Before you're ready to join our large community, there are some abbreviations you should know, because they're widely used in the community and you might get confused at first if you don't know their meaning.
TS - The Sims (Ex. TS2 = The Sims 2)
MM - Maxis Match
EP - Expansion Pack
SP - Stuff Pack
GP - Game Pack (only for TS4!)
LP - Let's Play
CAS - Create-a-Sim/Create-a-Family in The Sims 2
'Hood - Neighborhood
CC - Custom Content
ACR - Autonomous Casual Romance
OMSP - One More Slot Package/One More Slot, Please!
EAxis - EA games + Maxis
Dossanina - Don, Cassandra, Nina and Dina. Characters from Pleasantview. Also, a story by HolleyBerry.
PV - Pleasantview
ST - Strangetown
VV - Veronaville
RBH - Riverblossom Hills
LS - The Sims Life Stories
PS - Pet Stories
CS - Castaway Stories
BG/BGC - Base Game/Base Game Compatible
Macro - Macrotastics, a Mod
MTS - ModTheSims
TSR - The Sims Resource
ToU/TOU - Terms Of Use, many CC creators have them. Usually, you're not allowed to make recolours of a mesh and share the recolours on paid sites or via using Adfly.
CEP - Colour Enable Package
Skell - Skellington, a Sims 2 creator
JRO - The relationship of Johnny Smith, Ripp Grunt and Ophelia Nigmos from Strangetown
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Classic Sims [THE SIMS 2]
Non-FictionIn which I teach you awesome things about The Sims 2 that I've learned over the past couple of years! Obligatory for Beginners! But Intermediates can learn a thing or two from here as well.