Useful Lego Terminology and Definitions

Farmer_John

I wanted to start a thread with definitions and terminology frequently used on this site and by Lego. Feel free to tweak the definitions to make them more accurate or add more terminology as desired.

Sold Out - Gone for good.

Back Ordered - Inventory needs to be check to see if an item is available.

In Process - To be shipped

Out of Stock - Not available...has to be manufactured.

S@H - Shop at Home (Lego's online website)

B&M - Brick and Mortar store (physical Lego store

SW - Star Wars

MattPetersen

Add in abbreviations and acronyms because I have a hard time figuring out what some people talk about when they type just the first letter of each word.

nodnarb162

lol whenever I see S@H i think "Shipping & Handling :P It takes me a moment to go...oh duh :P

Lambringo

SNOT - studs not on top. Building technique where the bricks are placed on their side or upside down.

I kept seeing this the other day while browsing some MOC pages and had to look it up

MOC - my own creation. A design not created LEGO

Farmer_John

TRU - Toys R Us

PBs - Poly Bags (those plastic lego bags generally found in the checkout line.

MFs - Minifigures

PoP - Prince of Persia

PotC - Pirates of the Caribbean

Jasen

http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_LEGO_Abbreviations

drdavewatford

Here are a few more : http://gimmelego.blogspot.com/p/lego-glossary.html

dimefield

CRAPP is my my favorite so far. Crummy Ramp and Pit Plate

pcirone

I always liked BURP - big ugly rock piece

Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK

Certain well-loved sets tend to get abbreviated:
MMV = Medieval Market Village
QAR = Queen Annes Revenge
EN = Emerald Night

also, AFOL:
Artist, Fairly Old, who uses Lego.
:)

andhe

This one was my saviour early on after just coming out of my 'dark ages' :P
http://www.brothers-brick.com/lego-glossary/

streeker

@Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK, I rather like Aging Fart Obsessed with Lego. I'm ashamed to say that's the only MOC (my own creation) that I'm capable of making.

Any other bastardizations?

akunthita

@Farmer_John, I have written a couple of posts on the topic. The first one is a list of LEGO part names used in the community. A lot fo LEGO fans take it for granted that everyone knows what is a plate, what is a tile, what is a brick. But this is not so. I can't remember which country it is, but there is a country in Europe where LEGO fans consistently refer to LEGO bricks as "stones". It took me a while to understnad what they are talking about!...(c;

Here is the list of basic terms: http://thebrickblogger.com/2010/11/lego-disctionary-basic-term/

And here the list of advanced terms (yeah, my favorites are also SNOT and BURP too): http://thebrickblogger.com/2011/01/lego-dictionary-advanced-terms/

My next project is to do a dictionary on the differences between LEGO's terminology and Bricklink terminology for various LEGO parts...(c;

Rollo_Tomassi

One that's been coming up a lot this time of year;

EOL- End of Line/Life/Lego. When a set stops being produced by TLG and therefore causes panic amongst collectors who know it will become ridiculously expensive on the secondary market.

Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK

@andhe thanks for that link, haven't read that for a while. also didn't realize that lego follows the grammatical conventions of sheep or that cheddar is orange!

Farmer_John

Thanks all...good stuff. A lot of good links that I have now bookmarked for future reference.

I think the EOL term is an accepted industry term (at least we use it for products where I work.

bluemoose

Cough ... It's been there since before we went public ...
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/103/faq-burps-snot-crapp-what-language-are-you-speaking