Abbreviations
From MUME
BBT : Bill, Bert, and Tom (some mobs, the place where they stand) bw : bloodwight (a mob) chief : Chief of Tharbad (a mob) dk : The Dead Knight (a mob) ep : evil priest (an npc/place) er : www.elvenrunes.com (a website) gc : The ghostly captain (a mob) gcm : grey cloaked man (a mob) GG : Great Goblin (a mob) lord : The wight-lord (a mob) MA : Master Assassin (a mob) nag, naggy: Nagrorh (a mob) necro : necromancer (a mob) noble(s) : wight-noble(s) (a mob) rog : The Balrog (a mob) sk : Spirit Knight (a mob) una, unq : Unqalome (a mob) wc : wight captain (a mob)
Contents
Chat
afaik : as far as I know afk : away from keyboard aka : also known as asap : as soon as possible atm : at the moment b4 : before bbl : be back later bc : because brb : be right back brt : be right there bs : bullsh*t btw : by the way ftw : for the win fubar : f*cked up beyond all recognition/repair fyi : for your information ggp : gotta go piss k : a thousand imo : in my opinion imho : in my humble/honest opinion imnsho : in my not so humble opinion irl : in real life lol : laughs out loud omw : on my way nm : never mind nuke : to obliterate with spells/hits ppl : people r : are rl : real life rofl : rolls on the floor laughing rotfl : rolls on the floor laughing roflmao : rofl + my a** off roflmfao : rofl + my f*cking a** off RtFM : Read the F*cking Manual tbh : to be honest tnx : thanks u : you ur : your/you're wtf : what/where/who the f*ck
Gameplay
A : Arata A+ : Arata or higher A/c : The Arata of Code (Nienor) A/j : The Arata of Justice A/m : The Arata of Mobiles (Frór) A/o : The Arata of Objects (Frór) A/z : The Arata of Zones (Sung) bob : breath of briskness bs : to backstab bn : Black Númenórean CH : CryHavoc (an implementor) char : character con : constitution crit : critical (hit or cure crit) db : dodging bonus dex : dexterity dmg : damage dt : death trap engr : engraved embr : embroidered eq : equipment exp : experience gm, gms : guildmaster hardon(s) : hardened ranger(s) heavy : thick/heavy armour (usually) hide : smelly piece of worm hide HoB : Hammer of Belegost horn : elven call to arms in Rivendell hp, hps : hit point(s) IC : in character Imp : an Implementer int : intelligence fb : fireball npc : non-player character ob : offensive bonus obj : object OOC : out of character ps : player stealer/stealing psteal : to steal from another player lb : lightning bolt lev : level loc : locate lvl : level M : Maia Mb : Maia (Builder) Mc : Maia (Cartographer) Ms : Maia (Shaper) Mw : Maia (Wright) MU : Manwe Unit (an indefinite amount of time that elapses until things get fixed around here) MUME : Multi-User in Middle-Earth meta : metamorph mob : mobile mp, mps : movement point(s) pb : parrying bonus pc : player character pelf(s) : elf/elves per : perception pk : player killer/killing pkill : to kill another player powerranger : hardened ranger str : strength thick : thick/heavy armour (usually) tnl : (xp/mp) to next level torc : Tarkhnarb orc tp, tps : travel point(s) V : Vala Va : Vala (Architect) VL : virtual Vm : Vala (Mudller) V+ : Vala or higher whobbit : hobbit wil : will wis : wisdom wobbit : hobbit wp : war point xp : experience point zorc : Zaugurz orc
Items
ads : ancient dwarven shield arth : shield of Arthedain azure : azure scroll banded : banded ring bda : blackened dwarven axe bej : bejewelled shield bhc : black, hooded cloak bhb, bhsb : black horn short bow black : black scroll blue : blue scroll bms : black metal staff bplate : breastplate brd : black runed dagger bs : broadsword bsb : broad silver belt bwf : black warg fur cbf : cavebear fur chunk : chunk of metal circlet : mithril circlet copper : copper ring dbs : dark broadsword doa : darkened orkish axe dunadan : Dúnadan blade (or race of man) ebs : engraved broadsword eket : double edged eket emb : embellished longbow fgc : forest green cloak fang : nasty, orkish fang gbs : great black scimitar gilded : gilded rounded shield gleaming : gleaming belt/broadsword glowsword : Artifact glowing sword (Sting etc..) grey : fine grey cloak hbm : huge, black mace hsb : huge silvery bracer iron : iron ring lmf : large metal full shield lmw : large metal wall shield lww : large wooden wall shield mda : mighty dwarven axe mw : metal wall shield ornate : ornate, steel-shafted warhammer pbs : pale blue stone quake : earthquake rp : roleplaying ruby : red ruby, ruby ring sable : sable pouch/cloak sapphire : sapphire ring, star sapphire sbh : strange black helmet shining : shining armour slender : slender dagger ssm : steel-shafted mattock/hammer thorn : sharp thorn tower : tower shield vambs : vambraces vellum : vellum scroll whammer : warhammer ws : warsword ww : wooden wall shield
Locations
abr : Ancient Broken Road bcs : Bree Central Square (not to be confused with At the Sign of the Prancing Pony) bm : Blue Mountains bwb : Brandywine Bridge dc : Dark Clump dt : Dark Tower filthy : Filthy Cave fnost : Fornost ford : Ford in the River Bruinen foy : Fountain of Youth ger : Great East Road gh : Grey Havens gw, gway : Greenway hc : Hidden Camp lb : Last Bridge lbf : Last Bridge Fort md : Michel Delving nen : Nen-i-Sul bridge or area noc : New Orc Caves nooc : New Old Orc Caves oer : The Old East Road oerbyr : Old East Road by a Rock oer/gw : Old East Road Meets Greenway OiE : Ost-in-Edhil ooc : Old Orc Caves ow : old wight ppi : Prancing Pony Inn rtf : Road to Fornost rtgh : Road to Grey Havens rtt : Road to Tharbad sd : stonedoor sppi : Sign of the Prancing Pony Inn ssc : Small Stream Crossing rd, rdell : Rivendell tbad : Tharbad tmt : Trail meets the Tributary vt : Vale Tower wford : West of the Ford wtop : Weathertop
Lore
CT : Christopher Tolkien FotR, FR : The Fellowship of the Ring HoME : The History of Middle-earth JRRT : J.R.R. Tolkien LotR : The Lord of the Rings NoME : The Nature of Middle-earth RotK, RK : The Return of the King (The) Silm: The Silmarillion (T)TT : The Two Towers UnTa, UT : Unfinished Tales
