Common Jargon

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The Dreamwidth project has some jargon in common use that may not be familiar to the general public. While these are not official terms that you should know, or necessarily Dreamwidth-specific, definitions may be helpful.

Words

  • fandom: A general term for a community of people who are fans of things, such as "sports fandom", or "Star Trek fandom". When used without qualification, it often (but not always) refers to science fiction and fantasy book and media fandom.
  • strikethrough: A controversial LiveJournal event.
  • nipplegate: A controversial LiveJournal event.

Technical

  • RTE: Rich Text Editor, something that lets you add formatting to text as well as just do plain text. Contrast with HTML editor (plain text, although you can type in HTML formatting manually). LJ's RTE gathered a lot of dislike from LJ volunteers.

People