@myril wrote:
Fandoms always develop over time their own slang, fanspeak and have a special liking for using acronyms and other forms of blending. It’s not just because of being too lazy to type full words, to reduce the stress on finger muscles and avoid typewriter’s cramp’s, but it helps as well a lot to define as fan. So far so good. But as much as fanspeak creates a warm and fuzzy feeling of being part of a wonderful family, it has as much effects of exclusivity. People new to a fandom might feel intimidated and have a hard time to join discussions, not knowing at times what the established long-time fans are talking about – and not everybody is so confident to ask.
It would be really nice if we would avoid the use of acronyms, but it looks like that is a bit futile to ask, so I have another suggestion:
Let’s make a glossary for the forum. :ugeek:
Gather and explain acronyms we use, other blendings like for example the shipping names and other terms specific to Once Upon a Time fandom.
(maybe there is a way to later put it somewhere easy to find, pin the topic, a glossary site on it’s own)
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THANK YOU… this is so long over due…. I often see acronyms I can not figure out what they mean.
NONNIE
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