Many new LEGO fan finds themselves confused by all the terms more seasoned LEGO fans use. Below is a list that is by no means comprehensive, but will get you started!
- ABB – Automatic Binding Brick
- ABS – Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
- ADU – Armored Drilling Unit, Aerial Defense Unit, Alien Defense Unit
- AFOL – Adult Fan Of LEGO
- ALE – Adult LEGO Enthusiast, synonymous to AFOL
- Bley – A blueish-grey color
- BURP – Big Ugly Rock Piece, referring to Part 6082.
- CMF – Collectable Minifigure
- EVA – Ethylene Vinyle Acetate
- FART – Fancy Abbreviation for Rich Terrain Pieces, another way to identify specific terrain pieces
- KFOL – Kid Fan Of LEGO.
- KIC – Kids Inner Circle, a group of LEGO fans under the age of 14 that test out new LEGO products
- LDD – LEGO Digital Designer
- LU – LEGO Universe
- LUG – LEGO Users Group
- MBA – Master Builder Academy
- MICROPOLIS – A standard to allow individual builders to build modules to add to a micro scale city in a group build. Developed by TwinLUG.
- MILS – Moudular Integrated Landscaping System A landscaping system to use in collaborative displays using LEGO elements.
- MLN – My LEGO Network
- MOC – My Own Creation, a fan-made LEGO model
- NRG – Another way of saying “Energy“, a variant in Ninjago where the Ninja have unleashed their True Potentials.
- NPU – Nice Parts Use, a particularly unusual or creative use of a part in a MOC highlighting the builder’s creativity.
- POOP – Parts which can be made Out of Other Parts
- S@H – LEGO Shop @ Home, the official online LEGO store.
- SNIR – Studs Not In a Row, an advanced building technique that uses diagonally oriented bricks
- SNOT – Studs Not On Top, an advanced building technique in which studs face different directions
- SOTS – Studs On The Side, a building technique in which the studs are built on the side. Similar to SNOT.
- SHIP – Significantly Huge Investment in Parts, a very large LEGO creation
- SPUA – Special Part Used Again, a part which is seemingly only for a particular set or theme, but is used again for another
- STUDIO – Bricklink’s digital design software.
- TFOL – Teenage Fan Of LEGO
- TLC – The LEGO Company, synonymous to TLG.
- TLG – The LEGO Group.
- TLBM – The LEGO Batman Movie
- TLM– The LEGO Movie
- TLM2 – The LEGO Movie 2
- TLNM – The LEGO Ninjago Movie
- UCS – The Ultimate Collector’s Series of sets.
- Vig – Vignette, a small scene built on a 6 by 6, 8 by 8 (most common), or 16 by 16 baseplate.
- WIP– Work In Progress
- YFOL – Young Fan Of LEGO, synonymous to KFOL