| Character | |
Meaning |
| s | | generic syllable |
| v | | single vowel |
| V | | single vowel or vowel combination |
| c | | single consonant |
| B | | single consonant or consonant combination suitable for beginning a word |
| C | | single consonant or consonant combination suitable anywhere in a word |
| i | | unit for an insult |
| m | | unit for a mushy name |
| M | | unit for a mushy name ending |
| D | | consonant or consonant suited for a stupid person's name |
| d | | syllable suited for a stupid person's name (always begins with a vowel) |
| ' | | literal apostrophe |
| - | | literal hyphen |
| () | | denotes that anything inside is literal |
| <> | | denotes that anything inside is a special symbol |
| | | | logical OR operator for use in () and <> |
