2.4 What special terminology is used on alt.fan.dune?
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This article is from the Dune FAQ, by Alan Schwartz with numerous contributions by others.
2.4 What special terminology is used on alt.fan.dune?
Several shorthand abbreviations and acronyms are commonly used on
alt.fan.dune. Knowing these will make it very much easier to understand
posts to the newsgroup.
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2.4.1 alt.fan.dune local terms
These terms are unique to alt.fan.dune. A * after an entry indicates
that the name in question is a real person, not a character from the
"Dune" series.
afd: alt.fan.dune
AG: After Guild
AM: Ancestral (sometimes called Genetic) Memory
BG: Bene Gesserit (sometimes: Before Guild)
BBHKA: Before Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
BH: Brian Herbert*/Baron Harkonnen
BJ: Butlerian Jihad
BT: Bene Tleilax
CD/C:D/ChD/Ch:D: "Chapterhouse Dune"
CET: Commission of Ecumenic Translators
(Dune) Chronicles: FH's six Dune novels
CoD: "Children of Dune"
D: "Dune"
D:HA: "Dune: House Atreides"
D:HH: "Dune: House Harkonnen"
D2K: Dune 2000
DDL: Dino De Laurentiis (Corp.)*
DC: Dune Chronicles
DE: Dune Encyclopedia
DI: Duncan Idaho
DL: David Lynch*
DM: "Dune Messiah"
Dune buggy: A fan of Dune
Duniverse: The fictional universe of the "Dune" series
EoMF: Enemies of Many Faces (see also OoMF)
FD: Face Dancers (see also NFD, RNFD)
FH: Frank Herbert*
GE: God Emperor (Leto II)
GEoD: "God Emperor of Dune"
GHM: Gaius Helen Mohiam / Great Honoured Matre
GJ: Gom Jabbar
GN: Guild Navigator
GP: Golden Path
H: Harkonnen(s)
HA: House Atreides / "Dune: House Atreides"
HM: Honoured Matre(s)
HoD: "Heretics of Dune"
JS: John Schoenherr*
KH: Kwisatz Haderach
KJA: Kevin J. Anderson*
LttLH: "Listening to the Left Hand"
M&D: Marty and Daniel
MoS: Mark of Siona
MS: Mother Superior
NDR: No Dune References
NFD: "New" Face Dancers (see also FD, RNFD)
OC(B): Orange Catholic (Bible)
OE: Old Empire
OM: Other Memory
OoMF: Ones of Many Faces (see also EoMF)
RM: Reverend Mother (RMGHM: Rev. Mother GHM)
RNFD: (humorous) "Really New" Face Dancers (Marty and Daniel)
SA: Spice Agony
SG: Spacing Guild
shun: Refuse to reply to any posts made by a certain poster
SODR: Sort of Dune related
SS: Salusa Secundus
SY: Standard Year
TFM: (humorous) "The Fandom Menace" (_Dune: House Atreides_)
TFO's: The First Ones* (alt.fan.dune Old-timers)
TM: Tleilaxu Masters
TP: Telepathy
UD: Ultimate Duncan (Duncan of HoD/Ch:D)
WEM: Dr. Willis E. McNelly* (in DE: Walter E. Meyers*)
WoL: Water of Life
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2.4.2 General Internet terms
These terms are in common use all over Usenet and Internet. A short list
of some of the most frequently used is provided here as a convenience to
newcomers to the medium.
AFAIK: As far as I know
BTW: By the way
FAQ: Frequently asked question(s) (file)
flame: Inflammatory message
IIRC: If I recall correctly
IM(H)O: In my (humble) opinion
IOW: In other words
LOL: Laughing out loud
newbie: Newcomer to the newsgroup
ng: Newsgroup
OT: Off-topic / Old-timer
OTOH: On the other hand
ROTFLOL: Rolling on the floor, laughing out loud
spam: Junk message. Often advertisement.
troll: Person who tries to sabotage newsgroup by provoking members
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