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Hey, f!s, I have to do a small research project - maybe "project" isn't the right word, it's sort of like a paper, but...shorter and more fun? Anyway. It's for intro-level anthropology. We're supposed to pick a subculture that has some of its own unique lingo and make a "glossary" of words unique to that subculture, then pick a few to write more about (like who uses them, contexts in which they're used, origins, rules determining their use, etc.)

I have this list of lingo. It's mostly stuff seen in certain places on the internet but very common to f!s. I'm trying to avoid stuff that you see EVERYWHERE, but more like, stuff you'd see on LJ/DW, forums geared towards fandom discussion, etc. and are also really common on f!s. I don't know that we really have any f!s-exclusive lingo, but if we did that would be awesome.

Anyway, I was wondering if anything popped into anyone's mind and you wanted to tell me about some of the lingo you see around here? I thought I'd post a thread and see what kind of input I'd get, because I'm sure I didn't think of everything myself. Give me your ideas~~~!

Here's the list I've come up with on my own:

anon (short for anonymous; also going to include DA, NA, SA, and AYRT)
ship/shipping
meme (maybe. I know this is really internet-popular, but it's also a fun lingo word)
wank
wankbait
troll
dogpile
UST (not sure how specific this is to fandom/DW/LJ contexts)
SJW (this can't not be included)
Slash/femmeslash/het
OP
thread
calling out (like, "calling out" bad behavior/bigotry? idk)
soapbox
teel deer/tl;dr
gif (I know it's a file name, but we've taken to using it as its own word to refer to animated pictures)
warning (for triggers or courtesy warnings)
hate boner (not sure I will include this! but my prof is an anthro guy and I don't think the, er, coarseness will really bother him. He's all about brutal honesty.)
hth (maybe other sarcastic things we use to insult each other? like fify)
feels (just...the word feels, it is very DW/LJ/Tumblr)
a variety of creative insults (some of my favorites are "shitweasel", "sausage wallet" and "douchewaffle")

Anyone got any input/ideas? I'd be very grateful!

I'd add "squick", since that's a pretty common term in LJ/DW/tumblr (although certainly not exclusive to those places).

That's a good one! Thanks!

Sometimes you see "hate-on" (like hard-on) as a synonym for hate boner. Or rage boner.

Oh, you need BNF (and maybe SMOF, but that's from RL conventioneering days and doesn't usually apply to online-only fen).

Seems the fandom wank wiki is not up right now, but that might be a good source for some more terms if it's archived somewhere or gets fixed soon.

hmm, yeah, BNF is good.

I'm not sure what SMOF stands for lol...

Probably a bit of a mess:

MTE/MFTE
Troll in the dungeon?
racewank
dudebro
basement dweller
nice guy
lady boner
you tried
NAYRT
nonnie

Can Shit Stream count?
Snape Wives (maybe a bit too fandom specific)

along these lines:
IAWTC/IA/ITA etc
neckbeard (although that's very sfd)
Snape Wives or "on the astral plane" could count

Re: research question about f!s lingo

diet_poison - 2013-02-21 14:49 (UTC) - Expand

"hi dethtoll"

A+

I feel like this is an in-joke I wasn't there for

Do tell?

Re: research question about f!s lingo

(Anonymous) - 2013-02-21 15:37 (UTC) - Expand

Anons are also called nonny, anonymouse, and sometimes mice. That's all I can think of, because I'm terrible at lists.

Re: research question about f!s lingo

(Anonymous) - 2013-02-21 02:21 (UTC) - Expand

i see this stuff everywhere though? very common on tumblr, twitter, certain forums, and basically any space with fandom people around. from your comment tho i can't tell if your chosen subculture is only f!s or if you mean fandom subculture in general and are simply using f!s as a way to get more ideas rn.

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caecilia - 2013-02-21 01:53 (UTC) - Expand

Re: research question about f!s lingo

diet_poison - 2013-02-21 14:51 (UTC) - Expand

Adjective!Noun

n!s
s!b
b!s

gen/genfic
genderswap
BNF
circlejerk?
_/10, rating trolls in general.
headcanon

I'd also include "nonnie" in the anon list.

Hm, that's all I got.

IIRC, it was always "teal deer," not "teel" deer.

Then there's "step on a Lego"--I don't think I've seen that outside of certain fandom circles, including F!S, where it's unacceptable to say DIAF.

Re: research question about f!s lingo

diet_poison - 2013-02-21 14:52 (UTC) - Expand

*teal deer is the version I use

use the wayback machine for fandomwank wiki

trolling in the deep/adele version of troll in the dungeon

anything that references popcorn in wanky threads

use of reaction gifs and memefaces? it isn't exactly words but it's a way to comment? memeface comments are more popular in reddit but it's shown up here once in a while

also, avatar-only comments, you know, ones with icons only and no text in the comment? this is lj-clone exclusive afaik

also try fanlore, it's another good fannish source

Very few of those are particularly specific to fandom, or f!s.

Troll, tl;dr, OP, meme, hth, and thread are universal on the net (thread being the technical term, and all). Gif as shorthand for animated gif is common, though maybe not universal. (I've seen it used for images in general, too.)
Teal Dear, I'm pretty sure was coined in an old non-fandom usenet group I used to read. (alt.folklore.urban - if not coined there, very popular there, even so.)
I don't think 'calling out' is particularly fandom specific, but I haven't seen it a whole lot in general.
Soapbox is pretty common IRL, as well as on the net.

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charming_stranger - 2013-02-21 03:27 (UTC) - Expand

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(Anonymous) - 2013-02-21 04:18 (UTC) - Expand

Re: research question about f!s lingo

diet_poison - 2013-02-21 14:53 (UTC) - Expand

neckbeard and YKINMK, possibly YMMV?

also 0/10 6/10 etc etc for suggesting when someone is trolling the comments. i dont know how to phrase that but... you know

*ctrl+F stan* No results found, so:

Stan(ning)!

The anon-identifiers might be good.

OP (Original Poster)
SA (Same Anon)
DA (Different Anon)
AYRT (Anon you replied to)
NAYRT (Not the anon you replied to)

Awhile ago I saw somebody use NATWYR - which I presume means 'Not the anon to whom you replied' - which charmed me.

ayrt (anon you replied to)
lmgtfy (let me google that for you)
stan (portmanteau of stalker/fan, hardcore fan)

also, maybe some sjw terms that popped up a lot when that was big around here?

tone argument (you were yelling/rude so shut up)
white-washing (the characters were made to look white/whiter)

and more general internet things but I see them more here or at least around lj:

lj: livejournal
ngl: not gonna lie
imo/imho: in my opinion/in my humble opinion/in my honest opinion
the pit: fanfiction.net
AO3: archiveofourown.org

Re: research question about f!s lingo

diet_poison - 2013-02-22 00:53 (UTC) - Expand

also, kink memes?

! also

YANA - you are not alone
"the x to my y" - in secrets, comparing yourself and another person to specific fictional characters
adjective-spiration - inspiration for adjective
+1, A+, "this" in response to comments

I'd hit this/I'd ship this/etc.

you're my inspiration/thinspiration/hitspiration/etc.

also check out the f!s bingos, they're bound to have some f!s only terms

oh and transcripts and 'translations' - summarizations of tldr secrets

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