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hjcallipygian

All the Confusing Acronyms of Fandom

Jul 22, 2004 11:34

I'm pretty new to internet fandom, which is kind of sad considering I've been a big huge internet geek for a long time. I remember when 28.8 modems came out, and how fast everyone thought that was. "Wow, you can get 2k per second! Wow ( Read more... )

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ludditerobot July 22 2004, 08:55:20 UTC

OTP is One True Pairing. Like, Buffy can only find true love with Angel. Or Spike. Or Xander. Or Faith. Or Starbuck. Or Apollo. Or Dominic Monaghan. Whatever way your fandom requires. I made lots of OTP icons, even a Spike/Angel/Xander "School Hard" OT3 icon. I don't feel OTP, I just think it's funny.

hjcallipygian July 22 2004, 09:37:18 UTC

OT3? I assume that starts with "one true--

Wait. Threesome?

ludditerobot July 22 2004, 09:38:33 UTC

We have a winner!

hjcallipygian July 22 2004, 09:47:36 UTC

The entire concept of OT3 is just cracking me up. I am having so much fun just sitting here, alone in my office, thinking up "Oh, their threesome was meant to be! Except they needed a bigger bed! Woe is the queen-size bed which just could not hold all their writhing limbs, and they fell, and bonk-ed their heads on the nightstand, verily, it was love."

nwhepcat July 22 2004, 08:58:22 UTC

There's a really good one, that someone directed me to. Well, a dictionary that has acronyms as well as other fandom terms. Lemme see if I can find it.

OTP, btw, is One True Pairing. (Like Xander/Faith, apparently, with me.) OOP always makes me think "Out of Print," from my (long ago) days searching the campus bookstore for texts. Not sure what it means, actually.

nwhepcat July 22 2004, 09:29:22 UTC

Here it is, which tmhsaio put me onto:

http://www.subreality.com/glossary/terms.htm

hjcallipygian July 22 2004, 09:39:04 UTC

Oh, you are a wonderful, wonderful person whose name deserves to be up in lights. Thank you so much.

nwhepcat July 22 2004, 09:47:50 UTC

Glad to pass on the fandom-newbie help! I recently looked in here and noticed they'd added some stuff based on LJ slang. It's important to know when one should ::huggle:: and when one should ::glomp::

hjcallipygian July 22 2004, 09:49:07 UTC

Yes, that's very important to know, as both of those sound like onomotopeas referring to bodily secretions, and I don't want to do that wrong. Could be dangerous.

jedi_penguin August 4 2004, 11:20:49 UTC

A work-in-progress is the btvs_fictionary project. Lat update is here.

And an OT3 icon for your amusement.