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View submission: A Guide to Reddit Lingo
- r/Boneappletea
“Like when the food hella good, you say bone apple tea, it's like french or some shit.” A link posted on seeing a malapropism - the mistaken use of an incorrect but real word in place of a similar-sounding real word, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance. Originally from worldstarhiphop and the Urban Dictionary.
Be careful posting this link; make sure it isn’t a r/BoneAppleTypo first. Browse to get a feel of the place, read the rules in the Sidebar (on mobile this will be the About tab, Menu tab and Community Info found in the three dot “hamburger” menu top RH corner of your screen), any Pinned posts (these will have a lime green ‘pin’ icon on the top corner and will show on top when you sort the Subreddit by ‘Hot’) and Wiki (where there is one) before posting the link or in the sub. Bon Appétit! r/Boneappletea.
- r/BoneAppleTypo
A link often posted when a misspelling is especially hilarious. People can't spell; Reddit makes fun of them. This sub is less restrictive than BoneAppleTea and if they remove a post for any part of their Rule 1, it’s usually welcomed here. This includes names, homonyms, misspellings, and words that don't sound anything like the original. r/BoneAppleTypo.
- r/bonehealingjuice
A link or phrase used when someone takes a meme template and gives it a literal meaning. r/bonehealingjuice is wholesome bone healing where all content should be straightforward or deadpan versions of meme formats. r/bonehealingjuice. Opposite to r/boneachingjuice. *See Also:* Wholesome.
- r/bonehurtingjuice
A link or phrase posted when a meme is out of context and misuses the template completely. The sub itself sums this up nicely: “Imagine you're a 10 year old kid who just discovered the internet a week ago and your only exposure is iFunny.” r/bonehurtingjuice *See Also:* r/boneachingjuice where Good Juice makes you go OUCH[1].
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/boneachingjuice/comments/eoh6py/reminder_good_juice_makes_you_go_ouch/
- Boop
Originally specific to cute animal subs, now with wider Reddit usage. A light tap on the nose. Use entirely at your own risk. *See Also:* Doggo Speak.
- Bots
The boon or the bane of every Redditors’ life. Popping up often when you least expect it, some are:
Some, however, are useful. Service bots (e.g. u/RepostSleuthBot, u/RemindMeBot) will usually respond to user mentions in a specific way. For instance, if you see an image on Reddit that you’re sure you’ve seen before, commenting u/risbot will perform a Google reverse image search in seconds. In r/booksuggestions, you can summon u/goodreads-bot to give a brief description of a book by typing: {Book Title} or a longer one by this: {{Book Title}} which gives a short synopsis.
All bots respond to specific words or phrases in a comment[2] but not every bot will be allowed in every Subreddit. Reply to any bot comment by saying either Good Bot or Bad Bot. Voting like this on a bot is often counted and provides feedback. There is no official list of Reddit bots, but r/redditbots and this old list[3] or even this link[4] will give you some idea of what’s lurking in wait.
3: https://reddit.com/r/autowikibot/w/redditbots
4: https://ada-young.com/pastebin/40ARHwr6
Even though we have Bottiquette[5], bots sometimes get things very, very wrong. r/BotsScrewingUp. Subreddits aren’t totally at the mercy of Bots[6] and r/BotDefense basically does what it says; defend against bots. Some subs also use r/BotTerminator as well.
5: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/bottiquette
Finally, some bot accounts are obviously pure marketing spam; use the “Report” button on these and see if anyone else mentions them at r/botwatch or r/TheseFuckingAccounts. r/Bottiquette. *See Also:* “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments”, Karma Farming: Special Note[7], Reverse Image Search, Shills, Spambots.
7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/lw4gp4/a_guide_to_reddit_lingo/gx5a5ij/
- Brandolini's Law
Brandolini's Law (also known as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle) is a saying, commonly known as an “Internet Adage”, made by Italian programmer Alberto Brandolini[8] in 2013. The law states: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it." This adage emphasises the difficulty of debunking false, facetious, or otherwise misleading information. You can find confirmation bias for any ridiculous thought that pops in your head on the internet, and on Reddit you need look no further than the conspiracy subreddits to see this in its fullest glory. *See Also:* Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies, Dunning-Kruger effect, False Equivalence, Internet Adage.
8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
- Brigading
Users may be targeted by a downvote brigade in certain situations. If you believe a person is following you around Reddit with the express intention of downvoting, negatively commenting or generally harassing you, this action is called “Brigading”, and is a serious offence on Reddit. Sending readers to another sub for the purposes of making mischief, manipulating voting scores, or causing a ruckus is also considered Brigading. It's best to be avoided. https://www.reddithelp.com/[9]. More about this in Privacy Issues: Special Note[10].
9: https://www.reddithelp.com/
10: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/lw4gp4/a_guide_to_reddit_lingo/gtc5kmg/
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