Pro Ana Acronyms and Slang

Ana:   Anorexia Nervosa.

Mia:   Bulimia Nervosa.

Coe:   Compulsive Over-eating disorder.

Chloe:   Same as Coe.

Ednos:   Eating disorder not otherwise specified.

Edna:    Implies Ednos.

BED:   Binge eating disorder.

ED:   Eating disorder.

SI:   Self injury.

Cutter:   One who self injures.

MiAna:   Perrtaining to both anorexia and bulimia (this term is what I came up with for this website, and since has been used on the net a lot. I have never seen the term used before until this site went online. Yes this is the birthplace of that very term.)

Pro-ana:   This term infers being pro-active in the ED community, usually online. It does not mean promote ED's in any way, shape or form.

Pro-mia:   Branch of the pro-ana movement that identifies as Mia.

Thinspiration:   Collection of thin looking peoples pictures, used to inspire those with ana/mia.

Thinspo:   Same as thinspiration.

Bonespo:   Extreme thinspiration with bones clearly showing.

Anorectic:   One who has anorexia.

Ana Buddy:   An online friendship between pro-ana individuals. Ana buddies encourage and support each other, sometimes help guide toward recovery or are penpals, sometimes becoming real life friends.

Fasting Buddy:   An online friend (or friends) who compete in weight loss competitions and attempt to keep one another motivated to lose more weight.

Wannarexic:   Someone who wants to develop an eating disorder, usually under some confusion about the consequences. Wannarexics are USUALLY unwanted at most websites aimed at sufferers, including pro-ana websites.

Wannarexia:   The act of wanting to develop an eating disorder. Wannarexia is USUALLY discouraged at most websites aimed at sufferers, including pro-ana websites.

CW:   Current weight.

HW:   Highest weight.

LW:   Lowest weight.

GW:   Goal Weight.

STGW:   Short term goal weight.

LTGW:   Long term goal weight.

FGW:   Final goal weight.

UGW:   Ultimate Goal Weight.

IP:   In patient.

OP:   Out patient.

BMI:   Body Mass Index.

BMR:   Basal Metabolic Rate.

TW:   Trigger Warning. This was made during the era when proana forums were being shut down at mass rate, so threads got this label for content that can be considered triggering in nature. This was an attempt to appear not extreme pro to try and avoid having the communities deleted. In the end it didn't work and forums were shut down regardless. MiAna actually extended this to descriptive labels because a simple TW was too general.