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Diary Room - DR - A "confessional" room where house guests share insights to their strategies and what they think of other house guests to the audience watching at home.
The Powers that Be - TPTB - The people that control the show are dubbed "The Powers that Be." Long time Big Brother fans have a general distrust of the TPTB believing that they rig the show to save "favorites," and often in unbelievable ways. Usage: "Looks like TPTB rigged the veto competition so that Frank could win and stay instead of him being voted out like he should have been the night the reset happened."
Allison Grodner - The head power that be. Without her there would not have been Big Brother. Frequently accused of playing favorites and rigging the show.
Live Feeds - LF - Big Brother is a game played in real time, as such, there are numerous cameras set up all across the Big Brother house. The cameras are left on and those who are willing to pay are able to watch, on their computers, Big Brother play out in real time instead of the edited version shown on television. Those with Live Feeds often know everything but the events that happen live on Thursdays by Wednesday afternoon.
The Tapes - A term used by house guests to refer to the episodes of Big Brother that are shown on television. Often used in a manner of trying to prove innocence. Usage: "When you get out of this house and watch the tapes, you're going to see that I didn't throw you under the bus."
Throw Under the Bus - To try and deflect blame and suspicion from yourself to someone else - often by lying or telling "half-truths" or revealing secret information.
Have Not - HN - Have nots are house guests that are not allowed to eat normal food, but rather, they have to eat Big Brother slop and whatever America chooses to allow them to eat. Slop is said to be a disgusting mixture that resembles oatmeal in appearance.
Slop - A bland, disgusting mixture that resembles oatmeal in appearance. Slop is bad.
Chenbot - A nickname for the Big Brother host Julie Chen. This nickname was given to her due to her robotic hosting of the show.
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