The members of Muppet Central Forum are known for using their own terms and abbreviations to refer to certain things. Here is a guide to understanding terms used throughout the forums.
A term used to describe the act of two members posting at the same time. It is usually meant in reference to a member's post appearing before yours, making your post seem strange or out of context. Can be used as a noun (a ziffel), verb (ziffel someone), or adjective (a ziffel post). A person that ziffels is a ziffeler.
Muffin
To go off topic, usually into randomness or crazyness.
Abbreviations[]
Many abbreviations are used to refer to Muppet productions on Muppet Central and throughout the entire Muppet fanbase
The Muppets[]
TMS
The Muppet Show
TMM
The Muppet Movie
GMC
The Great Muppet Caper
TMTM, MTM
The Muppets Take Manhattan
MCC
The Muppet Christmas Carol
MTI
Muppet Treasure Island
MFS
Muppets From Space
KSY
Kermit's Swamp Years
VMX, IAVMMCM, IAVMMC
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
MWOO, MWoO
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
MT
Muppets Tonight
JHH
The Jim Henson Hour
MFC
Muppet Family Christmas
LTS
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Sesame Street[]
SS, SST
Sesame Street
FTB
Follow That Bird
EIG
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Other Productions[]
FR
Fraggle Rock
BITBBH
Bear in the Big Blue House
Companies[]
SW
Sesame Workshop
CTW
Children's Television Workshop (former name of Sesame Workshop)
A term used to indicate out of character moments during role play games
NPC
Non-Player Character, a term used in video games to describe any character that is not controlled by the player. In the CCC, it is used to describe minor characters played in addition to your main character.