Aerosol Art:  that done in aerosol which can be conceived as art

Aerosol Culture:  a wide spectrum of spray related practices

Bar Letter:  a hard edged style with barrish connections

Bite/Biting:  to copy

Bomb/Bombing:  saturating trains/other spaces abundantly with ones name

Burner:  colorful elaborated pieces

Burning/Burn:  to best, defeat, or upstage, usually in competition

End to End:  a piece or painting the length of a subway car (window down or top to bottom)

Fat Cap:  special cap used to fill in large areas/thick line

Getting Up/Getting Around:  having ones name in quantity or in many places

Heart Bottom Letters:  letters with heart shaped bottoms

Hot 110:  a name used to write over others who write over others

Hump Letters (Feet/Foot Letters):  a letter with a rounded protrusion bottoms/backs

Lay-Up:  an underground/elevated track where trains are parked

Loaf:  a half circle/oval that comes off of a letter's end

Machine Letter:  a machine like lettering style

Married Couple:  two train cars interlocked and functional as one unit

Marshmallow:  a lettering style with puffy bottoms

Masterpiece:  a combination of outlined filled stylized letters

Mechanical Letters:  a mechanical like lettering style

Physicals:  friends or individuals

Platform Letter:  a stemmed or extended letter style or accessory

Racking Up:  the confiscation of spray paint and other items

Roast:  see "Burn"

Sandwich:  a cut [letter] segment of three or more layers

Softie (Bubble Letter):  a widely used soft rounded Bronx lettering style

Star Letters:  letters with star shaped protrusions

The Shit:  good or better than good/dope

Throw Up:  a scarcely filled in or quick piecing style [most notably popularized by In/Kill3]

Top to Bottom:  a piece or painting from the top to the bottom of a subway car

Toy:  originally a writer with no status or recognition, usually due to lack of hits or masterpieces

Window Down End to End (WIDEE):  a piece or painting the length of a subway car and under the windows

Whole Car:  a piece or painting expanding a subway car's width and length

Writer:  one who writes

Writing:  the act of one who writes/uses marker or spray paint