This page is designed to be something of a "new player's glossary" of some of the phrases you may see tossed about on the game and wonder just what they exactly mean.
See also Useful Game Commands.
Floon
In general, a player's energy and desire to roleplay or for a roleplay related project.
In specific, sometimes referring to their desire to roleplay a certain character or situation (i.e. "I have floon for my ahroun, but not so much for the theurge").
GM
Game Master. Someone that oversees and officiates scenes that involve rolling dice or that have wider-ranging consequences (such as those involved with long-running plots).
ONS
ONS stands for One Night Story, and refers to GMed events that are intended to take place in a single scene with little impact on the rest of the game. ONSen (the plural of ONS) can be run by any player with the interest to do so after a minimal 'sanity check' with a wizard. Players with significant experience GMing on GarouMUSH may run ONSen without needing to sanity check each one. ONSen are not as extensive as short term plots, or full fledged stories.
PC
Player Character.
NPC
Non-Player Character.
ST
Story Teller, equivalent to a GM.
Sometimes also Silvertip, a long-running character on the game.
MOTD
Message of the Day, an announcement that displays when you log into the game.
Moot
An in-character monthly event where all the local garou gather together to share news, make challenges, and similar things.
Wizzen
Also Wizards, the wizcorps, and staff. The folks that oversee the entire game and can make definitive rulings as to things like worldview, power-usage and player disagreements.
RoP
Rite of Passage, when a cub is given their first rank in their tribe and officially made an "adult" within garou society.
Foils
A character that is designed to be in opposition to the main game in some way (a "foil" to the PCs). This can be anything from an actual antagonist to just someone unintentionally causing trouble.
Anruth
A garou that is without a sept at the moment, for whatever reason. This is not necessarily a bad thing, circumstances must be taken into account. A garou that wanders from one place to another of their own choice (like most Silent Striders) is just as anruth as one that has been banished from their home sept for crimes.
Ronin
A garou that has been thrown out of their tribe and has not been accepted by any others. Almost universally a bad thing.
Renunciate
While technically the same as a ronin, in that a renunciate is a garou without a tribe, in this case it is by the renunciate's choice (they have renounced their tribe). Leaving instead of being thrown out. Generally not regarded any more favorably than ronin.
Sept
A local community of garou, usually centered around a caern. Quite often a given sept is comprised of only one or two tribes; more mixed septs are the minority (the on-game sept at Saint Claire is an outright aberration, both being a melting pot and huge in population).