Once Upon a Time glossary – fanspeak, acronyms…

[Myril]

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.

What we have gathered so far (will be updated when there is more, thanks RumplesGirl for sorting it into categories):

Places
The EF = The Enchanted Forest
FTL = Fairy Tale Land
NL = Neverland
SB = Storybrooke
WL = Wonderland
LWC = the Land Without Color

Relationships For a complete list of all possible ships, including canon, canon+endgame, crack, and AU see obisgirl’s wonderful full list found here
Rumbelle = Rumplestiltskin and Belle
Snowing = Snow White and Prince Charming
SwanFire (SF) = Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy (Baelfire)
CaptainSwan (CS) = Captain Hook and Emma Swan
Frankenwolf/WhaleWolf/Red Wolf = Ruby and Dr. Whale (Frankenstien)
Flook = the floor and Captain Hook
Hookriel/Fish Hook = Captain Hook and Ariel
DarlingFire = Wendy Darling and Baelfire
SwanQueen(SQ) = Emma Swan and Regina, the Evil Queen
QueenFire = Regina, the Evil Queen and Neal Cassidy (Baelfire)
HookedQueen = Captain Hook and Regina, the Evil Queen
RegalHood = Regina and Robin Hood
RegalCat = Regina and Felix

 

 

Episodes
QoH = Queen of Hearts (2×9)
SB&T = Selfless, Brave and True (2×18)
SSTR = Second Star to the Right (2×21)
ASOTM = And Straight On Till Morning (2×22)
HotTB = Heart of the Truest Believer (3×1)
QACF = Quite a Common Fairy (3×3)

Nicknames
The Charmings = Prince Charming, Snow White, Emma Swan and Henry
The CharmingStiltskins = Prince Charming, Snow White, Emma Swan, Henry, Neal Cassidy, and Rumple
THO/HO = The Home Office
TheCharMillStiltskins = Prince Charming, Snow White, Emma Swan, Henry, Neal Cassidy, Rumple, and Regina Mills
The JR6 = Rumple, Regina, Hook, Emma, Snow White, Prince Charming
The Floof Family = Rumple, Nealfire, and Belle. Originating on Tumblr as a reference to their fabulous hair.
Baby Snowflake = The second child of Snow White and Prince Charming
Baby Philora = The First Child of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip

Fan Nicknames
Dearies = fans of Rumple
Hookers = fans of Captain Hook
EvilRegals = fans of Regina
UglyDucklings = fans of Emma
Little Reds = fans of Ruby
Belles = fans of Belle
Charmers = fans of Prince Charming
TheFairest = fans of Snow White
Neverlanders = fans of Peter Pan
Felixers = fans of Felix
Tinkers = fans of Tinker Bell
MerryHoods/Hoodies = fans of Robin Hood
FireThieves = fans of Nealfire
MyPretties = fans of the Wicked Witch

 

Actors
H and K = Adam Horrowitz and Eddy Kitsiss (the creators)
A and E = Adam and Eddy (less formal than H and K)
JMo = Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan)
GG = Ginny Goodwin (Snow White/Mary Margaret)
RC = Robert Carlyle (Rumple/Mr. Gold)
EdR = Emilie de Ravin (Belle)
GOSH = the real life pairing of Ginny Goodwin and Josh Dallas

Internet Lingo
OTP = One True Pairing

NOTP = any argument or arguments against a particular ship or ships

Bromance = the friendship between two people that is not romantic in nature but is special and regarded with fondness. CaptainFire and Charming/Rumple are two such examples.

BROTP = The Bromance One True Pairing.

SISTP = Best friendship between two females, non romantic.

Fanon. Stuff that isn’t from the creators but that many/most fans accept as at least a fan truth.

AU = alternate universe. Most often used in fan fiction, it is the work of a writer not associated with the show where they can let their imaginations go and create any storyline or paring they wish.

Ship (as a noun): the pairing of two individuals in a relationship (Snowing, Rumbelle, CaptainSwan, SwanFire)

Ship(as a verb): For example “I ship Rumbelle.” In other words, the ship (as a noun) you support.

Onciverse/Onceivere: The OUAT universe, the entire conceptual world of the show and the mythology in it.

Canon (non-ship): A source, or sources, considered authoritative by the fandom community. In other words, canon is what fans agree “actually” happened in a film, television show, novel. Most often it is what is seen on screen. If Adam or Eddie say or tweet something on Twitter relating to the show, it is canon. For example, it is canon that Cora was the QoH; there is no more debate about this.

Canon (ship): Very contentious but a couple is canon if they have been or are in a romantic relationship. This does not mean that they are canon+end game (see below) but that they were at one point romantically linked. Canon couples include those that are end game (Snowing and Rumbelle) but also ones that were linked at one point (SwanFire/ Hook and Milah)

Canon+End game (ship): The romantic pairing of two people that has been established as the relationship they will be in until the end of the series. This relationship is unbreakable, though often fraught with danger. Canon+End Game is often demonstrated through TLK, such as Snowing and Rumbelle. In many ways there is no way to know if a couple is canon+end game until the end of the series.

Headcanon: An idea, belief, or aspect of a story that is not mentioned in the media itself, but is accepted by either the reader themselves or the fandom in general. If it is confirmed by the author of the story, it becomes canon.

Stan: an overly (dangerously) obsessed fan of a celebrity, be it musician, athlete, actor. Is described as a blend (portmanteau) of stalker and fan. First used for fans of musicians but is spreading to all kind of celebrities, and eventually as well might spread in use to label the most obsessive fans of a character. Said to be based on the song “Stan” by Eminem (recorded 1999, originally with Dido. Song tells the story of a fictional person named Stanley “Stan” Mitchell, who claims to be the biggest fan of Eminem, doing some really crazy stuff)

Characters
GOAT = Greg/Owen And Tamara
MAP = Mulan, Philip and Aurora
Nealfire = Neal Cassidy (Baelfire)
MM = Mary Margaret
PC = Prince Charming
The EQ = The Evil Queen (Regina)
The BF (Blue) = The Blue Fairy
PP = Peter Pan
RH = Robin Hood
FGM = Fairy Godmother
NealfirePan = the belief that Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) was also Peter Pan
Killipan = the belief that Captain Hook (Killian Jones) was also Peter Pan
ARK = Alice, the white Rabbit, and the Knave of Hearts (from the upcoming OUATinWL series)
RQ = The Red Queen, from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
DBs = The Darling Brothers, John and Michael Darling
WWW = The Wicked Witch of the West, from Oz

MISC
TLK = True Love’s Kiss
TL = True Love
JR = The Jolly Roger
OUAT = Once Upon a Time
OUATinWL = Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The “t-word” = timeline, a term that some of us refuse to use because it causes stress and a deep need for chocolate.
Theory = not being used in a scientific way, but rather an idea or thought you have concerning events or characters on the show and how they play out.
PotC = Pirates of the Caribbean, a popular Disney movie franchise based in part on the ride at Disney.
TLM = The Little Mermaid, the original story by Hans Christian Anderson and the 1991 Disney animated classic.

[RumplesGirl]

Here are some:

GOAT = Greg/Owne And Tamara
MAP = Mulan, Aurora and Philip
Rumbelle = Rumple and Belle
Snowing = Snow and Charming
SwanFire = Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy/Baelfire
Nealfire = Neal Cassidy (Baelfire)
CaptainSwan = Hook and Emma
The Charmings = Snow, Emma, and Charming
The Charmingstiltskins = Snow, Emma, Charming, Henry, Neal, and Rumple

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

Some more:

EF = The Enchanted Forest
FTL = Fairy Tale Land (fan name for the EF but both are used a lot)
NL = Neverland
SB = Storybrooke
TLK = True Love’s Kiss
H and K = Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsiss
RC = Robert Carlyle (Rumple)
JMo = Jennifer Morrison (Emma)
GG = Ginny Goodwin (Snow)

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

And still more (this was a good idea, Myril)

The EQ = The Evil Queen (Regina)
FrankenWolf/RedWolf/WhaleWolf = Frankenstein and Ruby
The BF = The Blue Fairy (sometimes just called Blue)

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[obisgirl]

PWAL = pimp with a limp, aka Rumpelstiltskin. 😆 😆
JR = Jolly Roger

[RumplesGirl]

Some fan names for themselves:

Dearies = fans of Rumple (I’ve also seen GoldDiggers)
Hookers = Fans of Hook
EvilRegals = fans of Regina
UglyDucklings = fans of Emma (also what she calls them on Twitter)
Little Reds = fans of Ruby/Red

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Gaultheria]

Theory : a postulate (a suggested explanation) rather than a theory (an explanation that has been rigorously and repeatedly tested and confirmed).

Gaultheria's fanvids: http://youtube.com/sagethrasher

[sacrlc]

Let’s not forget
Flook = Hook on the floor.

Don't grow up. It's a trap.

[AtlanticaDream]

not necessarily just once upon a time, but OTP is One True Pairing
(I had to look that one up when I first started lol)

And Hookriel/FishHook=Hook & Ariel even though she’s not actually on the show yet 🙂

Proud Keeper of the Dinglehoppers

[Killian Jones]

Do the fans of Belle have a name?

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