A Newb’s Guide to the TBP Lexicon

Submitted by: aka.attrition

This post is an update of the original “Noobe’s Guide” written by Ghost and El Coyote (EC) back in Feb 2020 – A Noobe’s Guide to the TPB Lexicon. An update was requested by Ghost and so here is a new version with some stuff removed, some added, something old and something new … or however the saying goes.

The original post was dedicated to some lumberjack guy (see Stucky) but I think the revised post should be dedicated to all the SFM on TBP. Plus, special mention of Ghost and EC without whom the original article would not have come to be.

A small change to the original article; these days it’s often not spelt as “noobe” with an “e” at the end but rather just as “noob” which rhymes with “boob”, but I digress. This is to differentiate it with a similar noun, “newb”, which also rhymes with “boob”, but I digress again.

The difference? A newb are those who are new to some task and are very beginner at it but they are willing to learn. A noob, on the other hand, often spelt with double zero as in “n00b” to add extra insult and reflect their level of skillz, know little and have no will to learn any more. They make up a unique sub-species of their own, “sub” being the operative word. It is the latter which is deserving of ridicule and mockery. Don’t be a n00b.

And … here … we … go …

Ad hominem – Attacking the person rather than debating the point.  This is a common mistake by noobs, but some STMs are hard core ad hominem attackers.

AI – Artificial Intelligence. Pronounced A I and not aye – it’s not a pirate blog, FFS. See also FFS.

AGW – Anthropogenic Global Warming.  The result of an overpopulation of beer-drinking gassy men raising even more gassy cattle. Or, the shorter version; it’s your fault coz you won’t eat ze bugs!

Anonymous –Commentators who cannot grasp that a moniker has nothing to do with anonymity but rather so everyone can follow a person’s comment thread. Own your comments or forever be an AnonyN00b© .

ANTIFA – A group of mostly peaceful protestors who riot, burn, and loot. See also BLM.

BLM – See ANTIFA.

Blue Pill – See Red Pill.

Boi – A put-down alternative for boy.

Boomer – If you can relate to “Get off my lawn!” then welcome to Boomerville.

Bot – Automated software designed to either interrupt discussion or to gather data. Will instantly DV all your most carefully and cleverly crafted comments. See DV.

CBDC – Central Bank Digital Currency – a key tool for your enslavement.

C’est le vie — French for that’s life, a useful phrase for when your spouse asks why he or she married you. Use often when ordering French food, the waiter will appreciate it. Pronounce like “sailor v”, for example, “Waiter, give me a side-order of frog’s legs with ketchup, sailor v”. Stay classy.

Cognitive dissonance – The mental conflict between what you want to believe and what it is. That strange sensation you feel when you see the earth is flat but believe its round.

Congress critters – term used for years on TBP, long before it began popping up in other venues.  No royalties or fees owed; just sayin’.

Cui bono – Latin for “Who stands to gain”. Useful to ask in any situation, except during sex.

Deplorable – That would be you. Know your place, peasant. See also Useless Eaters.

Disinformation – False information spread deliberately to deceive. This is a subset of misinformation.

Donate – What you should be doing to keep TBP going.

Doublethink – The acceptance of or mental capacity to accept contrary opinions or beliefs at the same time, especially as a result of political indoctrination.

DV – Down vote. What will happen to your comments if you act like a n00b.

i.e.  – Latin, id est. Like “indubitably” this phrase should always be written, never spoken aloud.  If spoken, it is pronounced as follows:  Eye period E period comma.  Not Eye EE period comma.

FF – Friday Fail or False Flag.

FFS – For Fecks Sake but feck spelt with a “u” instead of an “e”.

FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out. Which is why every Friday you spend 4 hours of your miserable life reading all 16+ pages of comments on FF instead of doing your job. And then going home to complain to your wife about how hard your day was. Or is that just me?

FSA – Free Shit Army or, in other words, why your taxes are so high.

FWIW – For What It’s Worth. Which, on the internet, is usually not worth the paper it’s written on.

Gaslighting – A form of psychological manipulation designed to plant doubt about a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. See also, white guilt, slave reparations, toxic masculinity, white privilege, climate change, etc.

Gatekeeper – A powerful media position that controls media output to shape the agenda/world view of the masses in favor of TPTB (or Musk or Gates or Schwab or WEF ….)

Government troll – An actual person – as opposed to a bot – whose job is to misdirect and otherwise obfuscate discussion and debate on various social media platforms; usually contracted by lobbyists.

ID – Intelligent design. A scientist’s admission that he doesn’t know why the universe works but it does. Also, how pragmatists refer to Creation.

IIWII – It Is What It is. Because it is, isn’t it? Why, yes, yes it is.

IKLM – See UMEX.

LARP – Live Action Role Playing; people pretending to know what they are doing in an online environment.  Sounds a bit like your life, doesn’t it?

LGBTQ – You don’t wanna know. You don’t need to know. You don’t care to know.

Limited hangout – A limited hangout, also known as a partial hangout, is a public relations or propaganda technique used in media relations, perception management, politics, and information management. It involves the release of previously hidden information in order to prevent a greater exposure of more important details.

LoudBoi – SOMEONE WHO TYPES IN ALL CAPS – SEE JOSEY WALES.

Lurker – You, if you’ve never made a comment on TBP.

MO – Modus operandi which is Latin for Method of Operation. A term almost exclusively used by cops and their groupies but known to slip into dialogue on TBP, between the lines. Also used when you want to, like, sound intelligent, because, like, that’s my modus operandi, be like.

Mandela Effect – Occurs when one’s memory of an event or item in history conflicts with the actual documented history or event. See also Memory Hole.

Meme – Something that is created by the internet. With lots of humor and jokes, viral videos or pictures. Not pronounced “Me Me”; it’s not always about you, bruh!

Memory Hole – Fuggedaboutit!

Misdirection – A device used to focus attention to one thing to distract from another. By the way, speaking about Gaza, did you see that scary article on killer rabbits in Quebec? Wow!

Misinformation – Broadest category of mass communication lies. There is disinformation, half-truths, lies by commission and lies by omission, for some examples.  For real-life examples, tune into CNN or any White House briefing.

MSM – Mainstream media, formerly known as the “fourth estate” which was supposed to be one of the pillars of government used to control the population.

NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming. Through use of sub-textual or subliminal cues, NLP is a version of mind control which introduces ideas and concepts to a subject (person or animal) subliminally.

Normalcy Bias – tendency for people to believe that things will always function the way they normally have functioned and therefore to underestimate both the likelihood of a disaster and its possible effects.

NPC – Non Playing Character, a person with little originality and brain power who acts and repeats words said. Repeats words said.

NPD – Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a condition common to politicians and celebrities which occurs naturally in psychotics and sociopaths … but I repeat myself.

Occam’s razor – The idea that the simplest explanations which account for all the data are usually correct. Either that or it really is Occam’s razor and you should leave it alone.

OMG – You don’t know what this means?? Oh my God, the internet is really not for you, buddy.

Political Correctness – a term used to normalize the censorship of everyday language, ideas, policies, and behavior. Its effect is to nullify any values you may hold and to force acceptance of any and every aberration. See also Gaslighting.

POSIWID – Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. On the global stage, nothing happens by chance.

Predictive Programming – A theory that suggests fictional movies or books are used as a form of psychological conditioning by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes to be implemented by leaders. See the movie Leaving the World Behind. No, don’t see it. OK, see it but don’t look. OK, look but don’t listen. OK, listen but with ear protection.

PTB – See TPTB (or don’t, it’s up to you, it’s a free world, or is it …?)

Q Anon – Rapid fire spreading of information, misinformation and disinformation designed to keep intelligent white people busy.

Q.E.D. – Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum” literally meaning “thus, demonstrated.” Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument to indicate that the proof is complete. When arguing with your wife, it will calm things down if after each of your bullet points you say “Q E D” with some vocal authority, punctuating each letter, and fist pumping at the end. Trust me, she’ll appreciate you more for bringing some maturity to the situation.

Red Herring – Something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion.

Red Pill – The red pill and blue pill represent a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining in the contented experience of your illusions with the blue pill.

SFM/STM – Shit Flinging Monkey/Shit Throwing Monkey. If you frequent TBP, you will see them and, before long, you will be one.

Shill – Also stooge, a person who supports a speaker, political entity or organization without disclosing a close relationship with that entity.

Sine qua non – Latin which translates as “Without which nothing”. It refers to an essential condition, a thing that is absolutely necessary, without which something else cannot be. Example: donations are the sine qua non of TBP. See Donate.

SMH –Shaking My Head. No really, I’m shaking my head that you’re still reading this rubbish.

SpellCheka – Use one. Or esle!

Straw man argument (fallacy) – avoiding debating an opponent’s argument by addressing an unrelated argument. Go pick an argument with your wife to see this in action.

Thirty Blocks of Squalor – Epic series of articles by Jim Quinn which brought this eclectic gathering of STMs together.

TEOTWAWKI – The End Of The World As We Know It.

TL;DR – Too Long; Didn’t Read. You use this abbreviation when the article is longer than your single-frame-cartoon attention span but you want to sound like you were just too busy to read it. Bet you wish you knew this before struggling this far.

TLPTB – See TPTB (it’s the next line in case you can’t find it).

TPTB – The Powers That Be or TLPTB; The Luciferian PTB.

UI – Useful idiot. Not you, of course /s

UMEX – See IKLM

Useless Eaters – All of us who are not related to TPTB. See Deplorable.

UV – Up Vote. You wish, wannabe.

Wannabe – A person who wants to be, or, a Japanese surname, depending on context.

WEF – World’s Elite Fascists. Impress your friends and show off your knowledge and use this phrase often.

White Privilege –A non-racist idea which boils down to it being all your fault or not your fault at all, depending only on the color of your skin.

Woke – You don’t need this word in your vocabulary.

WTF – What the Feck? But Feck spelt with a “u” not an “e”.

WIP – Work-in-Progress

YDKWYTYK – You Don’t Know What You Think You Know. You’re in the matrix.

YMMV – Your Mileage May Vary. Or, when traveling in most of the rest of the world, YKMV.

/s – The sarcasm tag. Use when you want to show you are being sarcastic. See UI.

Note: This lexicon, while intended to help the new TBP follower grasp the enormity of the intricate body of knowledge they’ve stumbled across here, a mere glimpse into the intelligence embodied in some of the finest minds and sharpest wit available on the interwebz.  This Lexicon is not all-inclusive of the terms one might encounter on TBP, ain’t nobody got time for dat.

PS. The original article made special mention of 10 or so TBP members but I left that out in this revision because there are so many great commentators and contributors that to name some would demand to name them all. So all we can say is thanks to everyone that makes TBP a go-to website every day, at least for me, YMMV.

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