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| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Safer | Someone who heals at a life points value that is greater than the maximum hit of the opponent or in some cases eating to full Hitpoints. Typically used in the context of one-on-one PvP. Although, some use it in multi-way combat incorrectly. |
| Salad blade | Blade of saeldor |
| Salad robes | Xerician robes |
| Salve | Salve amulet |
| Sand casino | Former Duel Arena, particularly when used for staking wealth |
| Sang | Sanguinesti staff |
| Santa | Santa hat |
| Saph | Sapphire |
| Sara | Saradomin, Commander Zilyana (Usually referred to as Sara Boss) |
| Sarach, Sarac | Sarachnis |
| SBS | Spellbook Swap, rarely Saradomin's blessed sword |
| SC | Skill capes |
| Scav | Scavenger |
| SCB, SCP | Super combat potion |
| Scimmy, Scim, Skim, Skimmy | Scimitar |
| Scobo, Scobow | Scorching Bow |
| Scy | Scythe, mostly referring to a Scythe of vitur |
| Seers | Seers' Village, Seers ring |
| Send | Used in place of "do" or "run" or "complete" when in reference to clearing content. E.g., "I've been sending CG for weeks and I'm still dry." = "I've spent weeks clearing corrupted gauntlet content and I have yet to receive a desired drop." |
| Sep, Sepul, Sepu | Hallowed Sepulchre |
| Serp | Serpentine helm |
| SGS | Saradomin godsword |
| Shadow | Tumeken's shadow |
| Shilo | Shilo Village |
| Shopscape | Gameplay revolving around repeated use of in-game shops, usually derogatory |
| Short | Shortsword, Shortbow |
| (sk) | Item sets with plateskirts. |
| Skirt | Plateskirt |
| Skiller | Someone who trains non-combat skills (can be any Combat level)/more commonly someone who trains non-combat skills primarily or exclusively. See Skill pure. |
| Snipe | To target and gain a desirable item by outbidding or beating another player to it. See Sniping. |
| Snowflake | Account played with some sort of self-imposed limitation, such as being locked to a specific region or only able to train one skill at a time. |
| SoA | Shield of Arrav |
| SoL | Staff of light |
| Solid(s) | Solid food — food that incurs a 3 tick attack delay when eaten. This applies to most foods in the game, such as sharks. |
| SoS, Stronghold | Stronghold of Security |
| Sot, Sote | Sotetseg |
| SotD | Staff of the dead |
| SotE | Song of the Elves |
| SotF | Sins of the Father |
| SotN | Secrets of the North |
| Spacebar | To hold down the spacebar, speeding through quest dialogue without absorbing story details. |
| Spam | To click rapidly in succession, usually on a single target (i.e. an item or player). Alternatively, to send a chat message multiple times in a similarly repetitive manner ("They were spamming their Clan advertisement at the Grand Exchange all day!"). |
| Spec | Special attack, Spectral spirit shield |
| Split(ting) | An agreement when bossing with other players to have the person who gets a drop sell it and (usually) evenly split the gold among them. Antonym: see free-for-all. |
| Spoon, Spooned, Spooning | To obtain a rare or desirable drop (such as a pet) with relatively little time/effort expended, originating either from "spoonfed" or "silver spoon". Antonym: see dry. |
| Sq | Square shield |
| SRA | Soulreaper axe |
| SS | Saradomin sword, screenshot |
| SSC | Stronghold Slayer Cave |
| Staff | Usually referring to the Tumeken's shadow. |
| Stam (pot) | Stamina potion |
| Stepback | A bossing mechanic, most notably found at the Phantom Muspah, in which stepping back with correct timing can negate damage. |
| Str | Strength |
| Suff, Suffering | Ring of suffering |
| Sulli(s), Sully, Sullies | Sulliuscep |
| Super AP | Superantipoison |
| Super sets (Sup att/atk, Sup def, Sup str) | Super attack potion, Super defence potion, Super strength potion |
| SW, sw | Soul Wars |
| Swamp | Trident of the swamp |
| Switch | An alternate weapon and/or equipment, often using a different attack type (ranged, magic, melee) from the primary damage-dealing equipment. "Switch" can also refer to the act of equipping the alternate equipment. One might perform a "five-way switch", equipping 5 items (e.g., to maximise damage potential on a special attack), or a "one-tick switch", equipping several items in one game tick. |
| Sword | Swordfish, sword, or longsword. |
| Swordy | Swordfish |