ATRL Glossary

General Forum Terms
ATRL+ - Upgraded features that are added to your browsing experience on the site. Costs money. Users with ATRL+ generally have a + next to their username.


ATRL HQ - (n) This is the home for all ATRL-related discussions. Here you can:

– Bring up rule-breaking posts that were left unwarned (allow six hours for a mod to process the report)
– Bring up SYG posts that should be warned
– Complain about warning points that you've received
– Criticize ATRL rules and ATRL staff
– Discuss changes to ATRL or suggest new changes
– Praise members, their avatars/signatures/gifs, their threads, their posts
– Constructively criticize members, their avatars/signatures/gifs, their threads, their posts
– Comment on banned members
– Request threads to be closed, merged or opened
– Request to be banned
– Request other minor things that only the moderators can do for you
– Ask questions about ATRL
– Discuss other things that are happening on ATRL

Do not:

– Use the thread to circumvent the report limit
– Start or encourage fights or arguments

While this is a fairly casual thread, it’s not meant for excessive general banter that you may find in Random Thoughts.


avatar - (n) The gif/picture below a username. Can be changed freely.


banned - (adj) When a user accumulates 10 warnings points, they are instantly banned from the site. They can return after 30 days. Depending on how much of a nuisance they are, their leave may be extended.


Base - (n) Beware of the stans. Here is the section of the site where most of the stanwars take place.


Birthday Thread - Every day that an ATRL member is celebrating their birthday (as listed in My ATRL > Edit Profile), our ATRL-o-matic bot will post a new reply to this thread at the beginning of the day. Post a reply yourself to wish anyone a happy birthday!

My birthday wasn't listed in the thread!
To ensure your birthday is announced, do the following steps:

1) Go to My ATRL > Edit Profile
2) Find the section called "Date of Birth" and change your Privacy setting to "Display Age and Full Date of Birth" or "Display Only Date And Month of Birth"


Celebria - (n) For all the latest celeb news, gossip, tabloids, media, photos, TV, movies. If you're a tabloid junkie or an avid TV watcher, this section is for you.


Blogs - (n) Speak your mind in personal blog posts, for members only. Trolling and flamebait are allowed here. Explicit content is allowed nowhere on the site, including here.


Charts - (n) For all you chartwatchers out there. Industry trends, stats, Billboard, iTunes, HITS, radio, TV all here in the Charts section.


Games - (n) An underrated section of the site. Here you can participate in music themed, ATRL-themed, or celebrity themed tournaments. More people should pass by this section, it's A LOT different from the rest of the site.


guest - (n) A person who is viewing the site but is not registered as a user. They cannot see the Blogs section and their ATRL experience is severely limited.


Homepage - (n) The first page you see when you sign in. There are a lot of different features on the homepage, you can see how many people are in which section, how many guests are lurking, who is online, what threads are active, etc.


Lounge - (n) The home of discussions about ATRL and general topics.


Music News - (n) THE place to find the latest music news headlines, singles, albums, and new releases.


PYP/Post Your Pics -
(n) A place where you can post your selfies and swoon at other people's. Fun fun fun.

The rules are:

You CAN'T
– Post NSFW images.
– Post pictures of other members without permission.
– Post fakes. If you're caught doing this, you will be banned at the discretion of the moderators.
– Criticize pics of other members.

For risque images....
– (if you're scantily clad or doing anything indecent in your picture).... use collapse tags.


permabanned - (adj) When a user is permanently banned from the site. Too many wps, excessive bans, and overall messiness and poof, you're gone forever. See you in banland.


Random Thoughts - (n) THE place to share your random, off-topic thoughts and start random conversations. General forum rules still apply.


report -
1. (n) A request sent to the moderators to warn a post.
2. (v) to send such a request. You can report someone by clicking "Report Post" under a user's post. Type out why you think the post should be warned and the active moderator at the time will either warn or not warn. Excessive reporting can become warnable.


signature - (n) The space below a user's post that can be customized and appears in every post unless you turn off this option. To do so, go to More Options > Miscellaneous Options > "Show your signature"


stan -
1. (n) A super fan of a celeb or popstar; a person that excessively defends their favorite artist/celeb, brags about their favorite artist's/celeb's accomplishments, and sometimes insults other people's favorite artists/celebs. The majority of stans find their home in the Base section.
2. (v) to excessively defend your favorite artist/celeb. Over the top stanning that can't be put aside can become extremely annoying.


SYG/Stand Your Ground -
(n) Stand Your Ground is the home of artist/celeb arguments that are out of control. There's free reign here for stans, otherwise known as people who will stop at nothing to defend their favorite artists and bash everyone else's.

If you want to fight out a vicious argument about celebs, artists, music, charts/sales, etc., you must take it here. The argument must be about pop culture. Personal fights are not allowed on ATRL.

In this thread you will not be warned for nicknames, flamebait or trolling.

All other ATRL rules still apply.

– Do not insult, attack or give rude nicknames to other members or stan bases.
– Do not post anything particularly insensitive, offensive or disturbing.
– Do not post anything graphic or explicit.
– Do not talk about things unrelated to pop culture.
– Do not spam.


title - (n) The text below a username but above the avatar. Many members have inserted a space here, opting for a classy blank title. If left unedited, it says "Member".


username - The name you are idenitifed as when you use ATRL. Cannot be changed without ATRL+.


Videos - (n) Here you can share music videos, performances, and other random clips.


warning - (n) A notice that you have committed a crime against ATRL and its people, sent by ATRL-o-Matic. Usually comes with a free warning point or two or three. Accumulate ten at once, and PRESTO! you are now banned.


Your Top Ten - (n) An underrated section of the site. Here you can post your own personal countdowns and post on others. Aside from the Best Of at the end of every year, this is the only place pure music sharing happens.


Slang Terms
clock
1.(n) A swift comeback that uncovers or reveals the truth in a situation.
2.(v) The act of coming up with said comeback.
Synonyms - clapback


fave - (n) A person's favorite artist or celeb.


flop - One of the most used words in stan lexicon.
1. (n) A failure or unsucessful attempt. "You tried!"
2. (v) To fail.


dead/DEAD. - Used to show that you are so damn surprised, you might have just left your body for a second.


drag
(v)To insult someone in a very harsh, offensive manner. See SYG for examples.
(n) A very offensive insult. Often confused with shade for some strange reason. Dragging posts are warnable outside SYG.


girl/gurl/gerl - (n) A nickname similar to sis. It's casually used all over the forum in a very nonchalant way.


ha
1. Used to express laughter, like hahaha lol. Often sarcastic.
2. (adj) Used as a possessive adjective instead of her or him.


kii - Used to express laughter, similar to lol.


pay dust - (v) To ignore; to pay no attention to as a means to insult someone or something.


perch -
1. (v) sitting in a thread and watching as the action goes on. Grab your popcorn.
2. (adj) pretty much the same thing.
Origin: To perch like a bird of course.



punch -
1. (v) To make a jab or insult, has the same feeling as a clock but somebody doesn't necesarily have to have been clocked.
2. (n) A taunt or jab.


reach -
1. (n) an attempted drag/shade that falls short or a statement of opinion that grasps at straws.
2. (v) to make a point that is extremely off, tries too hard, etc.



read- (n) a taunt or mockery. A phrase or word used to mock someone in a humorous way.


serve - (v) To present something in a very striking way.


shade - (n) A very sly, witty taunt. Few members can do it correctly and it is often confused with dragging. Very good shade usually goes unwarned.


sis - Singular form of sistren(s). Used as a term of endearment. Also: sissy. Led to the famous smiley.
Origin: Used in the gay community, stemmed from the heteronormative usage of "bro". Sistren is also the feminine counterpart to brethren.


slay - When your favorite artist top the charts or your favorite celeb comes out with an award winning acclaimed movie, they have slayed. Slayage is the result of said person slaying.


(the) tea - (n) The truth in a given situation. "You clocked the tea!" Not to be confused with teas.


teas - (n) A similar vibe or feeling. "Ariana Grande's singing style give me Mariah Carey teas." Not to be confused with tea. Teas is NOT the plural form of tea.


Popularized Slang
"Beyonce her power" - Instead of saying 'The power of _______', the possessive adjective and the possession is placed after the person's name. Popularized by the user Kisuke. "Her" can be replaced with any possessive adjective, most often replaced with "ha".


clapback - Synonym for a clock. Popularized by Rihanna herself, used a lot by the Navy.


LaLingo - Putting La at the beginning of words, popularized by the user H-I-M. Also called HIMLingo. Has become warnable outside of the LaToya Base thread.
Example: This annoying ass 'lingo' has been LaPunched Owt.


MessT aka Putting T at the end of words - Supposed to represent the stereotypical gay lisp.


Keyboard Mashes
dddd - Used to show surprise at what someone has said. The more d's there are, the more surprise is expressed. The fewer, the more sarcastic it seems. Is often used with 'dead'.
Origin: Just keyboard mashing. However, it could have come from the term 'dead'.


ffff - Used to show surprise at what someone has said. The more f's there are, the more surprise is expressed. The fewer, the more sarcastic it seems.
Origin: Just keyboard mashing, although it reads very similar to a stifled laugh.


nnnn - Used to show surprise at what someone has said. The more n's there are, the more surprise is expressed. The fewer, the more sarcastic it seems. Semicolons are often placed at the end. For example: nnnnnnn;
Pronunciation: Like "mmm, that was a good meal," but with an n sound.
Origin: Just keyboard mashing, although it reads very similar to a stifled laugh.

***NOTE: Keyboard mashes can be any letter of the alphabet. The most popular are the only ones listed.

---

Pretty much just for new members. You're welcome, I just saved you three months of confusion. I'll update with more as time goes on.

Educate them

finally a useful thread today
thanks btw

How could I forget slay. Adding that in. If anybody has any more that I've missed please post them! We need a dictionary on this site.

YASSSS!

Great OP

Good idea!
Educate those newbies

I was waiting so long for this thread, thank you! Bookmarking

You forgot perch(ed) n - the act of waiting for a specific event to occur

Cool thread!

I see you, Theo

Y'all are slaying with these useful threads for the newbies.

Kisuke his POWA!

Thank you. I have been lurking for a while before becoming a member and while I had most figured out, "nnnnn" was stumping me!

Good, is this your tes to be a mod right? I liked it so far

Perched. We also need a shade tutorial thread

Very comprehensive list, well done.

Question: what does it mean when someone puts a T at the end of their word? (ie. stay pressT, perchT up in this thread, slayT it just a biT)

Um... no. I've had this idea in my head for a while now. Those few threads a while back asking what every slang word meant jogged my memory to finish this.