Squidoopedia

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The Squidoopedia

In this lens we will be adding, and encouraging others to add examples of  Squidoo-centric jargon as it evolves. Referenced sources from the Squidu forum are most appreciated and given extra weight.

Image "photochopped" by Me, as a parody of Squidoo and Wikipedia.

Slangoo

Jargon, or slang, is an evolution of language that happens within a community be it technical, professional, creative or in some aspects social.

In an online community it can happen very quickly. While sometimes it may be forced or manipulated at other times it is gradual. The word or term that sticks is usually the most descriptive and appropriate.
Abbreviations and anagrams can also be adopted into the vernacular.

No matter how forced or contrived it's usually the terms which are most organic that survive.

Squidoo Terms

In alphabetical order

  • Lensmaster: Like a Webmaster, but s/he makes Lenses and not whole websites.

  • Lensography: A lens that displays a collection of your lenses. But you sort them by category. Unlike the Lensmasters Page. The Featured Lenses module works well for making a lensography a quick page to build.

  • Lensrank: The numbering system which is important or totally irrelevant depending on whether or not the Lensmaster is in the Top 100 ranked lenses. Source

  • Lensrolling: Lensroll is like a Blogroll, you link to other Lenses which appear in your right side menu navigation. It may be done as a favour, a gesture of friendship or that the other lens has information that is complementary to yours. Source

  • Lensrolling Daisy-chain: Not reciprocal, but sequential linking. Source

  • Module: A lens building block. Source

  • Payrank: A scale is based on a lensmaster's average LensRank and traffic. Source

  • Reserve Hopper: If you had earnings from previous pay periods that didn't reach your Cash Payout Threshold, they're carried over and stored in the Reserve Hopper until they do. Your Reserve Hopper is not live, it's updated monthly with any carryovers from the previous payperiod.

  • Squidoo: If you don't know what this is then I don't know how the heck you got here.

  • Squid pro quo: also known as "reciprocal star voting" and "you pat my back and I'll pat yours". Has no long lasting effects.

Contributions

I'm hoping this Plexo module will work. I need someone to test it out. Put your contributions in here or in the Guestbook (or both).

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Squidoo brandnewbee

also known as "I don't have a clue, or at lea more...0 points

Squidnoobie

a newbie0 points

squiki

This is a wiki type squidoo lens (pronounced squea more...0 points

Lensmaster Feedback

Make suggestions or give examples of where you've seen it used at Squidoo, SquidU or a Blog owned by a Lensmaster.

  • awelldressedbullet Feb 14, 2011 @ 9:14 am | delete
    ~ Cupid Kisses by a Squidoo Angel ~
  • JaguarJulie Feb 28, 2010 @ 10:33 am | delete
    A squidalicious time I had today ... this could make a cute little book!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 18, 2008 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Going into my Library of Lens about Squidoo lens.

    How about Squidon't for such things as spamming and just bad lensmaking?
  • aj2008 Aug 13, 2008 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    Could not resist Squewbie for a Squid Newbie!
  • jettison Feb 18, 2008 @ 3:43 pm | delete
    My new squidoo word I want to see implemented, make that two words the first one is
    SQUIKI - That is where lensmasters get together and make sort of a wiki squidoo lense using duel blurbs etc, but it is community made lens of sorts called a squiki (pronunced squeaky)

    The second is the Squidpopo or the squid police but as long as everyone plays nicely then we won't need to break out the squidpopo
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