LEGO Building | Quest for Bricks

Glossary

AFOL = Adult fan of LEGO, adult LEGO enthusiast
AZMEP = Half-stud offset, aus zwei mach eins Plättchen
Bley = Bluish grey and other new LEGO colors, blasphemy
BURP/LURP = Big/little ugly rock piece, hated bricks
Dark ages = Time btwn abandoning, rediscovering LEGO
DSS = Dreaded sticker sheet, stickers in LEGO set
EV3 = Mindstorms version 3, successor to NXT 2.0
GBC = Great ball contraption, automated LEGO ball maze
KFOL = Kid/child fan of LEGO, compare to AFOL
LUG = LEGO user group, enthusiast club
Microscale = Smaller than minifigure scale, miniscale
Mindstorms = LEGO robotics, computer programmable
Minifig = LEGO figure/figurine, small plastic people
MOC = My own creation, hobbyist LEGO model
PaB = Pick a Brick, shop selling individual LEGO pieces
PF = Power Functions, new(ish) LEGO electronics system
Polybag = LEGO set in small plastic bag, often promotional
SNIR = Studs not in a row, angled techniques
SNOT = Studs not on top, horizontal building style
STAMP = Stickers across multiple pieces, is bad
Studs = Those circular bumps on top of LEGO bricks
TLG = The LEGO Group, the LEGO company

Posts from the LEGO Building category

Right way to dismantle 1980s LEGO train tracks

LEGO for grown ups – Brick City

Replacement stickers

12V lights vs. PF lights (vs. tin-foil)

LEGO ages like wine

Five ways to hurt your (L)EGO

Wiping LEGO clean

Old LEGO colors vs. new colors

Online LEGO repositories

Using BrickLink wanted lists

Fortune favors fools

BURPs and LURPs

Studs not in a row 27

Studs not on top

Removing minifig legs

Washing LEGO II

Space helmets

Partial difference

Horse portrait

Wall history