Daria Fandom Lexicon

Dariacon
A Dariacon is any gathering of two or more Daria fans.



Dariarotica
Dariarotica is Daria fan work with erotic or sexual content.

Dariaverse
The sum total of all canon elements (people, places, plots) from the official Daria TV series and books. Sometimes also meant to include fan-added elements as well, but only if specifically noted as such.

Drought
A term used during the show's first run on MTV to describe the period of time between the end of one season and the beginning of the next. See Drought and Mini-drought.

Elves
"Elves" was the nickname the Paperpusher gave his moderators. He was, in effect, the "Santa" of the Paperpusher's Message Board, while his moderators were Santa's Little Helpers with axes. The term was most used during the early days of the PPMB, 2000-2003, but has largely fallen out of use, especially since Kara Wild took over the message board.

Emoticons
A staple of nearly every message board, they are little graphic representations of people's emotions, and are used to punctuate users' posts. While the PPMB emoticons are plain yellow circles with faces, the SFMB emoticons come in a wide range of sizes and styles.

Evil T(h)om
The "super evil" interpretation of Tom Sloane. It is usually spelled as indicated, complete with the aitch bracketed in parentheses.

The Kiss
Daria and Tom's mutual snogging in "Dye! Dye! My Darling," which caused a whole heap o' trouble in the series and in fandom, too.

' maters
A joke from earlier Daria fandom which involved multicolored tomatoes with various supernatural abilities. See the 'maters entry.

OH
Abbreviation for "Our Heroine" (i.e., Daria Morgendorffer).