- "Abbreviation" redirects here. For abbreviations on the Discussion Forums, see Abbreviations on the Forums.
Many Scratchers use abbreviations for their projects instead instead of typing the whole word or phrase. Doing this is easier than typing the whole thing. Below is a list of some common abbreviations used on the Scratch Website.
A
- AC: Art Contest; (An art competition in which multiple Scratchers create art for a chance to win the art contest).
- ACC: Account; (a user's account).
- AE/AEs: an Add Everything Studio.
- AF/AFD: April Fools' (Day)
- AFAIK: As Far as I Know
- AFK: Away From Keyboard
- AMV: Animated Music Video; (an animation to go with a song, such as a Music Video on YouTube).
- AR: Art Request; (when a Scratcher asks another Scratcher to draw them art).
- ASAP: As Soon As Possible
- AT:
- Art Trade (when one trades art with another Scratcher if the person agrees).
- The Advanced Topics subforum.
- AtM: At The Moment
B
- BaG: Bugs and Glitches; (the discussion forum titled 'Bugs and Glitches').
- BBCode: The markup language for the forums.
- BRB: Be right back; (used when a Scratcher has to leave for a short amount of time).
- BTW: By the way; used to introduce a topic that is unrelated to the current topic being discussed.
C
- Ceebs/CB: Ceebee (a Scratch Team member)
- CC:
- Coloring Contest; (it is when a Scratcher makes a project with line-art in it, then Scratchers remix the project and color the line-art in. They compete against each other to make the best drawing).
- Creative Commons, (the organization that constructs the license under which most of Scratch's user-generated content is governed).
- CCE: Coloring Contest Entry; (an entry for a coloring contest).
- Collab: Collaboration, when two or more users work on a project together.
D
- DMC: Draw My Character; (an art contest in which the host provides Scratchers with a character that they have drawn. Participants have to draw that character).
- DMCE: Draw My Character Entry; (an entry for a DMC contest).
- DTA/D2A: Draw To Adopt; (an art contest where Scratchers draw a character made by another Scratcher to have a chance of winning that character)
- DTAE: Draw To Adopt Entry; (an entry for a DTA contest).
- DTIYS: Draw This In Your Style; (an art contest, similar to a DMC, where the host draws a picture and participants have to draw it in their style).
- DTIYSE: Draw This In Your Style Entry; (an entry for a DTIYS contest).
F
- F4F: Follow for Follow; (when a Scratcher ask to follow someone, in return a follow from them. Some scratchers disapprove of this practice).[1][2][3]
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Question(s)
- FE: For Everyone; When a project is marked as FE, it indicates that it is suitable and appropriate for all Scratch users.
- 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 user asks someone to follow them.
- FPC: Front Page Curator; (someone who puts projects on the front page for a week).
- FPCA: Front Page Curator Application; an application to be an FPC. Once the application has been shared, the Scratcher must add it to the Front Page Curator Applications studio.
- FPCAH: Front Page Curator Application Help; (the studio in which Scratchers applying to be FPC can get help with making their application better).
- FYI: For Your Information
G
- GTG: Got to go/Gotta go; (used when a Scratcher has got to leave for any reason).
H
- HwS: Help with Scripts forum
- /hj: Half-Joking
I
- IDC: I don't care
- IDK: I don't know
- IG: I guess
- IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly
- IKR: I know, right?
- ILWID: I love what I do
- IMHO: In my humble/heart's/honest opinion
- IMO: In my opinion
- IRL: In real life; (as in not on the internet or on Scratch).
J
- /j: Joking
- JK: Just Kidding
L
- LLK: Lifelong Kindergarten
- LOL: Laugh/Laughing out loud
- LTL: Lyrics Taken Literally; (when a Scratcher creates a project with backdrops/sprites showing what music lyrics look like literally).
M
- MAP: Multiple Animator Project; collaborative projects by many Scratchers that each contribute a brief animation to the project.
- Mod: A Moderator
- MNP: Multi Noteblocker Project; a collaborative project utilizing the Music extension by more than one Scratcher who each contribute a section of musical code to a finished product.
N
- NFE: Not For Everyone; When a project is deemed inappropriate for the community but not severe enough to be censored or removed, it is marked as NFE.
O
- OC:
- Original Character; a unique character that has been created by a user in which they (or others if they allow it) can use in their projects.
- Also stands for Outro Contest, a contest in which participants enter outros.
- OMG: Oh my God/goodness/gosh
- ONG: On God, used to express that you're telling the truth
P
- P2See/P2S/P2C/Paddle: Paddle2See (a Scratch Team member)
- PFP: Profile Picture
- PG: Prize Giver in a competition
- PI: Project Ideas forum
- PMV: Picture Music Video; an AMV but with only art and minimal animation.
- PPTBF: Propose Projects to be Featured; a studio the Scratch Team looks at to possibly feature projects
Q
- QaS: Questions about Scratch; the discussion forum titled 'Questions about Scratch'.
- QnA: Questions and Answers; Scratchers ask questions about the host and the host answers some of those questions.
R
- (Ti)RaP: Abbreviation for the Thing's I'm Reading and Playing forum
- RE: A reply to someone. Usually links a closed forum topic for more clarification from the user.
- RNTAS: Random number to avoid spam
- ROFL/ROTFL: Rolling on the floor Laughing (see also "LOL")
- RPG: Role Playing Game
S
- /s: Sarcasm
- /srs: Serious
- SaT: Show and Tell forum
- SDS: Scratch Design Studio; a studio that has a different theme every so often.
- Speak/SV: Speakvisually, (Former Scratch Team member)
- ST: Scratch Team; the group of people who run and moderate the website.
- SWC: Scratch Welcoming Committee; a studio in which New Scratchers can introduce themselves and get to know Scratch.
- SWE: Scratch Wiki Editors is a user group full of contributors in charge of editing the wiki.
T
- TBC: To be confirmed/continued
- TBD: To be determined/decided/declared
- TBF: To be fair
- TBH: To be honest
- TiMaC: Things I'm Making and Creating; the discussion forum titled 'Things I'm Making and Creating'
- TiRaP: Things I'm Reading and Playing; the discussion forum titled 'Things I'm Reading and Playing'
- TTYL: Talk to you later
- TYSM: Thank you so much
V
- VAO: Voice Acting Order; when one asks for someone to voice act for their project. People can order stuff from shops on the Requests Forum and ask for VAOs.
- VAR:
- Voice Acting Request; similar to VAO.
- Variables for short.
W
- WIP: Work in Progress, also known as a draft; it is used when a Scratcher creates a project and shares it without it being completely done.
- WIBD: What I've Been Doing, the section on a profile page on the far right
- WIWO: What I'm Working On; a common abbreviation used by Scratchers in the What I'm Working On section of their profile.
- WDYM: What do you mean
- WSG: What's good; a term commonly used by Scratchers to greet each other in casual settings.
Y
- YK: You know; used to ask for clarification if someone knows something
Other
- @Username: the following text is directed towards the specified user, e.g. "@Username: That's a good point!"
- 1S1S: Type of project that only contains 1 script and 1 sprite
See Also
- Multiple Animator Project
- Remix
- Music Projects
- Scratch Team
- Front Page Curator
- Scratch Design Studio
- Scratch Welcoming Committee
- Forum Terminology
