~Definitons of Roleplay Lingo~
Literate; (Noun)
Also known as 'advanced.' A person who has explosive vocabulary, uses correct punctuation, grammar, spelling, and who's posts always correspond to the Roleplay. Literates are people who are the most experienced Roleplayers, or simply the 'best' of them. Their posts make sense, are easy to read, and are typically interesting. Literates are not often found on the Roleplaying Boards.
Semi-Literate; (Noun)
The average Roleplayer. They use mostly correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Their posts almost always correspond to the Roleplay, and usually are quite interesting. Although they might have a few mistakes in their introductions and action posts, they are just a few steps away from becoming Literate.
Despie; (Noun)
A person who is desperate for romance and/or attention. They are overbearing and sickly sweet when actually coming upon 'romance' Roleplays. They instantly place themselves in a weak, need-of-instance stance when they Roleplay, and their introductions are brief and dripping with askance for pity.
Illiterate; (Adjective or Noun)
Not to be confused with despie, although they are similar in form. Illiterates are people who clearly cannot Roleplay. Their symptons can include defectiveness in punctuation, grammar and spelling, blindness to other people's posts, and occasionally powerplaying or godmoding. (See below definitions.)
Powerplay; (Verb)
Also known as PP. (PP and GM are terms often found in rules to a Roleplay topic.) Powerplaying is when you take control of the Roleplay, not giving your companions any room to work or defend themselves. Ex.
Jent walked over and hit Cristal, knocking her unconcious.
This is powerplaying. You're not allowing 'Cristal' any time for response and a defensive action so that she does not have to lie on the floor until she regains conciousness.
Godmode; (Verb)
Also known as GM. Godmoding is when you are making your character invincible, incredibly strong, undefeatable. The injuries your opponents 'inflict' are nonexistant, as your character manages to dodge and block every single one of them.
Ooc; (Adjective)
Stands for Out of Character. Used on the Roleplay boards when you are not Roleplaying. Can also be indicated, instead of saying 'Ooc' as asterisks, parenthesis, or any other. (See Examples)
Bic; (Adjective)
Stands for Back in Character. Used on the Roleplay boards when you had said something on Ooc and are returning to the Roleplay on the same post. (See Examples)
Examples
~Examples on levels of Roleplaying~
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Literate;
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A dark purple griffon sat placidly in her cage. A black ruff encircled her neck, and a tuft of ebon fur sprouted from the tip of her tail. Dark wings lay across her back, and she drowsily lifted her head to preen them.
A few shouts from the stage did not merit a response. She would be sold today. She'd be a loyal guardian, or work animal. She did not care very much about what happened to her.
The auctioneer stepped on to the stage and waved his arms for silence. "Welcome, ladies and gentleman," he cried, adjusting his unorthadox clothing. "Prepare for the first auction of this evening!"
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Semi-Literate († or -)
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Mark was walking throught the forest. He look around for gaurds or knight. He ran away from his village and became a thief when he was 7. He is 17 years old and has a bounty of 50k. He knew some magic but not much. He had a dark blue sword and a silver sword. He also had a bow and a daggar. He carried a bag full of gold, food, arrows and lockpicks. He wore a green shirt and brown pants.
A man was walking along the path through the forest. He is wearing a black swordsman's shirt with, a brown studded leather breastplate, two brown leather gloves with studs on the cuff, black pants, black hard leather vambraces, tall brown hard leather boots, and a green cloak. The man carried weapons such as: a silver swept hilt rapier, a poisoned dagger, a quiver full of arrows, and a black bow. This man's name was Al. Al was a warrior who can move swiftly and silently. He did as he pleased and served no lord. Al is a Half-Elf. His instrument was a flute with a green feather tied on the end. The feather was from an Elvin magic bird, so it made the tune better. Al was a good flute player without the magic. Al had long blonde hair which covered his ears and greenish-grey eyes.
Black daggers hit the earth in a mad gallop. Jet black mane and tail flowed after the buckskin. His amber orbs scanned the plains of grass and a few trees and a lake. The buckskin came to a halt rearing and letting out a piercing neigh while daggers struck the air. The stallion came down and scanned the area once more for signs of others. His calling ,Ember.
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Despie
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cristal walked over to jent. she smilled prettily and fllutered her eylashes at him
Anasatcia walked into her garden and smelled the flowers liking the roses the most she acually wantd her first date to giv her a flower who knows nowadays guys were really dum and didnt give anything but mayb sum really sweet guy would do that fr her11!!
a whit horse ate the gras. wait, was that a str on her forhed? thats write, shes the most famus white mare of all!!11
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Illiterate
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jamie is a forteen year old girl, with blond hair and blue eyez. she luvd to fite and used her 2 sords with skill. she wore a white shirt and black pants with a bron belt. she had a camle named bob, and he was a black magik camle that could flie. jamie stood on the camle a lot and attakd from ther.
jent spoak 2 cristal he sed hi
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Ooc
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Jent threw a lancing blow towards Cristal.
OoC|| I know! Homework stinks. I still have to do some math stuff over the weekend.
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Bic
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OoC|| I know! Homework stinks. I still have to do some math stuff over the weekend.
BiC|| Jent threw a lancing blow towards Cristal.
Advice
~Advice for the Roleplayers~
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When creating a board for Roleplaying, always try to spell everything right, and don't put those little *starrednosesnowflakewhatever* things on them- they are just plain annoying x) 'Medeevil' is spelled 'Medieval,' 'Fantusy' is 'Fantasy.' This will automatically attract more experienced Roleplayers.
Downsize your introduction posts to a maximum of four posts. Anymore than that and no one will read the entire thing or pay attention to it. Believe me, I know xP
Try to be kind to your fellow Roleplayers. If someone isn't quite as skilled as you are in Roleplaying, don't flat out yell 'You're a despie!!! HAHA!!!' at them. That's just plain rude. Maybe, instead, give them gentle advice or give an excuse and leave the board. Now, wasn't that nicer than just screaming at them?
When creating an introduction, always avoid lists. They automatically squish you into the Illiterate-Despie area, and list introductions are typically looked upon with scorn.
Avoid chatspeak at all costs. Chatspeak is when you use things like this-
2=To, too, two
Lyk=Like
Etcetera.
Trix Starlight Community Member 
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