Abbreviations & Terminology Guide
originally created and written by cmichb
originally created and written by cmichb
Basics
Abbreviations:
CS: Chicken Smoothie
PPS: Peter Pan Syndrome | What does PPS mean?
EPPS: Extreme PPS (a PPS pet that remains in the newborn stage)
GUPPS: Grown-up Peter Pan Syndrome (A grown-up version of a previous PPS pet, usually released during advent)
BBS: Benjamin Button Syndrome (April Fool's special reverse-PPS, where the pet ages backwards)
UR: Unreleased | What does UR mean?
GH: General Helper
GM: Global moderator
AA: Admin assistant
RP mod: Roleplay moderator
O mod: Oekaki moderator
COPPA: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act | What does COPPA mean?
C$: Chicken dollars | What are Chicken Dollars (C$)?
Pets
Abbreviations:
BA: Black advent
BMD: Bernese mountain dog
RBM: Rainbow mane
GWJ: Growing white july
BEG: Black-eyed galaxy
CEG: Clear-eyed galaxy
GSD: German Shepherd Dog
Bw/Bwolf: Butterfly Wolf
Trading
Abbreviations:
OMGSC: Oh my god so common
VC: Very common
C: Common
UC: Uncommon
R: Rare
VR: Very rare
OMGSR: Oh my god so rare
WL: Wishlist
UFT: Up for trade
UFA: Up for auction
NFT/NEFT: Not for trade/Not ever for trade
HTT/HTTF: Hard to trade (for)
Terminology:
List/list pet: Any pet on this list. (THE LIST IS NOW DISCONTINUED).
Advent list: Any pet specifically on this post
September list: Any pet specifically on this post
Main list: Any pet specifically on this post
Non/non-dog: Any of the four dogs listed on this post
Paperclip: A trading "challenge" in which you continuously trade up common pets to reach higher goals, that takes its name from the story of the man who traded from a paperclip to a house.
3 month rule: A generally agreed upon rule in which any pet that is the same rarity and species released within 3 months before or after the original release date of another pet is a fair trade.
Hoard: A collection of many of the same or similar types of pets. Can be used as a verb or a noun (for example, "I hoard cows", "Here is my hoard of cows".)
Roleplay
Abbreviations:
RP: Roleplay
OOC: Out of character
IC: In character
Oekaki
Abbreviations:
OC: Original character
WIP: Work in progress
OTA: Offer to adopt
UFS: Up for sale
Terminology:
Oekaki: Our on-site drawing application
Fursona/'sona: An original character created to be an animal representation of oneself
Forums
Abbreviations:
Spam: Stupid pointless annoying message
Bump: Bring up my post
FTT: The "Is this a fair trade?" Thread
DNP: Do not post