BJD Terms:
AES - Angel Elf Soo, a Cereberus Project doll
Antique Rose Hard to find doll eyes
AR- Angel Region, Doll Company that carries 10cm, 42cm, and 58cm dolls.
AR- AR can sometimes also stand for Antique Rose in rare cases. They are Hard to find doll eyes
Bambicrony- A Doll Company
BC- Bambicrony, a doll company
BF- Blue Fairy, Doll Company that carries tiny size and 42cm size dolls
BIN Buy it now, usually refers to Ebay.
Bishounen House- Doll's Made by Donn. Taller than most BJD's.
BJD- Ball Joint Doll (asian) Made of polyurethane resin, this is a blanket term for all of the dolls out there that are Asian, resin, and ball jointed like the type that’s featured here.
Blushing When your dolls face, hands, or body gets blushed with pastels or airbrushed
BUMP- Bring Up My Post
BW- Beauty White, Also reffered to as Snow Skin
Candydoll a doll company
Catish doll- a doll line found at dollmore
CH- Custom House. Doll Company that carries dolls of all sizes.
COA- Certificate of Authenticity.
Con- A Convention for an event (such as anime, doll, games, etc)
CP- Cerebus Project, Doll Company that carries all sizes of dolls.
Coating- When you coat your doll with MSC or another spray to prevent your dolls face-up from coming off or yellowing to the doll skin
Crazy Legs- When your doll has trouble standing or kicks their legs because they are strung too loosly or too tightly.
Cresent Shop/CS- A service to purchase dolls and doll related items through yahoo japan auctions and japanese stores
DD- Dollfie Dream around 60cm tall, Doll Line by Volks
DES - Dark Elf Soo, a Cereberus Project doll
DIM Doll in Mind, a doll company that makes different sizes dolls
Dive A doll company that makes doll heads only
DOA- Den Of Angels
DoC- Dream of Child, Doll line by Dream of Doll
DoD- Dream of Doll, Doll Company
Doll + A doll company
Dollfie- Commonly used blanket term for BJD, albeit an incorrect one. (But one you use in Ebay to turn up the most responses) Dollfie is the 1/6 model that Volks makes, ONLY. In a perfect world, that's the only doll that is referred to in that way.
Dollish A doll company that makes heads only
Dollkot A doll company
Dollmore A doll company, also can go by DM
DollnDoll- A doll company and doll shop
Dolls in Mind A doll company
Dollshe Doll Company that carries dolls such as Hound and Bermann and more
Dollstar A Doll company
Dollstown A doll company
DollZone- A doll comany
DOLPA- Doll parties held in Japan
Domadoll- A doll company
DOT- Dream of Teens, A 60cm Doll line by Dream of Doll
DP- Dollfie Plus, 12" dolls made by Volks
DZ- Dollzone, A doll company
Elfdoll a doll company. dolls done by Rainman
Elf Elly- a tony size doll line found at dollmore
Elysium a doll company that only makes doll heads.
EMS- Express Mail Service, Global Express. A mailing option at the Post office. Usually takes 3-4 days including sunday deliveries.
F01-F21 are Head Molds for Volks Dolls through Full Choice System
Face-up When your dolls face gets painted
Fair- A 60cm Doll Type by Angel Region
FA- For Auction
Feelers when someone is thinking about buying, selling, trading, or commissioning something
FCS- Full Choice System offered by Volks to Create your own doll
Forever Dolls A Chinese Doll company that is no longer in business because they made poor rip-offs of Volks dolls
FS- For Sale
FT- For Trade
Gyoxa A doll company that makes heads only
Haraku A Doll Company
HD- Happy Doll, Doll Company
Hound- A doll by Dollshe. Taller than most BJD's.
Hypermaniac a doll company
Idollstar- Makes doll heads and doll eyes.
I-Elf- a doll company
IIRC- If i remember correctly
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Honest Opinion or In my Humble Opinion
JollyPlus- A doll Company
JP- JollyPlus, a doll Company
K-Doll a doll comapny that makes heads only
Kawaiinino A doll company that makes doll heads only
Latidoll A doll company with 16cm and 30cm dolls, also called Lati
LD- Latidoll, a doll company
LE- Limited Edition
Leaf- a doll company
Leeke- Leeke is a doll company. They also make wigs in various sizes and styles
LF- Little Fair, A 42cm Doll Line by Angel Region
LH- Lovely House, A Doll Company
Limhwa A doll company
LJ- Live Journal
LTline A doll company
Luts- A site that carries Cerebus Project Dolls and Other BJD dolls.
MD- MythDoll, A doll company
MIA- Missing in Action
MIB- Mint in Box
Mini- A Size for ball joint dolls in the 42cm range
MNF- Mini Fée dolls from luts
MOD- Moderator. A person that watches over the boards
Model Doll- a taller girl doll line from dollmore
MP - Masterpiece Eyes, a soft-glass eye company
MSC - Mister Super Clear, a coating used to prevent yellowing and staining on dolls; comes in three forms: Matte, Gloss, and UV-Cut (which protects the doll from yellowing ultraviolet rays)
MSD- Mini Super Dollfie, Doll Line by Volks, 42cm tall. Also people refer to MSD for size dolls
Musedoll- a doll Company
MythDoll- A doll Company
Narin- A doll company
Narsha A doll company
NIB- New in Box
Nobility Doll- A Doll Company
Notdoll a doll company
NRFB - Never removed from box
NS- Normal Skin
NSFW- Not safe for work
NTB- Need to Buy
NWS- Not Work Safe
OBO- Or best offer
OOAK- One of A Kind
OOP- Out of production
Obitsu- A doll company
Oldskin- Oldskin refers to Volks bodies and skin color that they used in their older dolls.
One-Off's- One of A kind Dolls
Orientdoll- a Doll Company
OT- Off Topic
Peakswoods- A doll company
PF- Pocket Fairy, Doll Linemade by Blue Fairy
Phantom Doll a doll company that makes 22cm dolls
Pippilonge Doll- A doll company
PM- Private Message
Pureskin- refers to Volks bodies and skin color that they are currently using.
PW- Peakwoods, Doll Company
Rainman Produces elfdolls
Rainydolls Rainman's 60cm doll line
Rasendo A Doll Company
RD- Rainy Doll, a line of dolls by Elf Doll
Rhea A Doll Company
Ricky A doll company that makes heads only
Rinkya- A service to purchase dolls and doll related items through yahoo japan auctions
RML a Doll company
Roxy- A Doll company
SA- Dollshe sleeping/dreaming versions of doll heads
Sanding- When you sand out the seams on the doll or alter the appearance of your doll
Sato- Tenshi no Sato Volks Store, Certain Models of Volks heads and Skin color are only available through their Full choice system
Sch. A/Sch. B- School Head A or School Head B, Both Doll Heads made by Volks that are only available through classes.
SD10- Volks Doll Body Type
SD13- Volks Doll Body Type
SD16- Volks Newest Mature Body Type, Yukinojo and Olivia
SD- Super Dollfie, Doll Line by Volks, around 58cm tall. Also people refer to SD for size of dolls
SDC- Super Dollfie Cute Line by Volks
Secret doll A doll company
Serendipity A doll company
Soom A doll company, Also known for their doll eyes
Sonokong- A doll company
Souldoll- Doll Company that sells all sizes of dolls. also known for there doll eyes.
Ssin A doll company
Stringing/Restringing- When you put your doll together or when you take your doll apart and restring them to replace string or to help with posing and standing.
Sueding- Sueding inside the joints to help with posing and standing
Tan/Tanning/Tanned Refers to a tanned colored skin on dolls
TDF- To die for
Testors/Testors DC- an alternative coating spray to Mr. Super Clear to protect your dolls from the sun and stains.
TL DR- To Long: didn't Read
The dolly A doll company
Tiny- For the Tiny Doll sizes
UD- Unidoll, a doll company
UFK- Unfinished Kit, Doll comes unstrung and unpainted for you to put together.
Undine A doll company
Unidoll- a Doll company
Unoa a doll line made by Alchemic Lab
Volks- Japanese Doll Company that kick started the Asian Ball Joint Dolls.
WIP- Work in Progress
Wiring- When you add wires to your dolls arms and legs for better standing and posing
Wishel- a Doll company
WTB- Want to Buy
WTC- Want to Commission
WTT- Want to Trade
Yellowing- When the Dolls skin starts to yellow from being in the sun for too long and other elemental factors
YJ/YJA- Yahoo Japan Auctions
Yo-Sd, Yo's, Yo-Tenshi- Volks 30cm-ish doll line
Yubin A doll company that makes heads only
Zoukei-Mura also known as Zouks, are very nice glass eyes made by Volks and only available though FCS
Thanks to www.gigglegeek.dk for help in getting the names of all the doll companies and to all the people that have helped to contribute entries.
