Istilah atau singkatan dalam sneakers ini bukanlah bahasa gaul atau slang language walaupun ada beberapa singkatan adalah slang, tetapi lebih kepada singkatan yg dibentuk berdasarkan huruf dan angka yg dijadikan initial dari kalimat aslinya. Misal BNIB adalah singkatan dari Brand New In the Box (barang baru yg dikeluarkan dari kotaknya)…

Ok, langsung aja nih, pelajarin kamus istilah sneakers biar ntar kl ketemu ama sneaker head ngomongin soal sneaker bisa nyambung…

KAMUS ISTILAH SNEAKERS BY ALPHABETHICAL ORDER:
A
AF1 = Air Force One (Nike Air Force One)
AJ = Air Jordan (Air Jordan Shoes)

B
BNIB = Brand New In Box
BNWT = Brand New With Tag
BNWOT = Brand New With Original Tag
BIN = Buy It Now (istilah penjual sneaker)
BO = Best Offer (istilah penjual senaker) atau OBO = Or Best Offer
Beat = Kondisi sneaker yang lumayan mengenaskan alias 40-60% (istilah dalam penjual sneaker 2nd hand dlm menjelaskan kondisi sneakers yg dijual)
B Grade = Original But Defect, below standar of quality control. (barang asli tapi kualitasnya dibawah standard Quality Control)

C
COJP = Concept Japan (ini istilah untuk model art jepang)

D
DS = Deadstock, belum pernah dipake (pajang-simpen-pajang-simpen terusss…)
NDS = Near Deadstock, dipake cuman coba2 trus pajang, kondisi kinclong lah..
VNDS = Very Near Deadstock, sama seperti diatas cuman tambahin “mendekati”

E

F
FNF = Friends & Family, diproduksi hanya untuk teman & keluarga saja
FT = For Trade

G
GR = General Relase, produksi masal

H
HO = Highest Offer
Hyperstrike = usually Friends & Family only (24 pairs – 50 pairs).
Hyperstrike- These shoes are very rare, usually 50 or 25 pairs. Usually hyperstrike kicks are given to a store owner or artist that worked on the shoe to give to friends and family. Lots of times two different versions of a shoe are made. There is a general release that people can buy for retail, then there are the very limited hyperstrikes that are given to friends and family only, that usually have extra detail (laser, different tag, etc.)

I

J
Jay’s atau J’s = singkatan dari jordan’s shoes alias air jordan.

K
KW,1,2,3 OR AAA+ OR REPLIKA = FAKE, IMMITATION, COPY, NOT ORIGINAL

L
LE = Limited Edition
Laces = Tali sneaker
L’style = Life Style (maksudnya ccocok untuk dimatching kan dengan berbagai macam style clothes)

M

N
NL = No Liner (Dunk Hi Undftd NL, AM1 KOD NL)

O
OG = Original. Bukan retro, keluaran pertama. kalo istilah buku, ini cetakan pertama
OBO = Or Best Offer

P
PU = Pick Up, “baru beli ya? tampilin dong di forum..”
PL = Patent Leather
PE = Player Exclusive, produksi spesial yang hanya digunakan oleh endorser (misal AirJordan PE)

Q
QK = QUICKSTRIKE
Quickstrike / QS shoes are usually the most common out of the three that you are asking about. Most sneaker botiques have a QS account and get these shoes. QS shoes never have an “official” number of shoes released, but it is probably a thousand plus. Even though QS shoes aren’t that rare, you cannot walk into a footlocker or footaction and buy them, they only go to botiques.

R
RETRO = sneaker yang dibikin ngikutin yg udah ada. kalo istilah buku ini cetakan kedua dan selanjutnya
Contoh retro: AJ1, also AM90 Infrareds

S
SE = Special Edition
Scrap = Similar to unreleased product / Incomplete Design
SS = Super Star (Adidas)
SB = Skateboarding (Nike Dunk)
SPRM = Supreme
SP = Skate Pros
S/O = starting offer
T
Tongue = Lidah sneaker
Trade / FT (For Trade) = “tukeran bang, dah bosen nih..”
Tier 0 (zero)
Tier 0- This refers to shoes that are released at the most select sneaker shops. I’m not sure about the exact number of tier 0 stores but I think it is about 8. Some stores with tier 0 accounts are Huf SF, Nort/Recon (SF and NY), UNDFTD LA (x2), Alife NY, and a couple stores in Europe. Usually tier 0 shoes have very limited numbers (not like hypers though) of about 500 pairs or less. Some recent tier 0 shoes that dropped were the stash air force 1, air max 95 as well as the CLOT air max 1.
Tier 0 = sneaker with premium quality material (rajanya sneakers)

U

V
Vntg = Vintage, Model jadul taun 70-80an

W
WTB = Want To Buy
WTS = Want To Sell

X

Y
Yeezy atau Air Yeezy = Kanye West Shoes

Z

Roman Numerals
(Angka Romawi biasanya dipakai dalam Air Jordan Series)

I – 1 Air Jordan I
II – 2 Air Jordan II
III – 3 Air Jordan III
IV – 4 Air Jordan IV
V – 5 Air Jordan V
VI – 6 Air Jordan VI
VII – 7 Air Jordan VII
VIII – 8 Air Jordan VIII
IX – 9 Air Jordan IX
X – 10 Air Jordan X
XI – 11 Air Jordan XI
XII – 12 Air Jordan XII
XIII – 13 Air Jordan XIII
XIV – 14 Air Jordan XIV
XV – 15 Air Jordan XV
XVI – 16 Air Jordan XVI
XVII – 17 Air Jordan XVII
XVIII – 18 Air Jordan XVIII
XIX – 19 Air Jordan XIX
XX – 20 Air Jordan XX
XXI – 21 Air Jordan XXI
XXII – 22 Air Jordan XXII

Istilah Tambahan (Air Jordan Nick Names)

Blacktoes or Black Toe= Air Jordan I’s
True Blue= Jordan III’s
Cement= On Jordan III’s and IV’s
Militaries= Jordan IV’s
Laneys= Jordan V’s (Michael Jordan’s High School Colors)
Fire Red= Jordan V’s
Infared= Air Jordan VI’s
Carmines= Air Jordan VI’s
Maroons= Air Jordan VI
September Blues= Air Jordan VI
Bordeaux= Air Jordan VII’s
Charcoals= Air Jordan VII’s
Hares= Air Jordan VII’s
Cardinals= Air Jordan VII’s
Aquas= Air Jordan VIII’s
Steels= Air Jordan X’s
Chicago’s= Air Jordan X (Or any white/black/red colorway Jordan)
Ice= Clear blue on X’s (other models as well)
Columbia’s= Air Jordan XI
Space Jam’s/SJ= Air Jordan XI (Michael Jordan Wore them in the movie “Space Jam)
Concord’s= Air Jordan XI
Snake Skin= Air Jordan XI (Or any Air Jordan with a snake skin colorway)
Playoffs= Jordan XII/XIII (Or black/white colorway)
Taxis= Air Jordan XII’s
Altitudes= Air Jordan XIII’s
Flint’s= Air Jordan XIII
Indiglos= Jordan XIV’s
Oxys= Jordan XIV’s
Stealths= Air Jordan XX’s