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This is a (hopefully) complete list of the abbreviations commonly used on mafiascum.net.  The first section is for game-related terms that are commonly used on other sites as well; the other two sections are specific to mafiascum.net. It does not include well-known general internet slang, for which you can go to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang this list].
This is a list of the abbreviations of game-related terms that are commonly used in games played on [http://mafiascum.net.net Mafiascum.net]. The contents of this page are meant to be relevant to the current meta-game, and a full list of abbreviations and depreciated terms can be found on [[Complete_List_of_Abbreviations|this page]]. Well-known internet slang is not covered in this article, but can be referenced [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang here].


If you can't find what you are looking for on this page, try the [[Glossary]].
If you can't find what you are looking for on this page, try the [[Glossary]].
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==Game-Related Abbreviations==
==Common Abbreviations==
*'''AI''': Alignment-Indicative
*'''AI''': Alignment-Indicative.
*'''AFAIK''': As Far As I Know
*'''AtE''': Appeal to Emotion.
*'''AtE''': Appeal to Emotion
*'''BoP''': [[Burden of Proficiency]].
*'''BP''': [[Bulletproof]], or less commonly [[Beloved Princess]], depending on context.
*'''EBWOP''': Edit By Way Of (Double) Post.  Because actual editing of posts in mafia games is forbidden in most games, the only way to "edit" a post which contains an error is to make another post containing the correction.
*'''BoP''': [[Burden of Proficiency]]
*'''FMPOV''' or '''FYPOV''': From My (or Your) Point Of View.
*'''BWCS''': Best Worst Case Scenario.  This is most commonly used when there is a claim of a [[Vanilla Townie]] to argue that that player should be lynched (if they are scum, well and good; if they are Town, no power roles were lost).
*'''EBWOP''' or '''EBWODP''': Edit By Way Of (Double) Post.  Because actual editing of posts in mafia games is forbidden in most games, the only way to "edit" a post which contains an error is to make another post containing the correction.
*'''FoS''': [[Finger of Suspicion]].  Used to indicate that you find someone suspicious but are not going to vote them, for whatever reason (often because you are voting for someone even more suspicious).
*'''FoS''': [[Finger of Suspicion]].  Used to indicate that you find someone suspicious but are not going to vote them, for whatever reason (often because you are voting for someone even more suspicious).
*'''FMPOV''': From My Point Of View
*'''GTH''': Gun To Head. Usually prefaces a statement containing absolute certainty by the speaker. Can also be a helpful or threatening question to prompt a response containing certainty.
*'''FTFY''': Fixed that for you. Usually said under quotes that have been altered for truthery.
*'''IC''': Two possible meanings: a) [[Inexperience Challenged]]Refers to the "teaching" position in [[Newbie Games]]. b) [[Innocent Child]], a [[Town]]-aligned role that has the power to prove itself as town.
*'''GG''': Good GameEquivalent to "Congratulations".
*'''IIoA''': [[Information Instead of Analysis]].
*'''HoS''': Hand of Suspicion.  This is used when an FoS is not enough to convey the extent of your suspicion.
*'''ISO''': Isolation.  Usually refers to reading a player's posts in isolation.  You can view one person's posts "in Isolation" by using the "Display posts from previous" drop down boxes at the bottom of every page.
*'''IIRC''': If I recall correctly.  
*'''LAMIST''': Look at me, I'm so town.
*'''IIoA''': [[Information Instead of Analysis]]
*'''IME''': In My Experience
*'''IoA''': Information over Analysis.  Similar to IIoA.
*'''Iso''' (or '''ISO'''): Isolation.  Usually refers to reading a player's posts in isolation.  You can view one person's posts "in Isolation" by using the "Display posts from previous" drop down boxes at the bottom of every page.
*'''IGMEOY''' (or '''IGMEOU'''): [[I've Got My Eye On You]]
*'''ITT''':  In This Thread (or In This Topic)
*'''JK''': [[Jailkeeper]]
*'''LAMIST''': Look at me, I'm so town
*'''L-1''': Lynch minus one.  This either refers to the second-to-last vote before a lynch is obtained, or a state where a player only needs one more vote to be lynched.
*'''L-1''': Lynch minus one.  This either refers to the second-to-last vote before a lynch is obtained, or a state where a player only needs one more vote to be lynched.
*'''L-#''': Lynch - number, The number indicates how many votes a player needs to be lynched. Eg, in a 9 player game, a player with 3 votes on him is at L-2 (5-3).
*'''L-#''': Lynch - number, The number indicates how many votes a player needs to be lynched. Eg, in a 9 player game, a player with 3 votes on him is at L-2 (5-3).
*'''LyLo''': [[Lynch-Or-Lose]]. This is a stage in the game where the town must lynch scum or they will lose the game.
*'''LyLo''': [[Lynch-Or-Lose]]. This is a stage in the game where the town must lynch scum or they will lose the game.
*'''MB''' : [[Multiball]]. A game with more than one scum faction.
*'''Misrep''': Misrepresentation.  
*'''MFoS''': Middle Finger of Suspicion.  Probably self-explanatory given what FoS means.
*'''ML''': Mislynch.
*'''MyLo''': Mislynch and Lose. A stage in the game where the town can no-lynch safely.  However, should they mislynch instead, it is likely one of the town will die the next night, resulting in a scum victory.
*'''MyLo''': Mislynch and Lose. A stage in the game where the town can no-lynch safely.  However, should they mislynch instead, it is likely one of the town will die the next night, resulting in a scum victory.
*'''NAI''': Non-Alignment-Indicative, or null.
*'''NAI''': Non-Alignment-Indicative, or null.
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*'''NL''': [[No Lynch]], when no majority on a player is reached, or when a majority of players vote to not have anyone lynched.
*'''NL''': [[No Lynch]], when no majority on a player is reached, or when a majority of players vote to not have anyone lynched.
*'''OMGUS''': [[Oh My God You Suck]].  While occasionally used on its own as an insult, it's usually used as an inferred reasoning for purely retaliatory actions.  For instance, an OMGUS vote on someone is one made purely on the basis that they are voting for you.
*'''OMGUS''': [[Oh My God You Suck]].  While occasionally used on its own as an insult, it's usually used as an inferred reasoning for purely retaliatory actions.  For instance, an OMGUS vote on someone is one made purely on the basis that they are voting for you.
*'''PbPA''': [[Post by Post Analysis]].  This is a detailed analysis of (usually one player's) posts.
*'''PbP''': Play by Play. An analysis of a series of posts.
*'''PEdit''': [[Preview Edit]]
*'''PbPA''': Post by Post Analysis.  This is a detailed analysis of (usually one player's) posts.
*'''PL''': [[Policy Lynch]]
*'''PEdit''': [[Preview Edit]].
*'''PM''': [[Private Message]]
*'''PL''': [[Policy Lynch]].
*'''PoE''':  [[Process of Elimination]]
*'''PoE''':  [[Process of Elimination]].
*'''POV''': Point Of View
*'''PR''': [[Power Role]] or [[Post Restriction]], depending on context.
*'''PR''': [[Power Role]] or [[Post Restriction]], depending on context.
*'''QFT''': Quoted for Truth(ery).  Said after a quotation to express agreement/approval.
*'''RQS''': [[Random Questioning Stage]], an alternative to the Random Voting Stage for starting a game of Mafia. This has one player posing either a survey to all players or a separate question to each player.
*'''RQS''': [[Random Questioning Stage]], analternative to the Random Voting Stage for starting a game of Mafia. This has one player posing either a survey to all players or a separate question to each player.
*'''RTFT''': Read the F*cking Thread.  Self-explanatory.
*'''RVS''': Random Voting Stage. Most Mafia games start with a phase wherein people vote for silly reasons, until someone slips up or makes a legitimate accusation.
*'''RVS''': Random Voting Stage. Most Mafia games start with a phase wherein people vote for silly reasons, until someone slips up or makes a legitimate accusation.
*'''sus(s)''': Suspicious
*'''SE''': [[Semi-experienced]].  This refers to nominally experienced players with no extra responsibility in Newbie games. Alternatively, [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewforum.php?f=86 The Speakeasy], a private General Discussion subforum.
*'''SK''': [[Serial Killer]]
*'''sus(s)''': Suspicious.
*'''SR''': Scum Read
*'''SR''': Scum Read.
*'''TR''': Town Read
*'''Towncred''': Town credibility or a fictional currency or value of credit. A [[Goofballisms|Goofballism]].
*'''TR''': Town Read.
*'''V/LA''': Vacation/Limited Access.  A catch-all term for "unavailable due to [[MeatWorld]] constraints".
*'''V/LA''': Vacation/Limited Access.  A catch-all term for "unavailable due to [[MeatWorld]] constraints".
*'''VCA''': Vote Count Analysis.
*'''VCA''': [[Vote Count Analysis]].
*'''VI''': [[Village Idiot]]. Not to be confused with the player [[Vi]].
*'''VI''': [[Village Idiot]]. Not to be confused with the player [[Vi]].
*'''VT''': [[Townie|Vanilla Townie]].
*'''WIFOM''': [[Wine in Front of Me]].
*'''WIFOM''': [[Wine in Front of Me]].
*'''YMMV''': Your Mileage May Vary. This means your interpretation or results may be different.
*'''WKing''': White Knighting. Aggressively defending another player, implied to be town. Similar to [[Buddying]].
 
==Mafiascum Abbreviations==
*'''BaM''': [[Bad at Mafia]]. This can refer to a playstyle, but more often refers to a ruleset.
*'''C9''': The old setup for Newbie games played on the Forum, or more generally any basic seven-player game.  See [[Newbie Setup#C9 Setup|C9]] for details (including the origin of the name).
*'''F11''': A setup formerly used for Newbie Games played on the Forum. Click [[F11|here]] for details.
*'''GD''': [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=6 General Discussion]
*'''GL''': The [[Grey Labyrinth]] puzzle forum, from which mafiascum was spawned.
*'''IC''': [[Inexperience Challenged]].  Refers to the "teaching" position in [[Newbie Games]].
*'''NAI''': [[Non-Alignment Indicative]]. When a certain post does not (or cannot) be used in considering a read on a player.
*'''MD''': [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 Mafia Discussion]
*'''SE''': [[Semi-experienced]].  This refers to nominally experienced players with no extra responsibility in Newbie games.
*'''TWSOGMM''': [[The Whole Sort Of General Mish Mash]].  This is the forum for non-Mafia games.
*'''WOTC''': [[Wisdom of the Crowds]].  Signup technique where a Mod allows players to PM names of players they don't want in the game.
 
==Abbreviations of Player Names==
<!-- * '''ACM''': [[AClockworkMelon]] -->
* '''ABR''': [[Albert B. Rampage]]
*'''BBT''': [[BlueBloodedToffee]]
<!-- * '''BD''': [[BattlingDragon]] -->
<!-- * '''BJ''': [[Baby Jesus]] -->
<!--* '''BK''': [[big_kahunia]] -->
<!-- * '''BM''': [[Battle Mage]] -->
<!-- * '''BC''': [[BloodCovenent]] -->
<!-- * '''CA''': [[ChocolateAttack]] -->
* '''CDB''': [[ChannelDelibird]]
* '''CES''': [[Cogito Ergo Sum]]
<!-- * '''CLA''': [[cheeky-little-asian]] -->
* '''CMAR''': [[CryMeARiver]]
<!-- * '''CPE''': [[creampuffeater]] -->
* '''CTD''': [[CrashTextDummie]]
* '''CKD''': [[Curiouskarmadog]]
<!-- * '''d_o''': [[death_omen]] -->
<!-- * '''DB''': [[Dani Banani]] -->
<!-- * '''DCJ''': [[Darkcoffeejazz]] -->
* '''DDD''': [[Debonair Danny DiPietro]]
* '''DGB''': [[DrippingGoofball]]
<!-- * '''DH''': [[Dean Harper]] or [[DemonHybrid]] -->
* '''DLA''': [[DarkLightA]]
<!-- * '''DoS''': [[DragonsofSummer]] -->
* '''DP''': [[Dragon Phoenix]]. (''[[DP1]], [[DP2]], etc, refer to games [[mod]]ded by Dragon Phoenix'')
* '''ETL''': [[EspeciallyTheLies]]
* '''GiF''': [[GuyInFreezer]]
* '''GL''': [[GreenLiquid]] (''not to be confused with the [[Grey Labyrinth]]'')
* '''GW''': [[GhostWriter]]
<!-- * '''HH''': [[HackerHuck]] -->
<!-- * '''IKD''': [[Imkingdavid]] -->
* '''IS''': [[Internet Stranger]]
* '''KBW''': [[Keybladewielder]]
* '''KK''': [[Kublai Khan]] <!-- or [[Kill-kill]] -->
<!-- * '''LB''': [[LyingBrian]] -->
* '''LML''': [[LoudmouthLee]]
* '''MBL''': [[MrBuddyLee]]
* '''MBF''': [[mikeburnfire]]
<!-- * '''MM''': [[Mellowed Man]] -->
* '''MME''': [[My Milked Eek]]
* '''MoI''': [[MagnaofIllusion]]
* '''MoS''': [[Mastermind of Sin]]
<!-- * '''NTW''': [[NanookTheWolf]] -->
<!-- * '''PB''': [[PeaceBringer]] or [[PolarBoy]] -->
* '''PEG''': [[pickemgenius]]
* '''PJ''': [[petroleumjelly]] or [[Panzerjager]]
<!-- * '''POTS''': [[Penguins of the Serengeti]] -->
* '''PTMB''': [[PookyTheMagicalBear]]
* '''RAJ''': [[rajrhcpfreak]]
* '''RC''': [[ReaperCharlie]], [[RedCoyote]], <!-- [[Rosso Carne]], --> [[Robocopter87]], or [[RadiantCowbells]]
<!-- * '''S8''': [[Snailman8]] -->
* '''SAD''': [[Ser Arthur Dayne]]
* '''SB''': [[Starbuck]]
* '''SC''': <!-- [[StallingChamp]] or -->[[StrangerCoug]]
* '''SK''': [[SaberKitty]], [[SaintKerrigan]] (''but see also the [[role]] of [[Serial Killer]]'')
<!-- * '''SL''': [[ShadowLurker]] -->
<!-- * '''STD''': [[Save The Dragons]] -->
<!-- * '''SSF''': [[Somestrangeflea]] -->
* '''SV''': <!-- [[spectrumvoid]] or --> [[Shattered Viewpoint]]
<!-- * '''TA''': [[theamatuer]] -->
* '''TS''': <!--[[Toaster Strudel]] or -->[[Twistedspoon]]
<!-- * '''TSS''': [[the silent speaker]] -->
<!-- * '''TV''': [[Turbovolver]] -->
* '''VPB''': [[VP Baltar]]
* '''VRK''': [[Vel-Rahn Koon]] <!-- * '''YB''': [[yellowbounder]] or [[YogurtBandit]] --> <!-- * '''YoYo''': [[YoYoGuy435]] -->
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Revision as of 07:43, 13 April 2018

This is a list of the abbreviations of game-related terms that are commonly used in games played on Mafiascum.net. The contents of this page are meant to be relevant to the current meta-game, and a full list of abbreviations and depreciated terms can be found on this page. Well-known internet slang is not covered in this article, but can be referenced here.

If you can't find what you are looking for on this page, try the Glossary.

Common Abbreviations

  • AI: Alignment-Indicative.
  • AtE: Appeal to Emotion.
  • BoP: Burden of Proficiency.
  • EBWOP: Edit By Way Of (Double) Post. Because actual editing of posts in mafia games is forbidden in most games, the only way to "edit" a post which contains an error is to make another post containing the correction.
  • FMPOV or FYPOV: From My (or Your) Point Of View.
  • FoS: Finger of Suspicion. Used to indicate that you find someone suspicious but are not going to vote them, for whatever reason (often because you are voting for someone even more suspicious).
  • GTH: Gun To Head. Usually prefaces a statement containing absolute certainty by the speaker. Can also be a helpful or threatening question to prompt a response containing certainty.
  • IC: Two possible meanings: a) Inexperience Challenged. Refers to the "teaching" position in Newbie Games. b) Innocent Child, a Town-aligned role that has the power to prove itself as town.
  • IIoA: Information Instead of Analysis.
  • ISO: Isolation. Usually refers to reading a player's posts in isolation. You can view one person's posts "in Isolation" by using the "Display posts from previous" drop down boxes at the bottom of every page.
  • LAMIST: Look at me, I'm so town.
  • L-1: Lynch minus one. This either refers to the second-to-last vote before a lynch is obtained, or a state where a player only needs one more vote to be lynched.
  • L-#: Lynch - number, The number indicates how many votes a player needs to be lynched. Eg, in a 9 player game, a player with 3 votes on him is at L-2 (5-3).
  • LyLo: Lynch-Or-Lose. This is a stage in the game where the town must lynch scum or they will lose the game.
  • Misrep: Misrepresentation.
  • ML: Mislynch.
  • MyLo: Mislynch and Lose. A stage in the game where the town can no-lynch safely. However, should they mislynch instead, it is likely one of the town will die the next night, resulting in a scum victory.
  • NAI: Non-Alignment-Indicative, or null.
  • NK: Night Kill, specifically the scum's factional kill.
  • NKA: Night Kill Analysis.
  • NL: No Lynch, when no majority on a player is reached, or when a majority of players vote to not have anyone lynched.
  • OMGUS: Oh My God You Suck. While occasionally used on its own as an insult, it's usually used as an inferred reasoning for purely retaliatory actions. For instance, an OMGUS vote on someone is one made purely on the basis that they are voting for you.
  • PbP: Play by Play. An analysis of a series of posts.
  • PbPA: Post by Post Analysis. This is a detailed analysis of (usually one player's) posts.
  • PEdit: Preview Edit.
  • PL: Policy Lynch.
  • PoE: Process of Elimination.
  • PR: Power Role or Post Restriction, depending on context.
  • RQS: Random Questioning Stage, an alternative to the Random Voting Stage for starting a game of Mafia. This has one player posing either a survey to all players or a separate question to each player.
  • RVS: Random Voting Stage. Most Mafia games start with a phase wherein people vote for silly reasons, until someone slips up or makes a legitimate accusation.
  • SE: Semi-experienced. This refers to nominally experienced players with no extra responsibility in Newbie games. Alternatively, The Speakeasy, a private General Discussion subforum.
  • sus(s): Suspicious.
  • SR: Scum Read.
  • Towncred: Town credibility or a fictional currency or value of credit. A Goofballism.
  • TR: Town Read.
  • V/LA: Vacation/Limited Access. A catch-all term for "unavailable due to MeatWorld constraints".
  • VCA: Vote Count Analysis.
  • VI: Village Idiot. Not to be confused with the player Vi.
  • WIFOM: Wine in Front of Me.
  • WKing: White Knighting. Aggressively defending another player, implied to be town. Similar to Buddying.