MusicBrainz Slang: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 22:01, 17 August 2007
Slang used by the users in MusicBrainz
Note: this vocabulary is mostly used in the IRC channel as this is the place where brainerz talk most laxly. Additionally to the terms described here it is common to make a lot of references to HHTTG and AYBABTU. And: to use the words "bush", "SCO", "windoze", "microsoft" and "gracenote" often to make MBChatLogger automatically reply to that.
A-bomb
Definition: Lots of Abstain-votes on an edit. Analogue: Y-bomb for Yes-votes and N-bomb for No-votes.
Alternate Definition: a bomb full of the biological agent "adenine" which can cause a huge energy burst in all cells
Example: none known yet as it's a completely impractical bomb
Origin: <not yet clarified>
Origin of Alt. Definition: dseomn
APR
Definition: Acronym for ArtistPageRedesign, working title for the redesign of the artist/discography pages.
Origin: Probably Keschte as he called it ArtistPageRedesign. ;)
asshat
Definition: Don't feel offended if someone calls you asshat. It just means they like you. :)
- It certainly does not, asshat. --SenRepus
Origin: SenRepus
bogus
Definition: Used to describe incorrect edits, albums, ...
Example: "This album is completely bogus!"
Origin: mo
bork
Definition: something which is broken or not working
Example: "ruaok: yes, if we bork the upgrade, we have 15 minutes to figure out what's wrong. :-)"
Origin: Ruaok
chocolate
Definition: Most important thingy for the brainerz. Like a currency. Everyone wants it! Even the MB-group leader election on last.fm was decided on the chocolate issue.
Origin: Nikki
ding!
Definition: Meaning "Exactly!", "You got it!", "Good point!".
Origin: Ruaok
dodgy
Definition: Something which is odd or not quite right. Also an alternative for bogus.
Origin: Nikki
moose
Definition: Highly adorable creatures. Also used as a universal verb. The moose could be seen as the unofficial MusicBrainz mascot (see pictures below).
Examples:
* Muz tactically deploys several moose into #musicbrainz
* mustaqila mooses about frantically
- [[[Image:MoosicBrainz_3.jpg]] MoosicBrainz logo]
- The logo on the MusicBrainz office door
Origin: Muz
N-bomb
Definition: High amount of No-votes on an edit. Analogue: Y-bomb for Yes-votes and A-bomb for Abstain-votes.
Alternate Definition: Highly useless bomb made with high pressure nitrogen.
Example: "Drop the N-bomb please! [link to edit]" (in Chat)
Origin: SenRepus
Origin of Alt. Definition: dseomn
NAT (plural: NATs)
Definition: Acronym for "non-album track(s)"
Origin: mo
natta
Definition: Norwegian for "night".
Example: "natta all"
Origin: mo
NGS
Definition: Acronym for NextGenerationSchema, the proposed new database schema.
Origin: <unknown>
Ponies/Pony
Definition: The anti-moose. In fact, much better than moose in every way. More win. Cuter. Winner. Stronger. Winnerer.
Origin: FauxFaux
pweed
Definition: A phonetic way of saying PUID. mo hates it though, because he's a wonky Norwegian.
Origin: Muz
shake your head like inhouseuk
Definition: a statement of disbelief or bafflement, as performed in the manner of inhouseuk.
Example: *inhouseuk shakes his head
- mo shakes his head like inhouse
thingy
Definition: You know... thingy!
Origin: Nikki
time-of-day
Definition: Form of greeting that came up because MB being an international project and the people contributing live in different time-zones so a daytime used as greetings does not apply for everyone.
Origin: Nikki
trongersoll'ing
Definition: Abstaining massively on edits / voting abstain when you could have decided easily for yes or no.
Origin: Keschte
tunepimp
Definition: Name of the library used for tagging audio files ("Pimp my tunes" -> "Pimp my ride").
Origin: Ruaok
typing like mo
Definition: to bork your spelling or grammar up, similarly to how mo does all the time
Example:
- "ruaok: the idea that MB will ONLY have facutal metadata is going to change.
- ruaok: its not longer factual.
* ruaok types like mo.
Origin: Ruaok
Waga waga klepto!
Definition: Noone knows...
Example: * Quits: ruaok ("Waga waga klepto!")
Origin: Ruaok
Wiki Zen
Definition: WikiZens are the people regulary using this Wiki. When you are one with the WikiWikiWeb... you have achieved WikiZen.
Origin: WikiZen and WikiZens are terms coined on TheOriginalWiki. Probably imported by DonRedman, who gained his WikiZen by browsing this and other wikis (UseMod, MeatBall, etc.) .
to wikidocsel
Definition: To wikidocsel a WikiPage means to make it a WikiDocsPage by adding it to the WikiDocsTransclusionTable (aka WikiWebService).
Origin: Keschte
Y-bomb
Definition: Lots of Yes-votes on an edit. Analogue: N-bomb for No-votes and A-bomb for Abstain-votes.
Alternate Definition: a bomb full of silvery, ductile metal which is moderately reactive and is capable of O(n) destruction where n is the amount of Y
Example: "y-bomb [link to edit] pls" (in Chat)
Origin: <not yet clarified>
Origin of Alt. Definition: dseomn