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[CLARY EMMY FRAY]

THE DICTIONARY OF AMAZING SLANG !

WORDS: A-D

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affiliate = when sites partner with other sites. also known as affy. to show affiliation, sites make little buttons (size is 88x31) and they have a thread in the advertising section for sites to reply to asking for affiliation. The buttons are normally displayed on the sidebar or in the forum description of the advertising forum.

avatar = also commonly called an icon. this is the small graphic that goes under your username. they are commonly 100 x 100 in dimensions but sometimes bigger.

bashing = this is when you show a large amount of hate for a certain subject.

canons = premade characters for sites, usually done by the administrative staff members.

c-box = chatbox, the fun little box usually found in the sidebar for you to talk to people.

closed thread = also known as a tagged thread. when a thread is for a particular person therefore only that person can post to it.

WORDS: E-H

face claim = also known as a play-by. it is the celebrity used to give a 'face' or appearance to the character.

god-modding = controlling another characters action in your post, it is strictly forbidden on the majority of sites because you play your character(s) not anyone elses.

hotlinking = also known as direct linking. when you take an image, right click, and use that url without saving it or rehosting ( uploading to your own server ). this is frowned upon, as it uses up the makers bandwidth and makes us all sad.

WORDS: I-L

icon = see avatar

karma = people can smite (-) or exalt (+)

WORDS:M-Q

mary sues = characters that are too good to be true.

one-liner = posting one line of words displaying your characters actions to a thread. This is a NONO

ooc = out of character

open thread = the post is open for anyone to post.

play-by = longer version of PB; a celebrity used to give an appearance to a character. SEE ALSO: face claim.

pm = shortened term for personal message. these are messages, kind of like e-mails.

post = the response you make to a thread when roleplaying on a site.

proboards = a free forum hosting site.

signature = commonly referred to as a "sig"; graphics that show up at the bottom of any post you make.

WORDS R-U

tagged thread = see closed thread

thread = the actual role playing, generally between two characters but there are times when there are more.

WORDS V-Z

DISCLAIMER: I DID NOT WRITE THIS UP MYSELF. I editted it a bit but NO I did NOT write this. Credits to Caution's KARA CORPORATE !