Monster Hunter Wiki:Monster Hunter Vocabulary

This is a list of words or phrases that are unique to the Monster Hunter franchise. There is also a list of nicknames or acronyms.

General Terms:

=Monster Nicknames=
 * Velo/Vprey - Velociprey
 * Vdrome - Velocidrome
 * Bull/Fango - Bullfango
 * Ceph - Cephalos
 * Plessy/Ples - Plesioth
 * Gyp/Gyppy - Gypceros
 * Kez/Zu - Khezu
 * Los - Rathalos
 * Ian - Rathian
 * Bas(a) - Basarios
 * Grav - Gravios
 * Rex/Tigger/Tiggy - Tigrex
 * Fata/Bfata/Bfatty - Fatalis
 * Cfata/Cfatty - Crimson Fatalis
 * Wfata/Wfatty - White Fatalis
 * KK/YKK/KutKu - Yian Kut-Ku
 * YGG/Garuga - Yian Garuga
 * Blos - Diablos (no specification because Monoblos can't be fought online)
 * Dai/Daimyo - Daimyo Hermitaur
 * Sho/Shogun - Shogun Ceanataur
 * Shen/Gao/Gaoren - Shen Gaoren
 * Shaka - Shakalaka
 * Akamu - Akantor
 * Kush/Kusha - Kushala Daora
 * Teo(s) - Teostra
 * Luna(s) - Lunastra
 * Cham - Chameleos
 * Yama - Yamatsukami
 * Naruka/Panth(a/e)rex/Jagaurex - Narugakaruga
 * Lao/Laos - Lao Shan Lung

=Weapon Type Acronyms=

=Specific Weapon Acronyms=

=Items=
 * Aid - First Aid
 * Rat - Ration
 * Pot - Potion
 * Whet or Wstone - Whetstone
 * Pix - Pickaxe (of multiple kinds)
 * Net - Bugnet (of multiple kinds)
 * CPot/Cool - Cool Drink
 * HPot - Hot Drink
 * Spit - a BBQ Spit
 * Fcast - Farcaster
 * STrap - Shock Trap
 * PTrap/PFT - Pitfall Trap
 * Pball - Paintball
 * Thaw - Thawing Agent
 * Flash or Fbomb - Flash Bomb
 * Sonic or Sbomb - Sonic Bomb
 * WDS or Steak - Well-Done Steak
 * Tranq - Tranq Bomb
 * LBB(+) - Large Barrel Bomb(+)
 * SBB(+) - Small Barrel Bomb(+)
 * Rust or RS - Rust Stone