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This glossary covers
some of the more commonly used expressions, abbreviations, and acronyms
used by members of the INFJ-list:
dumbchills
This is an expression
used to describe the pain one feels when someone else is being humiliated
or embarassed. For example, "[X] gave me the dumbchills,"
where X is someone doing something embarassing. Or, if you want to be
even more hip, you say, "Ooo, major dumbchills!" when you
see people embarassing themselves (thanks for this one, Robbie).
Getting the dumbchills
is a pretty INFJish thing, though of course not limited uniquely to
INFJs.
Fe
Stands for "Feeling
Extraverted" (or extraverted feeling) which is the INFJ
auxiliary function. When used casually on the INFJ-list, to Fe usually
means to express feelings, especially about people. Fe-ing can also
refer to blowing off steam, which is why on occasion it's also known
(tongue-in-cheek) as ranting and raving. 
grok
To have a deep
level of understanding for something, such as, "OK, I see, I grok
that now." This word comes from the science fiction novel "Stranger
in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein.
INFJAG
INFJ Annual Gathering.
informing
SFs and NPs have
the informing style, while STs and NJs have the directing style.
Ni
iNtroverted
Intuition function. This is what gives INFJs sudden flashes of
insight, understanding, and comprehension. Because the intuitive function
is introverted, it may seem to others that INFJs are pulling information
from out of the ether or reaching conclusions without any forethought.
We seem to leap from point A to point E without bothering to connect
points B, C, and D first. INFJs, when pressed, can usually reconnect
the progress from point to point, demonstrating the logic of the conclusions
they've reached. But Ni finds it tedious to go the long way instead
of simply folding the points together and going directly to the same
end point.
oceanic
memory
A typically NF
way of remembering things through intuitive leaps and by associating
things. An INFJ trying to remember the name of a particular actor, for
instance, may first have one or more clear mental images of the actor's
appearance, recall a song or particular incident associated with the
actor, recall several films in which the actor appeared or other actors
or directors with whom he's worked extensively, and only then finally
recall the actor's name. Thus INFJ-List threads are apt to wander off
on tangents.
ping
Recognition of
a shared experience or perception.
pod
The collective
members of the INFJ-List. Kiersey suggested the dolphin as the totemic
animal of NFs (iNtuitive Feelers), and a group of dolphins is called
a "pod."
podling,
podmate
An individual or
fellow member of the INFJ-List.
PUM
Abbreviation for
David Keirsey's immensely popular book on temperament theory, "Please
Understand Me."
PUM2 / PUM
II
Abbreviation for
David Keirsey's latest temperament book "Please Understand Me II."
read, reading
A surface scan
to catch the general vibe of the person. Not as deep as scanning, less
intrusive.
scan, scanning
"To send out
feelers to gather information about a person for you, in the intuitive
sense (a light form of scanning); or to go one step further after grokking
someone. After an initial grok, someone can go deeper and more intensely,
to scan you. This deep scanning seems to involve going into another
person for the purpose of mutual kindred connection and mutual celebration."
-- Ravenquille
Some INFJ-List members consider scanning, a form of delving into
another person's conscience, to be too invasive to undertake without
either an invitation or without having a good reason to intrude on another's
privacy. Reasons might include determining whether another person intends
one harm or deceit, or is in trouble and needs help.
S.O.
Short for "Significant
Other," like a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, etc.
spew
To Ne (iNtuition
Extraverted) lots of irrelevant possibilities out loud; to explore
possibilities by thinking out loud.
Temperament
Referring to David
Kiersey's temperament theory. Temperament theory is often confused with
type theory, but there are significant differences between the two.
Type
A term used to
refer to personality type theory and the model behind it. Often the
phrase "MBTI™" is
erroneously used instead of "type." But "MBTI™" and "Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator™" are trademarked names referring to a specific
product rather than the personality model it is based on.
woo-woo
A general term
to cover esp and other psychic phenomena.
YMMV
"Your Mileage May
Vary." A term meaning that your experience or understanding of a particular
issue/person/item under discussion may differ from that of the speaker,
who is voicing his or her own particular viewpoint of the subject under
discussion. A respectful acknowledgement from the speaker that what
he/she expresses is solely his/her own viewpoint and not to be interpreted
as a universal truth.
XSFY
"X Speaks
for Y," where person X wrote something that expresses person Y's
thoughts on the matter.
"All
appears to change when we change."
Henri
Amiel
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