Welcome to the Scratch Slang and Abbreviations topic! Here you can find various slang and abbreviations used across Scratch. There is also some forum slang at the end. Feel free to suggest anything else if it's not here!





+1: Support (forum)

-1: No Support (forum)

Alt: Alternate account

AFK: Away From Keyboard

AFAIK: As Far As I Know

AT: Art Trade / Advanced Topics

ATer: Someone who is active in the Advanced Topic forum

AMV: Animated Music Video

ATM: At The Moment

AR: Art Request

BRB: Be Right Back

BTW: By The Way

CC: Coloring Contest

CG(s): Community Guidelines

CS: Computer Science

DTA: Draw To Adopt

FPC: Front Page Curator

F4F: Follow for Follow

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

FP: Front Page

GL: Good Luck

HWS: Help with Scripts

IDK: I Don't Know

IK: I Know

IKR: I Know, Right

IRL: In Real Life

LOL: Laughing Out Loud

LEL: Laughing Extra Loud

MAP: Multiple Animator Project

NS: New Scratcher

NP: No Problem

OC: Original Character

OP: Original Post(er)

PFP: Profile Picture

QAS: Questions about Scratch

RN: Right Now

RP: Roleplay

SDS: Scratch Design Studio

SMH: Smack / Smash / Shake My Head

ST: Scratch Team

SWC: Scratch Welcoming Committee

TIMAC/TIRAP: Things I'm Reading and Playing/Things I'm Making and Creating

TOU: Terms Of Use

TTYL: Talk To You Later

TBH: To Be Honest

TY: Thank You

TYSM: Thank You So Much

WIP: Work in Progress

YW: You're Welcome



Ninja'd: Used on the forums when someone posted before you, saying the same thing that you did, but they posted when you were typing.

Sig/Siggy: Slang for signature, the little thing that appears at the end of your posts.

Sticky: A topic that is helpful stuck at the top so it can't be bumped down.

Shop: A topic in the Requests forum where a user can request something be made for them.

Dupe/Duplicate: If the same topic has been made earlier, used to link to the other topic

Bump: Filler post to bump your topic to the 1st page.

ITopic: the same as a sticky but doesn’t constantly stay at the top of the forums. (we got iTopic'd)

Tag: Things that change your text, such as [scratchblocks] [b] [/big] etc

Evil Kumquat: A kumquat that eats signatures, They aren't actually real, they are only a trend started by Scratch Team member cheddargirl.

Necropost: Sometimes called a “necrobump”, a necropost is when a user unconstructively posts on an old topic.

Blockspam: Unneedily large chunks of spam using the [scratchblocks] tag. According to an ST member, small blockspam is allowed like the example below but large chunks that obviously lag the site aren't allowed. Also, using scratchblocks as a formatting choice is OK.

when gf clicked
say [This is not blockspam]

But the below (times a lot) isn't allowed as it's offtopic.

when green flag clicked
forever
forever
forever
forever
say []
think []
next costume()
if <> then
say []
pen up
hide list [ v]
show list [<[ v] contains [thing] ?> v]
end
end
end
end
end

Don't we have enough guides?

SquirreIstar wrote:

rayli1123 wrote:

Don't we have enough guides?

garnetluvcookie wrote:

(Note: This does not go against the no guides rule because I am moving a pre-existing iTopic from one of my accounts.)

Oop

There's already a wiki page on this.

pavcato wrote:

There's already a wiki page on this.

the original guide topic has existed for months now, and was added to the helpful topics list by paddle2see.

ThatOneWeirdDude wrote:

pavcato wrote:

There's already a wiki page on this.

the original guide topic has existed for months now, and was added to the helpful topics list by paddle2see.

Oh, ok.

Cool!

garnetluvcookie wrote:

+1: Support (forum)

-1: No Support (forum)

Alt: Alternate account

That's it! If there is anything missing, tell me!

Looks like those links don't direct you to a page,rather to ‘'Request this to be added’'^^

Bump

CS: Computer Science

isn't bold like the others.

Super_Scratch_Bros20 wrote:

CS: Computer Science

isn't bold like the others.

They said that only the bolded ones are Scratch related, and Computer Science, technically, is not.

ethics music

what about OTA? or WTA? those are things that should be there

sealifefriend wrote:

what about OTA? or WTA? those are things that should be there

I'll do OTA, but what is WTA? I believe it is Write To Adopt, bit I'm not sure.

garnetluvcookie wrote:

sealifefriend wrote:

what about OTA? or WTA? those are things that should be there

I'll do OTA, but what is WTA? I believe it is Write To Adopt, bit I'm not sure.

Yes, write to adopt (oh and DT- design trade)

sealifefriend wrote:

garnetluvcookie wrote:

sealifefriend wrote:

what about OTA? or WTA? those are things that should be there

I'll do OTA, but what is WTA? I believe it is Write To Adopt, bit I'm not sure.

Yes, write to adopt (oh and DT- design trade)

thank you!

6 month bump