Abbreviations and Terminology
Abbreviations
General
CS: Chicken Smoothie
PPS: Peter Pan Syndrome | What does PPS mean?
EPPS: Extreme PPS (a PPS pet that remains in the newborn stage)
GUPPS: Grown-up Peter Pan Syndrome (A grown-up version of a previous PPS pet, usually released during advent) | List of GUPPS
BBS: Benjamin Button Syndrome (April Fool's special reverse-PPS, where the pet ages backwards)
UR: Unreleased | What does UR mean?
GH: General Helper
GM: Global moderator
AA: Admin assistant
RP Mod: Roleplay moderator
O Mod: Oekaki moderator
COPPA: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act | What does COPPA mean?
C$: Chicken dollars | What are Chicken Dollars (C$)?
Pet Names
BA: Black Advent
BMD: Bernese Mountain Dog
RBM: Rainbow Mane
GWJ: Growing White July
BEG: Galaxy
CEG: Clear-Eyed Galaxy
GSD: German Shepherd Dog
Bw/Bwolf: Butterfly Wolf
Trading
OMGSC: Oh My God So Common
VC: Very Common
C: Common
UC: Uncommon
R: Rare
VR: Very Rare
OMGSR: Oh My God So Rare
WL: Wishlist
UFT: Up For Trade
UFA: Up For Auction
NFT/NEFT: Not For Trade/Not Ever For Trade
Role Play
RP: Roleplay
OOC: Out of Character
IC: In Character
Oekaki
OC: Original character
WIP: Work in progress
MYO: Make Your Own
PWYW: Pay What You Want
Forums
Spam: Pointless Annoying Message
Bump: Bring Up My Post
FTT: The "Is this a fair trade?" Thread
Terminology
Trading
List/list pet: Any pet on this list.
Advent list: Any pet specifically on this post.
September list: Any pet specifically on this post.
Main list: Any pet specifically on this post.
Non/non-dog: Any of the four dogs listed on this post.
Paperclip: A trading "challenge" in which you continuously trade up common pets to reach higher goals, that takes its name from the story of the man who traded from a paperclip to a house.
3 month rule: A generally agreed upon rule in which any pet that is the same rarity and species released within 3 months before or after the original release date of another pet is a fair trade.
Oekaki
Oekaki: Our on-site drawing application
Fursona/'sona: An original character created to be an animal representation of oneself
Mine vs Yours: An artist challenge trend to compare art styles of the same subject.
Redline: When an artist asks for critique and welcomes others to draw over their work in red in order to correct it.