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Common forum abbreviations list

Tevaras

Minstrel
Good morning, this seems to be the most appropriate forum for this, feel free to move if wanted.

Anyway, having browsed through a number of posts, I have started to see abbreviations that I am not 100% sure of what they mean, and thought it would be a good idea to create a list that new people can reference. For example, I can only assume W.I.P. means ?world in progress?, M.C. means ?main character?

To be useful, and so people do not have to read every post to find an abbreviation, I suggest when people list an abbreviation they include the previous ones as well. That way to use this thread, just go to the last post and you have all the abbreviations (preferably one per line) summarised.

Can anyone confirm this:

W.I.P. = World in Progress
M.C. = Main Character
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
You're close. WIP means Work In Progress; the similar abbreviation NIP means Novel In Progress, though this is less frequent. MC, as you guessed, means Main Character.
 

The Unseemly

Troubadour
Another common one is POV - point of view.

Insofar:

WIP = Work in progress
NIV = Novel in progress
MC = main character
POV = point of view
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
FMC pops up every so often, for Female Main Character. I don't personally like this one much, since it implies that all MCs are male by default, which is not true. Anyway:

WIP = Work In Progress
NIP = Novel In Progress
MC = Main Character
POV = Point Of View
FMC = Female Main Character
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
You're close. WIP means Work In Progress; the similar abbreviation NIP means Novel In Progress, though this is less frequent. MC, as you guessed, means Main Character.

Good morning Ireth,

thank you for the clarification :).

I think I saw the W.I.P. first in a post in the World Builders forum, and hence came to the erroneous conclusion ...

You have covered the three abbreviations I have seen (I could not recall the N.I.P. one) so far, which is great.

Have a good weekend.
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
Another common one is POV - point of view.

Insofar:

WIP = Work in progress
NIV = Novel in progress
MC = main character
POV = point of view

Good morning The Unseemly,

thank you, most useful :)

Have a good weekend.
 
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Devor

Fiery Keeper of the Hat
Moderator
Also, there's the books.

GOT / ASOIAF / GRRM = Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire / George R.R. Martin
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
HP = Harry Potter
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
Also, there's the books.

GOT / ASOIAF / GRRM = Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire / George R.R. Martin
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
HP = Harry Potter

Good morning Devor,

thank you :)

The list so far (Thank you to Ireth, The Unseemly, and Devor):
WIP = Work In Progress
NIP = Novel In Progress
MC = Main Character
POV = Point Of View
FMC = Female Main Character
GOT / ASOIAF / GRRM = Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire / George R.R. Martin
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
HP = Harry Potter
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
With more contributions (rhd and KorbentMarksman):

WIP = Work In Progress
NIP = Novel In Progress
MC = Main Character
POV = Point Of View
FMC = Female Main Character
GOT = Game of Thrones
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire
GRRM = George R.R. Martin
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
HP = Harry Potter
UKL = Ursula K. Le Guin
 
And how about a common forum acronym, OP? I've been racking my brains and the best I could have come up with from the contexts was Original Poster?
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
And how about a common forum acronym, OP? I've been racking my brains and the best I could have come up with from the contexts was Original Poster?

Good evening advait98,

I would have guessed O.P. = Online poster, but I am not really sure.

It is a good one to add, I have seen it around. I'll await some consensus.

Have a good evening.
 

Tevaras

Minstrel
OP does mean Original Poster, I believe.

Thank you Ireth.

Current list:
WIP = Work In Progress
NIP = Novel In Progress
MC = Main Character
POV = Point Of View
FMC = Female Main Character
GOT = Game of Thrones
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire
GRRM = George R.R. Martin
LOTR = Lord of the Rings
HP = Harry Potter
UKL = Ursula K. Le Guin
OP = Original Poster
 
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