Glossary
People
- RP - Rory Prior, M’s most common grown-up. a.k.a. Mr. Prior, Rory P.
- Mark – M’s most common kid and his online self, aka Marky
- M - my late husband
- Casey – my online self and kid, aka cdm
- TL - Taylor Lincoln, my most common grown-up, aka Miss Lincoln, the Vampire, etc.
- The Others – all the people who were inside M and me; sometimes this would also refer to characters we talked about but who were neither of us (e.g. most of the other kids at Home School).
- RPK - RP’s kid, i.e. M’s son, my stepson
- Mrs. RP – RP’s mother, my mother-in-law, looks just like him
Concepts
- tgi - the topic of greatest interest
- RL - Real Life: play that actually happens, but not real world (e.g. Casey actually gets a spanking)
- RW - Real World: me, M, the outside life all my friends and family knows (e.g. I go to work)
- FW - Fantasy World: what’s in the imagination
tgi things
- THBTNFK - The hairbrush that’s not for kids, so named by Casey because it’s too mean to use on her – for boys like Marky only!
- That Thing – casey-speak for enemas because that’s such a yucky word
- unprotected - bare
tgi code (for talking about tgi in front of others)
- Rain - the cane
- A dose – of strap oil, i.e. the strap
- Boating/canoeing - the paddle
- Uncle Tim – the birch (so called after someone who relished birching “teenage” boys)
- Applause - hand spanking
- Kippers - the slipper
