• frogging - undoing stitches... "Rip-it! Rip-it!"
• ripping - see frogging
• stash - your personal needlework supplies
• WIP - work in progress
• WISP - work in slow progress
• UFO - unfinished object; haven't stitched it in a while & don't plan on soon
• LNS - local needlework shop
• SAL - stitch-along, where two or more stitchers work on a design at the same time
• HD or happy dance - announcing a finish to your friends, acquaintances, and/or a cross stitch bulletin board
• S.E.X. - stash enhancement experience; needlework-related purchases. Must always be spelled with periods to avoid being listed on the "bad" web search engines!
• SABLE - Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy
• on the wagon - a period of time where one avoids any new acquisition of stash
• StRIP - Stash Reduction Implementation Plan, usually done when SABLE has been achieved. Typically, no new purchases are allowed for a set amount of time and/or until a certain amount of stash is used up. A person who does this is a StRIPper. See on the wagon.
• PRUDE - Person Resisting Unnecessarily Diminishing Existing stash, i.e. someone who refuses to StRIP.

For more acronyms explained, please visit the Aion Needlecrafts site.