FREQUENTLY USED TERMS FOR OLTL DISCUSSIONS
Submitted by Linda Martindale (martinda@elon.edu)
Originated: 6/97
Last posted: 6/12/99
Updated: 1/21/03
The following terms will help guide you through the posts labeled OLTL. While not a comprehensive list, it should serve as a good beginning and background for a fan of One Life to Life. Some terms will not have significance for newcomers but will pop up when old-timers reminiscent about earlier episodes of the program.
If you know of any that need to be added, please email me at martinda@elon.edu.
Thanks to Sandy Hudson at SLH061948@aol.com for writing the defintion for "Dorian" as coined by Mel Hayes and also to Tina M. Wood for the definition of "maxhole."
| ABC | American Broadcasting Company (network) |
| AE | Andrea Evans (the 1980s Tina Lord Roberts) |
| afaic | As Far as I'm Concerned |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) (suffered by David Renaldi) |
| AMC | All My Children (sister show, also created by Agnes Nixon) |
| AN | Agnes Nixon (creator of One Life to Live and All My Children for ABC) |
| A&R | Asa and Renee Buchanan |
| AS | Angela Shapiro (former executive with ABC Daytime) |
| BF | Brian Frons, head of ABC Daytime |
| BH | "better half" |
| BTW | by the way |
| Buch | Buchanan (one of the main families on the show) |
| B&V | Ben and Viki Davidson (also written as B/V) |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CL | Claire Labine (former headwriter of GH and OLTL) |
| "coot" | Renee Buchanan's (and others) nickname for Asa Buchanan |
| cuz | because |
| C/V | Clint and Viki Buchanan |
| D.I.D. | dissociative identity disordered (suffered by Viki Carpenter and faked (?) by Todd Manning) |
| "Dorian" | (verb, as opposed to the proper noun that refers to the one and only, anything but proper, Dorian Lord) to manipulate or to distract in order to avoid undesirable conversation topic; to be Dorianed is not necessarily a bad thing. |
| DV | David Vickers (recurring character) |
| EP | Executive Producer |
| ES | Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord Davidson) |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| ff or FF | fast forward |
| "Fitzy" | Nickname for OLTL RATSAs' favorite judge, Judge Fitzwater |
| flame | something that begins a disagreement or a comment that goes against the majority of the group's or an individual's opinion. Cited to start a disagreement used as an insult. Usually seen as derogatory when aimed at a particular poster, character, or actor on the show. |
| FMB | Felicia Minei Behr (daytime executive, ABC programming) |
| FOB | Favorite One Life to Live Business |
| FOC | Favorite One Life to Live Character |
| FOJ | Friend of Jill Farren Phelps (former executive producer of OLTL) |
| FWIW | for what it's worth |
| FYI | for your information |
| Gabbie | Gabrielle Medina Holden Buchanan |
| GH | General Hospital (ABC daytime drama) |
| GT | Gary Tomlin (former executive producer of One Life to Live) |
| HBS | Hillary B. Smith (Nora Hanen Gannon Buchanan) |
| IIRC | if I recall correctly |
| IM(NSH)O | in my (not so humble) opinion |
| IOAS | it's only a soap |
| IRL | in real life |
| ITA | I totally agree |
| JdP | James dePaiva (Max Holden Buchanan) |
| JFP | Jill Farren Phelps (former executive producer of OLTL, now with GH) |
| JG | Josh Griffith (former and present head writers for OLTL) |
| JMO | just my opinion |
| KdP | Kassie dePaiva (Blair Cramer Manning) |
| KW | Karen Witter (early 90s Tina Lord Roberts) |
| LD | Linda Dano (Gretel Rae Cummings) |
| LG | Linda Gottlieb (former executive producer of OLTL, early 90s) |
| LL | Leah Laiman (former head writer for OLTL) |
| Llanfill | Dorian's name for Llanview (Todd also uses the term) |
| LPD | Llanview Police Department |
| LOD | line of the day |
| LOL | laughing out loud or laughing on line |
| maxhole | (noun) A person who selfishly hurts someone and then claims they were doing it for the other person's own good. |
| McT | Megan McTavish (former head writer of OLTL) |
| MH | Max Holden Buchanan |
| ML | Maxine Levinson (former executive producer of OLTL, former vice president of ABC daytime) |
| MLG | my little girl (phrase used by Blair Manning in regard to Starr) |
| MM | Michael Malone (present creative consultant and former head writer for OLTL -- wrote homophobia, Marty's rape, Angel Square gang) |
| MZ | Michael Zaslow (played David Renaldi, suffered from ALS in real life and on the show) |
| Nat | Natalie Buchanan (the "real" Jessica) |
| OLTL | One Life to Live |
| OTOH | on the other hand |
| PC or PC | Depending on usage: Phil Carey (Asa Buchanan) or Port Charles (sister show to GH) |
| PDAS | public displays of affection |
| POV | point of view |
| Rapp | Rappaports, family on the show |
| RappaDavidsons | Asa's name for the Rappaport/Davidsons, family on the show |
| RATSA | rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (newsgroup) |
|
ROTFL
(MAO)
(OL)
|
Rolling
on the floor laughing
(my a** off)
(out loud)
|
| RH | Roger Howarth (Todd Manning) |
| RS | Robin Strasser (Dorian Cramer Hayes) |
| RSW | Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan) |
| SBH | Susan B. Horgan (former executive producer of OLTL) |
| SO | significant other |
| SOD | Soap Opera Digest |
| SOW | Soap Opera Weekly |
| SPW | Soap Opera Weekly (preferred) |
| SPEC | speculation about future plot |
| SPOILER | post about that day's show or future plot |
| SORAS | soap opera rapid aging syndrome |
| SORYS | soap opera rapid youthifying syndrome |
| SR | Sam Rappaport |
| T&B | Todd and Blair |
| T&T (TnT) | Todd and Tea |
| TT | Ty Treadway (Colin and Troy McIver) |
| TAN | tangent or "we're going off of the subject of OLTL" |
| TG | Timothy Gibbs (former Kevin Buchanan) |
| TIIC | the Idiots in charge |
| TPTB | the powers that be |
| TROLL
|
a person who intentionally posts a statement for the sole purpose of upsetting the majority of a group or as an insult to the group as a whole. Best way to handle a troll--IGNORE IT. Eventually they will go away |
| TTFN | Ta ta for now |
| Tuc | Tuc Watkins (David Vickers) |
| V&B | Viki and Ben Davidson |
| :) | Smile |
| :( | Frown |
| ;) | Wink |
| <g> | grin |
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