Sneakers Lexicon
A comprehensive, explanatory and accessible lexicon to learn all about sneaker.
a
ATC (Add To Cart)
= Action to add to cart automatically. This term is used in bot and monitor domain.
Awaiting Draw
= Pending Draw
b
Ban
= Ban someone from a group or server
Bot
= Computing probe (or robot) allowing to add an item to the cart automatically and order it
Bump (B or Bring My Post Up)
= Comment posted on a Facebook post to make it “go up” in the current feed
c
Campsite
= Wait for an item to be released in front of a store. This term is used for physical exits.
CW (Colorway)
= Item Colours
Cop
= Action to buy an item when it is released
Cop Gold Drop
= Question to ask if we will buy the item or not
Custom
= Custom item action
d
DAN
= Only affixed at Nike for 15 to 30 minutes
Deadstock (DS)
= Item new and never worn
Double box
= Sending sneakers by putting the drink of the latter into a second drink
Drawing
= Current draw
Drop Date
= Sneaker release date
e
Event
= Event
f
Factory
= Factory store where unsold and often cheaper items are found
Fair or Fair Price
= Term used to designate a fair price
FCFS Rope
= Draw on first arrivals system first served between the winners of the draw
Flagship
= Store offering the most prestigious items of a brand (e.g. NikeLab)
Fake
= Counterface on
Flake or Flakeur
= Term used to designate a buyer or seller that cancels a sale as it was about to close
FLOW
= Single FCFS in Nike
Friends & Family (F&F)
= Term used to designate an item intended for friends and family. Most often, these are items not available to the general public and produced in extremely limited quantities.
g
GR
= Term used to designate a “general release” where the item is available everywhere with large stock numbers
GS (Grade School)
= Term used to designate sizes for older children
h
Hold
= Keep sneakers to get value
Hook-up
= Action to buy an item for another person
Hype
= Term used to designate the trend
i
IMO (In My Opinion)
= “My opinion”
Interest Check
= Publication used to see if people are integrated to purchase the item
Item
= Pieźce (sneakers, trousers, sweatshirt, jacket, T-shirt, etc.)
l
LEO
= Unique in Nike FCFS mix
Legit
= Term used to say that an item is authentic
Legit Check (LC)
= An authentication procedure for an item or to check if a vendor is reliable
LPU (Last Pick Up)
= Term used to designate the last purchased item
m
Mockup
= Image or representation of the sneakers
n
Never Worn
= Item never worn
o
OG (Original)
= Term used to designate the first edition of an item or colorway
OOS/SO (Out Of Stock/Sold Out)
= Stock Exhausted
p
PADS (Pass As DS)
= Item that looks nine if it has already been worn
PP ready
= Term used to say that the money is in the PayPal account and is ready to be used
PRM (Premium)
= Sneakers made with “premium” materials
q
QuickStrike
= Sneakers released in limited stock with a distribution channel different from general releases
r
Raffle
= Draw to get the right to buy an item if the person is elected
In-app Refiner
= Draw on an app
Release
= Release
Date Release
= Release date
Resell
= Sell an item at a higher price than the output price
Restock
= Replenishment of a previously out of stock item
Retail
= Release sale price
Retail
= Site/store selling sneakers at their release
Rock
= Action to wear an item (mostly used for sneakers)
s
Sample
= Sampling, prototype
Scam
= Scam
Bottle
= Form of an item
Ship or Ship
= Sending an item
Swap Size
= Exchange an item with the same but in a different size
[currency symbol] SKU
= Item reference
Slot
= Term used to designate a spot on a bot available for purchase to increase its chances of cop
Steal
= Action to buy an item at a low price
t
Trade
= Redeem one item for another
True To Size TTS
= Term used to indicate an item size normally
u
UNDS
= Action to wear for first time item
v
VNDS (Very Near Deadstock)
= Item worn but almost new, in good condition
w
Worn
= Worn item
Worn out
= Item in bad condition
WTB (Want To Buy)
= I want to buy
WTT (Want To Trade)
= “I want to trade”
WTS (Want To Sell)
= “I want to sell”
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