My earlier post, “It’s all Greek to me,” roused some points from readers who had their own jargon to add. So I’m building this glossary as a separate page on my site. I hope you’ll find it helpful – and I hope you’ll poke me with any jargon or acronyms you think should be included.
Terms in italics are from the book Sex 3.0, by J J Roberts. For my review of the book, follow this link.
Special mention for inspiration goes to Ambrose Bierce, who published his own “Devil’s Dictionary” near a century ago.
On edit, March 2015: I’m linking a new resource, “A Lexicon of Social Justice” on Breitbart.com. I wish I could mirror it here, but there might be copyright issues….
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Alpha – The leader of the pack. A man who is confident, brash, and sure of himself in a way that is supposedly irresistible to the Female Of The Species.
AMOG – Alpha Male Of Group. The identity every Pick-Up Artist strives to maintain. Also used as “AMOG the competition,” which is, I believe, to say “put the other guys down so you walk away with the prize.” (Since I am not a Pick-Up Artist, I admit I may not have this one pegged.)
Average Frustrated Chump (AFC) – The “Good Man” of “The Good Men Project,” out for the evening at the swingin’ hot spots. The guy who smiles and buys the women drinks, only to watch them leave with a PUA.
Beta – The poor schlub who pays to raise the Alpha’s spawn. Also used by PUAs to denote a man who shows common courtesy to the women he encounters …
Blue Pill – From The Matrix and its sequels. The path of conformity with Society’s expectations; the state of being unaware of the problems engendered by the Femarchy for non-compliant males. Compare with “Red Pill,” below.
Bridezilla – A woman, usually a carousel-rider who’s caught baby-rabies, to whom the Grand Perfect Wedding is far more important than the marriage that is to follow. Check CostOfWedding.com for more of the gory details.
Carousel – Better known as the “cock carousel.” The carnival-ride of sexual experimentation, as experienced by the young woman in the hypergamous phase of their lives; the meet-market as enjoyed and exploited by women who are “Looking for Mr. Goodbar.”
DHV – Display of Higher Value, the accomplishment of making some bar-skank believe that you have a high SMV (see below). The rules, conditions, complications and concatenations involved in the DHV Theory of Game are great enough to make cricket seem quite comprehensible to an American baseball fan (by comparison), and vice-versa.
Domestic violence – Anything that a man might do that irks his Much-More-Significant Other. Even “keeping quiet to keep the peace” is defined as “domestic violence,” by some feminist systems of jurisprudence.
Duluth Model – a system of handling domestic violence, based on an ideology that states unequivocally that partner violence is exclusively male on female, and that considers patriarchal oppression of all women by all men as the only source of that violence.
Family Court – The Spanish Inquisition, for men; the Big Casino, for wives.
Fembot– An abbreviation for feminist robots; it captures the way feminists are herd-thinkers, not critical observers with the capacity for working an issue through by themselves. Fembots are ideologues, people whose knees “jerk” when subjected to the appropriate stimulus, which is commonly a challenge to their belief system. The robotic qualities of feminism are due to many things, not the least of which is that gender-feminism is a self-referential cult, not a philosophy of truth. The responses of this movement are pre-programmed. Finally, latter-day feminism is a descendent of totalitarian, or Utopian thought systems; like Stalinism, gender-feminism cannot tolerate independent thinking. (Thanks to TheRedPillWorks for this definition.)
Fembotulism – A disease that will probably be as fatal to society as botulism is to an individual.
Feminism – “A doctrine built on the pre-supposition of victimhood of women by men as a foundation of female identity. In its goals is always the utilization of the state to forcibly redress this claimed victimization. In other words, the proxy use of violence and wealth appropriation. In whatever flavor, and variation, these two basic features are common to every doctrine using the label feminism. Feminism is therefore, a doctrine of class hatred, and violence.” (John The Other, “Why not date a feminist?” A Voice For Men, 4 June 2012.)
Feminist – “A person who believes in the oppression lie and uses it to justify their anti-male behavior.” (MrStodern, replying to Leaving The Sisterhood: A recovering feminist speaks, A Voice For Men, 13 August 2012.
Fenced Relationship – A sexual relationship based on the concept of sexual ownership; one in which the partners regard each other as “sexual property.” Marriage is the traditional, and legal, fenced relationship. (Sex 3.0)
Game – The fluid, hard-to-define, ever-changing, but ever-marketable skills that the Pick-Up Industry insists you need to cut a bar-hopping skank out of the pack and take her back to your place, or her place, for a night of passion on the Midnight Trampoline.
Hypergamy – The natural impulse of women who want more, and more and more, and more and more and more and more, than they’re actually worth in the Sexual Marketplace.
JK – Just Kidding. This is true for damn-near every definition in this glossary.
LGBT – (1) Vegetarian version of the venerable BLT sandwich, substituting Garbanzo Beans for the bacon. (2) Let’s Get Bi Tonight. (See “JK” above.)
Madonna/Whore Syndrome – the delusion that women are either “Utterly Pure Madonnas” or “Utterly Soiled Whores” – or, even worse, that “my woman is an Utterly Pure Madonna” even though she swam out to meet troop-ships before you met her.
Mangina – an unfortunate (in all ways) combination of “man” and “vagina”. Generally used to describe a male person who has left his balls in some woman’s purse.
Mating Dance – My own preferred term for the meet-market, the singles scene, the intricate steps and tests and behavioral traps that male and female must pass on the way to finding a suitable other-sex parent for their hypothetical – or should that be “hypocritical” – family.
Matrimony – That stage of male slavery, utility and sacrifice that follows a Bridezilla wedding. The traditional fenced relationship sanctioned by Church and State.
MGTOW – Men Going Their Own Way; the growing contingent of the male population who are saying “Fuck It All” to the Mating Dance.
MWIG – Man Without Inner Game, proposed by Spacetraveller of The Sanctuary as a simplification of PLWCGLWTALW (below).
NAWALT – Not All Women Are Like That. Frequently heard on Manosphere websites, usually used by intruding women or trolls who want to derail an assertion. If only one out of a million women “aren’t like that,” it’s still technically true (but Diogenes wouldn’t waste the lamp oil to go looking for her!)
Omega – The poor hapless schlubs at the bottom of the sexual totem-pole, who probably couldn’t even get laid at a whorehouse with a fistful of hundred-dollar bills. (This has happened to me personally; maybe I should cover it in the future.)
Paternity Concern (PAC) – The man’s concern to be sure that the children of his wife, who he is raising in his house and to be his heirs, really are his children. This concern resulted from “the invention of property,” and its own result was “Sex 2.0” – the societal system regarding a mate as sexual property, with the attendant scourges of jealousy, possessiveness, and enforced exclusivity. (Sex 3.0)
Pacman – A man who is obsessed with Paternity Concern, who regards women as sexual property, and who suffers with the “Madonna/Whore” syndrome. (Sex 3.0)
PLWCGLWTALW – Pathetic Losers Who Can’t Get Laid Without Tricking and Lying to Women. (Thanks to Mack for this one – though he still hasn’t told me whether you spell this acronym out, or sneeze it.)
POF – Plenty Of Fish.com, an online match service that has a particularly overripe reputation with the cognoscenti of the Men’s Movement. Some call it “Smells Like A Fish.com” or “Plenty Of Fat.com”.
Predominant Aggressor Doctrine – This is an arrest procedure reduced to the simplistic view that men are bigger and stronger, and therefore guilty. This cultivates a law enforcement climate of policing by script, removing the judgement and discretion of police when dealing with DV situations more complex than the simplistic Only Men are Perpetrators Doctrine.
PUA – Pick-Up Artist, typically a guy who follows some guru’s trademarked system (like the Mystery Method) to attract the attention of women and “sell” them on going to bed with him. The most successful of these artists become gurus in the Pick-Up Industry, where they often pick up way more paying students than they ever picked up chicks.
Rabies (Baby ~) – An affliction that often strikes carousel-riding women when they first experience a slump in their SMV. The main symptom is that the ticking biological clock starts echoing in a mind formerly vacant of any such serious thoughts.
Rationalization Hamster – A mythical creature which is said to live in a woman’s brain, and which feverishly spins the hamster wheel powering her ability to rationalize and justify her thoughts and actions regardless of how wrong-headed they may seem to an outside observer. No amount of logic or reason can stop the hamster from spinning.
Red Pill – The recognition and awareness of the way that feminism, feminists and their white-knight enablers are screwing up Society. Often hard to swallow, because it usually follows an event such as divorce that leaves you feeling screwed, blued and tattooed. A reference from The Matrix. Cf. Blue Pill, above.
Relationship Duress (RD) – A collective term for the myriad of ways in which society creates an uncomfortable environment for those who do not seem to be following the standard script of: (1) Find partner; (2) Date in a ‘committed’ monogamous relationship; (3) Get married; (4) Have kids; (5) Stay married. (Sex 3.0)
Sex 1.0 – Sexual relationships on the terms of human and animal nature, prior to the concept of “property.” (Sex 3.0)
Sex 2.0 – Sexual relationships based on terms of sexual ownership; on terms of exclusivity, jealousy, possessiveness, and relationship duress. (Sex 3.0)
Sex 3.0 – Sexual relationships based on continuing mutual reward, and on the four pillars of communication, honesty, trust, and respect. (Sex 3.0)
S. L. U. T. – Sexually Liberated Urban Tart. Spends days screaming about “entitlement” and how “she has a right to dress as she damn well wants” – and nights swinging from alpha cock to alpha cock.
SMV – Sexual Market Value. A shorthand statement for “what you bring to the table,” whether for an one-night stand or for a longer sexual/emotional relationship. In the extreme, a measure of worth that we might assign to a woman who seemed to promise to fulfill our sexual needs enough to be worth considering for “marriage” (cf: Sexual Slavery.)
Snowflake – A woman who tries to persuade a man that she’s somehow unique, different, or special by playing up her good girl resume and downplaying her bad girl resume. When used as a verb, snowflaking refers to the argument she puts forth to justify her claim.
Unfenced Relationship – A sexual relationship not based on the concept of sexual ownership; one that is held together by continuing mutual reward, rather than the chains of custom. (Sex 3.0)
White Knight – (1) a man who “comes to the rescue” of a woman, or of women, reflexively, emotionally-driven, without thought or even looking at the situation; (2) a man in authority who enables Team Womyn in his legislative actions, judgments, or rulings, reflexively, emotionally-driven, without thought or even looking at what’s right.
Zeta Male – A man who has no intention of being entrapped by marriage, shacking-up, or baby-daddy fatherhood. Taken from “Zeta Perseii,” a bright star in the “foot” of the constellation Perseus, who is classically portrayed as crushing the body of Medusa under his heel.
This blog post makes me see you as an angry person with nothing better to do than create imaginary boxes around gender and human relationships to help you with your anger towards these things, perhaps also by connecting with other angry people. Some of the terms here are funny, some are pointless, and some are really hateful and/or unrepresentative of reality or human history. I suggest you read some modern books on human history (retrospect is often helpful) and maybe some of the broad variety of books on feminism out there, since even feminists can greatly disagree on how to approach/see the world.
I’m sure you are a nice guy and the last thing I want to do is start some stupid online fight. I am quite content as a being and gain nothing by insulting you. I have many things I would rather be doing than commenting on your blog right now. I will comment, however, for the sake of perhaps sharing some insights that might help you out on this life journey.
I read a book recently that was published around 1910 (can’t remember the exact year) called something like The Mother in Primitive Society. This book was written by an English guy who looked at a wide swath of native, tribal, indigenous, and other non-European cultures around the world to understand what made people ‘primitive’ and ‘inferior’ to Europeans. He noted that around the world there were tribes where women were the hunters, the fishers, or in charge of the political sphere. He noted that often enough, women and men worked in harmony to fulfill the needs of their family and community. His conclusion was that Europe was superior to the rest of the world because of patriarchy – that men could go out and become wealthy, allowing their womenfolk to stay at home and be pretty. Of note is that even poor/working class Europeans would have been considered inferior to the wealthy Europeans, particularly since the women would have to work either out of the house or at home cooking and cleaning (wealthy folk could hire maids). I am not sure what your stance is on race relations in the world, but I would like to mention here that genetic science has shown that human beings are more than 99.9% genetically identical. ‘Superior’ and ‘inferior’ do not exist. We all have similar capacities and potentials. Our ability to harness these depends on environment, opportunity/access, and the less than .01% of genetic variability between us, which accounts for all human difference, including appearance and disease susceptibility.
Feminism arose as a response to the above mentioned line of thinking, which took value away from women and their contributions to their own homes and society at large. To lump all ‘feminists’ in a pot together is a total misunderstanding of the term ‘feminism’ and to demean a guy proud to be with a woman who considers herself a ‘feminist’ is far more damaging to the fabric of society than feminism itself. In fact, women in the workforce, even if in small numbers, fundamentally shapes the world today the way you see it. Just because men are primarily recognized for their input does not mean that women’s contributions don’t have an impact. Your definition of ‘domestic violence’ is also horrendous, given the awful things that happen to many women in DV situations. I agree that men should not be blamed for everything in a blanket kind of way, but there are more functional ways to address that rather than to downplay existing violence against women.
Further, you speak of women and our capacity for logical reasoning as similar to us having a hamster spinning around in our heads. This is a gross generalization of women. Perhaps instead of being judgmental toward a woman next time she has a hard time understanding what you say, perhaps you should try to understand where she is coming from (aka, exercise patience and empathy) and figure out how to work/communicate with her to attain a more harmonious situation for all/both parties involved. What you see as a lack of logic is more than likely a lack of communication – you think you are being perfectly logical, she has no clue what you are talking about, you assume she is illogical + her responses/rational makes no sense to you = more proof in your eyes that she has a hamster in her head. However, if you tried to see a. how you might have acted in a hurtful/frustrating way, b. tried to hear the meaning behind her words instead of just the words themselves, or c. tried to be a leader in the situation by clarifying the misunderstanding, things might work out much better. Is this going to help in every case? No. But it probably will in many cases.
I feel like this time of blog post is written and contributed to by: 1. someone who has a really hard time meeting/keeping women in his life (this is likely due to some insecurities on your part – try meditating/exercising in the morning and cutting out unhealthy foods. this is VASTLY improve everything in your life). Also, focus on your positive attributes and work to enhance those. Recognize that everyone has flaws and that is ok. Don’t listen to your own negativity. Don’t take it personally when you get rejected (this is really hard and is a work in progress for everyone). Try to work on healing/strengtething your inner self before picking up/hitting on/dating anyone. 2. someone who has had really bad (and possibly abusive) experiences with women, whether partners/ppl dated, mother, sister, coworkers, etc. Abuse against men is never talked about in society, and definitely not in any way that can bring healing to people, which is super unfortunate. If something in this vein (even if you were yelled at a lot) is the case, again – try meditation/morning exercise. It really is healing and helps clear the mind and spirit of negativity. Therapy is also incredibly helpful, especially if you find a therapist you can relate to. You might want to try opening up lines of non-jugemental communication with these women if they are still in your life, tho this is hard especially without someone to support you (like a therapist). 3. Someone who is gay but can’t admit it to themselves. I suggest therapy/meditation and some SERIOUS soul searching for this one.
Lastly, you are so negative about marriage, which is unfortunate. Marriage is not for everyone, but when it works, it makes life easier and happier for the people involved. Being generally negative toward marriage, however, is really pointless and again damaging to society. For those that don’t see marriage as a good fit in their lives, don’t get married. But don’t crap on other people’s happiness. What is the point? Why spread sh** around when you can stay hands off and let love thrive?
Thanks for reading my comment. I wish you and your readers all the best.
Nisha, your response to my Manosphere Glossary is … fascinating.
I use that in the sense that Mr. Spock, of Star Trek (TOS), might have used it in remarking on the illogical behavior or comments of his more-human shipmates on the Starship Enterprise.
You want to seem to be couching this in terms that would win our agreement, even our sympathy – but you come straight out with shaming tactics: “This blog post makes me see you as an angry person …” No shit, Sherlock.
I believe that a neutral outside observer would see that everything you’ve written here is an attempt to shame me out of my viewpoint. In fact, it’s such a blatant attempt to do so that I’ve decided to let it stand as-is, to present an example.
My old World-War-2 brothers in the Old Pilots’ Fraternity have a saying that seems to be on all fours here: “If you’re drawing flak, you must be over the target.” Translation: If people are throwing sh** at you, then you must be hitting them where they don’t want to be hit.
Please accept my ironic condolences for your imputed discomfort. I considered fisking your polemic further, but I’ve got more interesting things to do.
Thank you very much for these definitions. Some of them I’ve not yet seen in anything more than passing use…it’s helpful to know their true meanings. I’m also thankful that there is a term for my current/only relationship (sex 3.0). In most of the manosphere, I’ve been told that it’s a “myth”!
Now, I think I’ll check out some other posts.
As a girl newly introduced to the manosphere this glossary will be very helpful in understanding the blogs I have begun to read, so thank you for writing it 🙂
What Nisha doesn’t seem to realise is that her response simply confirms exactly what she was speaking out against in the first place. I don’t know whether to bust out laughing at that or feel sad, hmmm I think I will laugh.
I wonder how much of what she said is also some form of projection too, particularly this ‘I am quite content as a being and gain nothing by insulting you. I have many things I would rather be doing than commenting on your blog right now.’
I will let others conclude what that means in terms of projection.
Her post begins with low level shaming and then increases as it goes on. It follows such a predictable path that I struggled to read all of it. Her assumptions are very cliche but often, that is how many will respond to the truth. The wholesome truth will never be as tasty as a sugar coated lie.
I almost missed the highly cliche ‘gay’ comment lol. Anger can be a motivation but for many men, it’s simple logic. How many men would invest in falling shares? How many men would purchase a new house so they could give it away a few months later?
How many men would get married when it means signing over your entire life, your rights, your children, assets, self respect and freedom. How many men would purchase a new car after discovering that it had actually been ridden by 100 men?
Am I angry? No, disgusted? yes. Logical? yes. The truth is always hard to swallow but once your eyes have been opened, there is no turning back. I have not suffered any terrible fate, no divorce, no cheating and I don’t have any problems with women period, I just see the truth and spread it.
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Damn, pretty cynical men here…”women act as though they have hampsters running around in their brain”… Statistically speaking, there are many many women in high positions–doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, managers–you name it and more women go to college than men these days. So the tired old stereotype of women being illogical (stupid?) simply doesn’t work to kill our self-esteem anymore. Also, labeling women as sluts etc. is as old as the hills too guys. Like any female today would give a crap about being called a slut by some insecure jackass. Thank God you’re a tiny minority of pathetic losers.
(BeijaFlor comments: I love the smell of shaming-tactics in the morning.)
@Janine Hildren. I have been with the doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, and managers, all of whom rationalized their behavior and were less than forthright. That you write, “Like any female today would give a crap about being called a slut by some insecure jackass,” is Reaction Formation and Deflecting, since you did give a crap by writing to a so- called “jackass” website. “The Feminine Mystique” and the “Deceived Man” both analyzed women’s marketing of their sexuality and a society catering to women, such that they are responsible for nothing.
The more women make gains politically in the Neo Patriarchy they wrought (see Hobbes’ “De Cive”) the more they become White Feathers and do less manual labor, but want the same benefits of citizenship as men, who do dangerous, dirty work. Women dominate office work, nursing, and teaching, traditional female roles, away from dirt and danger. 75% of women surveyed in the US military do not want to serve on the front line. Middle class women do not work for the same reason as men; middle class women seek higher paying work, temporarily eschewing their historic prized position of marriage to be supported by a man, in order to justify demanding a higher paying man to marry. This increases her SMV as indicated in Vilar’s book. Women do not choose to be the provider in the family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_WaTdhyT0 “Why men are the way they are,” addresses women’s primary and secondary fantasy- marriage for benefit.
But, tell us Janine Hildren, in your 20s did you approach just a few men (not the carousel), to honestly say “sir, I find you attractive and want to have sex with you and explore a possible future with you in sex 3.0. Would you consider it?” and did not consider the man’s income? No.
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(In all honesty, DIIK – Damned If I Know. Which is why it’s not in my glossary — BeijaFlor)
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