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This is a simple glossary of terms, slang, acronyms, and [[Wiktionary:lingo|lingo]] used by the [[EverQuest]] community.

;CH : ''(noun)'' Complete heal.  A cleric's spell which usually completely heals an injured PC.  Complete heals take 10 seconds to cast.

;CH Chain : ''(noun)'' Complete heal chain.  An organized group of clerics who will cast Complete Heal upon an MT, keeping him alive while he absorbs incredible damage.

;crowd control : ''(noun)'' Refers to the ability of certain classes to mesmerize or root aggro'd NPCs or MOBs outside of the camp, thereby preventing them from attacking PCs inside the camp.

;ding : ''(verb)'' To increase a PC's experience level.  ''(noun)'' The sound heard when a PC earns a new experience level.

;MOB : ''(noun)'' from the Latin ''Mobile Vulgus'', defined as the lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.  IE, a common monster.  Sometimes attributed to the old multi-user dungeon term 'mobile object.'  Sometimes used interchangeably with NPC.

;MT : ''(noun)'' Main Tank.  A PC with very high health points, armor class and defensive statistics whom will stand in harm's way during an attack, with the objective of holding the NPC's or MOB's aggro so that the other, typically much less stout, PCs may contribute damage without fear of gaining aggro.  More often than not, the MA and MT roles are assigned to the same PC.

;nerf : ''(verb)'' and ''(noun)'' To nerf ''(vb)'' is to reduce or limit in some way the action of players, rewards, etc and is the consequence of a change effected on the game by developers, usually introduced within a patch. A nerf ''(noun)'' is the resulting consequence, e.g. "the charm nerf".

;[[Wiktionary:Ninja|Ninja]] Looter : ''(noun)'' A player who strives to be the first to loot a corpse.  In a non-raid group, a ninja looter may be able to grab rare items without allowing the group to decide who should receive the reward.  The raid tool introduced with the Planes of Power expansion has a 'looters table' which effectively prevents ninja looters from grabbing the very valuable items off of raid-level NPCs and MOBs.

;[[Wiktionary:threatening|threatening]] : ''(adjective)'' An aggressive faction message returned when a player cons an NPC or MOB.  The in-game message says, "<<target>> glares at you threateningly..."  Threatening NPCs and MOBs are KoS.

;train : '' (noun/verb) '' Noun usage usually refers to a group of 1 or more NPC's or MOBs that are aggressive to a player.  Usually a player is running away from a 'train' because they cannot handle the size of the battle. (Ex. "the train is heading toward zone[line]").  Verb usage means to take that 'train' of NPC's or MOBs to another location, intentionally or unintentionally, and often to the detriment of other players (Ex. "he trained me five times tonight").

;[[Wiktionary:warmly|warmly]] : ''(adjective)'' A very friendly faction message returned when a player cons an NPC or MOB.  The in-game message says, "<<target>> looks upon you warmly..."

;zone : ''(noun/verb)'' Noun usage refers to either the zone (environment) one is in or refers to one of the zone line exits that load you into another zone. (Ex. "Train heading to zone") Verb usage means to exit the zone via the zone line. (Ex: "I'm glitching, let me zone and come back")

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang Wikipedia's article on general Internet slang]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG_terms_and_acronyms Wikipedia's article on MMORPG terms and acronyms]