So, this will be our names/mashups/acronyms guide thread. Here is how it will work. Post in this thread commonly used names, and I will put them, alphabetically into a pinned post that will remain at the top of the thread.

I don't want every acronym ever used on the boards to go in here -- we'll have a separate whimsy thread for all of that. This is meant to be a guide to these forums and the recaps. (If the title is using names that aren't used enough anymore, let me know that and I'll change it.)

So, go ahead and start telling me what to add to our list and I'll start that pinned post/guide.

MB = Magnificent Bastard = Lionel Luthor
Chloevage = Chloe's cleavage
Chloogle = when Chloe conveniently figures out the mysteries by doing computer research at her desk; pejorative term associated with lazy writing
BDA = Big Dumb Alien = term for Clark
Mulana = Season 4 storyline in which Lana got super powers in China bc of an ancient witch's curse
Lana-fu = Lana's sudden and incredible mastery of the martial arts
Chlois = theory that there is going to be a surprise twist ending revealing that Chloe is Lois Lane, the future famous DP writer
Clex = Clark and Lex
Clexana = love triangle of Clark, Lex and Lana
Clana = Clark and Lana
Chlark = Chloe and Clark
Chimmy = Chloe and Jimmy
Bo = Jonathan Kent bc actor John Schneider use to play Bo Duke on long running show, Dukes of Hazzard.
FOS = Fortress of Solitude.
___+ ville (e.g. GreenArrowville) = term to describe the problem that someone other than Clark and Lex is getting too much attention on the show
Nois = Chloe's cousin, Lois Lane, played by Erica Durance; pejorative term to indicate that poster feels that the character doesn't live up to the name, is "not Lois"/ is no Lois Lane.

THRJ = The Horrible Red Jacket, that damned jacket Clark seems to love wearing All. The. Time.
Lexana, Peepex = Lex and Lana
CoCK = Chamber of Clark Kent, Lex's infamous Clark-room, seen in Season 3's "Covenant".
KoS = Knob of Sexitude, that little bump on the back of Michael Rosenbaum's head that all fangirls want to lick.
SDK = Steven De Knight, one of the writers for the show.
SuperBrat = Kara, Clark's cousin from Krypton.
TPTB = The Powers That Be, the people with the hands on the controls for the show.
FoTW = Freak of The Week, the format used in earlier seasons of the show.
GreenK, RedK, SilverK = different forms of kryptonite, the stuff from Clark's home planet that's deadly to him
DP = Daily Planet

That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there are more, though. :)

The Pink or The Squirrel = Lana
Clois = Clark and Lois

Since it's alphabetical, can you give me a description for EACH of GreenK, RedK and SilverK? I could come up with them myself, but I'm lazy.

GreenK = green coloured kryptonite, makes Clark physically sick.
RedK = red coloured kryptonite, makes Clark rebellious, horny and fashion-conscious.
SilverK = silver coloured kryptonite, makes Clark go Captain Paranoid on everyone.

Ooh, two more.

Goughlar = the single, monstrous, Lana-minded entity that Al Gough and Miles Millar are when it comes to all things Smallville.
Chlex = Chloe and Lex ship

ETA: What about actor name abbreviations? TW, MR, AM, KK, ED, AoT, JG, JS, etc? Do they go in here as well? We do use them quite a bit.

AlMiles = Al Gough and Miles Millar, exec. producers of Smallville
SV = abbreviation for Smallville
MM = Martian Manhunter

No love for Chlex, TWOP Mars? ;)

Oh, also? Not to sound nitpicky, but I think it's Kristin Kreuk. With an 'i', not an 'e'. :)

Ollie = Oliver Queen aka The Green Arrow

Kreukferatu= Lana as a vampire

Lightswitch = a sudden development in character which basically has little or no build-up

Barndoor = mode of sudden lightswitch (so coined because Lois suddenly became interested in journalism when she was almost hit with a barn door)

"EDLois", "THLois", "CRClark" = initials of actor paired with the character name (eg. Erica Durance as Lois, Teri Hatcher as Lois, Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman)

Ln'C, L&C = refers to the 90's tv show The Adventures of Lois & Clark

This is a thing of beauty.

ILL = Iconic Lois Lane (Lois in the DC Comics)

Pod!Chloe = A boring passive version of Chloe. Possible causes include dating Jimmy Olsen, or the show shifting focus to Lois Lane.

Lollie = Lois Olliver ship

AI = Artificial Intelligence, the computer simulation of Jor El that talks to Clark (usually used to imply the AI is defective)

SoK, also GSoK= the (Gay) Stones of Knowledge that were a part of Season 4

HoYay = short for "homoeroticism, yay!"

the GayLE (GAYLE) = the Gayest Look of the Episode

Chlex = Chloe and Lex ship
Fanwank = Fan-created explanation to resolve unanswered questions
JL = Justice, the proto Justice League seen in Justice. Green Arrow, Impulse, Cyborg and Aquaman.
Lollie = Lois / Oliver ship
Lollipop = Lex and Lana's baby
NonBaby = Lex and Lana's fake baby

Chloinel = Chloe and Lionel ship
Draculana = blood-sucking Lana

Got one!

Green Tears of Suck... or GToS: Chloe's metoer power.( should it just be ToS since her tears aren't green?)

Hottie McEditor.a*k*a Gabriel Grant: New DP editor. Played by Michael Cassidy, btw.

Kreukferatu also refers specifically to KK in the context of her fang tooth.

The Sexy invariably refers to MR or Lex interchangeably.

DarthGoughlar - Destroyer of Characters in favour of Lana; or you know, Al & Miles.

Pink Script - Script of Phantom, season five finale and the beginning of the end.

Biza!Clark/Bizar!Clark - Bizarro!Clark

Biza!Lois/Bizar!Nois: Both refer to EDLois, as she (like Biza!Clark did with Clark) seemed to absorb Chloe's DNA in Phantom, the finale of season 6.

Oh, and how could we forget about these guys?

Stompy - a horse, who became a fan favourite after dancing on Lana in 'Shattered' and sending her to a hospital for weeks.

Bessie - a cow from the Kent farm, who Bo was supposedly in love with.

I though that we agreed to use Bizalo or Bizarlo

I got some:

Karymmy: Kara and Jimmy ship

Offscreenville: Magical place where Lex and Chloe became enemies, Lex turned evil, Bizalo became a reporter, Lana stopped loving Lex...I mean where a far better show is airing.

Ripoff: Source of 90% of the stories that are told in this series.

Bitterness: Standard mood of Smallville users that post here.

Pie: Main reason of Clark existence if Lana where out of the picture.

THRJ was accepted on the list, but not yet Chlex? Perhaps it should be defined something like this:

Chlex - Chloe and Lex ship, mostly discussed as a possibility or as a hidden theme.

(Postscript: Rewritten, since it apparently was put on the list while I was writing and posting).

Zoner = escaped Phantom Zone prisoners
Lanabelle = Countess Isobel, Lana's ancestor, a witch who possessed her in season four
StAS = Superman the Animated Series, the Timmverse cartoon of Superman
Anvil = foreshadowing of the future Superman mythology. Often used ironically (Lois hates reporting, Clark is afraid of heights).

You're right! I'll edit the post.

Are we putting guest stars initials in there too? Namely LC (Lynda Carter; Moira) and two certain other actors - Mars, should they remain nameless on this list until the eps air?

Could somebody define anvil please and add it too the list? I could try, I understand what it means, but I rarely use the term myself and probably many of you could do a better job than me at defining it. Thanks.

Mionel = Martha and Lionel ship

I support adding "The Sexy" to the list. I use it quite a bit.

EJ = Eric Johnson, who played Whitney Fordman in season 1.

JA = Jensen Ackles, played Jason Teague in season 4, boyfreind of Lana.

SJIII or SJ3 = Sam Jones the third, played Pete Ross in seasons 1-3

Jana = Jason/Lana ship

Whitana = Whitney/Lana ship

YAY! first post!

Just a reminder that these should be COMMONLY USED. I want this to be helpful. I am at this point, considering locking this thread and taking suggestions via PM only. So, please only suggest common ones. And look over the pinned post at the top and tell me if any of those are not common enough. I'm thinking of removing TPTB because it's broader than Smallville, and I want to keep this focused.

At any rate, I already feel like we've added some that aren't at all common (I've watched the show for years and read the recaps/forums for years and have never heard some of these.) So ... can we please stick to the commonly used ones here?

Someone can create a "Fun acronyms/nicknames" thread and we'll move it to Whimsy once we have our new subforums. This one is to be helpful more than fun.

Thanks!

Edit: I was writing while Mars was posting. Rather than write "never mind", I'll use my goof to vote that Anvil be included, and comment that ILL puzzled me for a good month.

I'm not sure about the following being common enough:

Kreukferatu
Lightswitch
Barndoor
Lollie
AI -- is this a specific-to-Smallville thing?
Lollipop, NonBaby -- are these widely used?
Chloinel
Draculana
Green Tears of Suck... or GToS: Chloe's metoer power.( should it just be ToS since her tears aren't green?) -- is this really what ToS refers to?
Hottie McEditor
DarthGoughlar -- is this not covered with Goughlar and AlMiles?
Pink Script
Biza!Clark/Bizar!Clark
Biza!Lois/Bizar!Nois/Bizalo/Bizarlo
Stompy
Bessie
Karymmy
Pie
Zoner
Lanabelle
Jana
Whitana

Also, I'm not putting TPTB or HoYay (or anything else in the FAQ ) in this list -- except Anvil, because it has its own usage here.

OK, so let me know if I'm glaringly wrong about any of the ones in this post (if they're very common), or if any of them in my list are NOT common. This should not be a debate, though. If there is any debate, then it's not common enough to add to the list, and we'll save it for the whimsy thread.

Also, a couple things you can help me out with:

1. Definition of Castville, since it's actually in the name of a thread

2. JL definition didn't make sense to me as it was -- so I changed it; check that for me

3. Is VoTW different or the same as FoTW? We have a VoTW thread, so I think it will need a definition, but I want to make sure it's right.

I agree that most of what you have listed aren't in common enough usage to be on the master list, but I deffinitely think that Lightswitch should be on there.

VoTW is slightly different from FoTW in that sometimes the villains aren't freaks and sometimes the freaks aren't villains.

ETA: Goughlar (a name mash-up of Gough and Millar) should probably be on the master list as well, since it has become a pretty popular alternative to AlMiles. I'd say it's about 50/50 in usage now.

Looks fine to me.


I think they can be different. For example, Kevin Grady could be considered a Freak of the Week, but he wasn't a villain and therefore, VoTW wouldn't apply. But they are, very often, interchangeable.


Agreed.

Could you give me a better explanation of Lightswitch, and then I'll add it? I was/am confused by it.

Also, Goughlar is there. I just don't think DarthGoughlar needs to be there.

Also, we don't need to add guest stars' initials -- and it's OK to talk about guest stars who will be on the next season if they've been reported in the media.

Lightswitch = Term used to describe sudden, unexplained skill development, character change or behaviors. Al Miles said in an interview "The road to evil is a journey, not a lightswitch." Example - Lana getting a scholarship to art school in France at the end of season three, despite never doing art work prior to that, is a lightswitch.Yes, GToS is the same as ToS. Could we keep ToS, with the same definition?Castville = fanfict where the Smallville cast writes the episodes, due the Al and Miles firing the writers.

Of the above list here are the ones I think are worth including in order of priority imo and why:

Lightswitch - Term coming from Al Gough about how evil isn't a lightswitch and how a writer has to show the progression of a character, now a pejorative term for frequent sudden character changes without any foundation on the show and often contrary to previous characterization.

Maybe someone can give you an exact quote on that one, but lightswitching is a very common term on the board, imo.

Stompy & Bessie & *Pancake parents* - Unique to this board and really hard to get without an explanation. Pancake parents referring to Lana's parents being flattened like pancakes in the meteor shower may not jump to mind.

Green Tears of Suck or GToS: pejorative term for Chloe's meteor power brought on by crying over her dead cousin. This one or TOS come up a lot with PodChloe and I would think would be hard to guess at without help.

Hottie McEditor - Definitely used a lot. I keep forgetting what the guy's real name is suppose to be. He's just generic McEditor in my mind.

Lollie - Lois and Oliver Queen as a couple.

Lollipop -- Lollipop refers to Lex and Lana's faux baby. I think it's only worth including because it is so similar to Lollie and it's hard to figure out what it means from context. I can't even remember where it comes from.

Chloinel - I think Chluthor is more common since it refers to Chloe and the Luthors as a dynamic which was very prominent in Season 3 and discussed as a significant event in the show's story. There is a thread about spin offs with Chluthoropolis in the title.

DarthGoughlar -- is a variant of Goughlar.

Pink Script - this is a developing term. At first it was just a reference to finale spoilers coming from a pink script, but lately I've seen people use it to mean "ridiculous or horrible sounding spoilers coming true. " Like "this is going to be another pink script" or "I'd say they're not stupid enough to do this but pink script?" Don't know if it will stick around, but if it does anyone not into spoilers would be completely baffled by it, although it usually comes up in the spoiler thread anyway.

Biza!Clark/Bizar!Clark/Biza!Lois/Bizar!Nois/Bizalo/Bizarlo - All may drop off depending on what happens with Bizarro.

Lanabelle - Comes up quite a bit. Could be hard to figure out if people don't remember the witch's name.

Jana - still comes up sometimes.

Zoner - specific to show more than the board.

Also:
DC = DC comics the Warner Bros. (WB) subsidiary that owns the rights to Superman. Not to be confused with DC for Dean Cain.
LnC = Lois and Clark, the new adventures of Superman.

The thing is Massena, I don't think any of those are used enough to warrant being included..IMO besides Lightswitch none of them should be included.

Something like Stompie and Bessie get mentioned MAYBE once a week...Maybe....

I thought lightswitch came from epside 2.08 Ryan

I do think that the list is already too long, and it contains a lot of terms not in general use. What is the point of the word GAYLE when the only, it seems, regular user is OmarG, and he always uses all the words, not the abbreviation? I may give a list of the words which should disappear, if asked.
It is important to keep the words AlMiles and Goughlar separate, but DarthGoughlar does not seem to be in general use yet. It seems to me that AlMiles is used by people (like myself), who have retained some faith in their ability to perform, but Goughlar is clearly quite negative. But I do not think that all the people who uses "Goughlar" would agree to the sinister explanation given in the list now.
For me "Chlex" does not denote a "ship" only. It is a theoretical position used by come "Chlark" fans and some Lex fans to explore the undercurrents and hidden possibilities in the show, and it has its own separate body of fanfiction. I suggested the explanation "mostly discussed as a possibility or as a hidden theme". But some of the Chlex fans should appear and express their view on this.

Kahn - I understand your point. I guess it depends on how tight admin wants the list. I put lightswitch first bc it is used all the time. As for the rest of the suggestions which I repeated for whoever suggested them originally, I did it mostly bc when used would be hard for an outsider to get without an explanation. E.g. GToS? Seriously, that is really hard to just guess without help which might make it harder for newbies to join in.

And "stompy" "bessie" and "pancake parents" got put above others like Hottie McEditor which are used all the time because I think they are very unique to this board and are definitely part of our lexicon here.



jwm ftw!

I think Lightswitch should be included as we use it a lot, and I know as a newbie to the board I was very confused by the constant use of it and the frequent use of barndoor.

I also think ToS (I never liked GToS because the tear didn't turn out to be green after all) would be helpful to include cause, as Massena 1 said, it's a little tough to figure out on it's own. We also have been using it quite a bit since the finale. And it may be prominent in the new season as well. Time will tell for this one.

Stompy might be good to include cause he is occasionally referred to, with reverance, and is not self-explanatory.



Personally, I think Lollipop could go. I don't think I've ever seen it. Isn't FauxBaby more common/popular now?

"GAYLE" gets used frequently in the HoYay thread & regularly in the episode threads.

There is a thread called GAYLE, so it's staying.

I added Lightswitch and Stompy. And ToS.

I'm not using Lollipop, NoBaby or FauxBaby unless they become common usage.

And PLEASE feel free to tell me what on the list doesn't belong.

Once this is a working list (by the end of the week), we'll just add to it as we see fit in the future -- using the Whimsy thread AND my own questions about crazy things you people are saying.

I hope this is a useful resource.

I think it will be very helpful for newbies, TWoP Mars. :)

I know I wish I had this list when I first came here. It can take a while to figure things out from context alone.

Is Peep/Peepex necessary? How did that come about anyway? Isn't Pink Princess/Squirrel and Lexana much more commonly used?

I wanted ask if if needed to add WoW: Wall of Weird since Chloe destroyed it but I'm not sure if fans still use it.

That's probably a good one to include. It's prominent in S 1-4 and now she has an electronic version on her laptop and DP computer.

I have seen Peepex on the forums enough that I was like, "Who in the what now?" So I think it should stay. I'll add WoW because that's pretty common usage. They have referenced it on the show even after it no longer existed.

Thanks you guys. I think this is a good starting point. Just come and post one if something comes up and reminds you of something.

A few possible ones:

Squirrel, or Angry Squirrel - Lana, due to her appearance resembling a squirrel, especially when angry
CV!AM, CV!TW, etc - Castville versions of Allison Mack, Tom Welling, etc. (seen commonly in the Castville thread)
JH - Justin Hartley (plays Oliver Queen, a.k.a. Green Arrow)
AA - Aaron Ashmore (plays Jimmy Olsen)

For deletion: I've never heard of the Knob of Sexitude, but the definition (which made me spit soda) all by itself probably makes it worthy of staying on the list.

I absolutely think Barndoor needs to be included. In some threads, it is in more common use than lightswitch. (I'd hold off on the Martyred Drunken Hook Up of Motivation which is also gaining popularity.)

Pancaked parents, while common, is pretty self-explanatory

Lollie for the Lois Lane and Oliver Queen ship was very common while he was on the show. If he makes a guest appearance, I'd expect a resurgence of this term.

Zoner is in common usage on the show so shouldn't need to be in the dictionary.

For common usage in the MR thread, the KoS ranks up there with "the" "and" and "ass."!

Probably like Barndoor in the Chlois thread I guess. Still, I'll never forget KoS now.

Yeah, KoS made me laugh enough that I didn't think for a second about not including it. I'll add Barndoor and Lollie. Thanks!

Also, do we need: Bessie and pancake parents? I've heard a few arguments for those and just want to be sure I'm keeping it tight without being too rigid.

Hee! I was thinking about terms we use on the boards and as soon as I thought of KoS, I got reminded of Durq, Orestes, viola, Lexalicious and all the other girls on the MR thread who keep raving about that tiny little bump on his head. I must admit, I find the KoS quite fascinating myself, so I thought it deserved a place on the list.

Glad to know everyone enjoys the definition - I made it as accurate as I could! ;)

Re: pancaked parents, I think that while the term is self-explanatory, we might need a definition for why it is in spoiler tags most of the times. Or, you know, we could give a general definition for why certain things (like Lana's parents being dead and Lois's dad being a General) which are not spoilers are still put inside spoiler tags.