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* Multiple 8s indicate the sound of clapping (pachi pachi pachi) in Japanese.

 

=== A ===

==== AkaSupaCha ====

* Short for '''Red [[#Super Chat|Super Chat]]'''. Aka (赤), being the Japanese for red. The most expensive tier for Super Chat are colored red on streams.

 

=== B ===

 

=== C ===

 

=== D ===

 

=== E ===

 

=== F ===

 

=== G ===

==== Grass ====

* Streams that are not officially scheduled in advance. Viewers may not know about the stream happening until the moment they begin. Some [[#Virtual YouTuber|Virtual YouTubers]] often announce or decide if they will do a guerilla stream or not on their social media.

 

=== H ===

==== HoloGra ====

* Short for '''[[Holo no Graffiti]]'''.

 

=== I ===

 

=== J ===

 

=== K ===

==== Kusa ====

* Japanese for "grass" which is an internet slang roughly equivalent to "lol". Laughing is often expressed using "w", which stands for "wara" (笑) meaning laughter. Lots of wwwww in a row looks like grass.

 

=== L ===

==== Live2D ====

* Animated 2D models that can track a person's movements and replicate them on screen. Most [[#Virtual YouTuber|Virtual YouTubers]] use them for streaming. See also: [[Wikipedia:Live2D|Live2D]] on Wikipedia.

 

=== M ===

==== Mama ====

==== MMD ====

 

=== N ===

 

=== O ===

==== Oshi ====

==== Otsu- ====

 

=== P ===

==== Papa ====

* Refers to the [[#Virtual YouTuber|Virtual YouTuber]]'s Character Designer/Illustrator. See also: [[#Mama|Mama]].

 

=== Q ===

 

=== R ===

 

=== S ===

==== Seiso ====

* YouTube's monetizing system for their streaming service, alongside Super Stickers and Memberships.

 

=== T ===

==== Taiki ====

* Taiki (待機) means "stand-by". Viewers use it on the stream's live chat to indicate when they were waiting before the scheduled stream begins.

 

=== U ===

 

=== V ===

==== Virtual YouTuber ====

* An online entertainer or live streamer who is typically represented by a digital avatar generated by computer graphics such as [[#Live2D|Live2D]]. See also: [[Wikipedia:Virtual YouTuber|Virtual YouTuber]] on Wikipedia.

 

=== W ===

 

=== X ===

 

=== Y ===

==== [[YAGOO]] ====

* Nickname of the [[COVER Corporation|COVER corp.]] CEO [[YAGOO|Motoaki Tanigo]]. The name YAGOO itself originated from one of [[Roboco]]'s streams, where [[Oozora Subaru]] misspelled Tanigo as Yagoo.

 

=== Z ===

==== Zatsudan ====