| | AM | Archmage, what this game used to be, developed by MARI |
| | Arena | Arena Archmage, the game's built in lookup tool |
| | AS | Archspace, another game developed by MARI. Has had it's own reincarnation (http://www.archspace.org) |
| | Asc | Ascendant, a magic speciality |
| | Bar | Barrier |
| | Bang | Multiple coordinated attacks on a single mage |
| | BBQ | An all-out attack, usually by a guild, on one or more mages. Usually includes attacks, spells and items |
| | Black | Nether, a magic speciality |
| | Blue | Phantasm, a magic speciality |
| | Description | text entered by a mage on thier Options screen and viewed by other mages via arena / the rank list |
| | Erad | Eradication, a magic speciality |
| | Fort | Fortress |
| | Green | Verdant, a magic speciality |
| | Kena | Just... kena. |
| | Mage | a player's account in this game |
| | MP | Mana, Mana Points |
| | ND | Non-Description, an unguilded mage. Comes from AM, where players showed thier guild in thier description |
| | NP | Net Power |
| | Phant | Phantasm, a magic speciality |
| | Pena | a penis |
| | Red | Eradication, a magic speciality |
| | SL | Spell Level |
| | TR | The Reincarnation, this game |
| | Verd | Verdant, a magic speciality |
| | White | Ascendant, a magic speciality |