MapleStory/Glossary

Here is a list of common acronyms and shortforms used when discussing MapleStory.

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

A

AB

Arrow Blow - Bowman Skill

AC

Auto-Clicker. Before Nexon's implementation of GameGuard, these programs were one of the most popular way to gain entrance into the Kerning City and Ludibrium Party Quests. Nexon now prohibits their use. Despite the ban, they still are very popular today.

AE

Arrow Eruption - Sniper Skill

AFK

Away From Keyboard; typically suggests that a player is currently inactive, but still logged on.

AFMS

Away From Maple Story

AP

Ability Points

AR

Arrow Rain - Ranger Skill

Aqua Road

ATM

Short for "at the moment".

Asi, Asia, Asianic

Asianic Bow - Bowman Bow

Azn

Asian

B

BA

Bad Ass

Bagged

Death by another player's summoning bag.

Banditsin

A rogue that maxes Lucky 7 and will make the job advancement as a bandit.

BB

Bow Booster - Bowman Skill

Bye Bye

Bathroom Break

Black Bandana

BF

Boyfriend

BL

Buddy list

BBL

Be Back Later

BC

Black Crystal (usually the ore)

Bmm

Blue Mushmom

Bomb

Arrow Bomb - Hunter Skill

Meso Explosion - Chief Bandit Skill

Booster

Weapon booster skill - Most classes have a skill to boost their attack speed.

BRB

Be Right Back - Player must leave, but will be right back.

BTW

By The Way.

"B>"

Shorthand used to mean "Buying". For example; "B>Black Crystal"

BW

Blunt weapon, also known as a mace.

C

CB

Crossbow Booster - Bowman Skill

Chief Bandit - third job for Bandits

CC

Change channel(s). Considered very rude to most people. To change channels means to leave a map (presumably to another channel) that someone is training on to avoid Kill Stealing them.

CC Plz

Change channel(s) please. Another way people use "CC".

CE

Curse Eyes, found around Sleepywood and Ellinia.

Cold Eyes

Char

A short version of character

Clean

An equipment with all of its slots remaining.

CMS

China Maple Story

Comp, Compo

Element Composition: Mage Third job Skill

Coolies

The Coolie Zombies in the Forest of Dead Trees maps deep in El Nath.

CP5

Cloud Park 5, a popular training spot.

Crimson, CRog

Crimson Balrog - One of the most powerful monsters in the game.

Crus

Crusader

CS

Critical Shot - Bowman Skill

Cash Shop

Cursed Sanctuary, the map where Jr. Balrog spawns.

CS EAX

A new form of vaccing to replace the other one. This one involves, however, standing in one place while attacking any monster in the hackers screen range. (or any "loaded" monsters)

CSI

Cash Shop Item

D

Dark YnP

Dark Yeti & Dark Pepe combined - Enemy found in Dangerous Cliff

DC

Disconnected (also written as D/C)

Dark Crystal (usually the ore)

Dfame

The act of defaming one or another

Dit

Bandit

DK

Dragon Knight - third job of the Spearman.

Dark Knight - fourth job of the Spearman.

DM

Dead Mines. Dungeon of El Nath.

DMT

Drake's Meal Table - Map in the dungeon, contains Cold Eyes, Cargos, and Drakes.

DR

Dark Ritual - Level 75 Magician staff

DS

Double Shot - Bowman Skill

Dark Sight - Thief Skill

Devil's Sunrise - Level 90 two-handed sword

DSG

Dark Stone Golem - Monster found in Sleepywood Dungeon III, IV, V and Golem Temple 3

DT

Death Teddies - Monster found in Forgotten Path of Time 3

DW

Don't worry.

E

EE

Evil Eye - Monster found in the Dungeon

EEC(1-4)

Evil Eye Caves 1-4.

EMS

Europe Maple Story

EOS

Eos Tower

END

El Nath Dungeon

ER

Elemental Resistance - Dragon Knight Skill

Elemental Resistance - Priest Skill

ET

Evil Tale - Level 58 Magician Wand

EW

Evil Wing - Level 65 Magician Staff

EXP

Experience, usually mean current EXP %

F

FA

Final Attack - Bowman & Warrior Skill

Fire Arrow - Skill for Fire Wizards

Farming PQ

In Ludi pq and in new server with not too many pros (ie: Bellocan), these types of partys consist of weak people that will not go to the boss and repeatily rush at a certain stage for the exp

Farrow

Fire Arrow - Skill for Fire Wizards

Fizard

Fire Wizard - 2nd Job for Magicians

FJ

Flash Jump - Hermit Skill

FM

Free Market

FoG

Forest of Golem - Hidden street in Sleepy Dungeon V, with Dark Stone Golems and Mix Stone Golems

F/P

Fire/Poison Wizard/Mage

G

GC

Golden Crow - Bowman Crossbow

GG

Good Game

GJ

Good Job

GK

Gatekeeper - A powerful monster found within the Warped Passage.

Glitch PQ

A rush pq that takes advantage of a glitch to gain more exp. One primary example is smuggling items from a pq. However most glitches in pqs are now patched.

GM

Game Master - The employees of Wizet/Nexon/Asiasoft who strive to maintain order in Maple Story. Easily identifiable by the GM symbol above their heads.

GMS

Global Maple Story

Grim

Grim Phantom Watches, high-level monsters that are found in Ludibrium.

GTFO

Short for 'get the f**k off'.

H

HA

Holy Arrow - active skill available only for magicians, specifically clerics, in which a 'holy' or 'divine' arrow is fired at any surrounding enemies and foes. This inflicts a great deal of damage upon undead monsters, when this skill has been maxed.

HB

Hyper Body - Spearman Skill

HHG

Henesys Hunting Grounds - The first map to the left of Henesys.

Hime

Dreamy Ghosts

HP

Health/Hit Point(s) - the amount of life, or health, a player may have. Acquiring damage may result in the decreasing of health/hit points, while consuming any type of health-providing products may result in the increasing of health/hit points. HP is indicated by a medium-sized red bar that is located at the very bottom of the screen right to the left of the MP bar.

HPQ

Henesys PQ (can be referred to Herb town PQ as well)

HS

Holy Symbol - Priest Skill

Hidden Street - www.hidden-street.net

HTPQ

Herb Town PQ

Hybrid

A spearman who uses both spears and polearms, or a bandit that uses luck and str daggers.

I

IA

Iron Arrow - Bowman Skill

IDC

I don't care.

IDK

I don't know.

IGN

In-Game Name - Used when requesting another person's character name when not in the game

IIRC

If I recall correctly.

I/L

Ice-Lightning Wizard/Mage

ILY

I love you

J

Jaeger

Gross Jaeger - Level 70 Crossbow

Jeti, J Yeti

Jr. Yeti - Enemy found east of El Nath

JMS

Japan Maple Story

JQ

Jump Quest

JRog

Jr. Balrog

K

KB

Knockback - Ability to knock an enemy back by doing more than a certain amount of (monster dependant) damage.

KFT

Korean Folk Town - A town located near Ludibrium.

Kittens, Kitties

Jr. Cellions/Jr.Lioners/Jr. Grupins - Enemies found in Garden area of Cloud Park.

KMS

Korea Maple Story

KPQ

Kerning Party Quest

KS

Kill Steal - Kill steal is when one user kills a monster that another user is fighting, or is about to fight.

L

L>

Looking for

L7

Lucky Seven - Thief Skill

Lawl

Replacement for LOL due to similar pronounciation, with identical meaning.

Lith

Lith Harbor

Lizzard

Lightning Wizard - 2nd Job for Magicians

LMAO

Laugh/Laughing my a** off - used when somone says something really funny.

LMFAO

Laugh/Laughing my f**king a** off - used when somone says something extremely funny.

LMPQ

Ludibrium Maze Party Quest

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

LOWB (2)

Land of the Wild Boar - located just to the right of Perion, in a Hidden Street, or Land of the Wild Boar II, located in a Hidden Street at the East Domain of Perion.

LPQ

Ludibrium Party Quest

Ludi

Short for the Ludibrium area of Ossyria, or the town with the same name.

lvl

Level

lvled

Commonly used when a player level up.

Lycan/Lyco

Lycanthrope - Enemies found in Wolf Territory III and IV

M

Macis

Tauromacis - An enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog

Mass Defame

The act of defaming a character multiple times by either using alternate characters, or calling upon one's friends to defame the character.

Maze PQ

Ludibrium Maze PQ

MB

Mortal Blow - Ranger and Sniper Skill

MC

Magic Claw - Magician Skill

MDT

Master Death Teddies - Monster found in Lost Time, a Hidden Street off Forgotten Path of Time 3

ME

Meso Explosion - Chief Bandit Skill

MG

Mix Golem

Magic Guard - Magician Skill

Meso Guard - Chief Bandit Skill

MM

Mushmom - Boss monster found in 'Someone Else's House' <--(Hidden Street located near taxi cab of Henesys.)

MP

Mana/Magic Point(s) - A type of substance that enables a player to cast and perform magic, as in skills. MP is indicated by a medium-sized bar that is light-blue in color, located at the very bottom of the screen right beside the HP bar, while one is running the MapleStory program.

MS

MapleStory

MSEA

MapleSEA

N

Nath

EL Nath

Newbie

A new player to the game.

NLC

Short term for New Leaf City

Noob

Common insult used for describing experienced players who behave like newbies.

NPC

Non-Player Character. (Shop/Quest characters)

Act of selling an item to a shop NPC instead of to another player.

Nub

Another form of noob.

NX

A short version of Nexon.

Nexon cash, used to purchase items in the Cash Shop of some MapleStory versions (other versions, such as MapleSEA, use a different name for this currency).

O

Oly

Olympus - Bowman Bow

OMFG

Oh my f**king god.

OMG

Oh My God/Gosh

"OMG Spear": Omega Spear, level 80 item

OPQ

Orbis PQ

OS

Omega Sector

Ossy

Ossyria

Owned

Term used for describing a sound defeat.

ORLY?

Term commonly used to 'question' something fishy.

P

Pang

White Pang - A monster found outside El Nath, commonly in Wolf Territory 3-5

Pap

Papulatus - Boss deep within Ludibrium's clock tower.

PC

Price Check, used to get a feel for what the price of a (usually rare) item is.

PG

Power Guard - Fighter and Page skill

Pizard

Poison Wizard - Fire/Poison Wizard who uses pure Poison. Very uncommon build.

PKB

Power Knock-Back - Hunter and Crossbowman skill.

Pls, Plz, Pl0x

Please - common for "noobs" to say, especially when someone wants you to change channels.

Poly

Bowman Polyfeather Hat

PQ

Party Quest

ppl2pass

People to pass, on rankings.

PS

Power Strike - Warrior Skill

PT

Party. Party members can share part of EXP gained from other members (also known as Training). All memebers can pick up any mesos or items dropped by monsters killed by other memebers.

PT Leech

Party Leech(PTL) is who join a party do not kill but gain EXP from party.

PW

Phantom Watch, a strong monster at the bottom of Ludibrium's Clock Tower.

Password

Phoenix Wand, a level 78 magician's weapon.

Pwned

Common, intentional misspelling of 'owned', with same meaning.

Q

Quitter

A term referred to someone who quits a party quest.

QP

Quest progress.

R

Rawr

An alternative spelling of "roar"

Repot

Refilling potions from the nearest store (usually a town).

ROFL

Rolling On the Floor Laughing - used when someone says something so funny, you are literally on the floor laughing.

ROFLMFAO

Rolling On the Floor Laughing My F***ing Ass off - used when someone says something so funny, you are literally on the floor laughing and your ass is falling off.

Rocks

A somewhat common term used for both Summoning Rocks and Magic Rocks, which are used in some high level skills.

Rog

Jr. Barlog

Crog

Crimson Barlog.

Rush

To exit a PQ in attempt to get in the second time(or more) in a row.

S

SA

Soul Arrow - Bowman Skill

Sader

Shortened and common name to refer to Crusaders.

Sanc

Sanctuary Entrance series of maps.

SB

Slash Blast - Warrior Skill

Savage Blow - Bandit Skill

SC

Silver Crow - Bowman Crossbow

Server Check - time allocated for Nexon to make fixes/add items to the game, without players able to log on

SG

Stone Golems/Singapore.

Sin

Assassin character class. Referring them as "ass" obviously caused confusions and flame wars.

Sleepy

Sleepywood

Smuggling

The act of taking out a PQ item without losing it by taking advantage of a lagging computer.

Sniping

Attacking a monster from range to prevent taking damage.

SP

Shadow Partner - Hermit Skill

Skill Points

sp?

Signifies that the person is not certain of a word's spelling. Ex. That was one wierd (sp?) monster.

Spears

Taurospear - Enemy found on the way to Jr. Balrog.

SQ

Squids. This could either refer to Black Squids or Lethal Squids, both known for the paltry magical damage they deal.

SQPT

Squid Party. Usually done for Lethal Squids.

SR

Shining Ray - Priest Skill

STFU

Shut the fuck up

SW

Sleepywood - The town or the web site www.sleepywood.net

"S>"

Shorthand used to mean "Selling".

T

Tauro's

Tauromacis and Taurospears, two quite high leveld monsters that reside deep in the SleepyWood Dungeon.

THMS

Thailand Maple Story

TMI

Too much info, used when someone says too much info causing them to feel uncomfortable.

Track

Repeatedly using the /find command on a player to follow their movement, often used in PQs to determine a current party's location.

Train

If somebody ask for train, it means who want to party with players in higher level and gain much EXP from it. For an effective training, it is suggested to party with player at least 5 level higher than you. But you should note that if the trainer kills monster not for your level, you may not gain any EXP.

TT

Triple Throw 4th Job Night lord skill

TWMS

Taiwan Maple Story

"T>"

Shorthand used to mean "Trading"

U

U

You.

V

V2k

Vaulter 2000 - Bowman Bow

Vac

Vaccum Hacks, brings all monsters to a specific location. Wizet bans players who do this.

Vending

Going AFK while using a Shop Permit to sell items while inactive. (i.e. overnight)

Vic

Victoria Island

Vikings

Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters.

VK

Spirit Vikings.

VKPT

Spirit Viking party. A party formed to kill Spirit Vikings.

Gigantic Spirit Vikings, high-level Ludibrium monsters near Spirit Vikings.

W

WAD/WAT

What

WB

Welcome Back

W/G or WG

Work Gloves

WK

White Knight - The Third Job for page

WOMG

Whoa Oh My God - Another variant of OMG.

WTC

What The Crap (uncommon)

WTF

What The F**k

WTH

What The Hell/Heck. Often used by people who are uncomfortable with implying the use of the word 'f**k.'

Wuss

A common term referred to a person who quits a party during a PQ or a GQ without explanation.

WW

Werewolf - Enemy found in Wolf Territory I and II

W00t

A yell of joy, often uttered when a player finds something rare/of value, levels up or most any other joyous event.

X

XBow

Crossbow

XBowman

Crossbowman - Archer who specializes in Crossbows.

Y

Y

Why

Yepe, Yepi, YnP

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

Z

Z(1-4)

Refers to a specific Forest of Dead Trees map, from I to IV.

ZB

Zombie.

Z-Helm

Zakum Helmet.

ZLupins

Zombie Lupins.

ZS, ZShroom

Zombie Mushroom

ZOMG

Zoh My God - Another way of saying OMG

ZMM

Zombie Mushmom