| ^ |
A caret, content is pollitical |
| ~ |
A tilde, content may be lewd or provocative |
| [snip], <snip> |
Content removed from quoted text |
| [Movie] |
A tag used to indicate a post containing spoilers for one of
the (Peter Jackson directed) Lord of the Rings movies |
| A&U |
Allen & Unwin, a publishing company |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AFP |
alt.fan.pratchett, a newsgroup |
| AFT |
alt.fan.tolkien, a
newsgroup |
| AH |
Amon Hen, the bi-monthly bulletin of the Tolkien Society |
| alt.flame |
A newsgroup dedicated to flaming. It is a sister group of AFT,
for reasons better not discussed |
| ART |
alt.religion.tolkienology, a newsgroup, now rarely used |
| ATB |
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil |
| AU |
Allen & Unwin, a publishing company |
| Balrog W***s |
Balrog Wings, a very debateable subject |
| BLT1 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One |
| BLT2 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two |
| BoLT |
The Book of Lost Tales |
| BoLT1 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One |
| BoLT2 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two |
| Bombadilism |
A Tolkien-based religion who worship Tom Bombadil as Eru, not
to be taken too seriously |
| CHOKLIT |
Something without which life would be unbearable (often
chocolate), a TEUNCism |
| CH |
Children of Húrin |
| CJRT |
Christopher Tolkien |
| CoH |
Children of Húrin |
| Cro |
Croatian |
| CT |
Christopher Tolkien |
| CTS |
Cambridge Tolkien Society, a smial |
| Deine |
To define a tyope |
| FA |
First Age (sometimes Fourth Age) |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions, a list of answers to commonly asked
questions |
| FCL |
The Father Christmas Letters |
| FGH |
Farmer Giles of Ham |
| FgoH |
Farmer Giles of Ham |
| Flame |
To deliberately insult another poster, or a post which does
this |
| Flamer |
A poster who flames |
| FO |
Fourth Age |
| FotR |
The Fellowship of the Rings |
| FR |
The Fellowship of the Rings |
| FUQ |
Frequently Unanswered Questions |
| Fw |
Forwarded message |
| H |
The Hobbit |
| HB |
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son |
| HBBS |
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son |
| HC |
HarperCollins, a publishing company |
| HM |
Houghton Mifflin, a publishing company |
| HoME |
History of Middle-Earth |
| IC |
A TURPS term meaning ‘In Character’ |
| ICE |
Iron Crown Enterprises |
| IIRC |
If I Recall Correctly |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| JRRT |
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
| Lays |
The Lays of Beleriand |
| LbN |
Leaf by Niggle |
| Letters |
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien |
| LN |
Leaf by Niggle |
| LoB |
The Lays of Beleriand |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| LotR |
The Lord of the Rings |
| LR |
The Lost Road and Other Writings |
| LROW |
The Lost Road and Other Writings |
| LT1 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One |
| LT2 |
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two |
| M |
Mallorn, the yearly journal of the Tolkien Society |
| M-E |
Middle Earth |
| Mall |
Mallorn, the yearly journal of the Tolkien Society |
| ME |
Middle Earth |
| MECCG |
Middle-Earth Collectible Card Game |
| MEDM |
‘Middle Earth: Dark Minions,’ a part of MECCG |
| MELE |
‘Middle Earth: Lidless Eye,’ a part of MECCG |
| MERP |
Middle-Earth Role Playing game |
| MERS |
Middle-Earth Reunion Smial |
| METB |
‘Middle Earth: The Balrog,’ a part of MECCG |
| METD |
‘Middle Earth: The Dragons,’ a part of MECCG |
| METW |
‘Middle Earth:The Wizards,’ a part of MECCG |
| METWH |
‘Middle Earth: The White Hand,’ a part of MECCG |
| MHH |
Marvin House Hobbit, an old, text-based Hobbit computer game
|
| MR |
Morgoth's Ring |
| MSR |
Mike Scott Rohan, an author |
| NCP |
The Notion Club Papers |
| NG |
Newsgroup |
| NP |
The Notion Club Papers |
| Ob |
Obligatory, used as a tag in posts intended to bring off-topic
threads back on topic |
| Odp |
In connection with (considered improper, please use Re) |
| OFS |
On Fairy-Stories |
| OOC |
A TURPS term meaning ‘Out of Character’ |
| OT |
Off Topic |
| OTS |
Oxford Tolkien Society, a smial |
| PJ |
Peter Jackson, director of the latest Lord of the Rings movies |
| PKB |
Pot Kettle Black, shorterned form of the expression 'the pot
calling the kettle black' used when someone accuses someone else of
having a fault that they both posses |
| PoME |
The Peoples of Middle-Earth |
| psot |
Post, a TEUNCism |
| psoter |
Poster, a TEUNCism |
| Pterry |
Terry Pratchett, an author |
| R |
In connection with (considered improper, please use Re) |
| RABT |
rec.arts.books.tolkien,
a newsgroup |
| Re |
In connection with |
| RGEO |
The Road Goes Ever On |
| RK |
The Return of the King |
| RL |
Real Life |
| ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLMAO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off |
| RotK |
The Return of the King |
| RotS |
The Return of the Shadow |
| RtME |
The Road to Middle-Earth |
| SA |
Second Age |
| SD |
Sauron Defeated |
| Sil |
The Silmarillion |
| Silm |
The Silmarillion |
| Smial |
A local subdivision of the Tolkien Society |
| snip |
Content removed from quoted text, usually used in the form <snip>
or [snip] |
| SoME |
The Shaping of Middle-Earth |
| SoWM |
Smith of Wooton Major |
| SR |
Shire Reckoning |
| Sv |
In connection with (considered improper, please use Re) |
| SWM |
Smith of Wooton Major |
| T&L |
Tree and Leaf |
| TA |
Third Age |
| Tag |
A short abbreviation used in a subject line to indicate
information concerning the contents of the post, much favoured in
alt.fan.pratchett |
| TaL |
Tree and Leaf |
| Tar |
Taruithorn, the Oxford Tolkien Society, a smial |
| Tary |
Taruithorn, the Oxford Tolkien Society, a smial |
| TB |
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil |
| TEOTWAWKI |
The End of The World as We Know It |
| TEUNC
|
Tolkien Eccentric Unusual Nut Cases, an eGroup of Tolkien fans,
some of whom frequent the newsgroups |
| TEUNCe |
To bounce around for joy, a TEUNCism |
| TEUNCer |
A member of TEUNC |
| TEUNCism |
A word derived from TEUNC and stored in the TEUNCtionary |
| TEUNCmoot |
An eGroup dedicated to organising real life meetings of
TEUNCers |
| TEUNCtionary |
A dictionary of TEUNCisms |
| TH |
(1) The Hobbit |
| TH |
(2) Tol Harndor, the Australian Smial |
| TL |
Tree and Leaf |
| ToI |
The Treason of Isengard |
| Tolkienology |
A Tolkien-based religion who worship Eru & the Valar, not
to be taken too seriously |
| TORn |
TheOneRing.net a Lord
Of The Rings movie website |
| Torog |
An intentionally provocative post, or someone who makes one |
| trask |
To do something unpleasant to someone or something, a TEUNCism |
| Troll |
An intentionally provocative post, or someone who makes one |
| TS |
Tolkien
Society |
| TT |
The Two Towers |
| TTT |
The Two Towers |
| TURPS |
TEUNC Role Playing System, an eGroup on which a TEUNC based RPG
takes place |
| Tyope |
A typing error given a specific meaning by TEUNC |
| UH |
Unwin Hyman, a publishing company |
| UT |
Unfinished Tales |
| VT |
Vinyar Tengwar, the journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship |
| VY |
Valian Years |
| Who's
Who |
A file giving details of regular posters |
| WotJ |
The War of the Jewels |
| WotR |
The War of the Ring |
| WR |
The War of the Ring |
|
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aft.rabt ('AFT-rabt) n. [Common Tuetonic: Old English*aeftenrobbet*
= Old Norse *eiaeghtinreivdh*]:
1. The aft, or rear, rabbit. Used primarily in the medieval sense as
the rabbit for whom the view never changes (do not confuse aftrabt
with rabtaft, which is the before mentioned never-changing view)
2. A small, furry mammal (furryus hobbitoniensis) originating from
the secret pathways to the real Middle-Earth and now widely
distributed since the bottom fell out of the fairy-tale market.
3. Archaic. A Japanese origami ornament in the form of a yellow
dragon
