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- This article is about abbreviations on the Scratch Forums. For general abbreviations, see Abbreviations on Scratch.
This is a list of terms, abbreviations, and acronyms on commonly used on the Scratch Forums (as well as other forums), to help Scratchers understand posts better.
Many non-Scratch specific terminology listed here are widespread across the Internet.
A
- AAS: All About Scratch forum — Not used much anymore, since that forum was replaced with the Questions about Scratch forums
- AF: April Fool's
- AFAIK: As Far as I Know
- AFD: April Fool's Day
- AFK: Away From Keyboard
- AMV: Animated Music Video
- AR: Art Request/Augmented Reality
- ASAP: As Soon As Possible
- AT: Advanced Topics forum, also Art Trade
- ATer: Someone who is active in the Advanced Topics forum
- ATM: At The Moment
B
- BaG: Bugs and Glitches forum
- BBCode: Markup language for forums
- BRB: Be Right Back
- BTW: By The Way
- Bump: Bring Up My Post, used to bring posts to the top of the list in the forums.
- BYOB: Build Your Own Blocks. This term isn't used much anymore, as it has been replaced with Snap!
C
- CC: Coloring Contest, a type of contest in which participants have to color the provided line art
- Ceebs/CB: Ceebee (Scratch Team member)
- Collab: Abbreviation for Collaboration
- Constructive: Benefiting something
D
- DMC: Draw My Character, art contests where users entering a DMC must draw the hosting user's OC or character.
- DTA/D2A: Draw to Adopt
- Dupe/Duplicate: Marking a Duplicate post of an earlier topic, used to guide users to an original topic
F
- F4F: Follow 4 Follow, when two Scratchers request to follow each other
- FAQ: Frequently asked question(s)
- FNAF: Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror game that became very controversial, and is currently limited on Scratch
- FOR: Follow on Request, when a Scratcher requests another Scratcher to follow them
- Forumer: Forum user
- FPC: Front page curator
- FPCA: Front page curator application
- FPS: Frames Per Second, when rendering something with the pen, such as a raycaster
- FTW: "For the Win!"; showing that something is very well done.
- FYI: For Your Information
G
- GTG: Got To Go/Gotta go
H
- HwS: Help with Scripts forum
I
- IDC: I don't care
- IDK: I don't know
- IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly
- IKR: I know, right?
- IMHO: In My Humble/Heart's/Honest Opinion
- IMO: In my opinion
- IRL: In real life
J
- /j: Joking
- JK: Just Kidding
K
- KotP: King of the Page, the first poster on a single page.
L
- LOL: Laugh/Laughing Out Loud
M
- (Ti)MaC: Abbreviation for the Thing's I'm Making and Creating forum.*
- MAP: Multiple Animator Project
- Mod:
N
- n00b: Newbie (novice); 'noob', 'newb', and 'nub' are all variations of it. The use of this can be considered offensive, and as such, it should not be used to describe others.
- Necropost: When a post is posted on a topic that has sat for a long time without activity.
- Ninjaed/Ninja'd: When someone posts more or less the same thing right before someone else, usually by only a few seconds. Also known as Outposting
- No Support: A user saying, "I disagree", usually used in the Suggestions forum. Also known as -1.
- NS: New Scratchers (forum) or New Scratcher Status.
O
- [/offtopic]: Get back on topic, the conversation has strayed
- This is meant to resemble closing BBCode: a tag with a slash inside brackets generally means ending some property, in this case, offtopic-ness.
- OC: Original character, a character which belongs to a particular user
- Read Project Trends#Animal OC for more information
- OMG: Oh My God/Goodness/Gosh
- ONG: On God, used to express that you are telling the truth
- OP: Original post/poster
- Outposted: See Ninja'd
P
- P2See/P2S/P2C/Paddle: Paddle2See (Scratch Team member)*
- PFP: Profile Picture
- PG: Prize giver in a competition organized
- PI: Project Ideas forum
- PMV: Picture Music Video, a music video that only uses pictures to tell the story.
- PoTP: Prince of the Page, the second poster on a single page.
- PPTBF: Propose Projects to be Featured, a studio the Scratch Team looks at to possibly feature projects
Q
- QaS: Questions about Scratch forum*
- QotP: Queen of the Page, the first poster on a single page.
- QuickReply: Project designed to make forum use easier by giving copy and paste replies based on selections. These are generally seen as unconstructive.
R
- (Ti)RaP: Abbreviation for the Things I'm Reading and Playing forum.*
- ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing (see also "LOL")
- RPG: Role-playing-game, see TBG
S
- /s: Sarcasm
- /srs: Serious
- SaT: Show and Tell forum
- SDS: Scratch Design Studio
- Shop: A forum thread where a Scratcher can get resources on request.
- Sig/Siggy: Short for signature
- Speak/SV: Speakvisually (Former Scratch Team member)
- ST: Scratch Team
- Sticky: A topic that is placed permanently or semi-permanently at the top of a forum/category.
- Support: A user saying, "I agree", usually used in the Suggestions forum. Also known as +1.
T
- TBC: To Be Continued
- TBD: To Be Determined/Decided
- TBG: Text-Based-Games, Text-Based Games Forum
- TBH: To Be Honest
- TFH: The Forum Helpers, a studio for constructive forum users
- TiMaC: Things I'm Making and Creating Forum
- TiRaP: Things I'm Reading and Playing Forum
- TOLORS: The Official List of Rejected Suggestions
- TOLORS quoter: Project designed to automatically quote The Official List of Rejected Suggestions and allows Scratchers to copy-and-paste parts of it to reply a rejected suggestion in the Suggestions forum.
- TTYL: Talk To You Later
U
- Unconstructive: Not benefiting something
V
- VAO: Voice Acting Order; usually used in project names. VAO for username.
- var: A variable
- VAR: Voice Acting Request, to request something from a Scratcher. Can I have a VAR from you?
W
- WIP: Work in progress, draft
Other
- @Username: the following text is directed towards the specified user, e.g. "@Username: That's a good point!"
- +1: See Support
- -1: See No Support
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