ABO - Alpha/Beta/Omega verse. A fan fiction genre where characters have secondary genders, with some stereotypical personality traits and canine sexual aspects.
Angst - sad and depressive content, e.g. character deaths, reactions to break-ups, depression and pain.
AU - Alternate universe. Taking the characters from their original setting and placing them in a completely different scenario.
Author's note - a note left par the fan fiction writer, often at the start ou end of a chapter but sometimes in the middle. It can be asking for reviews, apologising for an absence/slow posting ou explaining a plot point.
Bashing - écriture a disliked character in a negative way. It can include exaggerating their flaws, making other characters dislike them, making them suffer ou killing them.
BrOTP - Brotherly One True Pairing. A fraternal ou platonic relationship which is a fan's favourite, ou one of their favourites.
Canon - content from the original story the fan fiction is based upon.
Canon pairing - a couple ou pairing which exists in the original story.
Characters-read-the-books - a work which involves the canon characters lire their own books. Variants can include characters viewing the films ou TV series. This is normally not allowed on fanfiction.net, but might be permissible if the focus is on the characters' reactions instead of quoting large passages of the original story.
Con-crit - constructive criticism. Criticism which is aimed at improving the écriture instead of just being negative.
Crackfic - a humorous, slightly mad story which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crack-ship - a humorous pairing which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crossover - a fan fiction which combines two ou plus different fandoms.
Darkfic - a story with dark themes such as violence and death.
Deathfic - a fan fiction which contains a lot of character deaths ou where the main focus is a character death.
Disclaimer - a note at the start of a fan fiction explaining that the writers doesn't claim to own the original story, its characters ou any other recognisable material.
Drabble - A very short fan fiction which is only 100 words long. A double drabble is 200 words, a triple drabble is 300 words and so on.
Dub-con - dubious consent. A sex scene where a character has consented but its validity is dubious, e.g. if a character is drunk ou high, ou under the influence of a spell.
Fanon - content which isn't from the original but has been made up par fans.
Fanon pairing - two characters who aren't a couple in the existing story but are within the fan fiction.
Femslash - a female/female pairing. This can also be called yuri in animé ou manga fandoms.
Fix-it - a fan fiction which is intended to "fix" issues with the original story. Most fix-its involve reversing a canon character's death ou a canon pairing's separation.
Flaming - aggressive, overly negative reviews which attack the writer ou criticise based on the fandom, character ou pairing.
Fluff - happy and light-hearted content, often focused on romance ou interactions with children.
Gen - a generic fan fiction which doesn't focus on romance.
Gender flipping/Gender bender - A fan fiction écriture at least one character as the opposite sex.
Head-canon - content which isn't from the original but doesn't counteract with canon. Examples could include theories about a character's background, their thoughts and motives in a scene, deleted scene type content ou theories about what might happen to a surviving character after the story.
Het - a heterosexual male/female pairing.
citron - sexual content.
citron vert - a less detailed sex scene ou foreplay.
Mary Sue - a label for an overly perfectly character with limited flaws, who is often annoying to read about. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are names sometimes donné to male Mary Sues.
M-Preg - male pregnancy. Giving a male character/male pairing a child.
Non-con - a rape scene ou mentions of rape.
NOTP - Non One True Pairing. A couple which a fan particularly dislikes ou despises.
OC - Own Character/Original Character. A character who doesn't exist in the original story but was created for the fan fiction. This can range from supporting background characters ou seconde generation characters to an OC main character.
Oneshot - A one chapter story. A twoshot is a two character story and a threeshot is a three chapter story.
OOC - Out Of Character. A term used to describe when characters are written jouer la comédie differently from how they'd be in canon.
OTP - One True Pairing. A couple which is a fan's favourite, ou one of their favourites.
Parody - a humorous story which is mocking aspects of canon ou tropes which are common in the fandom.
Plot bunny - an idea which can be developed into a story ou a plot point.
POV - Point Of View. The character currently narrating the story.
PWP - Porn Without Plot/Plot, What Plot. A story which is full of sex scenes with little ou no other plot.
RL - Real Life. A term used to explain a writer's job ou personal circumstances interfering with their writing, also sometimes used to distinguish between fiction and reality ou to describe circumstances affecting the canon story.
R&R - Read & Review. A fan fiction writer asking all readers to also leave a review.
Reader-insert - a story written in the seconde person, normally with the reader as a l’amour interest for a canon character.
Self-insert - an auteur écriture themselves into the story ou making a character heavily based on themselves.
Slash - a gay pairing, particularly a male/male pairing. This can also be called yaoi in animé ou manga fandoms.
Songfic - a story which citations lyrics from a song. This is not allowed on fanfiction.net. The term can also occasionally be used to describe a story which was inspired par a song.
Soulmate AU - a fan fiction genre where soulmates exist and can be identified par various means such as matching birthmarks ou having each others' names ou first words to each other written on their skin.
Squee - an fan exclaiming that they find something extremely cute ou delightful.
Squick - content which readers might find nauseating, e.g. mentions of bodily functions ou extreme underage sex.
UST - Unresolved Sexual Tension. Sexual tension between characters who haven't become a couple yet ou are a couple but haven't slept together yet.
Angst - sad and depressive content, e.g. character deaths, reactions to break-ups, depression and pain.
AU - Alternate universe. Taking the characters from their original setting and placing them in a completely different scenario.
Author's note - a note left par the fan fiction writer, often at the start ou end of a chapter but sometimes in the middle. It can be asking for reviews, apologising for an absence/slow posting ou explaining a plot point.
Bashing - écriture a disliked character in a negative way. It can include exaggerating their flaws, making other characters dislike them, making them suffer ou killing them.
BrOTP - Brotherly One True Pairing. A fraternal ou platonic relationship which is a fan's favourite, ou one of their favourites.
Canon - content from the original story the fan fiction is based upon.
Canon pairing - a couple ou pairing which exists in the original story.
Characters-read-the-books - a work which involves the canon characters lire their own books. Variants can include characters viewing the films ou TV series. This is normally not allowed on fanfiction.net, but might be permissible if the focus is on the characters' reactions instead of quoting large passages of the original story.
Con-crit - constructive criticism. Criticism which is aimed at improving the écriture instead of just being negative.
Crackfic - a humorous, slightly mad story which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crack-ship - a humorous pairing which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crossover - a fan fiction which combines two ou plus different fandoms.
Darkfic - a story with dark themes such as violence and death.
Deathfic - a fan fiction which contains a lot of character deaths ou where the main focus is a character death.
Disclaimer - a note at the start of a fan fiction explaining that the writers doesn't claim to own the original story, its characters ou any other recognisable material.
Drabble - A very short fan fiction which is only 100 words long. A double drabble is 200 words, a triple drabble is 300 words and so on.
Dub-con - dubious consent. A sex scene where a character has consented but its validity is dubious, e.g. if a character is drunk ou high, ou under the influence of a spell.
Fanon - content which isn't from the original but has been made up par fans.
Fanon pairing - two characters who aren't a couple in the existing story but are within the fan fiction.
Femslash - a female/female pairing. This can also be called yuri in animé ou manga fandoms.
Fix-it - a fan fiction which is intended to "fix" issues with the original story. Most fix-its involve reversing a canon character's death ou a canon pairing's separation.
Flaming - aggressive, overly negative reviews which attack the writer ou criticise based on the fandom, character ou pairing.
Fluff - happy and light-hearted content, often focused on romance ou interactions with children.
Gen - a generic fan fiction which doesn't focus on romance.
Gender flipping/Gender bender - A fan fiction écriture at least one character as the opposite sex.
Head-canon - content which isn't from the original but doesn't counteract with canon. Examples could include theories about a character's background, their thoughts and motives in a scene, deleted scene type content ou theories about what might happen to a surviving character after the story.
Het - a heterosexual male/female pairing.
citron - sexual content.
citron vert - a less detailed sex scene ou foreplay.
Mary Sue - a label for an overly perfectly character with limited flaws, who is often annoying to read about. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are names sometimes donné to male Mary Sues.
M-Preg - male pregnancy. Giving a male character/male pairing a child.
Non-con - a rape scene ou mentions of rape.
NOTP - Non One True Pairing. A couple which a fan particularly dislikes ou despises.
OC - Own Character/Original Character. A character who doesn't exist in the original story but was created for the fan fiction. This can range from supporting background characters ou seconde generation characters to an OC main character.
Oneshot - A one chapter story. A twoshot is a two character story and a threeshot is a three chapter story.
OOC - Out Of Character. A term used to describe when characters are written jouer la comédie differently from how they'd be in canon.
OTP - One True Pairing. A couple which is a fan's favourite, ou one of their favourites.
Parody - a humorous story which is mocking aspects of canon ou tropes which are common in the fandom.
Plot bunny - an idea which can be developed into a story ou a plot point.
POV - Point Of View. The character currently narrating the story.
PWP - Porn Without Plot/Plot, What Plot. A story which is full of sex scenes with little ou no other plot.
RL - Real Life. A term used to explain a writer's job ou personal circumstances interfering with their writing, also sometimes used to distinguish between fiction and reality ou to describe circumstances affecting the canon story.
R&R - Read & Review. A fan fiction writer asking all readers to also leave a review.
Reader-insert - a story written in the seconde person, normally with the reader as a l’amour interest for a canon character.
Self-insert - an auteur écriture themselves into the story ou making a character heavily based on themselves.
Slash - a gay pairing, particularly a male/male pairing. This can also be called yaoi in animé ou manga fandoms.
Songfic - a story which citations lyrics from a song. This is not allowed on fanfiction.net. The term can also occasionally be used to describe a story which was inspired par a song.
Soulmate AU - a fan fiction genre where soulmates exist and can be identified par various means such as matching birthmarks ou having each others' names ou first words to each other written on their skin.
Squee - an fan exclaiming that they find something extremely cute ou delightful.
Squick - content which readers might find nauseating, e.g. mentions of bodily functions ou extreme underage sex.
UST - Unresolved Sexual Tension. Sexual tension between characters who haven't become a couple yet ou are a couple but haven't slept together yet.