# MUSH

- Term: Digital term
- Canonical: https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/mush/

> A text-based online world, descended from MUDs, focused on social play, collaborative storytelling and user-built content rather than combat. MUSHes hosted long-running roleplaying communities set in both original worlds and licensed fictions.

A text-based online world, descended from MUDs, focused on social play, collaborative storytelling and user-built content rather than combat. MUSHes hosted long-running roleplaying communities set in both original worlds and licensed fictions.

**Origin:** TinyMUSH grew from enhancements to TinyMUD (1989), whose social, build-your-own design it inherited.

## Quick answers

**What does "MUSH" mean?**
A text-based online world, descended from MUDs, focused on social play, collaborative storytelling and user-built content rather than combat. MUSHes hosted long-running roleplaying communities set in both original worlds and licensed fictions.

**Where does the term "MUSH" come from?**
TinyMUSH grew from enhancements to TinyMUD (1989), whose social, build-your-own design it inherited.

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