Hi everyone! Day 1 player here, and I've been using this sub since I picked the game up. This subreddit is great for getting the latest Destiny news, guides, advice, and events. /r/DestinytheGame is honestly one of the most helpful gaming communities I have ever come across, so thank you all for being a strong team through thick-and-thin. However, despite this sub being extremely helpful, it can also be extremely confusing with all the abbreviations and phrases used by Guardians. This can intimidate newcomers from coming into this big, dysfunctional family. A family full of inside jokes, references, and guidance to give. So, I thought I'd take the opportunity to compile a Destiny Dictionary. PLEASE NOTE: All general/universal MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) terminologies can be found here on this guide, courtesy of /u/neubourn. I have included a few here, but newcomers to MMOGs will find this helpful. Without further ado... Weapons AR: Auto Rifles FR: Fusion Rifle HC: Hand Cannon HMG/MG: Heavy Machine Gun/Machine Gun PR: Pulse Rifles RL: Rocket Launcher SA: Sidearm (*Note: coming to Destiny in DLC #2 House of Wolves) ScR: Scout Rifle SG: Shotgun SR: Sniper Rifle Primary - Exotic MIDA/MMT: MIDA Multi-Tool (Scout Rifle) NC: Necrochasm (Pea-shooter Auto Rifle) NLB: No Land Beyond (tree branch Sniper Rifle) SUROS: SUROS Regime (Auto Rifle; also in-game manufacturer of various Rare-quality weapons) TLW: The Last Word (Hand Cannon; also used in-place of TL;DR on Destiny-related subs) UR: Universal Remote (Shotgun) Vex Mytho: Vex Mythoclast (Fusion Rifle found in the Vault of Glass Hard Mode raid) HONORABLE MENTION: SR: Stranger's Rifle (Pulse Rifle received at the end of the main Campaign; was originally designed to be an Exotic Primary, but was downgraded to Rare-quality due to Bungie not wanting to give out an Exotic off the bat) Primary - Legendary AD/Abyss: Abyss Defiant (Auto Rifle obtained through Crota’s End Hard Mode raid) AE: Atheon’s Epilogue (Auto Rifle obtained through Vault of Glass raid) FB: Fatebringer (Hand Cannon obtained through Vault of Class raid) TL: Timur’s Lash (Hand Cannon obtained through Iron Banner Crucible event) VoC: Vision of Confluence (Scout Rifle obtained through Vault of Glass raid) WoC: Word of Crota (Hand Cannon obtained through Crota’s End Hard Mode raid) Special - Exotic IB: Icebreaker (Sniper Rifle) (*Note: also stands for the Iron Banner Crucible Event) PaT/P&T: Patience and Time (Sniper Rifle) Special - Legendary BH: Black Hammer (Sniper Rifle obtained through Crota’s End raid) FwL/FL: Felwinter’s Lie (Shotgun obtained through Iron Banner Crucible event; induces unhealthy Guardian rage) LotA: Light of the Abyss (Fusion Rifle obtained through Crota’s End) SB: Swordbreaker (Shotgun obtained through Crota’s End raid) Heavy - Exotic Gjally/Ghorn/Yallerhorn/Ballerhorn/Jellyhorn/Yolohorn/Bananahorn: Gjallarhorn (Rocket Launcher) SGA: Super Good Advice (Machine Gun; also used used in place of 'PSA' when Guardians have advice, ranking from really useful to lukewarm) Heavy - Legendary CM: Corrective Measure (Machine Gun obtained through Vault of Glass raid) HoC: Hunger of Crota (Rocket Launcher obtained through Crota’s End) Armors - Coming Soon... Guardian Abilities Subclasses Bubblebro/Bubblebabe/Bubble Buddy: Defender Titan (Void-based Titan subclass) BD/Space Ninja: Bladedancer (Arc-based Hunter subclass) Fistbro/Punchbro/Punchbabe: Striker Titan (Arc-based Titan subclass) GS/Space Cowboy/Space Cowgirl: Gunslinger (Solar-based Hunter subclass) SS/Sunbro/Sunbabe/Praiser of the Sun: Sunsinger (Solar-based Warlock subclass) VW/Voidbro/Voidbabe: Voidwalker (Void-based Warlock subclass) Supers WoD/Bubble: Ward of Dawn (Defender Titan subclass's Super) AB: Arc Blade (Bladedancer Hunter subclass's Super) FoH/Fist of Panic: Fist of Havoc (Striker Titan subclass's Super) GG: Golden Gun (Gunslinger Hunter subclass's Super) NB/Space Magic: Nova Bomb (Voidwalker Warlock subclass's Super) Resurrection/Fire Jesus: Radiance (Sunsinger Warlock subclass's Super) Perks BoL: Blessing of Light (perk for Defender Titan's Ward of Dawn; adds a temporary overshield to all allies who pass through the bubble) DFA/Superman: Death From Above (Striker Titan's ability to dramatically dive down to enemies with Fist of Havoc) Face palm/Pocket Sand: Warlock melee (can be modified with other perks such as Energy Drain) FG/MG/Sticky: Fusion Grenade/Magnetic Grenade (attaches to enemies; featured in at least one subclass for each Guardian class e.g. present for Defender Titans, but not for Striker Titans) SC/Judo kick: Shoulder Charge (Striker Titan's ability to charge into enemies to deal massive damage) Tripmine: Tripmine Grenade (Hunter Solar grenade that detonates when poor, unaware Guardians walk through it) WoL: Weapons of Light (perk for Defender Titan's Ward of Dawn; adds a temporary attack boost to all allies who pass through the bubble) Whoosh: Blink (short-distance teleportation featured in Hunter and Warlock subclasses) Materials and Currencies Mats: materials e.g. Spinmetal (Earth), Spirit Bloom (Venus), Relic Iron (Mars), Helium Filaments (Moon), Ascendant Energy/Shards (Public Events/Daily Missions/Legendary Engrams/Vault of Glass/dismantling Legendary items), Radiant Energy/Shards (Eris Morn/Crota's End) Farm: a term generally used in MMORPGs for grinding out materials; Guardians will typically be found farming in the Exclusion Zone and various Strike missions MoL: Mote of Light (currency gained through gaining experience past the Level 20 cap. See also: Upmote!) SC: Strange Coin (currency gained through Weekly Heroic Strikes, random Crucible rewards, and Rare/Blue engrams) Shards/Energies: Ascendant/Radiant/Exotic materials (upgrade materials found from Vault of Glass and Crota's End raids and/or Daily Public Events and Missions; Exotic Shards are found by dismantling Exotic items and buying from Xur) NPCs and Enemies Boomers: Hive Knights equipped with Boomer weapon (deals heavy Arc damage with wide Area of Effect) Brogoth: Phogoth (boss encountered on “The Summoning Pits” Strike on the Moon) Deathsinger: Ir Yut (enemy encountered on Crota’s End raid. See also: Yogurt) Dinklebot: Ghost (AKA your quippy floating key voiced by Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones) Eris Moan: a dirty, dirty nickname for Eris Morn (NPC of DLC #1: The Dark Below) (See also: Eric's Mom) Kinderguardians: new Guardians of Destiny (welcome! You can never leave) Lord Saladbar/Saladhands/Salamander: Lord Saladin (sells Iron Banner Crucible event items) Momnigul/Omnigurl/Yoko Ono: Omnigul (the shrieking "Will of Crota" Strike boss everyone loves to hate) Randal the Vandal: a Fallen Major Vandal with buffed Health found in the Forgotten Shores of Earth and other Patrol areas (originates from the Destiny Beta/Alpha; Bungie used Randal to calculate damage ratios from Player-to-Environment. For some strange reason, Randal refused to leave the final game, and now lurks in the Darkness, waiting to pummel naive Guardians. Associated with: Frank the Shank) Radrool/Bearer of the Shards/Asshole/Satan himself: Master Rahool (Engram decoder; destroys the hopes of dreams of Guardians daily) Rockets McDickface: Valus Ta'aurc (boss encountered on the "Cerberus Vae III" Stike on Mars; used to be extremely tedious to defeat due to high Health and high damage output) Scrota: Crota (the main antagonist of The Dark Below DLC #1; found in Story mission "The Wakening" and in the Crota's End raid) Sexy Robo Lady: The Exo Stranger (encountered throughout the main Campaign. Can someone find a better name to please our /u/ExoStranger?) Spaghetti-head/Squidface: Xur (weekly vendor who sells a random assortment of Exotic gear and upgrades) Yogurt: Ir Yut/Vex critical spot Factions DO: Dead Orbit (white-and-black scheme; focus on Strength and Discipline perks) FWC: Future War Cult (blue-and-gold scheme; focus on Discipline and Intellect) NM: New Monarchy (red-and-white scheme; focus on Strength and Intellect) Events and Activities CA: Combined Arms (Crucible game-type that involves larger maps and vehicles) CE: Crota’s End (Hive Raid) HoW: House of Wolves (DLC #2) IB/Iron Banana/FeB: Iron Banner (Monthly Crucible Event) NF: Nightfall (Weekly Strike activity) PoE: Prison of Elders (Arena/Horde-based event released in the House of Wolves DLC #2. See also: A CELL, FROM THE PRISON OF ELDERS) TDB: The Dark Below (DLC #1) ToO: Trials of Osiris (Weekly Crucible event released in the House of Wolves DLC #2) VoG: Vault of Glass (Vex Raid) Xursday: Xur's weekly tidings (occurs Friday-to-Saturday) People Outside of Destiny Bromnigul: a not-so endearing nickname for Destiny Streamer and YouTuber ProfessorBroman (see also: “OMG THRAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL”) DeeJ: the community organizer of Bungie.net Joey: a player notorious for his lack of cooperation and communication Watch Twitch streamers/YouTubers (e.g. my favorite, DattoDoesDestiny) to familiarize yourself with basic mechanics. Use guides provided on this subreddit or websites