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TOPIC | PCE Lexicon

Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

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account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:47:48
As with many pet-sites with forums, the PCE playerbase has shorthands for common words used to save space on titles, save time when chatting or setting up a transaction, or just because they can be cute and fun. These give the game a unique player-driven identity but it can also be confusing for newcomers.

So here's a non-exhaustive list of the most common abbreviations, acronyms and player-made words you can see around here.


Index:
  1. Sales and Trades
  2. Auctions
  3. Currency
  4. Cats & Genetics
  5. Art
  6. Lore
  7. Adventuring
  8. Misc.
  9. Bugs and Other Events

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If you need anything explained in more details, you can check if there's a guide for it here. Else, ask in the help forums!
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Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:47:59
Sales and Trades

Acronyms inside brackets (ex: [S]) are often used in thread titles. Acronyms without brackets are more often seen inside the threads themselves.

[A]/auc: Auction
[B]: Buying
CRB or RB: Cat Recruitment Board, also called the board for short.
Floor: Lowest price on the market.
[H]: Have
[LF]: Looking For
[O]: Offering
OM or MP: Open Marketplace
PT: Private Trade
PWYW: Pay What You Want
QS: Quick Sales
[S]: Selling
[T]: Trading
UFS: Up For Sale
UFT: Up For Trade
[W]: Want
WIP: Work in Progress
WL: Wishlist. A list of items and/or cats a user wishes to acquire, though "dream cat" is used for the latter more often than not.
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Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:11
Auctions

AB: Auto Buy. Paying this price will allow you to purchase the item/cat immediately.
CB: Current Bid
LDP: Last Day Ping. Requested by potential buyers, asking to be pinged 24 hours before the end of the auction.
MI: Minimum Increase
Partial: Part of the bid is made up of items/cats/art/etc. valued in notes. ex: a bid with 20kn with a cat valued at 10kn will amount to a 30kn bid.
SB: Starting Bid
Snipe Guard: Adds a set amount of time after the last bid to avoid someone being unable to react to being outbid.
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Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:20
Currency: with some speculations since we only have notes for now

ef: essence fragments, the premium currency. (a guess on my part, since they have not been implemented yet)
kn: (lit. kilo notes) 1000 notes.
n: notes, the regular currency.
Stonks: Money, riches.
1:100: the ratio between premium currency and regular currency will be in this format. The premium currency is the smallest number. In this example, 1ef would be traded for 100n. This is an example and not the real ratio!
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Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:29
Cats & Genetics
A lot of the terms are introduced in this tutorial so I won't go over all of them again, just mention the most used ones and add some player-made vocabulary.

Adol: Shorthand for adolescent.
Albeano: Albino bean.
Albino: A cat with intensity 10 white spotting. The color of the eyes depends on the white spotting group.
Ascension: Not-cats don't grow old, they only grow more powerful. They ascend to their final form after making a pact with a Guardian, giving them a significant boost in stats and extra features like wings, antlers, extra eyes, and halos.
Aspect: One of Not-Earth's 10 elements not-cats can have an affinity for. Cats have a chance of unlocking theirs by visiting the daily crystal. Not yet implemented.
Baking: During the beancloud stage, beans are said to be baking, or in the oven (analogy with coffee beans)
Beancloud: The state between conception and birth, where the expected beans are a silhouette in a swirling fog.
Bino: Short for albino.
Bluebino: Blue-eyed albino, from the left white spotting group.
BST: Base Stat Total. It does not include bonuses.
Carrier: A cat that has one allele of a recessive trait, meaning they don't express it but their children can if the other parent carries the same recessive as well.
Dilute: A recessive gene that is expressed as pale colors. Current groups: Grey, Cream.
DoB: Date of Birth.
Full: A dominant gene that is expressed as bold colors. Current groups: Black, Orange.
G2+: Cats with parents.
GHC: Gardenhome City, also called the City. Cats from Business Cards are from there. The inverse white group can only appear on cats from Gardenhome (except breeding of course).
Goldbino: Gold-eyed albino, from the inverse white spotting group. The rarest type of albino since inverse can only be obtained from Business Cards or breeding.
Greenbino: Green-eyed albino, from the right white spotting group.
Hallobean: Cats born on halloween.
Hidden Albino: A cat that appears without any white spotting but can produce albino beans (the "albino" being hidden behind the "no white spotting" genes). NN10 is the relevant genetic code.
High-white: A cat with visible white spotting of intensity 7 and above (except 10, which is albino and its own thing.)
LH: Longhair.
Low Digits: Cat with 1 to 5 digits in their ID.
Mercats: An upcoming species of cats with fish-tails instead of back legs. They'll be obtainable with premium currency.
MFE: Migrated From Earth. Cats given by Nestor, and the starter squad.
Nestor Cat/Kitten: A cat, kitten or bean given by Nestor.
New White: White types added in January 2023: the Left, Right, Piebald and Inverse white groups.
NF: No Family. These cats have an empty "family" box. They are what other sites often call G1s.
Null: A wind with snow fur. Also a gene, recessive. Null cats being unable to have biological kittens makes this wind the rarest of the four.
Nullbino: An albino Null cat.
Points: The patterns Color Point, Cloud Point, Lynx Point and Mink are collectively called this.
Purbino: Purple-eyed albino, from the piebald white spotting group.
Redbino: Red-eyed albino, from the classic white spotting group. The most common albino type currently.
SH: Shorthair.
Void: A solid black cat with no white spotting.
Watercolor: A coat pattern unique to Trade wind cats, when they have two identical color genes (currently OO or BB)
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Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:51
Art

Adopts: Short for adoptables.
  1. Original meaning: Characters usually drawn in batches using the same or similar base. They are original designs by the artist and are unique.
  2. Alternate meaning: Another word for YCH.
CC: Custom Content. Decor and clothing made by users. Can be found in the Artisan's Market.
F2U: Free to Use. Pieces of art that an artist offers for anyone to use free of charge. Usually comes with conditions such as only using them on site, with credits, no edits, etc.
Gijinka: A redesign of a non-human character in a human or humanoid form.
IP: Intellectual Property, referring to anything created by the mind. Art, lore, names, symbols, inventions, etc.
Pixels: A piece of art made in the pixel art style, usually small in size.
Tracing: Copying a drawing or pattern. While this can be a learning tool, tracing without giving credits and claiming the art as original is art theft.
YCH: Your Character Here. One base or lineart used multiple times, edited to fit different characters.
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Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:54
Lore:
A character or location's history, characteristics, age, trivia, etc. Any and all information about them is collectively referred to as lore.

Canon: The lore and information explicit in a piece of media or stated by the creator.
Candlelight: One of the four seasonal events, taking place on the 4th week of winter. Ghosts will be out and about, leaving gifts and coins that can be traded for special decor and clothing.
Fanon: A collective headcanon shared across a fandom.
Guardians: Eldritch beings inhabiting Not-Earth. The only one available currently is Nestor. Not much is known about them.
Headcanon: A personal canon about a character or piece of media (that belongs to s/o else)
Leaf Day: One of the four seasonal events, taking place the 5th week of autumn. It's harvest themed. Food will be plentiful and special collectibles, decor and clothing will be available.
Lorem Ipsum: Throughout the site and especially in bios, you may come across a latin-like text starting with "lorem ipsum". It's a placeholder text, in pig-latin. It has no meaning whatsoever.
Midsummer: One of the four seasonal events, taking place on the fourth week of summer. Badges and prizes can be won in athletic or skill-based challenges.
Snowmelt: One of the four seasonal events, taking place during the first week of spring. Cats are more likely to start relationships and have beans. Special collectibles, decor and clothing will be available.
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Not-cat with a charc mackerel shorthair coatlocket & toes white markings squint eyes. Light Sheathed KnifeSilver CuffsGrey Geometric ShawlSquare GlassesForget-me-not NecklaceSilver Tail RingsRight Forget-me-not HeadpieceRainbow Confetti

Zav

Châtaigne

(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:48:57
Adventuring

CtA: Call to Action, the first scout skill.
HotW: Heart of the Woods, the first adventuring area.
SoN: Shadow of Nestor, the boss of the Heart of the Woods area.
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Zav

Châtaigne

(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:49:09
Misc.

Bean Making Kit: Love Letter Collection + Catmint Tea, all you need to have instant beans!
Beanbox: Beans Sandbox
Bio: Short for biography. Usually, users put a cat's art and lore in said cat's bio, but they can also be used to store F2U assets, badges, wishlists, projects, etc.
to beanbox: To check a cat's recessive genes through the beanbox by pairing them with known carriers and looking at the traits expressed in the kitten previews.
Cat Time: PCE's server time. Can be seen at the upper left corner.
to city: To send a cat to the city. This action is irreversible and effectively erases them from the game. They get cute lore blurbs though. Example.
Dailies: Everything in-game that can be done once a day. Includes visiting Nestor, the post office, luncheon, gathering and scenarios. Will include something related to a crystal later on.
Fodder: A cat that's aquired for the purpose of being trained and then citi'ed to obtain currency.
Good timezone: Due to the international playerbase, this greeting is used to include good morning, afternoon, evening, etc.
ID: A unique number used to identify a user, a cat, an item, etc.
Ninja'ed: When someone answers a forum post right before someone else, the second person's been ninja'ed. See also sniped.
PCE: Pixel Cat's Ends, also called Cat's End and Cat Site.
PM and DM: Private Message and Direct Message respectively. They're the same thing and can be seen and sent from the Message Inbox.
QoL: Quality of Life. Used often in the context of site suggestions and updates
RNG: Random Number Generator.
RP: Role Play. Players incarnate their characters and build an interactive story with them and around them.
Sniped: When someone answers a forum post right before someone else, the second person has been sniped. See also ninja'ed.
Spreadsheets: aka sheets for short, breadsheep for funsies. Google Spreadsheet files, used for a great many things like pinglists, score keeping, data collecting, randomising, raffles, etc.
Starter Squad: Your custom cat and the 5 randomised cats that you started your adventure on PCE with.
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Zav

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(any pronouns)

account age 8/9

Aug 18, 2022 12:49:13
Bugs
Some bugs made it into the common speech of the PCE playerbase, mostly because they're fun to bring up when newcomers are around and some bugs still have an impact after being fixed (the genetic ones mostly, we do love our statistics). All the bugs listed below have been fixed. This is not a complete list of bugs, just ones that get mentioned even after the fact.

NN0 bug : Every generated no-white cat had the hidden 0 white spotting.

Mink bug: G1 Minks couldn't generate.

Winter DoB: G1s couldn't be generated with Winter birthdays.

Jan 23 Rollback: aka Clone Day. Due to a game-breaking bug involving cat cloning the site had to be rolled back a day.

Sitemelt: The much anticipated first Snowmelt white-screened at rollover. Thankfully Squid was awake and could fix it right away.

Other events that made PCE History:

Brain Josh RP: Brain Josh is an NPC mentioned in a spam letter inspired by a real spam mail Squid received. It sparked an RP where players would send wacky letters to "Liver Joe" using similarly themed names. It became a cultural phenomena in the early days of the site.

The Auction: A grey mink owl mantle G1 sold for 540kn at an auction. This was closely followed by many players and greatly affected the economy that day, especially the Business Card prices that went from around 7kn before the auction to 9kn after. (The prices dropped back down after a few days)

Hotdog Water Project: The project (link) aims at getting the silly name "Hotdog Water" into the yearly Top 25 Names list. (Link to the 2023 one, before the project started). It was confirmed in June that the name made top 5. The project now aims at #1 on the list.
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