[Malloy]

3D: 3 Diamond Usually refers to a shield socketed with three perfect diamonds.
5%: generally relats to +5% all resistances small charms
7%: usually refers to a 7% magicfind smallcharm
A1, A2: Act 1, Act 2, etc.
AB: Amazon Basin
ABM: Amazon Basin Member
afaic: As far as I'm concerned
afaics: As far as I can see
afaik: As far as I know
afk: Away From Keyboard
Ali Baba: Blade of Ali Baba Exceptional Unique Tulwar
alvl: area level
Ama: Amazon
Amp: Amplify Damage (curse)
AMU, AMMY: Amulet
Ancients (AW): The Ancients' Way in Act 5
Andy: Andariel
Anni: Annihilus (the one and only unique small charm)
AoE: Area of Effect
AR: Attack rating
Arkaine's (Ark): Arkaine's Valor Elite Unique Balrog Skin
Arreat's: Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard
AS: Arreat Summit. Official website for D2: LoD
Assa/Assin: Assassin
Atlantean: The Atlantean Exceptional Unique Ancient Sword
Atma's: Atma's Scarab Unique Amulet
B.net (Bnet): Battle Net
b/o: Best Offer
BA: Bone Armor (necromancer skill)
BA: Blessed Aim (paladin skill)
Baba (Barb): Barbarian
Bane: Gladiator's Bane Elite Unique Wire Fleece
Baranar's (Banana): Baranar's Star Elite Unique Devil Star.
Bartuc's (Barts): Bartuc's Cut-Throat Unique Greater Talons
Basher: The Cranium Basher Elite Unique Thunder Maul
BBS: Be back soon (also BBin: be back in XX minutes)
BC (BCom): Battle Command (barbarian warcry)
BC (BCry): Battle Cry. A Barbarian warcry to decrease an enemy's damage and defense
BG: Blood Golem
BH: Blessed Hammer (paladin skill)
Big D: Diablo
BK: Bul-Kathos (unique ring/barbarian set)
BM: Bad Manners
BO: Battle Orders
BoI: Blades of Ice
BoS: Burst of Speed
BotD: Breath of the dying
BP: Bone Prison (necromancer skill)
BRB: be right back
brt: Be right there
BS: Blade Shield.
BS: Bone Spirit (necromancer skill)
B-Star: Barnard's star (unique mace)
BTC: Back To Channel
btw: By the way
Burrito (Buriza): Buriza-Do Kyanon Exceptional Unique Ballista
BW: Bone Wall. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree
C/C: Claw/Claw. Refers to an Assassin wielding dual claws
C/O: Current Offer
C/S: Claw/Shield. Refers to an Assassin using a claw and shield
Cat 2: Catacombs Level 2 in Act 1
CB: Collossus Blade
CB: Crushing Blow
CB: Charged Bolt (sorceress skill)
CBF: Cannot be frozen
CCB: Cruel Colossus Blade
CCS: Cruel Colossus Sword
CE: Cold Enchanted
CE: Corpse explosion (necromancer skill)
cg (grats): Congratulations.
CG: Clay Golem
Chan?: Go to channel.
Char: Character
chips: chipped gems
CI: Cold Immune
CKN (Chu): Chu-ko-nu. Often refers specifically to the Demon Machine Exceptional Unique Chu-ko-nu Crossbow
CL: Chain Lightning (sorceress skill)
clvl: character level
CM: Cold Mastery
CM: Community Member
CM: Council Member
CM: Claw Mastery
CoA: Crown of Ages
CoH: Chains of Honor
Conc: Concentrate/ion (paladin aura/Barbarian skill)
Conv: Conviction (paladin skill)
CoS: Cloak of Shadows
CoT: Claws of Thunder
CP: Crystalline Passage in Act 5
CR: Cold resistance
Cranium (C basher): The Cranium Basher Elite Unique Thunder Maul
Crit: Critical Strike
CS: Cobra Strike
CS: Chaos Sanctuary in Act 4
CTA: Call to Arms
CTH: Chance to Hit
CU: Cursed
Cube: The Horadric Cube
cya: See you
D/A/E: Dodge/Avoid/Evade. Trio of Amazon defensive skills from the Passive and Magic skill tree
D: Diablo
D2: Diablo II
D2M: Damage to Mana
DC: Diablo Clone
DC: Dragon Claw
DD: Don't die
Decrep: Decrepify (necromancer skill)
Def: Defense
DEX: Dexterity
DF: Dragon Flight
dii: dii.net. A D2 reference and forum site
ding: Player announcing they've just leveled
DKK: Don't Kill King (cow king)
Dmg: Damage
Doombringer (Doom): Doombringer Elite Unique Champion Sword
DR: damage reduction
DS: Deadly Strike
DS: Death Sentry (assassin skill)
DT: Dragon Tail
Dur 2: Durance of Hate Level 2 in Act 3
Durry: Duriel
Eagle (Eaglehorn): Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow
eBotD: Ethereal breath of the dying
ED: Enhansed defense/damage
EF: Extra Fast
ENE: Energy
ES: Energy Shield (sorceress skill)
ES: Extra Strong
Eth: Ethereal
exp: Experience
Eye (EoE): Eye of Etlitch Unique Amulet
FA: Freezing Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow skill tree
Face: Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard
Fana: Fanaticism. A Paladin offensive aura to increase attack speed and physical damage
FB: Fireball. Sorceress fire tree attack skill
FBR: Faster block rate
FC: Fire Claws. A Druid shape shifting skill
FCR: Faster Cast Rate
FE: Fire enchanted
FG: Fire Golem
FHR: Faster Hit Recovery
FI: Fire Immune
Fists: Magefist Unique Light Gauntlets
FN: Frost Nova. Sorceress cold tree attack skill
FO: frozen orb
FoF: Fists of Fire. An Assassin attack skill on the martial arts tree
FoH: Fist of Heavens
FPS: Frames per second (command needed /fps)
FR/W: Faster/fastest run walk (fastest being older)
FR: Feral Rage. A Druid shape shifting skill.
FR: Fire Resistance.
Frosties: Frostburn Unique Gauntlets.
FRW: Faster Run/Walk.
FT: For trade
FW: Firewall. Sorceress fire tree attack skill
GA: Guided Arrow
Gaze: Vampiregaze Exceptional Unique Grim Helm
GC: Grand Charm
GF: Grandfather (sword)
gfi: Go for it
GG: Good Game
gj: Good job.
GS: Glacial Spike. Sorceress cold tree attack skill
GSA: Goldstrike Arch Exceptional Unique Gothic Bow
gtg: Good to go (or Got to go)
Gull: Gull Unique Dagger
H: Hell difficulty level
Harley: Harlequin Crest Elite Unique Shako
HB: Holy Bolt. A Paladin combat skill
HC: High Council (uniques found in the Travincal Act3, Durrance of hate lvl 3 Act3 and Worldstone Keep lvl 3)
HC: Hard Core
HCMTF: Hit Causes Monster to Flee
Hellslayer: Hellslayer Elite Unique Decapitator
Heph: Hephasto the Armorer. Act 4 super unique monster
HF(#2): Have Fun
HF: Holly Freeze
HoBL: Hand of Blessed Light Unique Divine Scepter
Homunculus: Homunculus Unique Hierophant Trophy
Horn (Eaglehorn): Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow
Hot: Warning that a portal is dangerous to enter
HoTo: Heart of the oak
HoW: Heart of Wolverine. A Druid summoning skill
HoZ: Herald of Zakarum
HS: Holy Shield. A Paladin combat skill to boost shield characteristics.
HS: Holy Shock.
IAS: Increased Attack Speed/Initial Attack Speed
ID: Identify
IG: Iron Golem
IIRC: If I recall correctly
IK Maul: Immortal King's Stone Crusher Set Ogre Maul
IK: Immortal King's set
ilvl: item level
IM: Iron Maiden
IMHO: In my honest opinion
IMHO: In my humble opinion
Immo: Immolation Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow tree
IMO: In my opinion
Ire: Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor
IS: Iron Skin. A Barbarian mastery to increase defense
ISO: In search of
ITD: Ignore Target's Defense
Izzy: Izual
Jalal's: Jalal's Mane Unique Totemic Mask
k: Okay
KA: Kick bum*(sensored)
KB: Knockback
l337: Elite
LA: Leap Attack
LC: Large Charm
LCS: Liying character screen
LE: Lightning enchanted
LEB: Lightning enchanted boss
LEM: Lightning Enchanted monster
LF: Lightning Fury. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree
LHC: ladder hard core
LI: Lightning immune
Lidless: Lidless Wall Exceptional Unique Grim Shield
Lightsabre: Lightsabre Elite Unique Phase Blade
LL: Life Leech
LLD: Low level dueling
LM: Lightning Mastery
LoD: Lord of Destruction. The Diablo II expansion
LoH: Laying of Hands Disciple Set Bramble Mitts
LOL: Laughs out loud
LR: Lightning resistance
LR: Lower Resist. Necro curse to reduce enemies' magic resistance
LS: Lightning Sentry
LS: Lightning Strike. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree
LSC: ladder soft core
LTB: Looking to Buy
LTT: Looking To Trade
Lyc: Lycander's Aim Unique Ceremonial Bow
MA: Martial Arts. Usually a description for an Assassin type of build, or reference to one of the Assassin skill trees
Mara's: Mara's Kaleidoscope Unique Amulet
Mat: Matriarchal bow
MB: Mana Burn
MDR: Magic Damage Reduced. Items with this mod reduce magical damage
Meph: Mephisto
MF: Magic Find
MFSC/SMFC: Magicfind Small Charm/Small Magicfind Charm
MI: Magic Immune
MiC: Meet in Channel (also MiP: Meet in Post [also oldschool])
ML: Mana Leech
mlvl: monster level
Mod: Moderator
Mod: Modifier. Adds a characteristic to an item such as a weapon or charm
Moser's: Moser's Blessed Circle Exceptional Unique Round Shield
MP: Market Place
MP: Multi-Player
MPK: Mana per kill
MR: Magic Resistant
MS: Multiple Shot. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow tree
MS: Multi-Shot. A mod available to boss monsters
msg: message
MSLEB: Multishot Lightning Enchanted Boss (oldschool)
Mule: character made only to carry extra items
n00b: Newbie
nbd: No big deal
Necro: Necromancer
newb: Newbie
NG: New Game/Next Game
NL: non-ladder (also NLSC, NLHC [see HC, SC#2])
nm (nvm): Never mind.
NM: NightMare difficulty
Norm: Normal Difficulty
NR: Natural Resistance. A Barbarian mastery to increase resistance to magic damage
NRG: Energy
Oak: Oak Sage. A Druid summoning skill
OBK: Oblivion Knights (also "OK")
Occy (Oculus): The Oculus Unique Swirling Crystal
OK: Oblivion Knight
OMG: Oh my god
orb: frozen orb
OT: Off Topic
OTOH: On the other hand
PA: perfect amethist
Paly: Paladin
PC: price check
PDR: Physical Damage Reduction
pdsc: Poison damage small charm
PGem/PG: Perfect Gem(S)
PI: Physical Immune. A monster immune to physical damage attack.
PK: Player Killer
PKK: Player Killer Killer. A player who kills player killers
PMH: Prevent Monster Heal
PN: Poison Nova. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree
Pots: potions
PP: Party Please
PR: perfect ruby
PR: Poison resistance
PS: perfect skull
PS: Phoenix Strike
PSa: perfect saphire
PT: perfect topaz
PvM: person versus monsters
PvP: person versus person
PW: Password
qlvl: quality level
R/W: Run Walk
r: Ready. This is the standard signal among players in a group before triggering a monster urn/shrine or entering a particularly treacherous area
Reaver (Messy Reaver): Messerschmidt's Reaver Elite Unique Champion Axe
Req: Requirement
res: resistance
res: Resurrect
rl: Real life
RoF: Rate of Fire
RoF: River of Flame in Act 4.
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
S/S: Sword/Shield
SC: Soft Core
SC: small charm
Schaefer's: Schaefer's Hammer Elite Unique Legendary Mallet
SD: Shadow Disciplines. One of the Assassin skill trees
Sec: Hang on a second
SF: Static Field. Sorceress lighting tree attack skill
SH (Spec): Spectral Hit
Shaft: Shaftstop Exceptional Unique Mesh Armor
Shako: Harlequin Crest Shako (unique helm)
Silks: Silks of the Victor Unique Ancient Armor
Sin (Sinner): Assassin
Skullder's: Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor
Slow: Slows Target. Item mod that slows enemies
slvl: Skill Level
SM (Master): Shadow Master
SM: Slow Missiles. A skill on the Amazon Passive and Magic tree
SoE: String Of Ears (belt)
Soj: Stone of Jordan
Sorc: sorceress
SP: Single Player. Usually refers to single-player mode of Diablo II
Spear: Bone Spear. A Necromancer attack skill
spider sash: Arachnid's Mesh (belt)
Spike: Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife
Spirit: Bone Spirit. A Necromancer attack skill
SS (Storm): Stormshield Elite Unique Monarch Shield
SS: Stone Skin.
Stormspire: Stormspire Elite Unique Giant Thresher
STR: Strength
SW (Warrior): Shadow Warrior
SW: Shock Wave. A Druid shape shifting skill
Tal's Orb: Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Set Swirling Crystal
Tarn: Tarnhelm Unique Skull Cap
TC: Treasure Class
TE (Tele): Teleport
TGod (TGV): Thundergod's Vigor Exceptional Unique War Belt
thx: Thanks
Tiamat's: Tiamat's Rebuke Exceptional Unique Dragon Shield
Titan's: Titan's Revenge Unique Ceremonial Javelin
TK: Telekinesis
TP: Trading Post
TP: Teleport. A Sorceress skill on the lightning tree.
TP: Town Portal
tppk: Town Portal Personnal Kill
Trav: Travincal in Act 3
TS: Thunderstorm. Sorceress lighting tree attack skill
TS: Tiger Strike.
ttyl: Talk to you later
Tucs: Bartuc's Cut-Throat Unique Greater Talons
Twitch: Twitchthroe Unique Studded Leather Armor
ty: Thank you.
tyt: Take your time
tyvm: Thank you very much
UD: Uber Diablo
Ume's: Ume's Lament Unique Grave Wand
Up'ed: Upgraded item
Valk: Valkyrie. A skill on the Amazon Passive and Magic tree
Valor: Arkaine's Valor Elite Unique Balrog Skin
Vamp: Vampiregaze Exceptional Unique Grim Helm
VIT: Vitality
w8: Wait
wb: Welcome back
WB: WereBear. A Druid shape shifting skill
WC: War Cry. A Barbarian warcry
WF: Windforce
Wizardspike: Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife
WoF: Wake of Fire
WoI: Wake of Inferno
Wote (WOE): Wall of the Eyeless Unique Bone Shield
WP: Waypoint
WSK (WK2): Worldstone Keep Level 2 in Act 5
WT: WeaselTech
WW: WereWolf. A Druid shape shifting skill
WW: Whirlwind (barbarian skill)
WWS: Witchwild String Exceptional Unique Short Siege Bow
XP: experience
y: Yes
YMMV: Your mileage may vary
yw: You're welcome
Zerk: Berzerk. A Barbarian combat skill. (also berserker axe)
zod'ed: an item socketed with the Zod Rune
Zon: Amazon

[Vebev]

May we suggest additions/updates?

AMG: ??
BB: Baron's Bazaar
gangle, GA:Guardian Angel unique templar plate armor.
HR: High Rune, Ist, Vex-Zod
legit:Legitimate, mean one doesn't use hacks, cheats or dupes.
NP: No Problem, meaning, "you're welcome"
Wizzy, wiz: Wizardspike

[MilkmanAl]

Please read the lists that I just posted in the Everything You need to Know... thread and add any that are missing there. Thanks :)

[BMFDrew]

What about BB?

[laughingbuddha]

Gz? When you announce you lvl up, ppl say to you "gz", what that can be?

[MilkmanAl]

I'm guessing it's a further abbreviation of "grats," but I've never heard that before.

[laughingbuddha]

Its mostly usual in Europe. In fact, i have never heard "grats", its always the "gz".

And what can actually be Gosu? I understand the meaning (from experience), but where this can came from?

[Ernir]

laughingbuddha, on Sep 1 2006, 07:51 PM, said:

And what can actually be Gosu? I understand the meaning (from experience), but where this can came from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosu

For the list it might be:

Gosu: Korean slang. Refers to great skill or prowess.

[AcidRane]

I always assumed G[x] to be a derivitive of GG, which is Good Game. I've seen GG, GD, GG, GZ, GB, GJ... I'm sure there are others. I'm not sure what they all mean, but most have been used in the same situation/context.

[laughingbuddha]

You can add Soso -sorceress, and NT - next tomb (while tombrunning for experience).

[MortisNostre]

15/15 when refering to white/socketed armor types means 15 ed/15 dura

[jjshaw00]

I've heard something about a Pcomb.... I think that's a Paladin Skill Charm, but I'm not sure.

[MortisNostre]

jjshaw00, on Sep 11 2006, 09:37 PM, said:

I've heard something about a Pcomb.... I think that's a Paladin Skill Charm, but I'm not sure.

correct...Pcomb is short for Paladin Combat Skills GC....Bcomb is that for a barbarian.

[sin_harry]

you forgot KKYGS: KEKE yuo giev soj?? <3

now for the real help: pb = poison & bone...
I also used the word skiller a lot as a referral to a grand charm that adds +1 to a certain skill tab

So if you combine them you'll get PB Skiller or PB SK to make it even shorter.

[Vebev]

sin_harry, on Sep 26 2006, 02:27 AM, said:

now for the real help: pb = poison & bone...

Minor variations: PNB or P&B

[MortisNostre]

Vebev, on Sep 26 2006, 10:28 AM, said:

Minor variations: PNB or P&B

id use those when referring to poison and bone as PB also stands for phase blade.

oh...some more:

VSSOD - vulpine spiked shield of deflecting
VBSOD - vulpine bone shield of deflecting
ATOD - artisans tower shield of deflecting
AGOD - artisans gothinc shield of deflecting

[jiggyjack]

pwn? seriously

[MilkmanAl]

Hey, people say it. Those of us fluent in English might as well know what it means. :102:

[op'-^v)]

I have to say, at least 30% of those are just really lame basin-only ones that nobody actually uses.

i've never, ever heard anyone say "SLC" or "LSC" or wtf their version of "SCXL" is. SLC is salt lake city and nothing else...

a lot of these might hold sway in specific basin character forums, but elsewhere i'm pretty sure that makes for more gibberish than they claim the "pubbies" speak. seriously, "boi" might mean something in the assassin forum, but come on.

and "CBF" has nothing to do with "couldn't be frozen"

[MilkmanAl]

I figured I'd post the abbreviations and terms lists I cranked out awhile ago.

Abbreviations and acronyms:
15/15 – a jewel with +15 to all resistances and 15 increased attack speed, commonly duped
290, 313, 450 – small charms that have the indicated poison damage (e.g. a 313 is a small charm that adds 313 poison damage over a certain duration), very commonly duped items
3D (3PD): 3 Diamond/3 Perfect Diamond. Usually refers to a shield socketed with three perfect diamonds.
40/15 – a jewel with 40 enhanced damage and 15 increased attack speed, commonly duped
5%: generally relats to +5% all resistances small charms
7%: usually refers to a 7% magicfind smallcharm
A1, A2: Act 1, Act 2, etc.
AB: Amazon Basin.
ABM: Amazon Basin Member.
AMU, AMMY: Amulet
AR: Attack Rating.
AS: Arreat Summit. Battle.net's website for D2.
Absorb (sorb) – absorbance of a particular element, can be in percentage or integer amounts
Afaic: As far as I'm concerned.
Afaics: As far as I can see.
Afaik: As far as I know.
Afk: Away from keyboard.
Ali Baba: Blade of Ali Baba Exceptional Unique Tulwar.
All res, all resists - +[some number] to all resistances
Alvl: Affix Level.
Alvl: area level
Ama: Amazon.
Amp: Amplify Damage. Necro curse to reduce enemies' resistance to physical damage.
Ancients (AW): The Ancients' Way in Act 5.
Andy: Andariel. Act 1 super unique monster.
AoE: Area of Effect.
Arkaine's (Ark): Arkaine's Valor Elite Unique Balrog Skin.
Arreat's: Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard.
Asn (asa, assy): Assassin.
Atlantean: The Atlantean Exceptional Unique Ancient Sword.
Atma – a character in Act 2, more commonly refers to Atma’s Scarab unique amulet or a popular program available for Single Player
B-Star: Barnard's star (unique mace)
B.net (Bnet): Battle Net. Blizzard's game server for Diablo II.
B/o: Best Offer
BA: Blessed Aim. A Paladin offensive aura.
BA: Bone Armor. A Necromancer defensive skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
BBS: Be back soon (also BBin: be back in XX minutes)
BC (BCom): Battle Command. A Barbarian warcry to increase skill levels.
BC (BCry): Battle Cry. A Barbarian warcry to decrease an enemy's damage and defense.
BG: Blood Golem.
BH: Blessed Hammer. An attack skill on the Paladin Combat tree.
BK: Bul-Kathos. Usually refers to the Bul-Kathos set items, or the unique Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band Ring.
BM: Bad Manners.
BO: Battle Orders. Barbarian warcry to increase life and mana.
BP: Bone Prison. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
BRB: be right back
BS: Blade Shield.
BS: Bone Spirit. A Necromancer attack skill.
BS: Bone Spear
BTC: Back To Channel
BW: Bone Wall. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
Baba (Barb): Barbarian.
Bane: Gladiator's Bane Elite Unique Wire Fleece.
Baranar's (Banana): Baranar's Star Elite Unique Devil Star.
Bartuc's (Barts): Bartuc's Cut-Throat Unique Greater Talons.
Basher: The Cranium Basher Elite Unique Thunder Maul.
Big D: Diablo
Blues – magic items
BoI: Blades of Ice.
BoS: Burst of Speed.
Brb: Be right back.
Brt: Be right there.
Btc: Back to channel.
Btw: By the way.
Burrito (Buriza): Buriza-Do Kyanon Exceptional Unique Ballista.
BvB: Barb vs. Barb. A PvP Barbarian who specializes in combat against melee classes.
BvC: Barb vs. Caster. A PvP Barbarian who specializes in compat against casters.
C/C: Claw/Claw. Refers to an Assassin wielding dual claws.
C/O: Current Offer
C/S: Claw/Shield. Refers to an Assassin using a claw and shield.
CB: Charged Bolt. Sorceress lighting tree attack skill.
CB: Collossus Blade
CB: Crushing Blow.
CBF: Cannot be frozen.
CCB: Cruel Colossus Blade.
CCS: Cruel Colossus Sword.
CE: Cold Enchanted.
CE: Corpse Explosion. A Necromancer attack skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
CG: Clay Golem.
CI, c/i – connection interrupted, the message that can appear when a server drops the game you are in
CI: Cold Immune.
CKN (Chu): Chu-ko-nu. Often refers specifically to the Demon Machine Exceptional Unique Chu-ko-nu Crossbow.
CL: Chain Lightning. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
CM: Claw Mastery.
CM: Cold Mastery.
CM: Community Member. Any participant in the Amazon Basin community.
CM: Council Member
CP: Crystalline Passage in Act 5.
CR: Cold resistance.
CS: Chaos Sanctuary in Act 4.
CS: Cobra Strike.
CS: Critical Strike.
CTA: Call to Arms
CTC: Chance to Cast (on striking, on attack, or when struck).
CTH: Chance to Hit.
CU: Cursed.
Cat 2: Catacombs Level 2 in Act 1.
Cg (grats): Congratulations.
Chan?: Go to channel.
Chancies – Chance Guards unique chain gloves
Char: Character.
Charsi – a NPC in the Rogue Encampment in Act 1, often used as a verb meaning “to sell”
Chippies – chipped gems
Chips: chipped gems
Clvl: Character Level.
CoA: Crown of Ages
CoH: Chains of Honor
CoS: Cloak of Shadows.
CoT: Claws of Thunder.
Coldworm – Coldworm the Burrower, a super-unique monster in the Maggot Layer level 3 that guards the Staff of Kings
Conc: Concentrate, the Barbarian Combat skill
Conc: Concentration. A Paladin offensive aura to increase physical damage.
Conv: Conviction. A Paladin offensive aura to reduce enemy resistances.
Cranium (C basher): The Cranium Basher Elite Unique Thunder Maul.
Crit: Critical Strike.
CtA – the Call to Arms runeword, a number will often precede “CtA” to indicate the level of Battle Orders added by the runeword (e.g. +4 CtA or 4 CtA indicates that the weapon adds +4 to Battle Orders)
Cube: The Horadric Cube.
Cya: See you.
D/A/E: Dodge/Avoid/Evade. Trio of Amazon defensive skills from the Passive and Magic skill tree.
D2: Diablo II.
D2M: Damage to Mana.
D: Diablo
DC, d/c - disconnect
DC: Diablo Clone
DC: Dragon Claw.
DClone, D-Clone (UberD) – “Diablo Clone,” Uber Diablo, does not usually refer to the
DD: Don't die
DEX: Dexterity.
DF: Dragon Flight.
DKK: Don't Kill King (cow king)
DR (DR%): Damage Reduced. Items with this mod reduce physical damage.
DS: Deadly Strike.
DS: Death Sentry.
DT: Dragon Tail.
Decrep: Decrepify. A Necromancer curse that slows and weakens.
Def: Defense.
Dii: dii.net. A D2 reference and forum site.
Ding: Player announcing they've just leveled.
Dkey – Key of Destrcution
Dmg: Damage.
Doombringer (Doom): Doombringer Elite Unique Champion Sword.
Dru (droolid): Druid.
Dur 2: Durance of Hate Level 2 in Act 3.
EBotD: Ethereal breath of the dying
EBotDz – the Breath of the Dying runeword made in an ethereal berserker axe
ED/IAS: Enhanced Damage/IAS. Typically refers to a rare combination of mods on a jewel.
ED: Enhanced Damage. A mod that increases physical damage.
ED: Enhanced Defense. A mod that increases defense on an item.
EF: Extra Fast.
ENE: Energy.
ES: Energy Shield. Sorceress lightning tree defensive skill.
ES: Extra Strong.
EXP: Experience.
Eagle (Eaglehorn): Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow
Eagle (Eaglehorn): Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow.
Eth: Ethereal.
Eye (EoE): Eye of Etlitch Unique Amulet.
FA: Freezing Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow skill tree.
FB: Fireball. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
FBR: Faster block rate.
FC: Fire Claws. A Druid shape shifting skill.
FCR: Faster cast rate.
FE: Fire Enchanted.
FG: Fire Golem.
FHR: Faster hit recovery.
FI: Fire Immune.
FN: Frost Nova. Sorceress cold tree attack skill.
FO: Frozen Orb. (Sometimes called just "Orb.") Sorceress cold tree attack skill.
FPS: Frames per second (command needed /fps)
FR: Feral Rage. A Druid shape shifting skill.
FR: Fire Resistance.
FRW: Faster Run/Walk.
FT: For trade
FTJ – failed to join, the message that appears when the server will not allow you to make or join a game
FW: Firewall. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
Face: Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard.
Fana: Fanaticism. A Paladin offensive aura to increase attack speed and physical damage.
Fists: Magefist Unique Light Gauntlets.
FoF: Fists of Fire. An Assassin attack skill on the martial arts tree.
FoH: Fist of the Heavens. An attack skill on the Paladin Combat tree.
Forge – the Hellforge quest: quest 2 in Act 4
Fps: Frames per second.
Frosties: Frostburn Unique Gauntlets.
GA: Guided Arrow.
GF: Grandfather (sword)
GS: Glacial Spike. Sorceress cold tree attack skill.
GSA: Goldstrike Arch Exceptional Unique Gothic Bow.
Gaze: Vampiregaze Exceptional Unique Grim Helm.
Gc: Grand charm.
Gfi: Go for it.
Gg: Good game.
Gj: Good job.
Golds – unique items
Grandfather (gf): The Grandfather Elite Unique Colossus Blade.
Greens – set items
Gris, Griz – Griswold, usually refers to his namesake set and items therein, Griswold’s Legacy
Gtg: Good to go (or Got to go).
Gull: Gull Unique Dagger.
Gumby – Clay Golem
H: Hell difficulty level
HB: Holy Bolt. A Paladin combat skill.
HBT: Hit Blinds Target.
HC: Hard Core
HC: High Council (uniques found in the Travincal Act3, Durrance of hate lvl 3 Act3 and Worldstone Keep lvl 3)
HCMTF: Hit Causes Monster to Flee.
HF – Hellforge
HF(#2): Have Fun
HF: Holy Freeze. A Paladin offensive aura to chill enemies.
HFT: Hit Freezes Target.
HP: Hit Points.
HS: Holy Shield. A Paladin combat skill to boost shield characteristics.
HS: Holy Shock.
Harley: Harlequin Crest Elite Unique Shako.
Hat - helmet
Hc: Hard Core.
Hellslayer: Hellslayer Elite Unique Decapitator.
Heph: Hephasto the Armorer. Act 4 super unique monster.
Hkey – Key of Hate
HoBL: Hand of Blessed Light Unique Divine Scepter.
HoW: Heart of Wolverine. A Druid summoning skill.
HoZ: Herald Of Zakarum Unique Gilded Shield.
Homunculus: Homunculus Unique Hierophant Trophy.
Horn (Eaglehorn): Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow.
Hot: Warning that a portal is dangerous to enter.
HotO – Heart of the Oak runeword, a number will often precede “HotO” to indicate how much the weapon adds to all resistances (e.g. a 33 HotO will add +33 to all resistances).
IAS: Increased Attack Speed.
ID: Identify.
IG: Iron Golem.
IIRC: If I recall correctly.
IK Maul: Immortal King's Stone Crusher Set Ogre Maul.
IK: Immortal King's set
IM: Iron Maiden
IMHO: In my humble opinion.
IMO: In my opinion.
IS: Iron Skin. A Barbarian mastery to increase defense.
ISO: In search of
ITD: Ignore Target Defense.
Ilvl: Item Level.
Immo: Immolation Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow tree.
Ire: Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor.
Izzy: Izual. Act 4 super unique monster.
J/k: Just kidding.
JMoD Jeweller's Monarch of Deflecting. A very rare, very highly valued magical shield.
Jalal's: Jalal's Mane Unique Totemic Mask.
Juvie, rejuv – rejuvenation potion
K: Okay.
KA: Kick ass
KB: Knockback.
L337, 1337: Elite.
LA: Leap Attack.
LC: Large Charm
LCS: Liying character screen
LE: Lightning Enchanted.
LEB: Lightning Enchanted Boss.
LEM: Lightning Enchanted monster.
LF: Lightning Fury. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree.
LI: Lightning Immune.
LL: Life Leech.
LLD: Low level dueling
LM: Lightning Mastery.
LOL: Laughs out loud.
LR: Lightning resistance.
LR: Lower Resist. Necro curse to reduce enemies' magic resistance.
LS: Lightning Sentry.
LS: Lightning Strike. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree.
LTB: Looking to Buy
LTT: Looking To Trade
Larzuk – a NPC in Harrogath (Act 5), often used as a verb meaning “to redeem Larzuk’s quest reward on a certain item”
Lc: Large charm.
Leach - %mana or life stolen per hit
Lidless: Lidless Wall Exceptional Unique Grim Shield.
Lightsabre: Lightsabre Elite Unique Phase Blade.
LoD: Lord of Destruction. The Diablo II expansion.
LoH: Laying of Hands Disciple Set Bramble Mitts.
Lyc: Lycander's Aim Unique Ceremonial Bow.
MA: Martial Arts. Usually a description for an Assassin type of build, or reference to one of the Assassin skill trees.
MB: Mana Burn.
MDR: Magic Damage Reduced. Items with this mod reduce magical damage.
MF: Magic Find.
MFSC/SMFC: Magicfind Small Charm/Small Magicfind Charm
MH – map hack
MI: Magic Immune.
ML: Mana Leech.
MP: Market Place. Trading site for D2 at market.diabloii.net.
MP: Multi-Player.
MPK: Mana per kill.
MR: Magic Resistant.
MS: Multi-Shot. A mod available to boss monsters.
MS: Multiple Shot. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow tree.
MSLE (MSLEB): Multi-Shot Lightning Enchanted.
Mara's: Mara's Kaleidoscope Unique Amulet.
Mat: Matriarchal bow.
Meph: Mephisto. Act 3 super unique monster.
Merc: Mercenary.
MiC: Meet in Channel (also MiP: Meet in Post [also oldschool])
Mlvl: Monster Level.
Mod: Moderator. An Amazon Basin member responsible for moderating a forum or channel.
Mod: Modifier. Adds a characteristic to an item such as a weapon or charm.
Moser's: Moser's Blessed Circle Exceptional Unique Round Shield.
Msg: message
Mule: character made only to carry extra items
N00b: Newbie.
NG: New Game/Next Game
NK – naked kill, killing a character when he has not yet recovered his gear after dying previously
NM: Nightmare. The second level of difficulty in Diablo II.
NPC – non-player characterNat’s – the set Natalya’s Odium
NR: Natural Resistance. A Barbarian mastery to increase resistance to magic damage.
NRG: Energy.
Nbd: No big deal.
Nec (necro): Necromancer.
Newb: Newbie.
Nigma – the Enigma runeword
Nm (nvm): Never mind.
Norm: Normal. Usually refers to the first level of difficulty in Diablo II.
OK: Oblivion Knight.
OMG: Oh my god.
OT: Off Topic
OTOH: On the other hand.
OW – open wounds
Oak: Oak Sage. A Druid summoning skill.
Occy (Oculus): The Oculus Unique Swirling Crystal.
Organs – general term for Mephisto’s Brain, Baal’s Eye, and Diablo’s Horn, can also refer to Khalim’s Eye, Brain, and Heart
PA: perfect amethist
PC: price check
PDR: Physical Damage Reduction.
PI: Physical Immune. A monster immune to physical damage attack.
PK – player killer, to kill another player
PKK: Player Killer Killer. A player who kills player killers.
PMH: Prevent Monster Heal
PN: Poison Nova. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
PR: Poison resistance.
PS: Phoenix Strike.
PW: Password.
Pally, paly, Pali: Paladin.
Pdsc: Poison damage small charm
Pgems – perfect gems, may also be seen as the letter “p” before the name of a gem (e.g. pamethysts indicates perfect amethysts)
Pots: potions
PP – shorthand for “party please”
PvM: Player versus Monster.
PvP: Player versus Player.
Qlvl: quality level
R/W: Run Walk
R: Ready. This is the standard signal among players in a group before triggering a monster urn/shrine or entering a particularly treacherous area.
RD, r/d – realm down, a temporary restriction from Battle.net
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing.
Rad, Raddy – Radament, the monster in the Sewers level 3
Reaver (Messy Reaver): Messerschmidt's Reaver Elite Unique Champion Axe.
Req: Requirement.
Res all, resist all - +[some number] to all resistances
Res, resists - resistances
Res: Resurrect.
Rl: Real life.
RoF: River of Flame in Act 4.
S/S: Sword/Shield.
SD: Shadow Disciplines. One of the Assassin skill trees.
SF: Static Field. Sorceress lighting tree attack skill.
SH (Spec): Spectral Hit.
SM (Master): Shadow Master.
SM: Slow Missiles. A skill on the Amazon Passive and Magic tree.
SP: Single Player. Usually refers to single-player mode of Diablo II.
SS (Storm): Stormshield Elite Unique Monarch Shield.
SS: Stone Skin.
STR: Strength.
SW (Warrior): Shadow Warrior.
SW: Shock Wave. A Druid shape shifting skill.
Sc: Small charm.
Sc: Soft core.
Schaefer's: Schaefer's Hammer Elite Unique Legendary Mallet.
Sec: Hang on a second.
Shaft: Shaftstop Exceptional Unique Mesh Armor.
Shako: Harlequin Crest Elite Unique Shako. (Technically, a Shako is the entire class of elite Shako helms, but the term almost always refers to its Unique version.)
Shenk – Shenk the Overseer
Sig’s, Sigon’s – the set Sigon’s Complete Steel
Silks: Silks of the Victor Unique Ancient Armor.
Sin (Sinner): Assassin.
Skullder's: Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor.
Slow: Slows Target. Item mod that slows enemies.
Slvl: Skill Level.
SoE: String Of Ears (belt)
SoJ: Stone of Jordan Unique Ring.
Sorc (socer): Sorceress.
Sparky – Fire Golem
Spear: Bone Spear. A Necromancer attack skill.
Spider sash: Arachnid's Mesh (belt)
Spike: Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife.
Spirit (dual Spirits): A 1.10 Realms-only runeword that works in both swords and shields.
Spirit: Bone Spirit. A Necromancer attack skill.
Staff – usually refers to the Horadric Staff
Stick – weapon, sometimes specifically a scepter
Stormspire: Stormspire Elite Unique Giant Thresher.
String (SoE): String of Ears Exceptional Unique Demonhide Sash.
TE (Tele): Teleport.
TGod (TGV): Thundergod's Vigor Exceptional Unique War Belt.
TK: Telekinesis.
TP: Teleport. A Sorceress skill on the lightning tree.
TP: Town Portal.
TP: Trading Post
TS: Thunderstorm. Sorceress lighting tree attack skill.
TS: Tiger Strike.
Tal's Orb: Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Set Swirling Crystal.
Tarn: Tarnhelm Unique Skull Cap.
Thx: Thanks.
Tiamat's: Tiamat's Rebuke Exceptional Unique Dragon Shield.
Titan's: Titan's Revenge Unique Ceremonial Javelin.
Tkey – Key of Terror
Torch – Hellfire Torch unique large charm
Tppk: Town Portal Player Kill
Trav: Travincal in Act 3.
Ttyl: Talk to you later.
Tucs: Bartuc's Cut-Throat Unique Greater Talons.
Twitch: Twitchthroe Unique Studded Leather Armor.
Ty: Thank you.
Tyt: Take your time.
Tyvm: Thank you very much.
UD: Uber Diablo
Ume's: Ume's Lament Unique Grave Wand.
Up'ed: Upgraded item
VIT: Vitality.
Valk: Valkyrie. A skill on the Amazon Passive and Magic tree.
Valor: Arkaine's Valor Elite Unique Balrog Skin.
Vamp: Vampiregaze Exceptional Unique Grim Helm.
W8: Wait.
WB: WereBear. A Druid shape shifting skill.
WC: War Cry. A Barbarian warcry.
WF (Windforce): Windforce Elite Unique Hydra Bow.
WP: Waypoint.
WSK (WK2): Worldstone Keep Level 2 in Act 5.
WT: WeaselTech.
WW: WereWolf. A Druid shape shifting skill.
WW: Whirlwind. A Barbarian combat skill.
WWS: Witchwild String Exceptional Unique Short Siege Bow.
Wb: Welcome back.
Wizardspike (Wizzy): Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife.
WoF: Wake of Fire.
WoI: Wake of Inferno.
Wote (WOE): Wall of the Eyeless Unique Bone Shield.
XP: experience.
Y: Yes.
YMMV: Your mileage may vary.
Yellows – rare items
Yw: You're welcome.
Zak – Herald of Zakarum unique gilded shield
Zerk: Berzerk. A Barbarian combat skill.
Zod'ed: an item socketed with the Zod Rune
Zon: Amazon.
[some number]/-15 – a jewel with a valuable prefix, likely resistances or enhanced damage, and -15% to requirements, jewels with 15 resist all or 40% enhanced damage are common dupes

Glossary of terms:
Bot: From Robot, a program that "plays" your character while you are away from your computer, can be actively playing or sending messages in channels
Cheese: A low level character getting pushed through levels of the game by a much higher level character, where the lower character could not play effectively alone.
Cube: Horadric cube, the act of using it to transmute items.
Desynch:Desynchronization between client and server. This happens a lot when your character has Faster Run/Walk and Charge. In PvP it can cause other combatants to be confused about your location.
Drop game:
Drop trade:Where you drop your items on the ground and your trading partner drops their items on the ground, then you pick up theirs and they pick up yours. Can be a scam when you're trading with non-trustworty people.
Drop:items on the ground. When you kill a monster, the items appear to "drop" from them. Also when you are disconnected from the game.
Dropping (of items): The act of entering a game to present any player in that game with items as freely given gifts, to be distributed among the players in the game as they see fit.
Dupe: duplicate, an item that has been duplicated in the game. See cheats/hacks.
Farm: to kill certain monsters in hopes of finding particular items, similar to running
Flaming: Making a personal attack or insulting remark, intended to incite anger.
Grush: Glitch rush, a way to take a low level character to higher difficulty levels, bypassing the ingame constraints.
HR, High runes: Ist, Vex-Zod runes. Often duplicated and hence not legitimate.
Hot server: a server with many messages of "Stones of Jordon sold to merchants". Indicates a high likelyhood of dclone appearing.
Lag: network slowdown or pause.
Legit (gameplay/items): Legitimate, not taking advantage of hacks, cheats, or dupes.
Max, Maxing: to put 20 skill points into a skill
Mule: a character used to hold extra items. Can either be a low level character created for this purpose or a retired high level character.
Muling: The process of transferring items involving 2 or more characters not currently playing in the game, transfering your items to another character called the "mule".
No-Twink: No-twink groups and players use and equip only what they find in no-twink play. No items are brought into no-twink play from outside games or sources.
Perm: opening the trade window resets the "poof" flag for items that have been duplicated. This allows them to be permenant.
Poach: to undercut someone by offering an identical item for trade for cheaper or the same price, "stealing" a trade
Poof: when a duplicated item is detected by Blizzards passive ruststorm and is not saved, causing it to not appear when you enter a new game.
Proc: Chance to cast or otherwise occur. A 5% Chance to Cast Nova on an item is a proc.
Run: to repeatedly kill the same monsters, usually done to obtain items and/or experience
Rush: having someone help your character go quickly through the game.
Server hopping: checking the IP address you're connected to and leaving/creating a new game to change said address, typiclly done to find a particular IP address
Spam (forums, chat, skills): massive quantities. In forums and on chat, posts/messages that are irrelevant/superflous. In game, some is said to be "spamming" their skills by indiscrimently casting their skill over and over again.
Storing: Transferring items from one in-game character to a character not in game.
Trade up: Trade an item that is normally low value for something of higher value.
Transferring: Interchanging items between characters, including activites referred to as muling, twinking and storing.
Troll:Someone who posts an oddball question or comment for the soul purpose of generating heated discussion. See Spam (forum).
Trolling: Making provocative, controversial or offensive remarks, intended to create a confrontational response.
Twinking: Transferring items from one character not currently in-game to a character in game for the latter character's use, and the reciprocal transer of items from the playing character to a mule. "Twinking" is often referred to as using muled items to equip a character with superior items than would be found solely in playing that character.
Xfer: Transfer items to a mule.
+skills: bonuses to skills, usually refers to items giving bonuses to all skills (e.g., I need more +skills on my sorceress because she doesn’t do enough damage)