Taboords

Lexicon

A–Z index of everything Taboords publishes: slang, acronyms, dynamics, traits, scenes.

113 entries

Psychology ADHD Acronym for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a neurodevelopmental diagnosis of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that gets in the way of life in more than one setting. Acronym AFK Acronym for away from keyboard: a notice that you have left the keys (or the screen) for a while, while the session stays open. Sexuality Aftercare Agreed care after a scene or an intense encounter: the physical and emotional landing when the role (or the orgasm) ends. Psychology Alexithymia Difficulty identifying and naming what one feels, as if the inner vocabulary came thin. Psychology Anhedonia Loss of the ability to feel pleasure in things that used to yield taste. Acronym ASD Acronym for autism spectrum disorder: the clinical English name for a neurodevelopmental diagnosis that Portuguese and Spanish usually call TEA. Psychology AuDHD A portmanteau of autism + ADHD: the nickname for autism and ADHD in the same person — two diagnoses, not a third disorder. Slang Aura In slang, someone’s charisma and presence treated as a scoreboard: aura means cool; losing aura means the scene just tripped you. Psychology Autistic burnout A lasting exhaustion after masking and overload: skills drop, the body asks for seclusion. Sexuality BDSM Umbrella acronym for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism: erotic practices and roles among adults who agree what is in and what stops. Relationship Benching Leaving someone on the bench: minimum contact while waiting for a better starter. Psychology Body doubling Working beside someone — or a presence on a screen — so the start of the task happens. Slang Brainrot Slang for the hangover of thin content — and for the content itself: a head (or a feed) full of short video, memes and citations that will not leave. Relationship Breadcrumbing Keeping someone hooked with crumbs of attention: a like, a cold text, never a step. Slang Chopped Ugly, finished, off the camera standard: an appearance verdict in one hard syllable. Japanese culture Chuunibyou Eighth-grader syndrome: a power delusion and middle-school gothic, turned into otaku affection. Sexuality CNC Acronym for consensual non-consent: a scene in which refusal is part of the play, with a real agreement underneath. Relationship Compersion Joy in the other's romantic pleasure, the cultivated opposite of jealousy. Slang Cooked Finished, exposed, or out of moves — in a match, a fight, or a reputation. Subculture Cottagecore An imaginary-countryside aesthetic: bread, linen, a garden, a pastoral retreat made for the feed. Slang Crash out Losing composure in one move: fighting, confessing, spending, blowing up your own plan. Relationship Cushioning Keeping spare suitors as a pillow in case the current bond fails. Japanese culture Dandere A character quiet from shyness, who opens to few people: silence that is not ice, it is dan (黙). Subculture Dark academia An archive-and-tweed aesthetic: library, shop-window Latin, eternal autumn, a campus that fits on Pinterest. Sexuality DDLG Acronym for daddy dom / little girl: age-role play between adults, with agreed care and hierarchy. Slang Delulu A shared joke for clinging to an unlikely romantic or fame plot. Psychology Dissociation Switching off from present experience: the body continues, presence drops in degrees. Subculture E-girl A camera aesthetic: stripe blush, a heart on the cheek, fringe, a pack born on Discord and TikTok. Sexuality Edging The practice of nearing orgasm and pulling back, repeatedly, to stretch arousal. Subculture Emo A scene that came out of emotional hardcore: a fringe, a diary out loud, pop-punk and a school fame for too much feeling. Sexuality ENM Acronym for ethical non-monogamy: more than one affective or sexual bond, agreed in the open. Acronym ETA Two acronyms in one coat: estimated time of arrival, and edited to add. Psychology Executive dysfunction A jam in the functions that start, sequence and finish tasks, even when there is will. Psychology Fawning An appease response: the fourth F after fight, flight and freeze, in trauma vocabulary. Acronym FOMO Fear of missing out: the fear of being outside the party the feed insists is happening. Japanese culture Fujoshi A fan (usually a woman) of stories about romance between men: a label that began as an insult and became a tribe. Subculture Furry A fandom of anthropomorphic animal characters: art, fursuit, convention, and a reputation the group knows too well. Acronym FWB Friends with benefits: friendship with agreed sex, without the dating contract. Acronym FYP For You Page: the page TikTok builds, and the stage the creator begs for. Psychology Gaslighting Making someone doubt their own perception, on purpose, until the inner floor gives way. Relationship Ghosting Vanishing without notice from a bond that was still running: silence as the answer. Slang Glaze Excess praise, licked on, covering someone in public varnish. Subculture Goth A subculture born of post-punk: black, dark romance, the ball, and a refusal of pop-culture sunshine. Slang Gyatt A hyperbolic shout at a body, especially hips, turned into a schoolyard meme. Relationship Haunting After ghosting, the visit: stories watched, an old like, presence without speech. Japanese culture Hikikomori A prolonged withdrawal from social life: the room as a country, in Japanese social vocabulary. Psychology Hyperfixation Attention locked on an object, topic or person until the rest of the world loses volume. Acronym ICYMI In case you missed it: the note from someone replaying the news without admitting they are repeating. Acronym IMO In my opinion: a cushion before the take, sometimes sincere, sometimes a humility performance. Acronym IRL In real life: the world off the screen, treated as a separate place. Japanese culture Isekai The other-world genre: the protagonist falls (or transmigrates) into a place with game rules. Japanese culture Iyashikei Healing works: low tempo, landscape, comfort without a save-the-world plot. Acronym IYKYK If you know, you know: the lock for speech aimed inside the tribe. Subculture Jirai kei A Japanese landmine-girl aesthetic: sweet and wounded at once, ribbons, black and pink, heavy makeup. Sexuality JOI Acronym for jerk-off instruction: video, audio or text in which someone tells the viewer how to masturbate. Japanese culture Kuudere A low-speech, discreet-affection character: cold that is not tsun, it is koo (ice). Psychology Limerence A state of obsessive occupation by a person, with highs and lows tied to any signal from them. Subculture Lolita fashion A Japanese aesthetic of full skirts, lace and a doll silhouette — adult fashion, despite the imported name. Slang Looksmaxxing An aggressive routine of optimising appearance, from skin to surgery, treated as a grind. Relationship Love bombing An early flood of praise, gifts and shared future, used to speed up attachment. Psychology Masking Hiding autistic or ADHD traits to pass as neurotypical: social script, smile, imitation. Relationship Metamour Your partner's partner: the other love in the network, who is not yours. Slang Mewing A tongue-on-palate posture sold as an exercise to change the jawline. Japanese culture Moe A sharp affection for a character: the chest warms, fandom names the heat. Relationship Nesting partner The partner with whom one shares house, bills and logistics — the nest — in a non-monogamous arrangement. Acronym NGL Not gonna lie: the same licence as TBH, with a 2010s accent. Slang No cap No lie: the young-English truth stamp, cap being the fraud. Slang NPC A person described as a video-game extra: stock lines, fixed route, no visible agency. Acronym NSFW Not safe for work: a warning that the content does not belong on an open office screen. Relationship Open relationship A couple (or primary bond) that agrees sexual encounters outside, with its own rules. Relationship Orbiting Leaving the conversation and still circling in the digital orbit: likes, views, stories, no speech. Japanese culture Oshi The idol you push: a declared favourite, votes, streaming, money and pride. Subculture Otaku In Japan, an ambiguous label for an obsessive fan; in the West, a proud identity around anime and manga. Subculture Otherkin People who understand themselves, on some plane, as not human: myth, creature, another species. Psychology PDA An acronym used two ways: pathological demand avoidance (a demand-avoidant profile) and, in another field, public display of affection. Sexuality Pegging A practice in which a person wearing a strap-on penetrates another, usually a cis man, by agreement. Psychology People pleasing Anticipating other people's wants and yielding one's own to keep the peace and a place in the group. Relationship Polyamory More than one love bond at once, with the people involved knowing. Subculture Punk A scene of three chords, refusal and do-it-yourself: from the pin to the ethic, not only the haircut. Sexuality RACK Acronym for risk-aware consensual kink: an ethic that admits informed risk instead of promising total safety.