Glossary

Useful Terms

Badge/badging up: The wanton misuse of the mod badge, generally to escalate some conflict, stoke a simmering grudge, or because it’s a day that ends in “-y”. Badges may also be worn non-aggressively on official occasions.
Bear shove: The act of finding some convenient target to shove in front of a rampaging bear to enable your own escape. For example, if you’ve just made a comment to antagonize someone, you can find some other commenter who’s just expressed the same sentiment and redirect the rage from yourself to them. Vavoom, sorted.
BJBD: Blowjobs for Bildaddy. Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Burn down a post/thread: To obscure the purpose of a post/thread and/or render it all but useless by overwhelming it with GIFs or shitgoblinery.
Burn down the sub: Any kind of subreddit-wide change, generally in reaction to something. Rage remodels count as burning down the sub.
eeEeexcellent: Spelling that evokes Crowley’s Scottish pronunciation of “excellent” in the Edinburgh minisode. Delightfully, this can be adapted to anything with a vowel on the front.
Get on the horn: To tag someone in a post or comment, generally with the purpose of summoning them to participate in the discussion.
Get/got/getting nuked: Usually indicates something getting deleted, like a post or comment for rules violation. May also be used to describe another sub member coming for you.
Hatecoat: Monstrous garment worn by Aziraphale in the S2 Edinburgh minisode; guilty of swallowing our sweet cravat-wearing angel whole.
Hayum: Southern U.S. accents can get a surprising number of syllables out of the word “ham”.
Hodegra: Like the Dread Sigil Odegra, the Satanic rune that encircles London in the form of the M25, generating constant low levels of evil…except punny, encircling this sub and generating constant levels of smut. Can I hear a wahoo?
Lickfold: Actual village in England with a deliciously filthy name. In common usage, references an iconic mainsub post that figures prominently in After Dark sub lore.
Mainsub: r/GoodOmens
Mod wars/mod slapfights: Your mods love to affectionately (?) wind each other up, occasionally resulting in damage to each other, the sub, Reddit, and the internet. The sub was founded so that we could freely be profane and perverted shitbirds to each other, and we really, really lean into that.
Muttonchops: Hairy crimes against the humanity of faces; unfortunately, key components of a couple of otherwise premium Azi/Crowley looks.
MMMMYYEEELUURR?: A prime example of the sub’s tendency to take something really dumb and keep it going as an inside gag. u/potatopixie90210 made a meme of a pootie answering the phone. That’s it. And then u/gleafer made a comic!
Ngk: Nod to Book!Crowley’s inability to use his words when under pressure.
Nipnops: The very most fun way to say “nipples”. Coined by Brahms3rdrackett.
Ops: The name of the chat where your mods conduct Serious Mod Business. Used in a legendary sub prank (see Sub Lore page for more threads).
Pootie/Potoo: The Great Potoo bird and unofficial mascot of the sub. I mean, seriously, look at this dang thing. It’s ridiculous.
Potato: Any image or GIF that is poor quality and may have been taken or filmed with a potato.
Pornography: Anything saucy or risqué, usually in GIF form. A nod to Gabriel’s “Thank you for my pornography!” line.
Premium: The very best.
Rage remodel: Spontaneous retheming of the sub, usually based on a knee-jerk reaction to something.
Sears: Has your custom flair been nuked? Unable to convince a mod to give it back to you? Time to grab one off the rack at this dowdy U.S. department store, friend. Accept your fate and pick one out of the big bin of preexisting flairs.
Various favorite insults/terms of endearment: Asswizard, fuckstick, shitbird, shitgoblin, shitweasel, twatwaffle, whoar.
WAMEN: Shouted when one spies Ineffable Wives on the sub. It’s exciting! Popularized by u/orangejuiceart and u/the-comfywitch.
WAAAAAWG: The actual noise made by the unofficial mascot of the sub, the Great Potoo.
(whatever).gif: Reactions GIFs are the bread and butter of discourse. Many are used frequently and can be described as a filename instead of actually being posted because everyone knows what they are. Examples include verynice.gif (Aziraphale’s “very nice” after the Apology Dance), or imback.gif (Crowley reentering the bookshop and stating “I’m back”).

Azi/Crowley Looks

Bildaddy: Bildad the Shuhite.
Celestial Harmonies: Crowley’s early S1 look (“just celesssstial harmoniessss”).
Lady Golgotha: Crowley’s look in the S1 Golgotha flashback. Legendary mother of the House of Golgotha.
Laudaddy: Crowley in the S2 Edinburgh minisode.
Premium Hottie Ritz Crowley: Crowley’s S1 finale look; this look was the winner of the mainsub’s Crowley Looks Contest.
Princess Peach: Aziraphale’s S2 French Revolution look; this look was the winner of the mainsub’s Aziraphale Looks Contest. Can also mean anyone who gets themselves into a dangerous situation so that their crush will have to rescue them.

Factions of the Afterdark

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Cake Smashers: Faction focused on booty.
Church of the Chops: Faction for muttonchops.
Foot Clan: Our feral foot fancier faction. Can be temporarily tamed with a premium foot GIF or, in pinch, a still.
Handy Dandies: Our fans of dandy handies–the faction for hands.
Monsterfuckers: As the name might suggest, this faction wants to bump uglies with things that go bump in the night.
Mustache Mafia: Faction devoted to the bristliest of facial hair, mustaches.
Neck Club: Resident faction of neck fanciers. A fun-loving bunch, fond of burning down threads with impromptu neck parties wherein they throw down 29874029837 neck GIFs.
Slinky Hipsters: Do you like to see a lot of wiggle in a walk? The Slinky Hipsters faction is for you, friend.
Spotted Dicks: Faction for freckles.
Temple of Thicc Thighs: The thigh fancier faction. Those who hear the meaty slap are called to serve.
WAMEN Appreciation People: Ineffable Wives are posted, the call of “WAMEN” rings out through the Afterdark, and they come.
Wing Slut: This faction is hot for wings.

Running Jokes

All of the ham/hayum GIFs: There is a vocal contingent of Texans in the Afterdark. People like to give them shit about their (assumed) melodious Texan twang.
Kazoos: Ops stupidity that spread to the sub. And why not? Kazoos are funny!
Pootie Bird: What the hell is that weird bird that people post? It’s just a weird and funny bird, first popularized by Brahms (brahms4thrackett).
Rage remodels: During the last days of the Aziraphale looks contest in Oct 2023, u/gcaledonian prompted daily rethemes of the sub following unsatisfactory eliminations.
That angel GIF: u/xmusiclover’s calling card on any post. Don’t worry. You’ll see it soon enough.
Throwing hands over looks: Some Aziraphale and Crowley looks evoke strong reactions, especially among certain vocal members of the sub. Premium (fake) drama abounds.
^{Bentley’s flair: In the early days of the sub, Bentley endured ridiculous edits to their mod flair on a regular basis due to perceived slights against the other mods. It was changed frequently to something stupid and embarrassing for a few days until the whole thing blows over. This gag was cherished by everyone on the sub except Bentley, who now has the full keyring to manage the sub. Y’all just step carefully.}