mh -- mental health ph -- physical healh pos (or +) -- positive neg (or -) -- negative ~ (sometimes ?) -- unsure if it's positive or negative, or somewhere in-between ment -- mention pol -- politics uspol/ilpol/ukpos/eupol etcetera -- politics, but region specific, the first two letters are an indicator (uspol -- united states politics, eupol -- european politics, and so forth oh -- overheard nsfw -- not safe for work sa -- sexual assault csa -- child sexual abuse sh -- self harm sui -- suicide sfw -- safe for work cw -- content warning cn -- content note, haven't seen this one personally, but used for context rather than warnings alt -- referring to alt-text, which are media descriptions for the visually or aurally impaired ec -- eye contact, usually an image of someone or something looking directly at the camera what -- commonly it's used for "hotdogs are tacos" type deals, stuff that seems silly that's meant for messing with people ??? -- confusing or nonsensical veg -- usually vegan, sometimes vegetarian exp -- experience qt -- quote toot/tweet rt -- re(toot/tweet) qn -- quote note rn -- renote qp -- quote post rp -- oddly, usually roleplay, but it could be repost too lb -- last boost -- tone indicators -- /lh (or just lh) -- lighthearted /j (or just j) -- joking /s (or just s) -- sarcasm /srs (or just srs) -- serious /sx, /x (or just sx or x) -- sexual /nx, nsx (or just nsx or nx) -- non-sexual/not sexual /ly (or just ly) -- lyrics /r -- romance /gen (or just gen) -- genuine -- queer community abbreviations -- enby/nb -- a non-binary individual, someone who is neither boy nor girl terf -- trans exclusitory radical feminist, someone attempting to fight for women's rights while only fighting for *some* of them fart -- fascist aligned radical transphobe, used for the same group as terf transmed -- someone who believes trans people can only be boy or girl, *must* medically transition, and must have dyshporia in order to be trans (i.e. an idiot) lgbtqia+ -- lesbian gay bisexual trans queer intersex asexual etc., used as a general term for the queer community alphabet mafia -- a slang term for the queer community making fun of the lgbtqia+ acronym grsm -- gender romantic and sexual minorities, a more inclusive umbrella acronym for the queer community hrt -- hormone replacement therapy, a medical process using supplements to artificially increase or decrease the hormone levels of an individual, resulting in gender affirming physical changes ts -- trans saph/sapphic -- in reference to the historical lesbian poet Sappho, who was a significant face of early lesbian communities, sometimes used in place of the term lesbian Feel free to contact me with more and I'll edit them in Back to Index