THE ULTIMATE LIST OF ROLEPLAY DEFINITIONS [ aka; all you need to know to get by ]
rpg- short for roleplay game or roleplay group
muse - inspiration that drives the mun to write usually a character or plot.
mun - the person typing the story. i.e. the roleplayer
admin/mod - administrator/moderator; head[s] of roleplay / people[s] in charge.
co-admin - help out the main heads of roleplay; consists of promoting and moderating or looking after the group.
face claim - Usually a celebrity who is portrayed in the media. Appearing as the muse.
indie rp- short for independent roleplay. Not connected to a group.
1x1 - non group rp, between two people.
OC - Original Character; Completely made up by mun.
Hiatus - when a roleplayer takes a break for a period of time.
IC - In Character, meaning this person is now acting as their character.
OOC - This person is now Out Of Character and responding as the mun.
OTP - One True Pair; Usually of the romantic kind of relationship. Also Brotp; brother true pair; characters who are best friends and act like family but are not related.
Ship - short for Relationship
M!A - Magical!Anon; an anonymous message making the mun change their character, whether he/she should accept the challenge.
AU - Alternate Universe; when the story takes place in the same universe but the plot is slightly different or extremely different than the canon.
Canon - Preexisting published work in the real world and is officially copyrighted in any form of media that is recognized by the general public.
Head Canon - Mun believes this plot or story to be true regardless of what the actual canon is. Sometimes described as a “personal canon”.
Verse - short for Universe; where the plot takes place. i.e. one character can have many different plots each plot can be happening at the same time in a different location. Each of those plots would be different verses.
Open Post - A starter plot that is open to the general rpg.
Starter - The beginning of the thread. The very first post of the plot.
Thread - The collection of posts collected over time between two or more roleplayers.
Replies - A plot between two roleplayers; to be able to continue the thread the muns take turns typing parts of the story.
Drabble - no set post length; contains character development. Usually a self - para. No replies necessary.
One Line - Contains one sentence of post length.
Gif Chat - Contains one line of conversation and a gif.
Para - Paragraphing; At least five to six sentences of post length.
Semi - Para - At least three sentences of post length.
Multi - Para - At least three full paragraphs long.
Self - Para - More than one full paragraph of post length. No replies necessary.
Novella - A short story consisting of more than one paragraph. Depending on the person / group it could mean at least five - seven paragraphs.
God Modding - An all powerful player; to control someone else’s character, an illegal move with out consent of character’s mun.
Power Play - See God Modding.
Mary Sue/ Gary Stu - A term describing a perfect character who never makes any mistakes. Is also capable of upstaging other characters no matter what.
