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Commonly Used Abbreviations

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This page contains a list of (hopefully) all the abbreviations used on mafiascum which are peculiar to this site. It does not include general internet slang, for which you can go to this list.

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

Mafiascum Abbreviations

BG: Bad Guy: an anti-town player.

BWCS: Best Worst Case Scenario: a policy often taken when there is a claim of a vanilla townie (specifically arguing that lynching a townie who might be scum is the best worst case scenario).

C9: The setup for most Newbie games played on the Forum. See [[Newbie Game#C9|]] for details (including the origin of the name).

EBWOP: Edit By Way Of Post. Because actual editing of posts in mafia games is forbidden on MafiaScum, the only way to "edit" a post which contains an error is to make another post containing the correction.

GD: The General Discussion Forum.

GG: (1) Good Guy; a pro-town player. (2) Good Game, used by way of congratulation.

GL: The Grey Labyrinth puzzle forum.

IC: Inexperience Challenged.

IGMEOY: I've Got My Eye On You.

ISTR: I Seem To Remember...

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). Cf. HOS, the somewhat more dramatic Hand of Suspicion (very rare). Also FomS, the lesser Finger of minor Suspicion.

lylo: Lynch-Or-Lose.

NK: Night Kill.

OMGUS: Oh My God! You Suck!. Usually used in the context of an 'OMGUS vote' - i.e. a vote for someone purely on the basis that they are voting for you.

PBPA: Point By Point Analysis: a detailed analysis of (usually one player's) posts.

PM: Private Message.

QFT: Quoted for truth(ery). Said after a quotation to express agreement/approval.

sus(s): Suspicious.

SK: Serial Killer (but see also SaberKitty).

TWSOGMM: The Whole Sort Of General Mish Mash forum.

V/LA: Vacation/Limited Access thread, where players should post if they won't be checking MafiaScum.net for more than a few days.

WIFOM: Wine in Front of Me.

Abbreviations of Player Names

BJ: Baby Jesus

BK: big_kahunia

BM: Battle Mage

CDb: ChannelDelibird

CES: Cogito Ergo Sum

CPE: CreampuffEater

CTD: CrashTextDummy

DGB: Dripping Goofball

DoS: DragonsofSummer

DP: Dragon Phoenix. 'DP1', 'DP2', etc, refer to games modded by Dragon Phoenix.

HH: HackerHuck

Ibby: ibaesha

IS: Internet Stranger

LML: LoudmouthLee

MBL: MrBuddyLee

MBF: mikeburnfire

MoS: Mastermind of Sin

PB: PeaceBringer or PolarBoy

PJ: petroleumjelly

POTS: Penguins of the Serengeti

RAJ: rajrhcpfreak

RC: Rosso Carne

SK: SaberKitty (but see also SerialKiller)

SL: ShadowLurker

STD: Save The Dragons

SSF: Somestrangeflea

SV: spectrumvoid

TS: Toaster Strudel

TSS: the silent speaker

TV: Turbovolver