Geektionary
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Introduction
Like anything else, geeks have their own unique subculture, and Evangelion geeks are no exception. The aim of the Geektionary is to provide a little guide to the incomprehensible geek-culture saturating the entire commentary (the FGC community in particular). People who actually have lives are bound to ask these kinds of questions: “What the heck do all those acronyms stand for? What is this ReDeath they keep on mentioning, or Thumbnail Theatre, for that matter? And what's all that weird Japanese they keep on throwing in? I speak English, goddamit!”
Some terms, like “AMV” and “shipping”, are hardly specific to NGE geekdom, but we will explain their significance to the fandom nonetheless. For explanations of various other Internet geek memes you might see in use (like the omnipresent “n00b”), I recommend Urban Dictionary and Wikipedia.
Lexicon
Acronym Quick-Reference Guide
Acronyms/abbreviations/TLAs are a running joke at the ANF Evangelion forum. Terms from the show quickly become TLA (three-letter acronyms), but then, inevitably, new acronyms need to be invented for any often-referenced idea — and sometimes merely for their own sake. Many of these are self-explanatory, but those marked by asterisks will be further explained in the lexicon section.
2I: Second Impact
3I: Third Impact
AATF: Anti A.T. Field
AEL: Artificial Evolution Laboratory
AMV*: Anime Music Video
ANF*: AnimeNation Forums
ATF: A.T. Field (Absolute Terror Field)
AU*: Alternate Universe
AWL*: Amanda Winn Lee
BIB*: Big Irony Bomb
CE: Contact Experiment
CI: (NGE2) Classified Information
CP: Commentary Page
D&R: Death & Rebirth
ED*: Ending
EGK*: Evil Gekijouban Kyoko
EMF*: Eva Monkey Forums
EMK*: Evil Manga Kaworu
EoE: End of Evangelion
EoTV*: End of TV
EU*: Expanded Universe
FAR*: First Ancestral Race
FGC: (Evangelion) Fan-Geeks Commentary (Project)
FMttM: Fly Me to the Moon
FoK: Fruit of Knowledge
FoL: Fruit of Life
GGNR*: Giant Giant Naked Rei
GNK*: Giant Naked Kaworu
GNR*: Giant Naked Rei
GOS*: Girlfriend of Steel
GOS2*: Girlfriend of Steel 2
GSF*: Genetically Similar Facsimile
HCP: Human Complemention Project (see HIP)
HIP*: Human Instrumentality Project
JA: Jet Alone
JSSDF: Japanese Strategic Self-Defense Force
KFR*: Kentucky Fried Rei
LAEM*: Live Action Evangelion Movie
LCL*: Not what you might think
LnY*: Longinus no Yari
LoL*: Lance of Longinus
LTP*: Literal Translation Project
MGNR: Mini Giant Naked Rei
MP*: Mass Production (Model Evangelion)
MPB*: Metaphysical Biology
N²*: No(n) Nuclear
NGE: Neon Genesis Evangelion
NPC*: New Production Cut
OP*: Opening
P3II*: Pre-3I Instrumentality
RCB*: Red Cross Book
REGK: Really Evil Gekijouban Kyoko (see EGK)
RIAO*: Rei in Appearance Only
RNR*: Regular Naked Rei
S²*: Super Solenoid
SoL*: Source of Life
SDSS: Secret Dead Sea Scrolls
ToL: Tree of Life
UBF*: Über Bitch Fight
