The Bandaids Dictionary

A

Abbey Dawn
Avril's childhood nickname and clothing line, also the name of a street in Kingston, Ontario

Al Berry
Avril's current bassist

Amazeballs
adj. A state of being amazing: Her performance was amazeballs.

Amie Lavigne
Avril's sister-in-law, Matt's wife

Anonymous Confessions
1. Surreptitiously posted thoughts, feelings and stuff: I'm in love with Avril [Anonymous]
2. The eponymous thread where confessions are posted

ASAP
abbv. As soon as possible

Avrilish
adj. 1. Quintessentially Avril-sounding: This song is very Avrilish
       2. Indicative or reminiscent of Avril

Avril Lavigne
Why are you here if you need to read this definition?

Avril Lavigne Pizza, The
A type of pizza served at La Pizzeria with Avril's favorite toppings- pepperoni, mushrooms, and green olives

Avrilxxx15
An old, [in]famous member who got banned for taking too many liberties with the expressing of his opinions

b

BA
abbv. Short for Bandaids or AvrilBandaids; used because writing out the full name is tedious sometimes

Ban
(banned, banning)
tr.v.
1. Prohibited from using the forums: I got banned from Bandaids today | Give me a temporary ban so I can curb my Bandaids addiction
          a. temporary ban
          b. permanent ban
          c. user-requested ban

Bandaid
(Bandaiding)
v. 1. The act of being online on Bandaids
    2. Posting on Bandaids

Bandaider
(pl. Bandaiders)
n. 1. A die hard fan of a rock star who follows them on tour
    2. One who frequents Bandaids

Bandaidsism
(pl. Bandaidsisms)
n. 1. A colloquialism used frequently among Bandaiders
    2. Something that someone outside of the fanbase is unaware of and would not understand;

Batch
n. 1. Bitch
    2. One who is inferior, subservient etc.
    3. Avril's favorite word

BearShark
n. 1. A dangerous half-bear, half-shark monster which is against the Rock N Roll ideal: Our Holy Kween Avril Laveen kicked this bearshark's f*ckin ass.
    2. A creature which turned out to be Sid from Slipknot in a suit and not an actual BearShark, which was disappointing

Black Star
Shorted, more mature version of 'Little Black Star'
see Little Black Star

BogoGog24
Probably the most knowledgeable member of Bandaids on Avril Lavigne lore. Known in the past for her series of Facts threads. Also known for making wordy, but intelligent and interesting posts.

BOT
abbv. Back on topic

Bratty (Songs)
n. (derogative) Avril's more childish and asinine songs: I'm sick of her bratty songs
adj. Childish and asinine, esp. of songs

Brody Jenner
Actor/model, Avril's former boyfriend in Goodbye Lullaby era

BTT
abbv. Back to Topic

Bump
(bumping, bumper)
v. To post in a thread which hasn't been posted in for a while, esp. a really old one
   Sometimes stylized as BUMP

   necrobump
   v. To post in a really, REALLY old thread, from like 4 years ago or something

Butch Walker
Avril's former writing partner/producer

C

Camp
(camping)
v. 1. to tease or make fun about someone or something in a theatrical manner for amusement
    2. to make a joke and have it be funny because of its unoriginality
    3. to make a vulgar post without intentions of being mean

   Camping Thread
     n. a thread dedicated for camping; a thread where sensible posts are frowned upon: Bandaiders made a camp thread all about Avril's repetitive deluxe album trackless.

Can't
Contraction of can and not
aux. v. Expression of bewilderment, shock or disdain: I can't at everyone who thinks X

Chad Kroeger
(aka Chad)
1. Avril's second husband and lead singer of Nickelback
2. The guy who is renowned for meeting Avril in the stuudioooo

Chantal Kreviazuk
Avril's main collaborator on Under My Skin

Charlie Moniz
Avril's former bassist from Let Go and Under My Skin eras

Choiches
n. Alternate spelling of choices

Craig Wood
Former guitarist from Bonez Tour

D

Dan Ellis
Avril's current guitarist

David Immerman
Avril's current rhythm guitarist

Deryck Whibley
Avril's first husband and lead singer of the band, Sum 41

Devin Bronson
Former guitarist from Bonez Tour

Dipple
see Rob Dipple

e

Epic Records
Avril's current record label

Era
(era, eras)
n. Promotional cycle pertaining to each album release: Avril's best era was easily Under My Skin!

Evan Taubenfeld
Avril's former guitarist from Let Go and Under My Skin, frequent writing partner, best male friend

F

Flawless
adj. Being entirely without flaw or imperfection: This performance was flawless.

Flop
(flops, flopped, flopping)
n. 1. One who fails and underwhelms: Epic are such flops.
    2. A commercially unsuccessful endeavor: GL was a flop album.
    3. A disappointment

Can be also added to other names and nouns, e.g. Floptina (Christina Aguilera)

v. To fail, esp. commercially or spectacularly: She flopped with this performance.
adj. Arousing disappointment, disbelief or annoyance: You're such a flop fan.

Flopic
Portmanteau
n. Epic Records
adj. Suggesting extreme flopping

G

Gabriel Panduro
(aka Gabe)
Avril's current hairdresser and makeup artist

GIF
(gif, pl. gifs)
n. 1. A file format for static and animated images
    2. Those animated pictures people use in their posts, esp. for emphasis or comedic purposes
    3. Sadly, one of the most misused and overused things on Bandaids

Gnar
v. To snarl and/or growl

Greenie
(Appears as :greenie: if used outside of BA)
n. 1. A smiley used for sarcasm
    2. A symbol that must be used after a sarcastic/playful post or statement that normally would sound rude or else the cult of BA will kill you

h

Hank
An amazing Bandaider who is extremely kind to everyone he meets: WHERE ON EARTH IS HANK???

Harvey
An amazing Bandaider who probably has more posts than you

Hello Kitty
1. A Japanese pop cultural phenomenon
2. The eponymous fictional character; a Japanese bobtail cat who comes from England for some reason
3. Possibly Avril's most favorite thing in the world
4. A source of great discord among Bandaiders: Lol at the meltdowns over Hello Kitty

I

IheartAvril
The lucky fan who was followed by Avril

Infraction
n. 1. Violation of the forum rules
    2. What you receive when you say something blatantly offensive or extremely stupid, post illegal download links etc.

Initialisms
n. 1. Abbreviations of Avril's songs, albums, tour names etc: I loved her performance of TBDT on TBDT, made me want to go out and buy TBDT, maybe TBDT too
    2. Something which confuses the hell out of new and old members alike

J

Japan
Avril's favorite country

Jesse Colburn
Avril's former guitarist and boyfriend from Let Go era

Jim McGorman
Avril's former rhythm guitarist/vocalist from The Best Damn Thing and Goodbye Lullaby eras

John and Judy Lavigne
Avril's parents

k

Kawaii (Jap.)
adj. Cute; appealing and delightful: Minna saiko, arigato, ka-ka-ka-kawaii

Kool
adj. Avril's alternate spelling of cool

Kween
see Queen

L

La Pizzeria
Avril's favorite restaurant in Napanee

L.A. Reid
(Antonio M. Reid)
Signed Avril to Arista Records in 2000, executive producer of Let Go and Avril Lavigne albums, currently head of Epic Records

Legendchel
Sobriquet given to Rachel Lester (b. 1977); an X Factor auditioner who became infamous for not only her awful singing, but her expletive-ridden tirade when the judges told her just how awful she was: Fuck off [Lester]

Little Black Star
abbv. LBS

compound name
1. Name given by Kween Avril to her subjects. Hi, my little black stars. Check my new Abbey Down collection.
2. Name given by Kween Avril fans to themselves. Hi, I'm InsertHereAUsername, and I'm glad to be with my fellow LBS!

M

Mark Spikoluk
Avril's former bassist in 2002, replaced by Charlie Moniz during the LG era

Martin Johnson
Producer and writer on Avril Lavigne, lead singer of Boys Like Girls

Matrix, The
A writing trio who worked with Avril on Let Go

Matt Brann
Avril's former drummer from Let Go and Under My Skin eras, writer on "Freak Out"

Matt Lavigne
Avril's older brother

Meltdown
(pl. meltdowns)

n. 1. A disproportionate reaction: people have meltdowns over the stupidest things.
    2. Widespread, excessively negative reactions: at the meltdowns in this thread.
    3. A lengthy and impassioned thread, esp. one of disillusioned members

v. 1. To overreact
    2. To express negative feelings at length

Michelle Lavigne
Avril's younger sister

Motherfucking Princess
n. 1. Avril Lavigne: Hell yeah, I'm the Motherfucking Princess [Lavigne]
    2. Avril's persona/image, commonly referred to as bratty, beginning from the TBDT era and spanning through the AL era

n

Napanee
Avril's hometown in Ontario, Canada

Napanee District Secondary School
The high school Avril attended from grades 9 to 11 in Napanee

New Avril
see Old Avril

Notifications
n. 1. The cutest thing on Bandaids. If this button turns red, it gives happiness to the user: OMG! I have 21 notifications

O

Ok
adv. What Avril inexplicably and confusingly adds on the end of her sentence when acknowledging her fans' requests: here are fans requests for the next tour: HUSH HUSH, BAD GIRL, HELLO HEARTACHE, GIVE YOU WHAT YOU LIKE! Ok

Old Avril
Used to describe Avril's career from the Let Go era to The Best Damn Thing era

   New Avril
     describes Avril's career from Goodbye Lullaby onwards

OP
abbv.
1. Original Post
2. Original Poster

Opinion
n. A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge: I [agree/disagree] with [insert someone else's opinion] because [your own opinion]

OT
abbv. Off Topic; to deviate from what the thread is about; to prevaricate

OTT
abbv. Over-the-top; hyperbole; overreacting; excessive

p

Paris Hilton
Queen Paris
1. A socialite, actress and singer who's mostly famous for being famous.
2. Possible contender for Avril's throne, depending on who you ask: After Paris used a guitar every singer started using one. Paris inspired all the lessors including Madonna, Britney, MJ and many, many more

Posting Games
n. The only forum on Bandaids where spamming is permitted, if not encouraged: I upped my postcount by 700 in the posting games!

Powhatan
pron. 1. What
        2. Which thing or which particular one of many: Powhatan your favorite title track?

Promo
n. informal Promotion. Group of techniques, procedures, activities and abilities conceived to guarantee success for Kween Avril singles or albums. Also applicable to any lesser artist: Epic promo sucks.

   free promo
     When Avril's songs are played on TV or in movies.

Punk Rock
n. 1. An aggressive style of rock music that originated in the 1970's in the UK, the US and Australia. It's a nigh-global phenomenon, and various sub-genres have since been formed, but you can read about all of this on Wikipedia
    2. Fashion and attitude related to punk rock

adj. Avril's woeful misunderstanding of what punk rock is: I'm so punk rock. Video games are so punk rock

q

Queen
Also stylized as Kween
n. Avril Lavigne. Must be capitalized: Everyone knows Avril is the true Kween

R

Rawesome
Portmanteau
adj. A state of being rock and awesome: She's rawesome.

RIP
also stylized as rip
abbv. 1. Rest In Peace, or requiescat in pace if you want to sound smart
         2. Emoticon used to express sadness, grief, regret and such, oft. hyperbolically or facetiously: Avril's career

Rob Dipple
(Dipple)
A cameraman who documents Avril's promotional tours

Rodney Howard
Avril's current drummer

S

Sellout
(Selling out, sold out)
n. 1. A person who betrays their cause, ideals etc. to make a shitload of money; someone who compromises their principles in order to gain success or fortune
    2. What Avril becomes when she starts slapping her name on cannabis magazines and video game commercials, neither of which has she been a proponent of in the past: She's really become a sellout lately

Sharifa
The designer of the former site, AvrilBandaids.com: Sharifa thought forums were outdated so she terminated the vBulletin 5 upgrade.

Signature
(sig, siggy)
n. A personal note or image selected by users which is shown at the end of one's post: Flightless, Toni, Aven and Beba are really good at making sigs. You can ask them to make one for you

Slay
n. antonym of flop
v. To gain remarkable success; to dominate the charts; to do something undeniably better than anything by anyone else: The "Hello Kitty" music video slays.

Smileys
(Smilies)
n. 1. Emoticons. Glyphs used to convey emotions, esp. during meltdowns, either to irritate or encourage people
    2. Those things people use all the time in their posts which often don't convey anything at all. But it's just the way Bandaids rolls, motherfucker

Stan
(comes from an Eminem song)
n. 1. A fan whose adoration towards his idol (namely Avril Lavigne) borders maniacal obsession: I'm such an Avril Lavigne Stan that I stalked her to Gabe's saloon and spent eight hours hidden inside the rubbish skip so I could get some of her gorgeous blonde locks!!!

v. 1. The state of being a Stan: Bitch, please, I stan so hard for Kween Avril that I stalked her to Gabe's saloon and spent eight hours inside a pile of trash so I could get some hair of hers. Beat that, flop fan.
    2. A manlier derivative of the verb 'to fangirl'

Soon
adverb Taboo
1. Within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall have some info on the new Avril Album soon.
2. Not within a short period of time at all; (often stylized as s**n to distinguish from the word's denotation): We will get to hear the song Avril wrote in bed s**n.

Spam
(spamming, spammer)
n. 1. Junk posts which usually advertise something
    2. Profuse posting, esp. at the annoyance of other members

v. 1. To post spam
    2. To post too much
    3. A dangerous thing for Bandaiders; you may get infraction for spamming a lot: Bandaids is just a place with full of spammers and moderators don't care about this situation

Steve Fekete
Avril's former guitarist from The Best Damn Thing and Goodbye Lullaby eras

Steve Ferlazzo
Avril's current and only keyboard player

Swag
n. Coolness, style and enviable hubris: He has so much swag

T

Thanks
pl.n. Formerly, Bandaids' version of a reputation point

   Thank Whore
     One who Thanks compulsively or whimsically: Sam was here is Bandaids' biggest Thank Whore

Tho
conj. Though
adv. Though

Tripod
n. 1.The meaning of life
    2. The writing team trio comprised of Avril, Chad Kroeger, and Dave Hodges which wrote for Avril Lavigne

W

Warning
n. 1. A cautionary alert that you're breaking the rules, or bordering on breaking them. Works kind of like an infraction does, but it's not as serious

X

Xoxo
expression
Expression used by Kween Avril to reward her fans and express her appreciation: Stay safe. xoxo. Avril.