Words: RFC

[azurelunatic]

I'm looking for LiveJournal and Dreamwidth slang, of the sort that we-the-users use about the places we're inhabiting. You know the sort. Flist. Droll. PC. The mice are commenting a lot today. Block. Anything that's not the official term but is intuitively understood, or is understood and used fluently once it's been explained.

I'm looking for more words in common use with the greater userbase than I am for words that are only in use inside of volunteer circles, but volunteer community words and phrases are good too. This can be words you know that you're pretty sure someone else won't know, words you know everyone knows, or words you've heard that you know ought to mean something but you've never figured out quite what and haven't yet found the time to look them up.

Part of it, I'm curious.

Part of it, I want my teammates (and the teammates of my braintwin zarhooie) to have available to them some of the same things I know just by having skulked around in the right places. Understanding "How do I block the fucking mice?" to mean "I have a problem with anonymous commenters" and not "I got lost on my way to the exterminator's website" is one of the many components of supportmindread, and I want to do my utmost to grant that priv to everyone I can.

So.
Who's got words?

Comments

[pauamma]

Banninate
Baleet
(and I'm curious: would newt and toad - from M* culture - qualify?)

[azurelunatic]

I have never heard of newt or toad, on or off LJ, other than in their usual biological senses.

[pauamma]

newt = prevent a user from logging in - account is still there, but login is disabled. Can be for a set time or indefinite. Kinda like suspending.
toad = terminate an account (implied: not by user).

[triadruid]

Flock is a big one I see people get tripped up by.
X (but that might just be local to me; it means "I'm here", "I read to this point", or "I'm home")

[azurelunatic]

People around me have the   and other forms of null character comments as presence-markers.

Then there's the "+1" thing, and the thumbs up and down.

[flourish]

definitely droll. "cut it, please." "that's collapsing" (the thread's collapsing). The idea that a "moderator" of a "community" is the owner of what is essentially a really big group blog (this is a REALLY HARD thing for people who aren't involved with LJ/clones/forks to understand). The idea of being "on the lock" for something.

[flourish]

Sockpuppet.
Macro/anigif (I know, I know, it's wider internet slang, and who doesn't know this? But people don't know this)
beaded dead pony
What an "anonymeme" is

[triadruid]

Meatpuppet.

[azurelunatic]

beaded dead pony?

[flourish]

http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Beaded_dead_pony

[azurelunatic]

Brilliant.

:-)

[elke_tanzer]

Flist, flist, Circle, circle, dwcircle, DWircle, dwircle.

Flock.

The concept of being "on a filter".

Re: :-)

[azurelunatic]

OK, I think I have these in there now: http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Common_Jargon#Dreamwidth-Specific

[ysobel]

teal deer (and tl;dr).

(er. that not being a commentary on your post, obvs *grin*)

[pne]

"Friend" as a verb ("May I friend you?", "Some weirdo just friended me"). "Unfriend" as a verb. "OP".

[pne]

"ETA".

And in support slang, "to bunny someone/to get bunneh'd".

[triadruid]

Flounce?

[katieastrophe]

dreamroll is obv. the longhand for droll.

[berrie]

Wha's that mean? <.

[berrie]

<.<*

[azurelunatic]

Reading list or reading page.

Fin of an angry cod, etc

[lauredhel]

Much as I can't stand the base phrase ("I'd hit that"), the fandom_secrets (I think that's the origin - a typo, I've heard, though I can't find it now) mutation from "I'd hit that like the fist of an angry god" to "I'd hit that like the fin of an angry cod" to just "fin of an angry cod, etc" raises my smile. Has it bled outside of f_s?

Re: Fin of an angry cod, etc

[azurelunatic]

I had never heard that one before, though I suspect it would have only been a matter of time. A particular group of mine had "Fish of iron" (a typo of mine for "fist of iron") for quite some time. (This was actually a workplace, which made it all the more hilarious for being all the less appropriate.)

(Less "I'd hit that" in the sleazy/sexual sense, and more "I'd hit that" in the there-will-be-smiting sense, though.)

[cesy]

I suspect that in some circles, f_w, meta, etc. would come under this heading, but that's more a certain circle of LJ-based fandom than LJ as such.

Filtering, maybe? Also ontd, because it's worth knowing about in terms of server load even if you don't read it.

[cadenzamuse]

My friend who lives on the internet but not in fandom did not know what "squee" was; similarly "harshing my squee." Although I doubt those will come up often in support requests. :)

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

"Flock," which supposedly means to set an entry to Friends-only. I don't use that term myself, but a lot of other folks on LJ seem to. Dear self: Before replying, make sure to check the comments on the corresponding post on DW. =/

Oh, but here's one that I don't think was mentioned: "First post!" I don't know how often that happens outside of LJ or DW, but it seems to be quite the phenomenon that happens on major posts, like on news. =/ For that matter... I don't remember if you ever posted something on "big post phenomena" like on news, but that would be interesting. XD You know, the "first post," and "+1" and "Are you meeeeeee?" XDDDDDD

(Also, I've never heard of "PC" or "droll" or "The mice are commenting a lot today" as LJ slang in any capacity. What do they mean?)

[jd]

Parent comment(er), dream-roll (i.e. read page), and anonymous [commenters] -> false pl. "anonymice".

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, thanks! :D

Actually... now that you've explained "PC," I think I HAVE seen it before after all in that context, but took it to mean "previous commenter." (Which may or may not be the same thing, if you're talking about the top-level parent of a thread, or just the one preceding the "current comment.")

[pne.livejournal.com]

Also, I've never heard of "PC" or "droll" or "The mice are commenting a lot today" as LJ slang in any capacity.

Same here. (So thanks for the translations, gameboyguy13!)

[empresstria.livejournal.com]

Personally, I've seen some version of "first!" in every corner of the internet I've been in.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

I think this is the traditional spot for the FIRST! post.

And, on refreshing, and seeing that other people are amused at your timing, you get the *flounce*.

[azurelunatic]

*giggle*