Reference

An uber list of abbreviations and acronyms specifically related to Diablo. Some common online chat/forum usage terms are included as well. This list will grow greatly once the game is released and players start to create more short hand references. Many terms have links to pages that explain them in greater detail.

See the Diablo Glossary for a concise list of common game terms/concepts, with links to full pages of info.

Numbers

1337 -- Leet as in 'leet speak'. Originally meant as elite. Awesome outstanding. An overused term now usually.
5% - generally relats to +5% all resistances small charms.
7% - usually refers to a 7% magic find small charm.
0.8/0.9/1.10/1.11/1.12 - Patches. Many changes have varied the way the game has been played. The SPF FAQ has a good explanation of version differences.
10 chars - All posts need 10 characters to be able to be posted. The poster is making up the numbers.
1H - one-handed weapon.
2H - two-handed weapon.
3/20/20 - small charm that adds 3 to maximum damage, 20 to AR and 20 to life.
3d/4d Shield - A socketed shield with 3/4 perfect diamonds in it giving you 57%/76% resistance to all.

A

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 - Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5
abc/ddd - abc being the game name - ddd is the password
AC - armour class
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 that gives MF and GF based on character level.
alvl - Affix Level or area level
Ama/Azn/zon - Amazon.
Amp - Amplify Damage. Necro curse to reduce enemies' resistance to physical damage. Also available as charges on some items
Amu (Ammy) - Amulet
Ancients - The Three Ancients in Act 5.
Andy - Andariel. Act 1 super unique monster.
Anni - Annihilus (the one and only unique small charm)
AoD - Area of Denial. The usual effect of an AoE spell, since it causes players to move out of the affected area, in effect denying them that portion of the screen.
AoE - Area of Effect. A spell that targets an large area, dealing damage (or benefits) to anything in the vicinity.
AoKL - arm of king leroic tomb wand
AR - Attack Rating.
Arach - arachnid mesh belt. Unique belt that gives +1 skills
Arkaine's (Ark) - Arkaine's Valor Elite Unique Balrog Skin.
Arreat's - Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard.
AS - Arreat Summit. Battle.net's/Blizzard's official website for D2.
ASAP - As soon as possible.
Asn/asa/assy/sin - Assassin.
Atlantean - The Atlantean Exceptional Unique Ancient Sword.
ATM - At the Moment.
ATMA - Single player muling utility, that includes a very useful drop calculator
Atma's - Atma's Scarab Unique Amulet.
AW - The Ancients' Way in Act 5.

B

B.net or Bnet - Battle.net. Blizzard's game server for Diablo II.
B/O - Best Offer. Used in trading items. Also Battle Orders a Barbarian skill
BA - Bone Armor (necromancer skill)
BA - Blessed Aim (paladin skill)
Baba or 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
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be back soon
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
BF (BFury) - Blade Fury. An Assassin Trap Tree skill.
BF - Bloody Foothills
BG - Blood Golem
BH - Blessed Hammer (paladin skill)
Big D - Diablo (the boss monster himself.)
BIN - Buy it now. A fixed price, no negotiation.
BK - Bul-Kathos (unique ring/barbarian set)
Blk - Block.
bm - Bad manners. Indicating a PvP ruleset.
BO - Battle Orders
BoE - Bind on Equip. Items that can not be removed without being destroyed once they are equipped.
BoI - Blades of Ice.
Boost - Rush, turbo. To pave the way for a new player, so he can defeat all act bosses without actually doing anything himself.
BoP - Bind on Pick-up. Items that can not be dropped or traded once they are picked up. Quest items only, in Diablo 3.
BoS - Burst of Speed
BotD - Breath of the Dying. A v1.10 Runeword.
BM - the Barbarian's Battlemaster Skill Tree, or a Barbarian who specializes in that tree.
Bp - Breakpoint. A mark at which something improves.
BP - Bone Prison (necromancer skill)
Brb - Be right back.
Brt - Be right there.
BS (BSentinel) - Blade Sentinel. an Assassin skill on the Trap tree.
BS (BShield) - Blade Shield. an Assassin skill on the Trap tree.
BS (BSpear) - Bone Spear. A Necromancer attack skill.
BS (Bspirit) - Bone Spirit. A Necromancer attack skill.
B-Star - Barnard's star (unique mace).
Btc - Back to channel.
BTS - Blizzard Technical Support.
btw - By the way.
Burrito (Buriza) - Buriza-Do Kyanon Exceptional Unique Ballista.
BvB - Barbarian Versus Barbarian Dueling.
BvC - Barbarian v Caster (pvp).
BW - Bone Wall. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.

C

CA - Chilling Armor. A Sorceress skill on the Cold tree.
Cat 2 - Catacombs Level 2 in Act 1.
CCB - Cruel Colossus Blade.
CCS - Cruel Colossus Sword
CB - Charged Bolt. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
CB - Crushing Blow.
CB - Colossus Blade. Elite Sword.
CB - Charged Bolt (sorceress skill)
CBF - Cannot be frozen.
CBS - Charged Bolt Sentry. Assassin Trap Tree skill.
C/C - Claw/Claw. Refers to an Assassin wielding dual claws
C/O - Current Offer. Used in trading items.
C/S - Claw/Shield. Refers to an Assassin using a claw and shield.
CD (CDam, CDmg) - Cold Damage
CE - Cold Enchanted.
CE - Corpse Explosion. A Necromancer attack skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
CG - Clay Golem.
Cg (grats) gz - Congratulations.
Chan? - Go to channel.
Char - Character.
chippies - 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 lightning tree attack skill.
Closed - Closed Battle.net. Online play with characters saved on a Battle.net Server.
clvl - Character level.
CM - Claw Mastery.
CM - Cold Mastery. Sorceress Cold tree skill.
CM - Community Manager (like Bashiok.
CM - Community Member.
CM - Council Member.
CO - Current Offer.
CoA - crown of Ages unique item
CoH - Chains of Honor
Conc - Concentrate/ion (paladin aura/Barbarian skill)
Conv - Conviction. A Paladin offensive aura to reduce enemy resistances.
Cookie cutter - A very common character build, one frequently recreated, ALA Hammerdins in v1.10+.
Coop (Co-op) - Cooperative play.
CoS - Cloak of Shadows.
CoT - Claws of Thunder.
CP - Checkpoint. The save points reached at the start of most dungeon levels in D3.
CP - Crystalline Passage in Act 5.
CR (CRes) - Cold resistance.
Cranium (C basher) - The Cranium Basher Elite Unique Thunder Maul.
Crest - Harlequin Crest Elite unique Shako
Crit - Critical Hit. A blow that deals double damage + other effects, depending on damage type. May occur with all damage types in D3, while it was only from physical damage in D2.
Crit - Critical Strike.
CRM -Colour Rune Mod - Single Player utility that turns runes any colour.
CS - Crystal sword
CS - Critical Strike.
CS - Colossus Sword.
CS - Cobra Strike
CS - Chaos Sanctuary in Act 4
CtA - call to arms (runeword)
CtC - chance to cast
CTH - Chance to Hit.
Cube - The Horadric Cube
CU - Cursed
CV - colossus voulge
cya - See you.

D

D - Diablo
D2 - Diablo II
D2C - Diablo 2 classic.
D2M - Damage to Mana
D2X - Lord of Destruction Diablo 2 expansion.
D/A/E - Dodge/Avoid/Evade. Trio of Amazon defensive skills from the Passive and Magic skill tree.
Dam - Damage
DC - Dragon Claw. A skill on the Assassin's Martial Arts Tree.
DC (D Clone) - Diablo Clone.
DD - Don't die
Decrep - Decrepify. A Necromancer curse that slows and weakens.
Def - Defense
Desynch - refers to desynchronizing with the server. That way, you appear to be somewhere other than your actual location on the opponent's screen. It is usually done by some form of very rapid movement. Note that instant movement (such as teleport) won't do this, and will in fact resynch with the server.
DEX - Dexterity.
DF - Dragon Flight. A skill on the Assassin's Martial Arts Tree.
DL - deadline in a trade EG DL10 = 10 hours before close
dii - Diii.net. A D2 news, reference and forum site.
Dii.net - Diabloii.net. Longest running Diablo fansite.
diii - Diii.net. A D3 reference and forum site.
Diii.net - Diii.net. Longest running Diablo fansite.
ding - Player announcing they've just leveled. (For the sound effect that's heard.)
ding - Sound of a ring/amulet dropping. (Mostly used in Diablo I, where that sound was very distinctive and thrilling.)
DIS - Desperately in search of
DKK - Don't Kill King (cow king)
Dmg - Damage
DOH - Durance of Hate
Doombringer (Doom) - Doombringer Elite Unique Champion Sword
DOT - Damage Over Time.
DPA - Damage Per Attack.
DPS - Damage Per Second.
DR (DR%) - Damage Reduced. Items with this mod reduce physical damage.
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.
Dru - Druid.
DS - Deadly Strike.
DS - Death Sentry. A skill on the Assassin's Traps Tree.
DT - Dragon Tail. A skill on the Assassin's Martial Arts Tree.
dupe - an item which has been duplicated. This forum doesn't condone them so don't ask.
Durry - Duriel
Dvd - Damage versus Demons.
Dvm - Defense versus missiles.
Dvu - Damage versus Undead.
dweb - deaths web unearthed wand.

E

Eagle (Eaglehorn) - Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow.
eBotD - Ethereal breath of the dying.
ED - Enhanced Defense. A mod that increases defense on an item.
ED/IAS - Enhanced Damage/IAS. Typically refers to a rare combination of mods on a jewel.
EF - Extra Fast.
eg - exempli gratia (Latin). Used to mean 'for example'.
EIAS - Effective Increased Attack Speed.
ENE (ENG. ERG) - Energy.
ES (e-shield) - Energy Shield. Sorceress lightning tree defensive skill.
ES - Extra Strong.
ETF - European Trade Forum.
Eth - Ethereal.
exp - Experience.
Eye (EoE) - Eye of Etlitch Unique Amulet.
EZPK - easy player kill, killing another player usually by ambushing them.

F

FA - Freezing Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow skill tree.
FA - Frozen Armor. A Sorceress skill on the Cold Tree.
Face - Arreat's Face Unique Slayer Guard
Fana - Fanaticism. A Paladin offensive aura to increase attack speed and physical damage
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
FB - Fireball. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
FB - Fire Bolt. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
FB - Fire Blast. Assassin Trap tree skill.
FBR - Faster block rate.
FC - Fire Claws. A Druid shape shifting skill.
FCR - Faster cast rate.
FD (FDam, FDmg) - Fire damage.
FE - Fire enchanted.
FG - Fire Golem.
FHR - Faster Hit Recovery.
FI - Fire Immune.
FI - Find Item. A Barbarian War Cry Skill.
Fishy(mancer) - Summoner necro. Nightfish wrote the guide.
Fists - Magefist Unique Light Gauntlets.
Flaming - Making a personal attack or insulting remark, intended to incite anger.
Flavie - Single player reporting system that uses ATMA information and reports what sets/uniques/runes/gems the player has.
FM - Fire Mastery. Sorcerees Fire Tree skill.
FN - Frost Nova. Sorceress cold tree attack skill
FO - Frozen Orb. Sorceress cold tree attack skill.
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 - Hell forge quest in act IV. Hell can drop up to a Hel to Gul.
Fpa - Frames per Attack.
FPS - First Person Shooter, a game genre like Doom or Quake.
FPS - Frames Per Second (command needed /fps).
FR - Feral Rage. A Druid shape shifting skill.
FR (FRes) - Fire Resistance.
'Frosties (Frosts) - Frostburn Unique Gauntlets.
FRW - Faster Run/Walk.
FT - For trade or Fast Trade (BIN) depending on realm.
FTW - for the win.
FW - Firewall. Sorceress fire tree attack skill
FWIS - For what it is worth.
FYI - For your information.

G

GA - Guided Arrow.
Gaze - Vampiregaze Exceptional Unique Grim Helm.
GC - Grand Charm.
Geddon - Armageddon. A Druid Elemental Tree skill.
GF - Grandfather (sword).
gfi - Go for it.
gg - good game. Standard response to your opponent after a PvP duel. Can also mean "good gear."
Gheed's - Gheed's Fortune Unique Grand Charm.
Gj -- Good job.
Gl -- Good luck.
Gm - Golem Mastery.
GMB - grand matron bow
gosu - godly or awesome. Very good.
Grail - players attempting to get one of each set/unique in the game. Usually associated with single player because of ATMA.
Grandfather (gf) - The Grandfather Elite Unique Colossus Blade. D Spirit of Barbs. Gris' _______ - Piece of Griswold's Legacy set. Made for the Paladin.
grush - glitched rush, where an attempt to rush a low level character has gone awry.
GS - Glacial Spike. Sorceress cold tree attack skill.
GS - Ground Stomp, A Barbarian skill from the Juggernaut Skill Tree.
GSA - Goldstrike Arch Exceptional Unique Gothic Bow.
gtg - Good to go (or Got to go)
Gull - Gull Unique Dagger.
GW - Grim Ward. A Barbarian War Cry Skill.

H

H -- Hell. Third and last difficulty of Diablo 1 and 2.
Hack -- (v) To cheat or use exploits in a game. (n) A program that enables such cheats.
Harley - Harlequin Crest Elite Unique Shako.
HB - Holy Bolt. A Paladin combat skill.
HC -- Hard Core. One death and game over.
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.
Hellslayer - Hellslayer Elite Unique Decapitator
Heph - Hephasto the Armorer. Act 4 super unique monster.
HF - Holy Freeze. A Paladin offensive aura to chill enemies.
HoBL - Hand of Blessed Light Unique Divine Scepter
HoJ - Hand of Justice. A v1.10 Runeword.
Homunculus - Homunculus Unique Hierophant Trophy
Hork(ing) - Using the Barbarian skill Find Item on corpses of slain enemies can yield items, dubbed horking.
Horn (Eaglehorn) - Eaglehorn Elite Unique Crusader Bow.
Hot -- Warning that a portal is dangerous to enter.
HotO - Heart of the Oak. A v1.10 Runeword.
HoW - Heart of Wolverine. A Druid summoning skill
HoZ - Herald Of Zakarum Unique Gilded Shield.
HP -- Hit Points.
HR - high rune - definitions vary, depending on the realm
HS - Holy Shield. A Paladin combat skill to boost shield characteristics.
HS - Holy Shock.

I

i.e. - That is, for example. (id est in Latin).
IAS - Increased Attack Speed/Initial Attack Speed.
IB - Ice Blast. An attack skill on the Sorceress' Cold Tree.
IBS - Invisible Bone Spirit. Bone spirit no longer becomes visible if off screen. Hazard in duels. Contact your local Necro for more details.
ID - Identify.
IG - Iron Golem.
IIRC - If I recall correctly.
IK _______ - Piece of Immortal King's Set. Made for Barbarians.
IK Maul - Immortal King's Stone Crusher Set Ogre Maul.
Ilvl - Item Level.
IM - Iron Maiden. A Necromancer Curse.
IMHO - In my humble/honest opinion.
Immo - Immolation Arrow. An attack skill on the Amazon Bow and Crossbow tree.
IMO - In my opinion.
Ind - Indestructible.
Inv - Inventory.
Ire - Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor.
Ironman - A LotL-related play style that does not allow characters to return to town or interact with NPCs in anyway, other than as required to complete quests.
IS - Iron Skin. A Barbarian mastery to increase defense.
ISO - in search of.
ITD - Ignore Target's Defense.
Izzy - Izual. Act 4 super unique monster.

J

j/k -- Just kidding.
Jalal's - Jalal's Mane Unique Totemic Mask.
Jugg or Juggs or Juggz or Jugger -- The Barbarian's Juggernaut Skill Tree, or a Barbarian who specializes in that tree.

K

k - Okay.
kk - ok.
KA - Kick ass (very good).
KB - Knockback.

L

L - Ladder. (Usually seen in trade Forums).
l337 - Elite.
LA - Leap Attack.
LC - Large Charm.
LCS - Lying Character Screen. When the Character screen shows you incorrect statistics.
LD - (LDam, LDmg) - Lightning damage.
LE - Lightning Enchanted.
LEB - Lightning enchanted boss.
Leech - (noun) One who leeches. (Experience or items from other, more active players. Usually a derogatory term)
Leech - (verb) Life or Mana steal.
Leeching - Gaining experience by standing around and letting others fight (rather than actually playing the game).

legit - legitimate item, not a dupe.
LEM - Lightning Enchanted monster.
LF - Lightning Fury. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree.
LHC - ladder hard core.
LI - Lightning immune.
Lid D (Little D) - Duriel. A Super Unique in Act 2.
Lidless - Lidless Wall Exceptional Unique Grim Shield.
Lightsabre - Lightsabre Elite Unique Phase Blade.
lit - Leg in town. Wirt's leg has been retrieved and is in town, available for any character who can use it to create a red portal to the secret cow level.
LK - Lower Kurast. Good for gems/skillers and runes.
LL - Life Leech.
LLD - Low level dueling. PvP dueling characters at a pre-set level to limit their equipment choices and skill options.
LM - Lightning Mastery. Sorceress Lightning Tree skill.
lmao - laughing my ass off.
LoD - Lord of Destruction. The Diablo II expansion. Also referred to as D2X.
LoH - Laying of Hands Disciple Set Bramble Mitts.
LOL - Laughs out loud.
LotL - Live off the Land. A play style in which characters use only items they find themselves.
LR - Lower Resist. Necro curse to reduce enemies' Cold/Fire/Lightning/Poison resistance.
LR - Lightning resistance.
LS - Lightning Strike. A skill on the Amazon Javelin and Spear tree.
LS - Locust Swarm, a Witch Doctor skill from the Plague Skill Tree.
LSC - ladder soft core.
LTB - Looking to Buy.
LTT - Looking To Trade.
Lvl - Level.
Lyc - Lycander's Aim Unique Ceremonial Bow.

M

MA - Martial Arts. Usually a description for an Assassin type of build, or reference to one of the Assassin skill trees.
Manald - Manald Heal Unique Ring.
Mara's - Mara's Kaleidoscope Unique Amulet.
Mat - Matriarchal bow.
Mav's _______ - Piece of M'avina's Battle Hymn set. Made for the Amazon.
Max - Maximum.
MB - Mana Burn.
MB - Mind Blast. An Assassin Shadow Disciplines Skill.
MB - Molten Boulder. A Druid Elemental tree skill.
MD (MDam, MDmg) - Magic Damage.
Meph - Mephisto. Act 3 super unique monster.
Merc - Mercenary.
MF - Magic Find.
MFSC/SMFC - Magicfind Small Charm/Small Magicfind Charm.
MI - Magic Immune.
MiC - Meet in Channel (also MiP).
Min - Minimum.
ML - Mana Leech
MLD - Mid Level Duel. Characters used for dueling at a set maximum level to limit their skill and equipment use. See also vLLD and LLD.
mlvl - Monster Level.
MM - Magic Missile, a Wizard skill from the Arcane Skill Tree.
Mod - Modifier. Adds a characteristic to an item such as a weapon or charm.
Mod - Moderator. A member responsible for moderating a forum or channel.
Mod - Modified game version of Diablo 2. (allowing varied game play of an old favorite)
Moron - Mercernary
Moser's - Moser's Blessed Circle Exceptional Unique Round Shield
MP - Multi-Player.
MP - Mana Points.
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.
MSLE (MSLEB) - Multi -Shot Lightning Enchanted.
Mules - characters used to store extra items
Muling - moving items from one character to another for storage or onto a character to be used. Either mules or ATMA (D2 single player only).

N

N00b - Newb. Nub. Newbie. Newcomer to the game. (generally used as an insult).
Nat's _______ - Piece of Natalya's Odium set. Made for the Assassin.
nbd - No big deal.
NDE - Near Death Experience (when a character JUST manages to escape a very dangerous situation).
Necro - Necromancer.
Nerf - Generally refers to spells or weapons that have their effectiveness reduced in a patch.
Newb - Newbie. Newcomer to the game. (often used as an insult).
NG - New Game/Next Game.
nking - naked killng. IE killing someone retrieving their body.
NL - non -ladder (also NLSC, NLHC [see HC, SC#2]).
NM - Nightmare. The second level of difficulty in Diablo 1 and 2.
Nm (nvm) - Never mind.
Norm - Normal. Usually refers to the first level of difficulty in Diablo II.
No -Twink (Untwinked) - No-twink groups and players use and equip only what they find specifically with that character, rather than bringing in items found by others.
NP - No Problem.
NPC - Non-Player Character.
NR - Natural Resistance. A Barbarian mastery to increase resistance to magic damage.
Nr=Nt - No Response means No Thanks.
NRG - Energy.
NTC - No Title Char for acquiring SoJs in classic CS.
NTPP - New Traders Probationary Period. See SPTF Rules for details.

O

Oak - Oak Sage. A Druid summoning skill.
Oks - Oblivion Knights (also "OK").
Occy (Occu) - The Oculus Unique Swirling Crystal.
OK - Oblivion Knight.
OMG - Oh my god.
Open - Open Battle.net. Online play with characters saved on your computer. Diablo 2 only.
orb - frozen orb.
orgset - organ set.
os - open socket.
OT - Off Topic.
OTF - Off-Topic Forum.
OTOH - On the other hand.
OTOH - On the other hand.
OW - open wounds (more used than 'wounds').

P

PA - perfect amethist
Pally - Paladin
Pand - Pandemonium Fortress.
Parked/parking - having a monster follow you to a certain point and then runing away fast enough to leave it there
PC - Price Check. This means they want to know how much something is worth.
P/B - Necromancer's Poison and Bone skill tree.
PB -phase blade
PC - Poison Creeper. A Druid Summoning Tree skill.
PC - Price Check. This means they want to know how much something is worth.
Pcombat/Pcomb/PC Skiller - Paladin combat skill charm.
PD (PDagger) - Poison Dagger. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
PD (PDam, PDmg) - Poison Damage.
PDR - Physical Damage Reduction.
pdsc - Poison damage small charm.
PE - Poison Explosion. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
'perm - a FAKE way of making a duped item not poof. They don't work, don't ask
perm a game- holding a game open for five minutes so it says there when you leave. Often used for muling.
PG (PGems) - Perfect Gems
PH - Psychic Hammer. An Assassin skill on the Shadow Disciplines Tree.
pi - physical or poison immune
Pindle - Pindle the monster accessible through the Portal next to Anya in Act 5
Pits - Pit in Tamae Highliand in Act 1. Start from Outer Cloister and follow the road.
PJ (PlJ) - Plague Javelin. An Amazon skill on the Javelin and Spear skill tree.
PK - Player killing. Usually associated with ambushing players to kill them. A form of PvP not to be confused with dueling.
PKK - Player Killer Killer. A player who kills player killers.
PMH - Prevent Monster Heal.
PN(ova) - Poison Nova. A Necromancer skill on the Poison and Bone tree.
poof - have an item disappear.
Porter - Teleporting Boss.
Pots - Potions.
PP - Party please.
PR - Perfect ruby.
PR (PRes, PsnRes) - Poison resistance.
Proc - "Process"/"Special Procedure. Means chance of a skill or item effect to be activated under certain circumstances.
PS - Phoenix Strike.
PS - Perfect Skull.
PSa - perfect sapphire .
Psn - Poison.
PT - perfect topaz.
Purist - Characters who only use items they found themselves. No trading, transfering of items from other characters, or Magic Finding.
PvE - Player versus Environment. Also PvM.
PvM - Player versus Monster. Also PvE.
PvP - Player v Player combat. Dueling. Not to be confused with PKing.
PW - Password.

Q

QFT - quoted for truth; what s/he said is correct.
qlvl - quality level.

R

r - Ready. This is the standard signal among players in a group before triggering a monster urn/shrine or entering a particularly treacherous area.
R/W - Run Walk
read - usually in trade games. e.g., "UM 4 read" means for details read the description
Reaver (Messy Reaver) - Messerschmidt's Reaver Elite Unique Champion Axe.
Rec - Recovery.
Regen - Regeneration.
Rejuv - Rejuvenation Potion.
Req - Requirement.
Res - Resistance.
rl - Real life (the messy and often unpleasant world found away from the computer screen).
Rlvl - Required Level.
RMT - Real Money Trading.
RoF - River of Flame in Act 4.
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.
RRM - Red Rune Mod - Single Player utility that turns runes read.
RS - Raise Skeleton. A Necromancer summoning skill.
RtM - Read the Manual.
run - to repeatedly kill monsters in a certain area or a boss in an effort to find items. (Usually done with magic find.
Rush - Also turbo. To use a high level character to assist a lower level character(s) in moving quickly through the game.
Rushing - 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.
RWM - Rune Word Mod - Single Player utility that enables Realm only runeword.

S

SA - Shiver Armor. A Sorceress Cold skill.
Sc - Small charm.
SC - Soft Core. Non-Hardcore characters.
Schaefer's - Schaefer's Hammer Elite Unique Legendary Mallet.
script - descriptions, usually in trade games, e.g., "UM 4 script" means for details read the description.
SD - Shadow Disciplines. One of the Assassin skill trees.
S/E - Save and exit. Usually to avoid an untimely death. Considered poor form in some circles, usually Hardcore.
Sec - Hang on a second.
SF - Static Field. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
SH (Spec) - Spectral Hit.
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).
Silks - Silks of the Victor Unique Ancient Armor.
Sin (Sinner) - Assassin.
Single Pass - going through the game without re-running an area.
Skiller - Grand charm with +1 skill tree.
Skullder's - Skullder's Ire Exceptional Unique Russet Armor.
slivering - taking a moster down to the bare minimum of health before killing, usually with some other weapon for greater magic find benefit, or to let another character get the last hit (such as while rushing) to give the lower level character the kill credit.
Slow - Slows Target. Item mod that slows enemies.
Slvl - Skill Level.
SM - Skeleton Mage. A Necromancer summoning skill.
SM - Slow Missiles. A skill on the Amazon Passive and Magic tree.
SM (Master) - Shadow Master.
SoE - String Of Ears (belt).
SoH - Standard of Heroes. When you defeat all 3 Ubers one will drop for each player in the game along with the Hellfiretorch. It doesn't do anything.
SoJ - Stone of Jordan Unique Ring.
Sorc - Also Soso, Sasa. Sorceress. D2 character.
SP - Single Player. Usually refers to single-player mode.
Sparky - Bremm Sparkfist. Super Unique in Act 3.
spdc - small poison damage charm.
Spear - Bone Spear. A Necromancer attack skill.
Spec - Spectral Hit.
SPF - Single Player Forum.
spider sash - Arachnid's Mesh (belt).
Spike - Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife.
Spirit - Bone Spirit. A Necromancer attack skill.
spirit packs - Tal, Thul, Ort, Amn plus (sometimes) Hel runes. To make the Spirit Runeword.
SPTF - Single Player Trade Forum.
SPoints - Skill Points.
S/S - Sword/Shield.
SS - Stone Skin.
SS (Storm) - Stormshield Elite Unique Monarch Shield.
SS - Shape shifting (druid skill).
ST - Slow Time, a Wizard skill.
Stam - Stamina.
Storing - Transferring items from one in-game character to a character not in game.
Stormspire - Stormspire Elite Unique Giant Thresher.
STR - Strength.
String (SoE) - String of Ears Exceptional Unique Demonhide Sash.
Strat - Strategy.
SW - Shock Wave. A Druid shape shifting skill.
SW - Shock Web. An Assassin Trap Tree skill.
SW (Warrior) - Shadow Warrior.
Synch - refers to synchronizing with the server, thus going back to normal. Can be done through instant movements (teleportation, waypoints, portals) to defeat a desynched state.
Synergy - Skills that directly boost or are boosted by points in other skills. Very common in D2.

T

Tal's ________ - Piece of Tal Rasha's Wrappings Set. Made for Sorceresses
Tarn - Tarnhelm Unique Skull Cap
TC - Treasure Class
TE (Tele) - Teleport. A Sorceress Skill on the lightning tree.
tft or t4t - thanks for that or thanks for trade
TG - Town Guarding. Hanging around outside town to kill anyone coming out. See PK.
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. A Sorceress Skill on the lightning tree.
tking - town killing.
T/O - Top Offer. Used in trading items.
Torch - Hellfire Torch (unique large charm).
TP - Trading Post.
TP - Teleport. A Sorceress skill on the lightning tree.
TP - Town Portal.
tppk - Town Portal Personnal Kill.
Trang's _______ - Piece of Trang -Oul's Avatar set. Made for the Necromancer.
Transferring - Interchanging items between characters, including activites referred to as muling, twinking and storing.
Trav - Travincal in Act 3.
Trolling - Making provocative, controversial or offensive remarks, intended to create a confrontational response. Usually found in forums.
TS - Thunderstorm. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
TS - Tiger Strike.
ttyl - Talk to you later.
Tucs - Bartuc's Cut -Throat Unique Greater Talons.
Twink/Twinked/Twinking - To give high quality items to new characters, usually other characters on your own account. Twinking is the process of doing this. Twinked refers to a character who has been so equipped. Twinking is most often done to brand new characters to make the leveling up process easier, but the term also refers to equipping high level characters with great items they haven't found themselves.
Twitch - Twitchthroe Unique Studded Leather Armor.
ty - Thank you.
tyt - Take your time.
tyvm - Thank you very much.

U

Uber -- Awesome, Ultimate, Elite. Often used ironically.
UD - Uber Diablo.
Ume's - Ume's Lament Unique grim Wand.
UI -- User Interface.
Unid'd or Un'ID'ed -- Unidentified item.
Untwinked -- Characters using only what they find. See twink.
Uped (Up'd. Upd) - Upgraded version of the item. Achieved with the Horadric Cube. Normal ->Exceptional ->Elite
USETF - United States East Trade Forum.

V

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.
Vanilla - Single Player term means without mods
VIT - Vitality.
Vlld - Also vLLD. Very low level dueling, usually level 9. This greatly limits the skills and equipment that can be used, and simplifies the dueling experience somewhat. See also LLD and MLD.

W

W8 - Wait.
WB - Weapon Block. An Assassin Shadow Disciplines Skills.
wb - Welcome back
WB - WereBear. A Druid shape shifting skill.
WC - War Cry. A Barbarian warcry
WD - Witch Doctor.
Weap - Weapon.
Wiz - Wizard.
Wizzy - Wizardspike Elite Unique Bone Knife.
WoF - Wake of Fire.
WoI - Wake of Inferno.
Woot - w00t. Yippee!
Wote (WOE) - Wall of the Eyeless Unique Bone Shield.
Wounds - Open Wounds.
WoW - World of Warcraft. Blizzard's other RPG.

WoZ - Wall of Zombies, one of the Witch Doctor skills.
WP - Waypoint.
WSK (WK2) - Worldstone Keep Level 2 in Act 5.
WSM - weapon speed modifier or base weapon speed
WTF - What the F***. What was that?! Or (US)West Trading Forum.
WUG - "What you got?". Common B.Net Trade talk meaning "What do you have to offer?"
WUW - "What you want?". Common B.Net Trade talk meaning "What do you want for that item?"
WW - WereWolf. A Druid shape shifting skill.
WW - Whirlwind. A Barbarian combat skill. Returning from in Diablo 2.
WWS - Witchwild String Exceptional Unique Short Siege Bow.

X

Xbow - Crossbow.
Xfer - Transfer.
XP - Experience.

Y

y - Yes
yw - You're welcome.

Z

Zerk - The Berserker Skill Tree, one of the Barbarian's skill trees
Zerker - A barbarian who specializes in skills from the Berserker Skill Tree
zod'ed - an item socketed with the Zod Rune
Zon - Amazon.

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