Are you new to the planner community and excited about your new hobby but need clarification on all of the abbreviations and jargon thrown around on Instagram and Facebook communities? If yes, you’re in the right place! Researching the different lingo used among the planner community has been a year-long project since I typically use one brand for my planning needs, so there’s been a lot to learn!
Disclaimer: All explanations are my interpretation.
Planner Styles:
Discbound – Discbound planners are versatile, allowing you to personalize your planner to fit your lifestyle as long as you have the proper disc paper punch. Instead of being bound, it is held together with plastic or metal discs.
Twin-Loop – Twin-loop planners are a form of coil planners that are bounded by wire coils. This planner style does not allow personalization, so you cannot add additional pages.
Softbound – Softbound planners generally come with faux leather or material like cover and backing. The pages are either stapled or stitched.
Binder – Binder planners, are versatile due to their (school) binder style, allowing you to remove and add pages at any time!
Planner Brands:
HP / Mambi – Happy Planner
EC – Erin Condren
PP – Plum Paper
FF – Filofax
Terms used when buying from third parties (FB groups, Mercari, etc.):
NWT – New with tags
NWOT – New without tags
ISO – In search of
B/S/T – Buy, Sell, Trade
Destash – Sell or giveaway planner supplies
Terms:
Frakenplan – A Planner you DIY.
Catchall – A planner used for any and everything.
Washi – Colorful repositionable tape.
Bleed thru – When the ink is visible on the back of the planner’s page.
TIA – Thanks in advance
PM / DM – Private Message or Direct Message
Planner Peace: When a planner is satisfied with their selection.
Spread – The completed look of the current week within a planner after being decorated.
Guts – Planner pages
Bujo -Bullet journaling
Before the pen -Before adding your plans to your planner
After-the pen – After adding plans to your planner
PWM – Plan with me (Generally used for youtube “tutorials” of watching someone decorate their planner.)
Planner Styles
Vertical – This planner layout typically includes three vertical boxes for the given day – think one box for the morning, afternoon, and evening. It’s a perfect layout if you want to be creative and decorate your spread.
Horizontal – This planner layout typically includes one large horizontal box for each given day with lines similar to a notebook. This is perfect if you write a lot or will use the layout for journaling.
Hourly – This planner layout typically includes one large vertical box with several 30-minute increment time slots to write in your plans starting from either 6 AM or 7 AM until at least 8 PM.
Events:
Go Wild – The most popular planner conference.
Planner Con -Another planner conference.
$2 Tuesday– Usually held on Tuesdays by sticker shops to offer stickers at a discounted rate for $2.
Common Planner sizes:
A4 = 8.2″ x 11.7″
A5 = 5.8″ x 8.3″
Classic = 7” x 9”
Big / Letter size = 8.5″ x 11″
Half letter size = 5.5″ x 8.5″
This is not the be-all, end-all list, but if you’re just joining the planner world, I hope I have cleared up some confusion about terms used! Came across other terms not listed? List them below!
