hunter, a reference to the northeast entrance to the Wilderness crater
New gate - The members' gate in the wilderness EAST of the greater demons
Nfs - Not for sale
NG - New Gate; the members' gate in the wilderness EAST of the greater demons
NH - "No honour", a term used to describe a person or clan that behaves dishonourably (this term is falling out of common usage)
Neit - Helm of Neitiznot

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O

"Off" - In a PVP context, by itself this is a command to stop attacking a target immediately
Official - In a PVP context, refers to a clan's leaders
Offsite - Pertaining to information which is not on the Runescape website but on an external site
Old gate - The members' gate in the wilderness WEST of the greater demons
Omw - On my way
Op - Operator
Open CC - A clan policy that allows any player in without any recruitment or application process.
Opts - Options; the number of options shown in the top-left corner of the game interface when the mouse hovers over a clan fallen in on a leader
Options - The number of options shown in the top-left corner of the game interface when the mouse hovers over a clan fallen in on a leader
ORSN - Original Runescape username
Outlasting - The practice of clan members returning many times to the fight after being killed in order to outlast in the long run.
Ovl - Overload

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P

P2P - Pay-to-play
PC = Either Price Check OR Pest Control OR Personal Computer, depending on the context
Peng - Penguin Hide n' Seek
Pile (noun) - The target of a coordinated attack from a clan
Pile (verb) - The act of all players in a clan attacking a single person
Pile jump - To attack the victor of a one-on-one death match. Usually regarded as dishonourable.
Piper - The ghostly piper musician in the Wilderness, slightly south of the "lava gap"
PJ - Pile jump; to attack the victor of a one-on-one death match. Usually regarded as dishonourable.
PK - Player kill
PK Trip - A player-killing event, usually in the wilderness
PKRI - Player killing run-in
POH - Player-owned house
Pond - The pond the Waka canoe arrives at near the Moss Giants in the wilderness
Pot (noun)- Potion
Pot (up) (verb)- To drink stat-enhancing potions.
Pray (noun) - Prayer points. In a PVP context, refers to the overhead protect prayers (eg. The player's pray is down = The player is no longer using the overhead protect prayer)
Pray Mage - To activate the protect from Magic prayer or curse
Pray Melee - To activate the protect from Melee prayer or curse
Pray Ranged - To activate the protect from Ranged prayer or curse
Prep (noun) - Preparation time for an event (eg. 3-day prep means 3 days to prepare)
Prep (verb) - To prepare for an event in advance
Priv off - To set one's private chat to offline
PST - Pacific Standard Time in the USA (GMT-8)
Pull (noun) - The amount of clan members attending an event (eg. a good pull)
Pure - A character which a player chooses to restrict in some way, usually by not training certain combat stats
PVM - Player versus monster
PVP - Player versus player

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Q

Q&A - Questions  and answers
QC - Quick chat
QP - Quest points

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R

Rage (verb) - To express great anger
Ragequit - To quit a clan in a moment of extreme anger
Rags - Inexpensive, low-risk PK equipment
Raid - A type of PK trip
Ranks - In a PVP context, refers to a clan's leaders. In a non-PVP context, it refers to the heirarchy of power within a clan.
RDG - Red Dragon Gate; the entrance to the Red Dragon Isle
Re-pot - To drink potions in the midst of an event to replenish stat boots
Recap - A summary of an event
Recoil - Ring of recoil
Red Dragon Gate - The entrance to the Red Dragon Isle
Ref - Referee or referral
Regroup - When a clan has spread out too thinly over a location, they select a meeting place to rendezvous before continuing with their event
Remass - When a clan has spread out too thinly over a location, they select a meeting place to rendezvous before continuing with their event
Rep - Reputation
Req(s) - Requirement(s) (eg. 110+ req is a requirement of 110 combat level or higher)
Return - As soon as you die, bank more eqquipment and supplies and get back to the fight
Revs - The revenant dungeon (sometimes accompanied by the prefix "north" or "south" to denote the corresponding dungeon entrance)
Rings - Specifically in the context of PVP rules, refers to the use of Explorer's Rings in the fight
"Robes out" - A command to switch one's equipped gear from armour to magic robes
RoL - Ring of life
RoR - Ring of recoil
RoW - Ring of wealth
RQ - Ragequit; to quit a clan in a moment of extreme anger
RR - Rune rocks
RS - Runescape!
RSB - Runescape official forums
RSC - Zybez Runescape community, or less commonly Runescape Classic (which is more commonly referred to as "Classic")
RSN - Runescape username
RSOF - Runescape official forums
Run (noun) - A player's energy level (eg. 50 run = 50% energy)
Rush (verb) - To quickly attack another player or clan without warning

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S

SBH - South Bounty Hunter, a reference to the southeast or southwest entrances to the Wilderness crater
SC - Stealing Creations
Screenie - To take a screenshot (an image capture of the game interface)
Sec - Wait a second
Sign-up (noun) - A forum list that records members who are available to attend an event
Sign up (verb) - To post on an event topic expressing one's availability to attend or not
Single - A single-combat area
Single hugging - When an opponent (player or clan) flees from a multi-combat area to a single combat area, then occasionally re-enters multi-combat briefly to attack and then immediately run back to the safety of a single combat zone.
Single spells - Combat spells that can only hit one player at a time (eg. Ice Blitz)
Single Strip - The single-combat area along the entire east coast of the Wilderness
Skulled - Description of a player with a skull above their head from attacking in the wilderness
Skulling - The act of attacking in the wilderness when previously "unskulled"
Snipe - To attack a member other than the one assigned by the caller
Sniper - A member who is assigned to "snipe"
Spam (noun) - Excessive and rapid typing or posting of the same or similar material from a player
Spam (verb) - In a PVP context, to repeatedly type the opponent's name as one attacks them so that the clan knows who is being targetted. In a non-PVP context, to type or post the same or similar material excessively and rapidly
Spam Tower - The result of a clan standing on the same space and repeatedly typing the same text, creating a "tower" of text in-game.
Spec - To activate a weapon's special attack
Sperm Hill - The section of lava north of the wilderness Hill Giants which resembles a sperm
Spiders - In a PVP context, the spider hill in deep wilderness
Splash - When a player attempts to cast a spell but it fails, resulting in an animation resembling a splash of water.
Spread (out) - To leave a fall-in (ie, to stop following a leader) and scatter randomly around an area
Spy - A person who joins another clan for the sole purpose of leaking that clan's private info to a rival clan (like fight times and IP addresses)
Star rank - The clan chat ranks whose icons resemble stars. These are generally leadership ranks one tier below "key ranks"
Starting (noun) - The number of "options" immediately before a PVP battle commences
Str - Strength
SW - Soul Wars
Sweep - The process of removing inactive members from a clan

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T

T# - Citadel tier number (eg. T5 = tier 5)
Tab (noun) - A teleport tablet
Tab (verb) - To teleport using a tablet
Tank (noun) - A player with high defense and proficient skill to survive enemy onlslaught for a long time (AKA "tanking")
Tank (verb) - To be able to consume all food before dying when attacked by an opposing clan
Tb - Teleport block
Tber - A person assigned to cast teleport block in PVP
Tele - To teleport away. In a PVP context, to teleport out of a fight to safety.
Tl;dr - Too long; didn't read (almost exclusively used in forum posts)
ToG - Tears of Guthix
Tort - War Tortoise pouch or familiar
Transition - To switch to a new "pile" before the current "pile" is dead
Tree-to-tree - A popular warring region based around the members gate west of the greater demons, with the boundaries marked on the minimap by two lone trees east and west of the gate
Tribrid - A specific type of hybriding that uses all three combat styles
TS - Teamspeak 2 or 3 (usually 3), the voice-over software
TS2 - Teamspeak 2, the voice-over software
TS3 - Teamspeak 3, the voice-over software

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U

Uncapped - A PK Run-In with no limitations
Unskulled - Description of a player in the wilderness who has not acquired a skull above their head from attacking

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V

Var - Varrock
Vent - Ventrilo, the voice-over software
Vex - Clan Vexillum
Vid (noun) - A video
Vid (verb) - To record a video using screen capture software
Voice (noun) - Voice chat software
Voice (verb) - To give someone speaking privileges in a chat room

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W

w# - The world to switch to  (eg. w27 = World 27)
Wc - Either Woodcutting OR Wrong chat
Wd - Well done
Welf - Welfare; Inexpensive, low-risk PK equipment
Welfare - Inexpensive, low-risk PK equipment
Wild/Wildy - The Wilderness
WS - White screen

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X

X out - To disconnect

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Y

Yt - Youtube

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Z

Zzz - Asleep

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Clan Initials
[Features only the most popular clans, living and dead, and is biased toward PVP clans]

AA - Australian Army
Asc - Ascension
AF - Ancient Fury
BK - The BlacKnights
Brut - Brutality
CC - Caped Carousers
CE - Clan Europe
CL - Chivalry Legions
Col - Collision
Corr - Corruption
CQ - Clan Quest
DF - Divine Forces (sometimes Downfall)
DG - Descendant Guardians
DGE - Dungeoneering Elites
DI - Damage Incorporated
Div - Divination
DS - Dark Slayers
EA - Elite Assassins
EoS - Echo of Silence
FF - Frozen Fury
FFDN - Famous for Double Natures (formerly Fast Free Double Natures)
FUN - Family Unity Network
Gladz - The Gladiatorz
HF - Higher Force
KO - Kill orgy
LF - Lithuanian Forces
Maxed - Maxed Clan
MM - Mayham Makers
NG - Northern Gods
NK - Northern Kings
OTG - Of The Gods
PH - Pure Hatred
RoT - Reign of Terror
RR - Rune Raiders
RSCA - Runescape Classic Alliance
RSD - Runescape Dinasty
SE - Silent Ember (sometimes Shadow Elves)
SoA - Spirits of Arianwyn
Sol - Solace
THE - 'THE' Clan
TR - The Rising
TRWF - The Rune Warhungers Federation
TS - The Sabres
TSG - The Slayer's Guild
TT - The Titans
VR - Violent Resolution
Welf - Welfarers
WG - Wilderness Guardians
WL - Wilderland
ZT - Zero Tolerance

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[Mojo]

Revived from archives

[SquelchyFish]

SF

[Randy]

SF

fgt pls

[His Lordship]

Wow, I did a really good job, just saying...

[Flames377]

nice job, i have to study these!

[Vio]

DG - Descendant Guardians

I miss you guys <3

[X Warrior170]

YOU have to add BODYBAGGED, that means getting dropped on your forehead, and taken to lumbridge.

[SquelchyFish]

DG - Descendant Guardians

I miss you guys <3

Its only been like a week

[Mojo]

YOU have to add BODYBAGGED, that means getting dropped on your forehead, and taken to lumbridge.

refer to very first entry ##

[BeeBee]

Y u no use "Flopped" :<

[SquelchyFish]

One banged seems to be a new term too

[This Babylon]

DG - Descendant Guardians

I miss you guys <3

rip

[Mojo]

DG - Descendant Guardians

I miss you guys <3

rip

DG Died :(