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Phile speak is one term used to describe the slang terms and abbreviations commonly used among "Philes," fans of the TV series The X-Files. The list presented below should not be considered exhaustive.
Terms common to online fandom, irrespective of show
- Shipper—Romance/Relationship fan (short for relationshipper)
- Ep, Eps, Eppys—Episodes
- Fan fic, fanfic—Fan fiction; stories written by fans about the characters or settings of a show
- Slash—same-sex pairings in a work of fan fiction (not to be confused with the slash character ("/") used in a phrase such as "Mulder/Scully"
- Recs—Recommended fan fiction
- Fanon—A fact that wasn't in the show but has become fact in most fan fiction; short for "fan canon"
X-Files characters
- Moose and Squirrel—Mulder and Scully
- X —Mr. X
- DT—Deep Throat
- WMM—Well-Manicured Man
- CSM—Cigarette-Smoking Man
- Ratboy—Krycek
- LGM or TLG—Lone Gunmen or The Lone Gunmen
- Faux Mulder—Fake Mulder (for example, Morris in "Dreamland" or Eddie in "Small Potatoes")
- Oilean—Black Oil Alien
- ABH—Alien Bounty Hunter
- MMBH—Mighty Morphin Bounty Hunter
Titles
- TXF—The X-Files
- NIHT (I and II)—"Nothing Important Happened Today" (Parts 1 and 2)
- WOTC—"War of the Coprophages"
- HTGSC—"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"
- MOACSM, Musings, Musings of a CSM—"Musing of a Cigarette-Smoking Man"
- TINH—"This Is Not Happening"
- CBFR—"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
- TFWID—"The Field Where I Died"
- PMP—"Post-Modern Prometheus"
- FTF—The X-Files: Fight the Future (feature film)
"Shipper" terms
- NOROMO—No Romance (Of any kind) fan
- DRipper—Dogget Reyes romance relationship fan
- MSR—Mulder-Scully Romance
- DRR—Doggett-Reyes Romance
- DSR—Doggett-Scully Romance
- MFR—Mulder-Fowley Romance
- SKipper—Scully-Krycek relationship fan
Other terms and abbreviations
- Phile—X-Files fan
- Myth arc, Mytharc—Key episodes the follow the mythology of The X-Files plot arc (occasionally seen as one word)
- MOTW—Monster of the Week episodes
- Angst—Fan fic that has the main character (Mulder or Scully, typically) suffering and/or dying
- MT—Mulder Torture
- TOTM—Theater of the Mind
- PWP—Plot Without Plot—No, It's Plot, What Plot? (usually a smut piece)
- UST—Unresolved Sexual Tension
- RST—Resolved Sexual Tension
- WIP—Fan Fiction work in progress
External Links
Glossary of X-Files Internet Terms]
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