Heroes/9th Wonders terms/acronyms:

BTOWN = acronym for "be the one we need"

BWG/BWM = boiling water guy/man, see RM

EM = Empathic Mimicry

GN = Graphic Novel - the online comics that are on NBC's Heroes novels page.

HEB = acronym for Highly Evolved Being - essentially anyone with powers.

HRG = Horn rimmed glasses, refers to Noah Bennet, Claire's father (by adoption)

IA = Intuitive Aptitude

Ikin/Ikkin/Niki B = Before it was revealled that Niki's "other self" was called "Jessica", she was often referred to as one of these names instead (BTW, Niki is spelled with ONE k).

MBG/MM/"the Haitian" = Mysterious black guy, mysterious man, refers to Mr. Bennet's associate, this is NOT D.L. Hawkins (Niki's husband)

MM = see MBG

OWI/OWOI/AWI = Organization Without Initials or Agency Without Initials, the organization HRG works for - see the Company

RM = radiation/radioactive man, Theodore (Ted) Sprague

SGS/SHS = super genome/super helix symbol

STCSTW = save the cheerleader, save the world

the Company = another reference to HRG's organization, see OWI/AWI

TK = Telekinesis

TSE = Total Solar Eclipse

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Other Acronyms:

ARG = alternate reality game

BTW = by the way

FTW = for the win

IIRC = if I recall correctly

QFT = quoted for truth (another way of saying "I agree")

TPTB = the powers that be

LOL...GOOD ONE FOR THE ONES THAT STILL DON'T GET IT... IT'S FUNNY SOME OF THE ACRONIMS WHERE USED IN THE TV GUIDE SCOOP ON HEROS...I FORGOT WO WAS THE ONE THAT MENTIONED THAT FIRST HERE. THIS IS HUGE!

Did the TV Guide scoop really use MBG for Jimmy Jean-Louis' character? I've seen Mysterious Man somewhere before.

IMDB lists 'Haitian' for MBG. A couple of people have posted him as 'Haitian' or 'the Haitian'. In any event, Haitian/MBG is still not D.L.

Also, others have listed Niki's alternate self as Jessica. Anyone know where that originated from?

This is in the OP as "spoiler" text, I know, very minor. The source is from Greg Beeman's Blog. Greg is one of the directors and co-exectutive producers of Heroes.

I still don't know what this means:

BTOWN = acronym for "be the one we need"

lol i feel stupid.

I'm wondering if anyone (outside of the writers) knows what this means yet. It's a phrase that future Hiro says to Peter (along with 'save the cheerleader. save the world.') but we weren't given any context.

Bless you my child.

When I first read it I thought it was referring to that boy band from a few years back... but they were called something else, right?

BTOWN =/= Backstreet Boys + O-Town

Just wanted to mention I didn't make up the "btown" acronym, but it's been referenced in these threads:

http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=20947
http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=21030
http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=23342

Bump for carynkami and Dakk

Added STCSTW.

Wow, are we so lazy we need to abreviate these?



I quit with the horn rimmed glasses crap. His name is Mr. Bennet.



Jessica Jessica Jessica. All those other names are ones we made up, why don't we just call her Jessica. Seriously. It was posted in a non-spoiler blog by the writer. Eff it. Her name is Jessica.



SBAMBG= Super Bad A** Mysterious Black Guy has a much better ring to it

Alright, so she's now officially "Jessica" that won't stop people from being confused if they happen to read older posts refering to "ikin".

Nice job! This helps the newbies understand our Hero lingo.

Two others for you to list.

RM = Radioactive Man, Ted Sprague (aka BWM, Boiling Water Man)

RHA = Red Head Agent at FBI headquarters in LA -- just found out today that her character name is Elisa Thayer.

whats with the face lol

nice thread. it helps otehrs who dont know what those acronyms mean. but threads like that keep popping everywhere. when people ask i'll just give them a link to this thread.

Hehe, I like that smiley. It's the look on my face when I see these threads.

http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=47065
http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=47066

that last one you have there idallia is a dud thread...

Oh, sorry, those were duplicate threads I merged together because they both had replies in them.

Here's a new one I just ran across, and feel, well, rather dumb...

What is ARG?

I have seen it in reference to the Heroes 360 and stuff.

Here is an example.

ARG=Alternate Reality Game

Sorry to be so dense, but what is EMO?

I love how the OWI now has them.

I have always found this ironic, and I guess I use it. But isn't OWI an oxymoron? I mean, now we've given it initials.

EMO is emotional

Perhaps we should put LSHAB as a second choice for HRG. (LHSAB= Leave His Shoe Alone Bennet [thanks to this topic: http://www.9thwonders.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=50351])

what's FTW? because the only thing I can think of is from Tupac ( i think) and i doubt anyone would be using that acronym.

FTW means "for the win". Here are some recent examples of its use...

FTW=For the win? For the longest time I've been reading it as ____ the world, like "I don't care what anyone thinks this is my opinion" or something like that.

Gamers, such as myself use ftw a lot. However I don't use ftw very often here heehee...

The Organization Without Initials has inititials now. lol

Does meh mean anything? I've seen it a number of times and am clueless about it. It's usually at the end of a post when someone doesn't really come to a certain conclusion about the topic.

Something like "I think so and so could be this or they could be that. So, meh."

My exploding head?
Or is it just a sound, like D'oh

It's just a word of indifference, like vocally shrugging your shoulders. You say it when you don't really care or don't have anything positive to say.

"So do you like Heroes?"
"Meh."
"You are not my friend anymore."

Meh!

We would also have accepted Bah!

Ok, one other thing that has been bugging me. I have figured out what "shipping" means, but how the heck did the term become a common usage for describing two characters together?

meh, bah, d'oh

I'm still in the dark on this "shipping" thing... where did it come from and what does it mean exactly?

And I'd hardly call it "common useage" considering I'd never seen it before coming to the 9th Wonders board.

idallia sent me this answer about shipping in a PM:

"The term 'ship or shipping, comes from the word "relationship".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29 "

Can someone add AWI to the list? I have no idea what that one means.

Agency Without Initials, I think.

I hope theres not a quiz on this, cause i just read the whole list and cant remember even 1 of those acronyms.

Need a little help here..

I understand that the initials ARG means alternate reality game, but what exactly does that term mean? This is coming from a person who is new to the whole bulletin board thing, is not a gamer, does not IM, essentially a true newbie to this whole scene.

TIA

First off, Welcome to 9th Wonders! Hope you have fun here. I have minimal experience with boards, but I've really enjoyed my time here.

Here's a link that might help with your ARG question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Game

From what I understand, you certainly don't have to follow the ARG to enjoy the show, it just adds to the fun. It's a way for the fans to have some involvement in the show. As far as I can tell, it doesn't have a direct influence to what happens on the show. But if you go to the Heroes Tie-Ins page, you can find links to sign up to various websites. One of them is Primatech Paper (.com, not .org), HRG's company. I've done it, you get emails from them, usually on Mondays.

Hope that was helpful

EDIT: Isn't amazing what can happen in a few months time... You haul off and solve a puzzle in the ARG that was stumping everyone and I've become a moderator.

What does IIRC mean?

If I Recall Correctly

Woot? anyone?

I also see some posts ending with XD

Little help?

As I understand it, "woot" is just a sound or noise.

As for the XD, it is a variant of an Emoticon:
XD :Laughing hard (often taken as Cartman from the television show South Park)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

*<@:0) =Clown hat smiley face lol

thanks for this. i was wondering what OWI was. I always just call it "the company".

...and I cant believe people thought DL and the Haitian were the same person.. wow thats hilarious. and completely ridiculous. get some glasses if you cant tell two people apart.

what does TK mean?