Terms and Phrases Master Thread

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Because for me, as a newbie, I was VERY confused with the terms that people were using!

PRESS CTRL+F AND TYPE YOUR PHRASE OR TERM AND SEE IF IT'S IN HERE. IF NOT, YOU MAY ASK.

You are free to post below some terms you know and wish to educate others with.​
TEMPLATE TO SUBMIT YOUR TERM (Replace the words in the brackets lol)
HTML: 
[B][U][TITLE OF WORD][/U][/B]
[LIST]
[*][DEFINITION]
[/LIST]
Example:
Animal Crossing
  • A game that Nintendo created. It features cute little animal villagers and the player as a human.
Click to expand...

(This way you I can quote because I'm lazy)



Original Villagers
  • A term used to describe a villager with their original funiture and clothes.
To help keep an original villager, fill the retail with junk items you have at a high price. Also, make the Able Sisters designs only umbrellas.


Dreamy/Dreamie
  • Any villager that someone likes.
Credit to Captain Crazy Chicken and sailoreamon
OR
A Dream Villager (Dreamie)
  • A villager someone or you want in your town for whatever reason and you will pay to have. Is a villager you love and will do anything to have in your town ~
Credit to J e s s i c a


Hybrids
  • A combination of two common flowers to create a rare flower.
Ex: Two red roses with make a black rose
Credit to AppleBitterCrumble


TT/Time Travel
  • The act of changing in-game time forward or backward (used to progress further, unlock shops faster, experience holidays, move villagers in and out, etc.)
Travelling backwards any amount of time always counts as one day forward. There are some side-effects
Ex: any and all turnips will rot immediately, snowman bingo cards will expire
Credit to mysonicplush


Bells
  • The currency in the Animal Crossing Series. It is the money in the game. The lowest amount of bells that can be dropped is 100 bells and the highest is 99k
Credit to J e s s i c a


TBT
  • Doesn't relate to animal crossing but to this site. This is the site currency and can be found under you avatar next to the word "bells". This can be used for many things and you can sell it for IGB and just 100tbt is worth lots!
Credit to J e s s i c a


IGB
  • Stands for In Game Bells and is talking about the bell currency used in the game
Credit to J e s s i c a


K or Mill
  • These are just short terms for thousand and million
    Ex: 99k and 1 mil
Credit to J e s s i c a


PWP
  • A Public Works Project. You can do these after you complete the town-development permit. Certain types of villagers can also suggest special PWPs.
Example: Fountain, Fairytail bridge, etc.
Credit to Peebers


2y5d Method
  • Refers to a method in which cyclers can get a villager out in three saves: 1 year, 1 year, and then 5 days. The selection is mostly random, so it can not be easily utilized to be ridden of unwanteds.
Credit to FireNinja1


DLC
  • Downloadable Content, usually an item that is issued for a limited time by Nintendo over SpotPass.
Credit to FireNinja1


Unreorderable
  • Items that are priced as "Not for sale" in the catalog.
Examples are gyroids and most fortune cookie items
Credit to FireNinja1


Train
  • a method of transport used to travel between towns
Credit to matt


Villager
  • a resident of your town
Credit to matt


Path
  • something you walk on
OP's comment: Paths are made by designs and placed into town. They help make the town look cool and stuff
Credit to matt


ABD
  • the bank machine in the post office. You can also get one for your house.
Credit to kitandquill


PING
  • when a villager gets the surprised expression, accompanied by a 'ding' sound, when they see you. They'll walk up to you and dance until you talk to them or leave the screen.
Credit to kitandquill


Cycling
  • Cycling refers to the process of moving out 16 villagers to be able to have a previously owned villager move back into your town.
Ex: Let's say Punchy unexpectedly moves out of someone's town, and they really want to have him back. However, the game won't let them invite Punchy into their town (nor will he show up randomly) until at least another 16 villagers have moved out. So when people unexpectedly lose a villager they loved and want them back, they need to move out another 16 villagers first. If you see something like "Cycling for Punchy, 5/16", this means they have moved out 5 villagers out of the necessary 16 before they can get Punchy again.
Credit to Campy


Cataloging
  • To pick up an item and then drop it for the purpose of making it appear in your catalog.
Credit to badcrumbs
Peebers said:
To explain it further- You get the catalog when you upgrade to the Nook's convenience store. It's the red machine that lets you order things that you have!
Click to expand...



VM (Visitor Message)
  • The messages that people leave on your profile.
Credit to Peebers


PM (private message)
  • A message that is sent to your in boxes rather than on your profile. These messages are not seen by other people (that is why they are called private messages)
Credit to J e s s i c a


Plot resetting
  • This method is is used to predict where a villagers house plot will go, using this method will avoid villagers moving in bad spots. A basic description of this method is when a new villager is moving in start a new save file, DO NOT LOAD YOUR MAYOR! Go through the speech with rover and make it to your town. Porter will tell you to go to the town hall, don't! Instead look around carefully to see where the villagers house is, if you don't like the placement shut off the game and repeat until you find a spot that you like. Once you found the spot you like go to the town hall and place your house, the game will save making the plot permanent ~
Credit to J e s s i c a


Lucky Clovers

  • Rare 4 leafed plants that look like the flattened weeds but you can wear it/pick it up/plant it some where else in town. It is very rare so I suggest holding on to it c:
People will pay a lot for these if they really want them, usually go for 99k-100k
Credit to AppleBitterCrumble


Cat
  • Short way of saying "Catalog".
Example:Can I cat this?
Credit to MasterM64
 
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TT/Time Travel - the act of changing in-game time forward or backward
[used to progress further, unlock shops faster, experience holidays, move villagers in and out, etc.]

Travelling backwards any amount of time always counts as one day forward. There are some side-effects

ex) any and all turnips will rot immediately
 
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Bells

The currency in the animal crossing series. It is the money in the game. The lowest amount of bells that can be dropped is 100 bells and the highest is 99k


TBT

Doesn't relate to animal crossing but to this site. This is the site currency and can be found under you avatar next to the word "bells". This can be used for many things and you can sell it for IGB and just 100tbt is worth lots!


IGB

Stands for In Game Bells and is talking about the bell currency used in the game

K or Mill

These are just short terms for thousand and million: 99k and 1 mil
 
PWP

A Public Works Project. You can do these after you complete the town-development permit. Certain types of villagers can also suggest special PWPs.

Example: Fountain, Fairytail bridge, etc.
 
2y5d Method: Refers to a method in which cyclers can get a villager out in three saves: 1 year, 1 year, and then 5 days. The selection is mostly random, so it can not be easily utilized to be ridden of unwanteds.

DLC: Downloadable Content, usually an item that is issued for a limited time by Nintendo over SpotPass.

Unreorderable: Items that are priced as "Not for sale" in the catalog. Examples are gyroids and most fortune cookie items.
 
Train a method of transport used to travel between towns
Villager a resident of your town
Path something you walk on
 
ABD is the bank machine in the post office. You can also get one for your house.

a PING is when a villager gets the surprised expression, accompanied by a 'ding' sound, when they see you. They'll walk up to you and dance until you talk to them or leave the screen.
 
Marchworm said:
Because for me, as a newbie, I was VERY confused with the terms that people were using!

PRESS CTRL+F AND TYPE YOUR PHRASE OR TERM AND SEE IF IT'S IN HERE. IF NOT, YOU MAY ASK.

You are free to post below some terms you know and wish to educate others with.​
TEMPLATE TO SUBMIT YOUR TERM
HTML: 
[B][U]TITLE OF WORD[/U][/B]
[LIST]
[*]DEFINITION
[/LIST]
(This way you I can quote because I'm lazy)



* * *SOME HELPFUL VIDEO TUTORIALS I HAVE FOUND* * *




Original Villagers
  • A term used to describe a villager with their original funiture and clothes.
To help keep an original villager, fill the retail with junk items you have at a high price. Also, make the Able Sisters designs only umbrellas.

Dreamy/Dreamie
  • Any villager that someone likes.
Credit to Captain Crazy Chicken and sailoreamon
OR
A Dream Villager (Dreamie)
  • A villager someone or you want in your town for whatever reason and you will pay to have. Is a villager you love and will do anything to have in your town ~
Credit to J e s s i c a

Hybrids
  • A combination of two common flowers to create a rare flower.
Ex: Two red roses with make a black rose
Credit to AppleBitterCrumble

TT/Time Travel
  • The act of changing in-game time forward or backward (used to progress further, unlock shops faster, experience holidays, move villagers in and out, etc.)
Travelling backwards any amount of time always counts as one day forward. There are some side-effects
Ex: any and all turnips will rot immediately, snowman bingo cards will expire
Credit to mysonicplush

Bells
  • The currency in the Animal Crossing Series. It is the money in the game. The lowest amount of bells that can be dropped is 100 bells and the highest is 99k
Credit to J e s s i c a

TBT
  • Doesn't relate to animal crossing but to this site. This is the site currency and can be found under you avatar next to the word "bells". This can be used for many things and you can sell it for IGB and just 100tbt is worth lots!
Credit to J e s s i c a

IGB
  • Stands for In Game Bells and is talking about the bell currency used in the game
Credit to J e s s i c a

K or Mill
  • These are just short terms for thousand and million
    Ex: 99k and 1 mil
Credit to J e s s i c a

PWP
  • A Public Works Project. You can do these after you complete the town-development permit. Certain types of villagers can also suggest special PWPs.
Example: Fountain, Fairytail bridge, etc.
Credit to Peebers

2y5d Method
  • Refers to a method in which cyclers can get a villager out in three saves: 1 year, 1 year, and then 5 days. The selection is mostly random, so it can not be easily utilized to be ridden of unwanteds.
Credit to FireNinja1

DLC
  • Downloadable Content, usually an item that is issued for a limited time by Nintendo over SpotPass.
Credit to FireNinja1

Unreorderable
  • Items that are priced as "Not for sale" in the catalog.
Examples are gyroids and most fortune cookie items
Credit to FireNinja1

Train
  • a method of transport used to travel between towns
Credit to matt
Villager
  • a resident of your town
Credit to matt
Path
  • something you walk on
OP's comment: Paths are made by designs and placed into town. They help make the town look cool and stuff
Credit to matt


ABD
  • the bank machine in the post office. You can also get one for your house.
Credit to kitandquill

PING
  • when a villager gets the surprised expression, accompanied by a 'ding' sound, when they see you. They'll walk up to you and dance until you talk to them or leave the screen.
Credit to kitandquill
Click to expand...

MY FACT!!
 
Can anyone tell me what 'cycling' is? I saw it on a thread whilst looking for Punchy and it made me extremely confused :S :P
Thanks
~^^
 
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