Have you ever been reading a forum or your cam room chat and come across a term you have no idea what it means? There is a ton of slang and abbreviations in the camming world so we have broken down some common ones below to help you out.
A
ACF: Amber Cutie Forum - Popular forum used by cam models to ask questions and discuss topics
ASMR: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Users experience a particular tingling sensation in response to certain auditory, visual, or haptic stimuli.
AV: Age Verification
B
BB: Baby
BDSM: Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism, Masochism
BC: BongaCams
BTC: Bitcoin
C
C2C: Cam-to-Cam. A show where both the model and the member can see each other on cam
C4S: Clips4Sale
Cam Buddy: A person who appears with a model on cam for the purposes of doing shows together
Camming Space: The physical area where a model broadcasts on cam
Cam Whale: A member who spends a very large amount of money on cam models
CB: Chaturbate
Chain Upsells: Upselling a public show by using other public shows in a logical order. For example, a nude show can be used to upsell an oil show, which then is used to upsell a shower show. After all shows are sold, then one can upsell the video or image content.
CMD: CamModelDirectory
E
ELM: ExtraLunchMoney
Exclusive Show: A show involving a model and a viewer that cannot be spied on by other viewers. These shows can be called different names, depending on the site.
F
F4F: Flirt4Free
FOSTA: Fight Online Trafficking Act (USA)
Freemium: A cam site that allows nudity and sexual acts in public free chat
G
GFE: Girlfriend experience
G/G: Girl on girl content
Group Show: A show that involves a model with several other models. Group shows are called different names depending on the cam site
J
JOI: Jack off instructions. The model gives instructions to the viewer on how to masturbate to orgasm in detail
JFF: JustForFans
L
LJ: LiveJasmin
M
MC: ModelCentro
MDH: MyDirtyHobby
MFC: MyFreeCams
MV: ManyVids
N
NF: NiteFlirt
Ninja: A viewer that tips anonymously in a cam room
NSFW: Not Safe For Work
NWP: Newbie Washout Phenomenon. When a beginner model is discouraged by a lack of immediate income and quits.
O
OBS: Open Broadcasting System. A free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming
OF: OnlyFans
P
PH: Pornhub
PM: Private message
Private Show: A show only involving a cam model and a viewer
PSO: Phone Sex Operator
R
Regular: A viewer that regularly visits a cam model's stream and has built a friendly relationship with them
Room Topic: A message, written by the model, at the top of a chat room that advises viewers of any information the model wishes to notify them of, such as rules or tip goals
S
SD: Sugar Daddy
SESTA: Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act (USA)
SM: Streamate
SW: Sex Work / Sex Worker
T
Tip Appreciation: When a model reacts in an exciting way to a tip.
Tip Goal: A number of tokens that must be tipped before something in the room can happen. Tip goals can also be called "countdowns" because, with each tip, you're counting down to the goal. The model will usually set the goal in the room topic.
Tokens: Cam currency. Viewers buy tokens from a given cam site, then spend them on models when they tip or buy shows.
Troll: An rude viewer who is routinely offensive or provocative.
V
VPN: Virtual Private Network. It is used to hide your IP address as an extra layer of security so your location is undetectable.
Y
Yellow Wall: Refers to a constant stream of tips, one directly after the other, without any chat in between. It got its name from MyFreeCams because of the yellow highlight around tips in a cam room.
Z
Zero/Twenty or 0/20: On MyFreeCams, it refers to having 0 tokens and 20 reward points, meaning a member has only purchased tokens once to go premium. Depending on how long they've been a member, it is thought that they are unlikely to buy tokens again and are frequently the most demanding in the chat with no intention of tipping.
