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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. |
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy HHTTG] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us AYBABTU]. And: to use the words "bush", "SCO", "windoze", "microsoft" and "gracenote" often to make MBChatLogger automatically reply to that. |
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Revision as of 00:44, 29 October 2005
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.
N-bomb
Definition: High amount of No-votes on an edit. Analogue: Y-bomb for Yes-votes and A-bomb for Abstain-votes.
Example: "Drop the N-bomb please! [link to edit]" (in Chat)
Origin: <not yet clarified>
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 do not apply for everyone.
Origin in MB: Nikki
NAT (plural: NATs)
Definition: Acronym for "non-album track(s)"
Origin: mo
Waga waga klepto!
Definition: Noone knows... ;)
Example: * Quits: ruaok ("Waga waga klepto!")
Origin: Ruaok
tunepimp
Definition: Name of the library used for tagging audio files ("Pimp my tunes" -> "Pimp my ride").
Origin: Ruaok
bogus
Definition: Used to describe incorrect edits, albums, ...
Example: "This album is completly bogus!"
Origin in MB: mo
thingy
Definition: You know... thingy!
Origin in MB: Nikki
dodgy
Definition: See above. ;) Also an alternative for bogus.
Origin in MB: Nikki
asshat
Definition: Don't feel offended if someone calls you asshat. It just means they like you. :)
Origin in MB: SenRepus
natta
Definition: Norwegian for "night".
Origin in MB: mo
ding!
Definition: Meaning "Exactly!", "You got it!", "Good point!".
Origin: Ruaok
trongersoll'ing
Definition: Abstaining massively on edits / voting abstain when you could have decided easily for yes or no.
Origin: G0llum
Authors: Shepard, ...