I would like to make a suggestion about two acronyms, FLD and ULD.
The explanation of both acronyms in the dictionary says:
FLD = False Lucid Dream - you fall asleep in a normal dream and you become lucid. You could be very lucid but still you think that the guy which fell asleep in the normal dream is the “real”, waking you.
ULD = Unaware Lucid Dream - you are NOT realizing that you’re dreaming but still you act like a lucid dreamer and do everything you want to do - you have the behaviour of a lucid dreamer, not the consciousness
However, if you read the forums you see that people use FLD in the same way as they use ULD: acting like an LD’er but not realizing you’re dreaming. Very few people report the go-to-bed-in-a-dream-and-then-get-lucid-experience.
So DreamAddict I would like to suggest that we adapt to the reality of the forums and change the meaning of FLD to the same as ULD. So they become just synonyms. This way nobody will be surprised when they scroll over the acronym FLD and then get a pop-up with a strange explanation that noone seems to use anymore.
On the other hand, I’ve really had dreams where I went to bed, fell asleep and had another dream. If anyone knows a good acronym for this kind of experiences, please let us know. Some time ago I saw the term “meta dreams” describing this experience (read here) , so maybe MD would be a good acronym?
Sub Conscious, cos I always type SC without thinking, and ppl always ask me wot it means
SC=Subconscious=•adj. of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one’s actions and feelings
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Also, I’d like to suggest SIM or SID for Successful Irvine Mission or Successful Irvine Dream. Definition? hehe ok…when PistGurl has succeeded with her mission of coupling repeatedly with Irvine
HH - hypnagogic hallucinations – vivid, often frightening, dream-like images and sounds experienced at REM sleep onset, usually accompanied by fear and anxiety; a characteristic feature of narcolepsy.
A so far unexplained phenomenon which occurs when people have nearly died. The person reports about travelling through a tunnel of light and meeting certain spiritual entities. This made some people believe a NDE shows a glimpse of the afterlife.
Do you really expect it to happen frequently enough to merit an acronym?
I’m just kidding. Seriously though, to be realistic, the acronyms should only represent common occurrences that apply to everyone. We can’t really have millions of shortcuts for every insignificant reason, or else half of the average post will have a dotted underline.
I do like your SC suggestion though. That one would be very handy.
Last night I had the Dictionary almost updated.
I left my computer for a moment, and came back to it crashed to a blue screen. . . . . the amount of BBCode used in this dictionary is a bit much for me to try to tackle again today …
Sorry for the slow update, but I promise to get it soon.
It’s also time to remove a bunch of these replies since this thread is reaching 4 pages. (sorry pistgurl … don’t be pist )
Hey this is cool but You don’t want posts to start turning into this… .
Hello, I tried to have an LD last night where I WTS and starting seeing HI and HH and eventually felt SP. I was FO and I got into a WILD but I lost LN and then when I got it again it became a DILD so I did an RC and got L again. Soon I WU and my DR was decent so I went to my DJ and wrote it down.
But some of the “ilds” that people suggested are not really common…