The Guild is its own organism -- a living being that flows and changes with time. As such, it's developed it's own slang: terminology and ways of dipicting actions through words, asterisks and various means. This Dictionary is an attempt to round up said information and present it to you as is.

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Ach -- onomatopeia/expression - a way of saying "I heard you" or "oh". noncommittal response

Ack -- onomatopeia/statement - indicates sudden surprise, embarrassment, revelation of thought. Example: Ack! My soup is burning!

Almost-Albino -- adjective - someone who could be albino, except for small, annoying details (i.e. green eyes).

Anataries -- species - dragons that are an extraterrestrial species of dragon identified by their blunt muzzle with a small beak, large size, and a bipedal (almost raptor like) stance (© Dracana)

Argh -- statement - more subtle than Ack with a more negative feeling. Example: Argh, I have another test on Wednesday!

Art Dork -- proper noun - group that includes Likeshine, Etherrawen, Dreamlance, Kynekh Amagire, and Lagartixa Harlequin

Auroragryphon -- species - A species of artic gryphons, guardians of the Northern Lights. Front half, egale, back half, panther. Any markings are possible (© Tath)

Aurorathe -- name - Goddess of the Northern Lights; patron Goddess of the Auroragryphons (© Tath)

Avo -- onomatopeia - agreement

Aye -- "yes"

Ayea/Ayei -- Kasric agreement

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BAMF! -- explicative - Word used to describe the sound of imploding air during teleportation (example: *teleports with a BAMF!*); The act of teleportation (example: *BAMF!s to the ceiling*)

Basilisk (bah-SILL-isk/BASS-il-isk) -- species - different authorities list the basilisk as a ground-dwelling, four-legged reptile with the ability to paralyze with its eyes; or as a snake. Related to the Cockatrice.

BCP -- noun - Banana Creme Pie, preferred ammo of Jyiis

Black Gryphon -- subrace - a species of Gryph that is black and uses Shadow/Dark magicks. Most were killed off by Humans for being "evil", and now only one Wyng remains (concept DLFreak)

Blah/bleh -- statement/adjective/adverb/verb - indication of indifference, apathy, lack of emotional feeling. To basically feel like not doing anything; lethargic.

Blarg -- onomatopeia/statement - "oh, crap"

Blinking -- verb - annoyance

Bobbing Head -- action - denotes shyness, embarrassment, or nervousness

Boo -- adjective - another word for "cat", especially one that is cute, friendly, and lovable. Can be used as a nickname or as a surname

Bounce -- action - done when excited

Brrk/Brrk? -- onomatopeia/statement - a cheerful questioning noise

Brrrt -- onomatopeia/expression -the sound made by a cat as it stretches. Also, a very small, quiet purr

Brux -- verb - grinding one's beak or teeth, a sign of security and contentment. Often seen in psittacines (parrots), and mammals such as rats. Similar to purring

Buh -- statement - similar to blah/bleh, but it can also be used to express surprise and confusion at something. Example: Stormy suddenly gets up and dances the funky chicken all around the Guild. (Stormy is horrible at dancing, by the way.) The rest of the Guilders look at each other in confusion, and then look at Stormy. "Buh?"

Burr -- action - a soft airy noise, made by equines and some other species. A whuffling through the nostrils, which sounds like an interrupted 'hrrrr' or unvoiced whinny. Originally snatched from the Closed Captioning for "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron".

Bwah -- onomatopeia/expression - an expression used to show annoyance, amusement, or exasperation; also, "bweh"

Bwee! -- statement of sudden joy, happiness, positive surprise

Bwibble -- onomatopeia/statement - nonword to confuse

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Campchurch -- species - sea-unicorn; usually depicted as a unicorn with webbed feet, residing in the ocean. Related to the Hippocampus

CatGryph -- noun- a gryphon-winged cat hybrid

Celestial Demon -- species - the oldest known breed of the 13 Ethereal Demons. Depending on their surroundings they can be as small as 6ft 5 or as tall as 6' 10"; they can only be found in blue but in varying shades expelling only the very dark and very pale shades with red (or reddish-colored) long hair. The mountainous varieties being the palest and tropical varieties being darker (but this is not always the case). Eyes are any shade of gold. All have an elegant, elven form but their legs are similar to those of a cat or dog in form but with two paw-like toes. They have long, fan-tipped tails and large, bird-like wings. Extremely fast and agile with a huge knowledge of Ether-casting (magic, in other words they are very good mages). Peaceful and kind, these demons were almost wiped out when the humans invaded the Ethereal Realmbut thanks to the 4 custodians those who died were brought back. The only exceptions to the rules are the 4 custodians. (© Zenedai Seraphim)

Celestial Phoenix -- species - Immortal creatures that are from the Celestials, they are the watchers and guardians of the realms. The size differs along with the coloration. Most are black and have some sort of highlights in their plumage. There are two types. The true Celestial phoenix and the fallen. These fallen phoenixes come to this Earth to spend the last years of their lives, before they are reborn back into their Celestial homes. (© SunShadow Namid)

Cerdrakoni (ser-DRAHK-oh-nee) -- species - (singular or plural) immortal demonic beings in dragon shape, "fallen angel dragons" with curled ram's horns, a forward-pointing central horn, sailed wings, and a venomous sting on their tailtip; particulars of anatomy are subject to change. Cerdrakoni are fallen ludrakoni, individuals who have turned their backs on the Truelight and seek to spread entropy through death, pain, and destruction. They are always dark in coloration, and take on new names after their Fall. A cerdrakoni shuns bright light, as it can damage them physically as well as emotionally, and have a deep hatred of ludrakoni, as seeing the angel dragons only reminds them of what they turned their backs on; they will often attempt to kill a ludrakoni on sight. (Species created by Illucian)

Chibi -- adjective - having out-of-proportion characteristics remniscent of a young creature but exaggerated, often with a very large head, equally large eyes and stubby limbs that may not have distinct digits. Dangerously cute. Originating in Japanese anime and manga. Also a noun referring to one who is chibi, and as a verb, chibify: to turn into a chibi

Chimera -- noun - a creature made up of incongruous parts or more than one different species. In Greek mythology, a three-headed she-monster with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. She had the head of a lion, a goat's head on her back, and a serpent's head on her tail

Chirp -- verb - happily surprised sound

Chrr -- onomatopeia - sound an otter or an ottergryph makes when satisfied, happy or content

Chortle -- action - a deep, amused laugh

Chuckle -- action/statement - something must be mentioned of the Gryphon's laugh. It is a very dry chuckle, wrought with irony and very wry. Gryphons do not guffaw, they do not giggle, they do not just "laugh" -- it can only be described as a chuckle, and it is often low in volume.

Clacking Beak -- action - confusion, nervousness

Cockatrice -- species - a creature that's usually part chicken and part snake with a feathered crest (like a fanged chicken with a snake tail), though you can make a basilisk out of any bird/snake combination. It has a highly venomous bite, and a lethal gaze. In Medieval times, it had bat/dragon wings. Related to the Basilisk.

Confettigryph -- proper noun - what Acyd is; an affectionate nickname for Acyd

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Daemon/Demon -- race - humanoidal species that has magicalish/supernaturalish type powers. Many demons have a beast form, and their humanoidal form often represents their beast form (i.e. coloration, ears, tail, etc.).

Dark Light -- powerful substance that usually takes the form of a purple mist; full potential/abilities unmeasurable; while small amounts can be bound to inanimate objects for use by the bearer, the main body of Dark Light resides within the physical form of a being known as the Guardian whose task it is to serve and protect the purple substance; can be very powerful in an indirect way by acting as a catalyst for other spells/magic. (© Leiko Gryffin Noir.)

Dragon -- species - classical creature normally depicted as a leather-sailed reptile with four legs, horns and the ability to breathe fire. There are many, MANY different variations thereof, and no singular one is totally correct.

Drakaetharyl -- proper noun - false name Lyrathian applies as his species name, to hide the truth about his origins as an "Ithen" (© Lyrathian)

Doot -- onomatopeia/expression - draconic sound, expressing happiness

Drakien -- species - an anthropomorphic descendant of the Anataries dragon (© Dracana)

Drat -- species - what Jinx is; a dragon/cat hybrid, only one of her kind

Drinsh/Drinshy -- noun, adverb, or adjective - Drinsh: someone that is acting stupid, having trouble spelling, or godmoding. ex: You're such a Drinsh today!!!

Drolphon -- species - this creature has the body, hind legs, and head of a wolf. Feathered wings with batlike scaly "thumbs" with long talons. Forelegs of a bird of prey or gryphon, only furry. Tail of a dragon with spikes running half way down and tail feathers at the end. These creatures sport a varity of fur colors though mostly nature fur colors such as black, brown,and grey.. ex. Although their eyes are usually odd in color or abnormally bright or sometime change or swirl different colors. These creature have the ablity to look like a normal wolf if need be and are very rare and almost never seen especially by humans. (Species © Luna Star.)

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G'day Bwanna -- statement - nonsense greeting

Gads -- expression - "Oh my God"

Gak! -- expression - see ack

Gemstone Phoenix -- species - a rare breed of Phoenix, offspring of the Silver Phoenix. Five prominant Gemstones- Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Amethyst and Diamond- each controlling an element- Fire, Water, Earth, Spirit, and Wind respectively.) (concept © Sapphire Phoenix)

Glacial gryphon -- species - bluish tinted, arctic adapted, "reverse" gryphons; what Muse is (concept © Muse)

Glee! -- expression - denotes utter delight

Glomp -- action - like a pouncing, only instead of pinning, ends up in a quasi-hug

Glomph -- action - pouncehuggle and cling (some take this to mean a really big bite, so use with care)

Gnarr/Gnar -- onomatopeia - 1) exclaimation of annoyance or irritation. Gnar -- 2) (verb) Chewing or gnawing. 3) (onomatopeia) The sound of one chewing or gnawing. Usually on someone else

Graagh -- Similar to argh, but with a more stressed connotation.

Grephaun -- noun - what Jyiis is

Griffled -- onomatopeia - to be irritated, set feathers all ruffled; refers to gryphs

Grrf -- onomatopeia - denotes quiet annoyance/anger

Grybbit -- species - creature having the hindquarters of a puma, wings and forelegs of an albatross, and the head, ears and tail of a rabbit (Species © Rikiji)

Gryfsune -- subrace - being half-gryphon and half-kitsune

Gryn -- verb - a gryphonic grin

Gryphadillo -- species - small creature approximately 3 to 4 feet in length when fully grown; possess head, forefeet and wings of a bird and rear legs, tail, and shell of an armadillo. (© Leiko Gryffin Noir)

Gryphalicious -- 1) very happy x16; 2) a type of gryphonic love that's closer than human

Gryphon/Griffin/Griffon, etc -- species - any chimaera with an avian fore and feline/vulpine/lupine-etc hind end. There are many different definitions and no particular one is absolutely correct.

Gweenburd -- noun - what Likeshine is

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Hazi -- Kasric "yes"

Headbump -- verb - to gently thud the top of one's head against a friend, to show affection. Often followed by rubbing one's cheek or entire body against them. A stereotypically feline gesture

Heyla -- statement - greeting, "hello" and varents

Hippocampify -- action - to take a person's main appearance and alter it to be viewed as a hippocampus

Hippocampus -- species - half-horse, half-fish/dolphon; mythical transport of Poseidon; relative of the Campchurch

Hippogryph -- species - gryphon subtype with the hindend of a horse and the fore of a gryphon; many variants possible on this

Hjckrrh -- Something a Gryphon exclaims - from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter XI

Hrm/Hrmt -- onomatopeia/statement - different from "hmm", deeper and more animal-like; used to show thinking/thought and/or contemplation

Hrmph -- onomatopeia/expression - expressing grumpiness; admitting defeat, either with humor or wounded pride; resigning to a situation or fate, but not happy about it. Also hmph or humph

Huggle -- verb - to hug another person or object in a friendly manner

Hurr/Hrr -- onomatopeia/statement - thinking hard before saying something; denotes embarassment

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Kageitachi -- species - (literally "shadow weasel" in Japanese) A kamaitachi and raiju hybrid combining the influence of the elements of wind and lightning (what Sable is)

Kamaitachi -- species - (literally, "sickle weasel" in Japanese) a type Japanese weasel-spirit associated with the wind

Kasic (KAZ-ik) -- species - a group of people that are birds or gryphonlike creatures called Wallas. They've very strong telepathic powers and are intellegent; overall location unknown. (concept © Diana)

Ke'chara (also kechara) -- adjective - term of endearment meaning "beloved" in the language of the Kaled'a'in, similar to "sweetheart" or "love". It is not restricted to a purely romantic use but may also be used in a sense of love between siblings or close friends, though its serious nature gives it more weight than any casual term of endearment. The word originates in the copyrighted works of Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon (concept © Mercedes Lackey)

Keen -- verb - a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or in a soundless cry

Kestra'chern -- noun - what Fareme is; one who heals mind, body and soul (© Mercedes Lackey)

Key-lime pie -- noun - preferred throwing ammo of Likeshine

Kirin -- Asian unicorn (Japanese spelling). A creature with a deer-like body, ox-like tail, scales of a carp, and deer-like, lion-like or dragon-like head with a single horn. Also ki-lin or qi-lin (Chinese)

Kistune -- species - multi-tailed fox of japanese myths, tails can rage form 1-9 and colors from red to white to golden; when it reaches its "9 tails" it can attain "demi god" status.

Kitsune gryph -- species - gryphon with the standard "bird" like front half, hind quarters are that of a kitsune

Ki-yi/Ki-yah -- onomatopeia - 1. Yelping contact call, made by certain raptors and canines. 2. To run away howling, in ignominous defeat

Kweehaha -- onomatopeia - an expression to be yelled in random places at random times

Kweh -- onomatopeia - noise made to indicate passive boredom

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The Guild Dictionary is maintained by Crystal Shekeira (Melissa Hartman).If you would like to contribute (or find someway to improve the contents) to the Dictionary, my email is Crystal_Shekeira@yahoo.com.

Many thanks to those who provided the words seen herein: Aakora, DemonLlama, Muse Flurrith, Eclipse, Illucian, Acyd Arcoiris, Malistryx, Vigil Flame, Stormy Pillowgryph, Jalalith, Diana, Talon, Aurora Starwing, Nambroth, Sparhawk, HartsEase, KeoGriff, Tathramakan, Tserisa, PoisonSpiral (aka Malystryxx), Keirala, Nyxtar Aryss, Kitton, Darkstreak, Ares Lyrathi, LunaFlare, Calypte, Nanashi, Tyreenya, Luna Star, Kesrael, Rikiji, Likeshine, Lagartixa, Talen EmeraldBlaze, Aileen, Kynekh, Rai, Ursula Aurelia, Griffinluv2u, Naryu, Dinogrrl, HalfDemon Ophelia, Hoofire Ada'lante Solarflare, Leiko Gryffin Noir, Lyosha, Tyhiira, Kageitachi, Kimbo Demonica, Kessian Ryuin, Lyrak Silvertail, Ktathi the Runt, Silverwing, DLFreak, Tansyrak, Trayel Fyrewind, Zenedai Seraphim, SunShadow Namid, Jenna.