General Shoe Vocabulary
Words/acronyms you'll see all over Sole Collector
· SC - Sole Collector
· DS - Deadstock, meaning a shoe that has never been worn or even tried on.
· NDS - Near Deadstock, meaning shoes that are close to looking new.
· VNDS - Very Near Deadstock, meaning shoes that are almost exactly new (lightly worn; beware that this is overused).
· SB - Skateboarding, usually refers to Skateboarding Dunks, Nike Dunks that are made for skateboarding.
· SE - Special Edition
· ID - Individually Designed
· CG - Cool Grey. References a colorway of a shoe in a grey base
· Elephant Print - Refers to the print on the Air Jordan 3.
· PE - Player Exclusive, a special markup/colorway of a shoe made specifically for gameplay for an athlete.
· ACG - All Conditions Gear
· AF1/Uptowns - Nike Air Force 1
· AM - Nike Air Max
· Co.JP - Concept Japan, a type of Nike shoe exclusive to Japan.
· DMP - Defining Moments Package (Jordan)
· OLNL/BMP - Old Love New Love package / Beginning Moments package
· Toro (Bravo)- Typically the red suede colorway of the Air Jordan V. Also refers to the all red Jordan IV from 2013.
· SVSM - Saint Vincent Saint Mary (High School Lebron James attended)
· Retro - A shoe that has been re-released with new years after its initial release.
· J's - Air Jordans
· OG - Originals. Used to differentiate between retros.
· Beaters - Shoes that someone wears without care. Everyday shoes.
· PL - Patent leather
· GR - General Release. A shoe released to major chains.
· GS - Grade School. Refers to kid sizes of shoes.
· LS - Lifestyle, refers to shoes generally sold along with matching clothing
· Grails/Holy Grails - Your personal most sought after shoe(s). Usually hard to obtain.
· Quickstrike - A limited release, with no announcement of the exact release date (usually). Typically only released to urban accounts.
· Hyperstrike - Just like a Quickstrike, but very, very limited.
· JB - Jordan Brand, makers of the Air Jordan shoe line. Part of Nike, Inc.
· HOA - History of Air, a pack of Nike Air Maxs.
· HOH - House of Hoops
· BRS - Blue Ribbon Sports
· HTM - A set of shoes designed by Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker. HTM is the first letter of each designer's name.
· FL - Finishline
· FA - Footaction
· FTL - Foot Locker
· JJ - Jimmy Jazz
· NT - Niketown or Niketalk
· NDC - Nike.com
· Richard's - Dick's Sporting Goods
· Urban accounts - Stores that have a special type of account that allows them to receive limited and special releases.
· Fakes - Variant shoes, usually referring to knockoff sneakers that look almost exactly like the originals.
· B-Grades - Shoes that have a factory error on them such as excess glue, stitching, etc. May/may not come with a box & has "B" stamped on the inside tag or on box itself.
· Lace locks - Little latches that 'lock' the laces in place. Seen on Jordan Vs and VIs first.
· Heat - Any hot/dope/awesome/nice shoes
General Internet Vocab
Words/acronyms you'll see all over the internet or this board in general
· PM - Private Message, refers to the private message system we have on this board. "PM me" means, "Send me a private message."
· Gravedigging - Posting in a very old topic, bringing it to the top of the forum.
· G.O.A.T. - Greatest Of All Time
· Postwhoring - Posting in a huge number of topics in a short period of time. Typically the posts are useless or add nothing to the topic.
· WTF - What The F*ck?
· SMH - Shaking My Head
· Hypebeast - A person who generally likes a shoe for the intended purpose of overexaggerating the popularity.
· Sneakerhead - A person knowledgeable in sneaker history, culture and community.
· IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
· FTW - For The Win
· FTL - For The Loss or "Follow The Leader," a thread game which you may see on this board.
· Bump - Posting in a topic for the sole purpose of brining it to the top of the first page of the forum so it is seen by more people.
· LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
· LOL - Laughing Out Loud
· ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
· NSFW - Not Safe For Work
· WDYWT - What Did You Wear Today
· WJDYWT - What Jordan Did You Wear Today
· Snapback - Hats that have a plastic snap locking system at the rear of the hat
· Fitted - Hats that are fitted to the size of your head. Usually designated by a numbering system.
· YOLO - You Only Live Once
Marketplace Related
Usually you'll see these in the Marketplace
· BIN - Buy It Now
· FSR - Full Size Run
· H/O - High Offer
· S/O - Starting Offer
· Bump - Bring Up My Post. Used to send a topic to the top of a forum, by making a new post in the topic.
· Lowball - To offer well below the actual asking price/worth of the item.
· NIB - New In Box
· NWT - New With Tags
· NWOT - New Without Tags
· OBO - Or Best Offer
· Shipped - The total price for an item, including shipping.
· HMU - Hit Me Up
· LMK - Let Me Know
· LYK - Let You Know
· Ballpark - General price range for an item.
· Flake - When someone reneges on the agreed terms of a transaction
· Firm - A price that is set by the seller and is not subject to negotiation.
· FS - For sale
· FT - For trade
· FS/T - For sale or trade
· Ref - A member who you have dealt with in a Marketplace transaction. Please be sure to cross-check references a member supplies you.
