| 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 |
| Guild | A group of mages who have registered their intent to coordinate as a team. A team of players. |
| Kena | Just... kena. |
| Mage | a player's account in this game |
| Moving | A mage spending turns is often described as moving. |
| MP | Mana, Mana Points |
| ND | Non-Description, an unguilded mage. Comes from AM, where players showed thier guild in thier description |
| NP | Net Power |
| Online | An attack while a mage is moving, usually while they are disbanded. |
| Phant | Phantasm, a magic speciality |
| Pena | a penis |
| Red | Eradication, a magic speciality |
| Running | A mage spending turns is often described as running. Also refers to spending turns whilst under offensive enchantments, ie_ running spells |
| SL | Spell Level |
| Snipe | Casting an offensive enchantment on a mage that is using turns, in the hope they will die |
| TR | The Reincarnation, this game |
| Verd | Verdant, a magic speciality |
| White | Ascendant, a magic speciality |
| Whore | A mage who gelds for an extended period of the reset in order to buy Unique Items, Heroes or otherwise gain a considerable advantage. |
| Whoring | The act of being a Whore. A valid tactic but is widely considered lame. |