The Muppet Central Dictionary

Are you confused by the terminologies that are floating around this forum and don't understand there meaning? Well then this thread is for you, this is the Muppet Central Dictionary!

How it works: each person can post an entry for the dictionary in the form of an actual dictionary definition. THIS IS NOT A GAME.

Ziffel - v. The act of unknowingly posting at the exact same time as another person, and then realize his post has been posted first. Ziffeling v. Ziffeled v.

Muffin (v)(n): As noun...a delicious breakfast treat. The official snack of BBB(I think). As verb...means to steal or shift a thread away from its original topic through crazy antics. Muffined, Muffining.

Muffin - v The act of taking a thread off topic by posting something unrelated or holding side conversations with various members. Muffened v Muffening v

And RedDragon just ziffled me which illustrates ziffel further and now I'm illustrating muffining further....

Avy (n): The picture next to your screen name, also known as an avatar.

<smiles innocently> Sorry red...

Muffin - n. The art of intentionaly (or unintentionaly) diverting from the original topic being discussed in a thread. Muffining v. Muffined v.

Oops, sah-ree...See folks, this is ziffeling at its finest.

Oh man, do I need this! What about abbreviations, like TMS, MTM etc..

Siggy (n): the statement after each person's post that is the same ever time that person posts(unless they change it to something else)...

TMS: The Muppet Show

MTM: Muppet's Take Manhattan

Ushy gushy n. A Fan-Fictional term for being "cute" or displaying love between Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy (or any other Muppet couple) in a Fan-Fiction. See also Ushy gushy v. Ushy gushy adj.

MopFam (Proper n): Moppet Family...an on-line sitcom where insanity is normality.

BITBBH: (abbreviation) Bear In The Big Blue House
GMC: (abbreviation) The Great Muppet Caper (also seen as TGMC).
IAVMMC: (abbreviation) It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas (also seen as AVMMC & VMMC).
MFC: (abbreviation) Muppet Family Christmas.
MFS: (abbreviation) Muppets From Space.
FR: (abbreviation) Fraggle Rock.
SS: (abbreviation) Sesame Street.
MC: (abbreviation) Muppet Central.
Post Count: (n) The number of posts credited to a member of Muppet Central. Post count is relative to individual membership.
Junior Member: (n) Person who has joined Muppet Central and currently has a post count of 29 and under.
Member: (n) Person who has joined Muppet Central and currently has a post count of 30 to 999.
Senior Member: (n) Person who has joined Muppet Central and currently has a post count of 1000 or higher.

KSY: Kermit Swamp Years
IAVMMCM: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie...see above for more...
MCC: Muppet Christmas Carol...
MTI: Muppet Treasure Island
OOC: Out of character...used in RPGs(role playing games) to seperate outside comments from the RPGs story line...
BTW: By the way...used as a side comment seperate from the rest of the post...

Do a That Announcer v. to vanish off the face of the earth completely.

Well, as I TRIED to post just now...

T*K*O - n. 1. Acronym for the Thread Killers Organization.
2. An original Muppet Central sitcom than ran from 2005 to 2007.

The Four Horseman (n) - The Four Members with 10,000+ Posts ( KTS, Beau, Fozzie Bear and the Count)

The Count made it to 10,000+? I never noticed!

D'Snowth - n. See failure.

YAY! Congrats Ed!

That's SO not true!

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy, one must be able to poke fun at himself at any given time if he wishes to be funny.

OK...sah-ree. I thought you were being serious.

Lurk (v): to sign on and read threads, but post very rarely. Lurked, Lurks, Lurking.
>Lurker (n): Someone who lurks.

Spam- posts that are solely intended to sell items or plug in other forums excessively. Please report to moderators.
Spammer noun- one who spams
spamming verb- to spam


"I DON'T LIKE SPAM!"
"That's okay, Mum! I'll have your spam! I love it! I'm having spam, spam, eggs sausage and spam!"
~Monty Python sketch