The many terms and abbreviations of the Arena [1 so far]

[RoseNoire]

Hi everyone !

I'm fairly new to this community and not very experimented. So, by reading all your abbreviations and not getting them, I had the idea to make a topic explaining all of them for everyone. In order to do that, I need your contribution and your expertise. I'll edit this topic to add them. =)

So, here's...

The list

* PC = Price Check

[okamigirl64]

http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,283482.0.html
There’s a list of them under the arena tutorial tab. 😊

[RoseNoire]

Oh, okay, nevermind then. 
Let this topic sink then.
Let it sink, let it sink. 

[northstar3184]

One to add:

GITD = Glow in the Dark

[Lady.Arachnia]

EveryPony = EveryOne!!! I think this is really an unique *thing*  here on the Arena! X

[sd_dreamcrystal]

EveryPony = EveryOne!!! I think this is really an unique *thing*  here on the Arena! X

I'd likely agree except I think FiM uses this too so there is a lot of fans outside of the arena who likely do so as well

[Taffeta]

EveryPony = EveryOne!!! I think this is really an unique *thing*  here on the Arena! X

It's not, it's a FIM term. The Arena is for all generation fans, and most older generation fans don't use FIM terminology so this isn't an Arena term, it's an FIM one.

Speaking of FIM terms, EQG is missing from the Arena list (Equestria Girls).

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I was gonna contribute but then I saw the link posted-Whoops!

[Lady.Arachnia]

Owhmy......I am totally not into the FiM *thing*....
I do like some of the G4 Ponies though (The new Sea Ponies YAY!!!)...

But really.... I can't  stand those high pitched voices and *over the top* cartoons they make today....Not only the MLP but every cartoon these days.....I already have ADD...5 minutes Cartoon Network and I need more Ritalin!!! ;-)
I'm an old grumpy thing from 1978....I'm all about the G1 cartoons!!! 

[MJNSEIFER]

I like everypony, I just wish people (bronies, most likely) would realise it's supposed to be an alternative for everyone/everybody and not a replacement for them.  Meaning that it's not a mistake if a G4 pony doesn't say it, and (for hater-bronies) it is not proof of pre-G4's inferiority if a pre-G4 pony doesn't say it (these are only the really bad hater-bronies who actively look for things to hate about pre-G4 rather than actually not liking it for opinion reasons).

[Lady.Arachnia]

I think it is just a cute thing to use EveryPony like here on the forums!
Not only to adress to other people here....but that really Every Pony (G1/G2/G3/G3.5/G4 AND Fakies!) is Welcome here!!!

[Leave a Whisper]

I don't. I think its annoying.

[Carrehz]

I don't. I think its annoying.

-nodnod- Same here.

[Taffeta]

I don't. I think its annoying.

Agreed. I find it silly and when people use it I find it hard to take them seriously :/ but its not as offensive to me as brony, pegasister or cutie mark when applied to G1 collecting. So I dislike it but I can tolerate it, I just twitch when I see it. Whereas anyone talking about G1 symbols as cutie marks is a whole other rage-event in my little geekish brain.

[MJNSEIFER]

I guess it all just depends on how we perceive each term, and if it means something to us.  Like I say, I like "everypony" as long as people aren't so pedantic about it (with what I mentioned earlier) - I only say it to describe ponies though, not the fans, but am okay with those who do, and I love the term cutie mark, as some of you already know, and have a nostalgic attachment to it, as well as the term brony. 

However, at the same time, I realise that a lot of you may have nostalgic attachments to the terms that mean something to you in someway, such as symbol instead of cutie mark.  I try to respect that as best I can, and will usually use "symbol" for G1 ponies, unless I am specifically writing something were G3 or G4 terminologies apply (e.g. my fanseries is set in Equestria, so even the G1 ponies have cutie marks there, but I try to remember to use symbol everywhere else).

So yeah, I think how each term sounds depends on how much it means to you, it doesn't even have to be a nostalgia thing (although it is to me, for the most part), but simply if it means something to you or whatever.  I am sure a lot of you have more sentimental or nostalgic attachments to G1 as that's where a lot of you started, but even those who didn't could have nostalgia or sentiment for the terms, and I totally understand that, as I am nostalgic for the G4 terms I mentioned, like I said.