#fandom dictionary

[seriouslydidijustdothat]

I used to be confused too, and I see a lot of works tagging fandoms they're not actually writing as a result.

How to tag AUs, fandom wise, using the above example, as I've come to understand (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong!):

Crossovers (tag Star Trek and Star Wars) - characters of each fandom are present (and presumably interact)

Fusion (posting in Star Trek only) - characters of one fandom are present ➡ Star Trek characters in Santa Monica but no one from Psych present ➡ use the additional tag "Alternative Universe - (work/fandom) Fusion" and/or "(work/fandom) Elements"

i had a thought of "do people not know what AUs are anymore?" and then i remembered nobody explains fandom stuff to new people anymore so it is entirely plausible people genuinely don't know what AUs are and nobody has explained it to them, so for today's lucky 10,000:

"AU" stands for "Alternate Universe" or "Alternative Universe" (same difference) and is basically any thought scenario for a fandom that isn't canon and can't fit within the canon universe. If it takes place in the canon universe but something is notably different, that is typically what's known as a "Canon divergent AU," because it diverges from canon.

an AU can be absolutely anything. There's a couple of widespread pan-fandom au scenarios that often get thrown around, like coffee shop aus, genderbend aus, hanahaki aus (hanahaki is a whole thing in itself i'd recommend researching on your own), etc. One you might hear sometimes is "crossover AU" which is when you have characters from one fandom interacting with characters from another.

You can have as many aus as you want. They can be whatever you want and you can do whatever you want in them. It's a sandbox for you to play around in and explore how things would be different or how the characters would act in those circumstances or environments. Maybe they have different relationships with each other. Maybe they behave slightly differently. Or you can just say "Okay, [x] is true. How did they get here? How would things have to be different for this to occur?" which can also be fun.

If you are ever confused about why people ship something that seems completely out of the blue or doesn't make sense to you in the canon setting, there's a good chance they like it in an AU setting! Not everything everybody is interacting with is necessarily the canon! Not everybody wants things to exist in canon and just want to explore playing dolls in a different sandbox and that's okay. And their sandbox might look a lot different than yours, and that's also okay. You have the freedom to make your sandbox whatever you please. Do whatever you want forever. Get funky with it. AUs are fun.

Okay that's my schpeal. everybody go have fun and play nice now.

[dallasgallant]

Country/southern slang and vernacular-

This is what I’m going with for the title as honestly I’m not sure what else you would call it, but it is also linked to class a little bit? It’s complicated. Anyways, surprised I haven’t done one like this sooner as I��ve done:

JD slang. 60s slang. Rodeo terms

However, it can’t include everything! As usual take this as a jumping off point, it’s funny as Oklahoma is technically southern, culturally and such. Some are sourced from general knowledge, others from southern or “Oklahoma slang” which heavily overlaps but is more accented.

A lot of this ended up actually being more writing accented speech with some slang thrown in, a lot of it is about contractions! Also word usage! They’ll be a more “general grammar” and accent section at the bottom.

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A - of

All get out- sentence enhancer (ex. Funny as all get out)

Air up - Pump air into something (Tires, mattress)

Ain’t - am not; are not; is not. has not; have not.

An’ all - and all

Awfulest - Most awful *air guitar* , very bad [Appalachian?]

Belted- beaten

‘Bout - about

Billfold- Wallet (Oklahoman, used in place of wallet)

Caint- Can’t

‘Cos - cause/because

Coke- soda (any kind) (ex. You wanna get a Coke? What kind?)

Crick- creek

Cuz - Cause

Deadern- deader than (accented)

Do up - prepare : clean/repair (Ex. Y’all do up the dishes)

Do wut - say again

D’yall - Do y’all or did y’all

don’tcha - Don’t you

Drop trou- pull down one’s pants , especially as a stunt in public

d’jeet- did you eat?

Figure- Calculate, consider, decide

Fixin’ - on the verge of something : getting ready to

fronta - in front of

Fo’ sure- for sure

Fussin’- overexagerated concern, fidgeting

Gettin’ round - getting ready to go somewhere or do something (ex. Gettin’ round to it)

Get ‘chu- Get you

Getcha- get ya

Gonna- going to

Good-for-nothin’ - Worthless/useless person or object (usually said while worked up)

Gussied up - dressed nicer than everyday (ex. Church clothes)

hafta- have to

Hankering- desire, yearning, craving

Heap - a large quantity (ex. Heap of trouble)

Highfalutin- pompous/pretentious/fancy

Holler- loud cry or shout

Honky tonk - bar where people dance (typically to county, line dance )

Hootin’ and Hollerin’- wild shouting, making a bunch of noise

Howdy- Greeting or used to express surprise

howta - how to

Hush- quiet, shut up

Ice box - fridge (Oklahoman or rural)

I’mma - I’m gonna or I am

Imma geddin sig n tard" - I’m getting sick and tired

ja'eet yet?- did you eat yet?

Keep your shirt on- stay calm (also see : Be cool)

Kin- family (not always by blood. Could be someone you’re close to)

Laying out - staying the night (doing something illicit) or

Let alone - leave alone or to indicate somethings less likely

Like to - Almost (rare)

Lick [Noun] - any amount (Ex. Didn’t get a lick of sleep last night)

Lick [Verb] - beat (ex. Steve Licked that soc good)

Musta- must have

Moar- More (accented)

Mom’ n’ em - Mom and them (literal), asking how one’s family is doing

Might could - might be able to

Muddin’ (Oklahoman) - off-roading, going down muddy trails

‘N - then/than or and

‘N em’ - And them

Naw- no

Neither- not one or other (sometimes used in place of either)

‘Nuff- enough

Nup- Nope

Nuss - To nurse

Okie- native resent of Oklahoma (formerly derogatory during dust bowl)

Ornery- combative, mean

Ought- indicate something correct or probable

Oughta- ought to

Ope- oops

Outta- out or

Preddy sure - pretty sure

Prolly- probably

Pop- soda

Purdy- pretty

Pitch a fit- throw a fit, be really upset

Reckon- think: suppose

Rise- upset someone (ex. He sure got a rise out of her)

Rile- upset someone (ex. Don’t rile up the dog)

Ruther - rather

Sheit - shit (Accented)

Shouldn’t’ve- shouldnt have (double negative)

Shoot- polite way to say shit : go ahead and speak

Sho’ nuff - sure enough

‘Sides - besides

s’not - it’s not/is not

s’okay - it’s okay

Sorta- sort of

Sprinklin’ - light rain

stocking feet - wearing just socks

Sumbitch - son of a bitch

Suhm- something (accented)

Tailing- follow without being noticed

The city - Oklahoma City (even if you live in Tulsa. ‘The city’ is Oklahoma City)

‘Toe up/ Tore up - upset

Toad - told (accented)

Tryan- Heavily accented Tryin’

Twister- Tornado (used to be more regional)

Upitty- conceited, fancy, snobby

Warsh- wash (accented)

Welp - well or expression (ex. Welp, I better head out)

Whup/whoop- hit

Whur- were or where (accented)

Whipped- beaten

won’tcha = won’t you

Y’all - you all

Yall’re- y’all are

Y’ain’t - you ain’t

Yer - your (accented)

Yew- you (Accented)

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Grammar-

The more I added to the list the more I realized writing for the gang is just as much learning to write accent than it is slang, it’s the way they talk and that includes grammar etc. Im going to try and explain some points that I’ve noticed in an understandable way, but it’s also important to note that these rules don’t apply every time necessarily.

Using the wrong word

less words in certain sentences (ex. Don’t mean nothin’)

With above, fewer words to describe things.

Drop the G occasionally (ex. Nothin’ )

Adding ‘d instead of saying ‘would (ex. Soda’d)

Real> really (descriptive)

Anybody > anyone

Weren’t typically goes with a double negative ( ex. weren’t nothing we could do)

Use of ‘you’ (used instead of a name or ‘your’)

Use of ‘was’ instead of ‘were’ ( ex. I knew you was)

Both Aren’t and isn’t become ain’t (sometimes even more)

A LOT OF CONTRACTIONS

Combing words - either a new contraction or new spelling to emphasize accent, especially around questions (ex. ja'eet yet?)

Use of expressions/idioms (ex. That dog won’t hunt)

[fights4users]

Tron dictionary: update

I just about have everything organized, the way I’m going to post is by category rather than alphabetical. It is designed to be editable so if there’s a term I haven’t included let me know at any time!

I still would like some video game related stuff, there’s a bunch of jobs and items that have somewhat been absorbed into the larger fandom. I have absolutely no clue of any of it, I haven’t played any game beyond the literal arcade cabinet (which is actually pretty hard)

Also video game terminology in general! I think people forget just how much arcades and game video game cabinets shaped the original film (like all the vehicles canonically being from games) so terms like ‘frame rate’ etc the more technical stuff would also be great to include alongside computing terms.

[thevillainsfangirl]

I think most people who are not "Fandom Old™️" don't understand what "Multishipping" means. They seem to think it just means that you ship more than one (1) pairing in general? No shit, why wouldn't you??

"Multishipping" means shipping a character with more than just one (1) other character.

For example, maybe you ship Jarley and Batjokes and BatCat. That's multishipping.

[mellxncollie]

PAINLAND WEEK - DAY TWO - MYTHS/LEGENDS → Sophus Helle, Gilgamesh — tablet XII, lines 87-95

[ermdotorg]

part googolplexian

[lesbicosmos]

one of my friends watched dead boy detectives after i spent weeks rambling nonsense about it so here's a collection of his commentary on each episode

(update he got tumblr @typhoidrat)

ep1:

ep2 and 3 he got so into it he forgot to text so this was all i got

ep4:

ep5:

ep6:

ep7:

ep8:

[ornithologistsorders]

The fandom is so cooked, its literally under the dictionary definition💀😭

[kknotphobia]

So I watched that one live action SCP film and I just wanna say that i absolutely lost my mind when I saw that version of 049. Then i proceeded to watch every other SCP live action w/ 049, 035 and others I could get my greedy hands on. Let's just say my sleep schedule has gone to shit❤️

ALSO Y'ALL WONT BELIEVE IT, BUT I'M WORKING ON PART 2 OF THE COMIC!!!! I'll post a wip when I receive my new tablet on Friday <3 thanks for all of your support!! I've crept back into my SCP phase just for you guys

[jez-bez]

look who I found when looking through the dictionary! :p

[netscapenavigator-official]

Another time in HITMAN III, instead of the guard saying

“Yeah, I bet you like that, huh pretty boy?”

while he frisked me, he said

“Yeah, I bet you like that, huh cueball?”

And I thought he was just choosing a new gay slur, but I’d never heard that word used as slang, so I looked it up on Urban Dictionary, and nope:

[mediumgayitalian]

I know this his a really stupid question but your my fave blog so I feel the most comfortable asking you, what does OOC mean when someone’s talking about a fic/ character

no worries beloved!! it means 'out of character'.

[fights4users]

Cursed thought

“To infinity and beyond” is a genuine program saying

There’s multiple potential meanings for the saying, just like “circuits” can apply to a lot of different things in the digital world. We can start simple simply by defining “Infinity” which is not quite heaven but more of an Olympus- a place on top of the mountain, somewhere beyond our skies. It’s probably less of a physical place to programs but that Users come from literal infinity a place beyond numbers, math and logic — the core tenants of their understanding etc

It’s less “you get rewarded and go there when you die” and more “the gods of creation spawned and wrote us out of it”

Potential meanings to the phrase

A way to express grief. Energy gets recycled into the system and reused by everyone and everything on a programs deresolution. So hoping they travel so far as infinity is a nice gesture

Basically the program equivalent of “to the end of the line”

Counterpart vows! Their relationships aren’t exactly like ours, they’re deeper and marriage isn’t really a thing but bonding literal code is a serious commitment so vowing to follow and be with each other “to infinity and beyond” is a really sweet idea?

This was meant to be silly but then thinking about it, it’s actually a really touching phrase taking on the implications of it. Also I think Sam would absolutely lose his shit if he stayed long enough to take in program vernacular.

[leoreadss]

It makes me think of you and your fic @phoen1xr0se

And the fact that it is in the Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable that Terry read makes me cry like a baby.

[mellxncollie]

Sophus Helle, Gilgamesh — tablet X, line 55 Dead Boy Detectives (2024) — season 01, episode 07

[winnie-bearr]

The general census: idk man we all pronounce Malon differently