Terminology

Specialized words and phrases used internally by Code:Miao

Content Contributor(s):

CM, Lightning, Dandy

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Last Updated:

Apr 15, 2023

MEMBERSHIP

Members

Miaomber / Miao

A member of Code:Miao. This typically refers to the idols, but can loosely include staff as well.

Example 1: CM is a miao!

Example 2: CM is a miaomber!

Miaoccount

A shared website or social media account amongst the Code:Miao members.

Miaoltdown

A meltdown that is related to Code:Miao. Used in a silly context.

Miaoniform

Miao uniform / team costume.

Talent

The publicly represented idols or members of a group. The team uses this term to refer to both Code:Miao and other groups to distinguish the promoted idols from the staff who do not sing, dance, or promote as a member. Within Code:Miao, all members also serve as staff!

Example: The talent in Code:Miao - EllieS, Dandy, Kai, CM, Lightning, Azzy, and Flo - also take part in running the team!

Staff

The members of Code:Miao who work behind the scenes. Some of them are dancers and idols too, but outside of Code:Miao! The team uses this term on other groups as well to distinguish the publicly represented idols from the behind the scenes staff (who may or may not be idols themselves).

Example: The staff in Code:Miao - Neon, Reset, and Nene - are very talented idols too!

Generations

Generation / Gen

The series of audition the member joined the team.

Gen 0 / Undebuted

The group of members who founded and build the team in 2019-2022 but did not debut together is Gen 0, consisting of the initial member lineup: CM, Lightning, Dandy, EllieS, KAI, Lyra, Zippy, and Sakura.

Gen 1 / 1st Gen

The group of members who debuted the team via Debut Concert Live: EllieS, Dandy, KAI, CM, Lightning, Azzy, Flo

Gen 2 / 2nd Gen

The members who joined and debuted in the team after Gen 1’s debut.

OPERATIONS

Major Documents

MegaDoc

The main Google Sheet document all primary project planning goes on. Used for song voting, show setlists, dance casting, packing lists, meetup scheduling, and more. Only sheets that are actively being used are in this document. This document hosts comments and complex formulas.

Sheets Archive

To reduce the file size and load time of the MegaDoc, all sheets that will no longer actively be used are copied into another Google Sheet document for archive purposes. Typically, the data is static and does not react to any formulas.

Formation Doc / Transition Doc

The document detailing all formations, blocking, and choreography changes (with timestamps, pictures, and video references) for the next performance or film meetup.

Costume Doc

The Google Sheet document containing members’ costume measurements and design preferences, makeup ownership, and shareable makeup.

Voting System

Vote(s) / Sign Up(s)

The count of how many people showed interest in a dance by marking it with an "o", "x", or "v" (did not leave the slot blank). When it comes to voting for the dances the team will do next, these terms are used almost interchangably. A "sign up" is thought of more as an interest indicator than a committment. Similarly, a "vote" indicates desire for something to become incorporated into the group. Often, votes for dances are referred to as "sign ups" because it is expected that if the dancer votes for the song, they will very likely be casted into the dance if it passes. This isn't always true, but it happens most of the time.

The team uses a 4-tier voting system:

O vote

In the MegaDoc, this is a vote for a dance that you love. This type of vote pushes the total voting score upwards. This vote is treated as a "yes."

X vote

In the MegaDoc, this is a regular vote for a dance that you are open to doing. This vote is treated as a "yes."

V vote

In the MegaDoc, this is a vote casted for a dance you would “rather not do”. A mild vote for a dance that is slightly more tolerable to compromise than a hard pass. This vote still counts as a “no”.

Blank Vote

In the MegaDoc, this is a lack of a vote, indicating “absolutely not.”

Members vote by typing one of the letters (or leaving a blank) into their Google Sheets column. The cell then auto-populates with their member color. The darker the shade of their member color, the more interested in the song or dance the member is. The letters do not stand for anything and were randomly selected. The letters were assigned a numerical value to help calculate the score of the votes (via a complex formula designed by CM).

Force Sign Up

When a member leaves their vote slot for a particular dance blank but is casted into a dance anyway. The dancer is always asked permission first. Sometimes members negotiate a compromise of some sort.

Selecting a Dance

Pitches

Suggestions of songs or dances to do that are pitched to the team.

Wishlist

The list of songs or dances the team wants to do. Most members maintain their own personal wishlists that are unassociated with the team. When the team opens a Wishlist, it is a collaborative playlist on YouTube that members can join to add their pitches. Pitches from Nico Nico Douga are individually sent via link.

Constraints

The set of rules that determine what types of songs or dances are allowed to be pitched to the team's wishlist.

Passed

When a dance or song is selected by the team.

Dropped

When a dance or song is removed from consideration by the team.

Lineup

The list of songs or dances within the team. The full lineup is every dance that has ever been passed into the team. The project lineup is the list of dances the team will be focusing on for that project.

Setlist

The list of songs or dances in arranged the order they are to be performed.

Project

The activity or set of activities the team is focusing on.

Planning & Discussions

10q

Thank you

/Gen

Tone indicator for a message to be genuine, with no hidden intent.

/J

Tone indicator for saying something jokingly.

/S

Tone indicator for saying something sarcastic.

BG

Background

Doc

Document

EN / ENG

English

JP

Japanese

JPN

Japan

RTF

Ready to film - choreography is memorized and cleaned; video is storyboarded; audio is edited; etc.

SNS / Socials

Social Media

SM

Someone / something

SMTH

Something

VC

Voice chat (in Discord)

DANCE

Phase / P1 / P2 / P3 / ...

Typically, the team schedules for members to learn the same dance, with a practice video due by a specific deadline. Members can submit as many practice/progress videos as they'd like until the deadline. The final practice video submitted for the dance progress deadline is referred to as the Phase video. These are numbered, with the first deadline video being Phase 1 (P1), the second Phase 2 (P2), and so on. Typically the team does 1-3 per dance, depending on how many are needed to synchronize and how much time there is before the film meetup or performance. The team refers to these videos as Phase videos to distinguish the final video from the other practices to be analyzed for improvements. It is a "phase" in the team's progressional timeline.

Mashup

All phase videos are split screened into a single video, referred to as the Mashup. Sometimes it is referred to as the Phase 1 Mashup or P1 Mashup, and so on. The Mashup is used for monitoring member synchronization. Typically the team publishes a mirrored and nonmirrored version.

Sync Notes

An analysis of the Mashup that details improvements for members to incorporate into their practice and submit in the next Phase video.

Team Abbreviation(s)

The specific way or ways the team internally abbreviates a song title.

Example: The team abbreviation for Baby Maniacs is BM. The team abbreviation for Bitter Majesty is BiMa.

BM

Baby Maniacs - HachioujiP

BiMa

Bitter Majesty - HachoujiP

CG

Champion Girl

Cinderella / CGFNR / Cinderella GFNR

Cinderella (Giga First Night Remix) - HachioujiP/Giga

CXM

Code:Miao

GMABSN / GMAB

Give Me A Break Stop Now - REOL

KM

Kimagure Mercy - HachioujiP

LSBG

Little Scarlet Bad Girl - HachioujiP

PC

PiNK CAT - GARNiDELiA

RC

Reversible Campaign - DECO*27

SD / SDR

Sweet Devil (Remix) - HachioujiP x Giga Remix ver.

SNNN

Super Nuko Ni Narenkatta - mafumafu

SNW

Super Nuko World - mafumafu

Casting

The assignment of which members do which part of the dance.

Example 1: Lightning was casted to do Manako's part.

Example 2: Azzy was casted as core. Flo was casted as accent.

Choreo

Choreography.

Core

The main choreography in focus of a dance.

Accent

The accenting choreography that is complimentary or amplifying the main choreography.

PARTICIPATION

Active Period

Full-Time

When the team or a member is active year-round.

Part-Time

When the team or a member is active sporadically and thought of more as an afterthought; dancers focus more of their time on other activities.

Seasonal

When the team or a member is extremely active during a certain period of time only and inactive outside of this period.

Duration

Permanent

When the team or a member does not have a set end date.

Temporary

When the team or a member has a set end date.

On Break / On Hiatus

When the team or a member takes massive time off group activities but maintains their permanent status. Sometimes a member might do an occasional project.

COSTUME

Costume Types

Costume

Garments that were designed and sewn for the group to match clothing.

Outfit

A closet paired or purchased ensemble for the team to match clothing.

Transformation Uniform / Uniform / Costumes

The cobalt blue and neon pink uniforms the team wears. The team has a magical cat concept, and this uniform is the uniform the cat hybrids wear when transformed into a magical girl/boy/enby. The uniform consists of special cat eats, a vest, a bottom piece, black gloves, a bow & bell choker, a name tag, holographic Code:Miao logo pins, and accessories.

Pre-Transformation Outfit

An outfit outside of the cobalt blue and neon pink uniforms that a member may wear. This consists of plain cat ears and any outfit. Typically, their member color is worn somewhere.

Costume Pieces

Base Outfit

The transformation uniforms were not designed to be standalone garments. They are to be worn on top of another outfit. The dancer's own clothing worn under the uniform is referred to as the base outfit. Base outfits are selected by the members following a published guide for each project. They do not have to be the same each time the uniform is worn.

Example 1: The posted costume guideline states the base outfit should be all black clothing.

Example 2: EllieS packed three base outfits - one for each day of filming - that way she doesn't have to do laundry every night.

Vest / Jacket / Top

The cobalt blue top of the Miao Transformation Uniform. Most members' uniforms have functional buttons.

Skirt / Bottom

The cobalt blue bottom of the Miao Transformation Uniform. Not all bottom pieces are actually skirts, but all of them are referred to as skirts.

Petticoat / Underskirt

Some members have both an organza underskirt and a cobalt blue bottom piece (skirt). Whether or not this underpiece is a petticoat, it is referred to as such.

Name Tag

A 3D printed pin with a heart in the member's color. It may be pinned anywhere on the uniform.

Cat Prisms

The 3D printed holographic team logo that can be attached to the base outfit or uniform.

Cat PomPoms

Our undebuted member Sakura handmade keychains featuring cobalt blue pompoms with cat ears as a gift. Some members like to wear them on the uniforms.

Design Elements

Ruffle Sleeves

The white vest sleeve style where the sleeves are knife pleated.

Slate Sleeves

The white vest sleeve style where the sleeves are flat.

Pixie Sleeves

The white vest sleeve style where there are two layered flat sleeves.

Shoulder Bows

The hot pink bows meant for the shoulders of the uniform, to evoke the impression of shoulder pads.

Trailing Ribbons

The hot pink ribbons that are attached on one end of the sleeve and free fall over the arm.

MAKEUP

Makeup is shared in a sanitary way by repanning sample sized portions into a small container for each member to own and use. Members never share brushes or products directly.