What did she say?  A jargon haters glossary of jargon

Fandom Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Jargon (much of this is pre-net, but not all of it.

ADZINE:
A zine whose main purpose is to list zines, their 
content, and availability, i.e. The New Monthly.  Write to: Joy Baker <JoymB@aol.com> 
AU or A/U 
Alternate Universe
APA
Amateur Press Association, similar to letterzines
ATG 
Any Two Guys
B/D
Bodie/Doyle (Professionals)
b&d or B&D
bondage & discipline
B5
Babylon 5
B7
Blake's 7
C/C 
Crockett/Castillo (Miami Vice)
CI5 
the organization Bodie & Doyle work for (Pros)
CON
Convention.  A gathering of fans.  Fan conventions usually have panels where fandom issues are discussed, dealer's rooms where fandom products are bought and sold, and other kinds of programming like song vids, costume contests, etc.
CROSS-UNIVERSE or crossover
melding the characters and story elements of one show with another, such as when Starsky & Hutch got to Cascade to work a case with Jim and Blair
C/T
Crockett/Tubbs (Miami Vice)
dead tree fandom
print fandom (paper zines)
DS
Due South
DS9
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
f/f
female/female slash
fen 
plural of "fan"
fiawol
pre-net expression: Fandom Is A Way Of Life
fijagh
ditto: Fandom Is Just A Goddamned Hobby
filksong
fannish folksongs
FK
Forever Knight
gafiate 
pre-net expression: Getting Away From It All, meaning, to give up fandom completely, to become a mundane
h/c
hurt/comfort, a story genre that depends on one member of the pair being hurt, and the other to give comfort, which often leads to love
H/J
Harry/Johnny (Magnum Force) - an offshoot of S/H fandom pairing a character of David Soul (Johnny) with Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.  This fandom had a lot of followers and produced zines, stories, and even a songvid.
HL
Highlander
HMc
Hardcastle & McCormick
K/S
Kirk/Spock (Star Trek) The first media slash -- how we all got here.
LOC
letter of comment (usually to a zine editor)
MARY-SUE
Originally, in Trek fiction, this referred to the main female character which was often a representative the author, who was usually a smarter, more attractive, stronger, and superior in every way to the major male characters, who usually fell desperately in love with her.  Over time, however, the deserved hostility toward the cardboard character that MarySue represented has evolved to encompass most female protagonists, particularly in slash stories.
MM
multimedia--a zine or songvid with multiple fandoms
m/m
male/male slash, as opposed to female/female slash
MFU
The Man from UNCLE
MUNCLE
The Man from UNCLE
mundane
a person who is not in fandom
MV
Miami Vice
MW or MWC
MediaWest*Con (fan Mecca)
neofan
a new fan, also "neo"
netfic
fanfic published directly onto the net as opposed to printfic - zines (also known as "dead tree fandom"
newbies
new fans
PWP
plot, what plot? (i.e. slash stories with little or no plot, that are focused only on the love scene)
Pros
The Professionals
QL
Quantum Leap
RS, or RoS
Robin of Sherwood
SAAB
Space: Above and Beyond
SASE
self-addressed stamped envelope
S/H
Starsky/Hutch
SH or S&H
Starsky & Hutch
Slash
a genre of stories that involve homoerotic relationships between (usually) male characters from a TV show.  The relationships can either be implied or explicit.
ST
Star Trek (usually the original series)
ST:TOS
Star Trek, The Original Show
ST:TNG
Star Trek, The Next Generation
SW
Star Wars
TNG
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS
Star Trek (the original TV series)
Virgule
Synonym for '/' mark, also a Seattle-based slash con, also a slash mailing list
WG
Wiseguy
WW, or WoW
War of the Worlds
WWW or W3 
Wild Wild West
ZINES
Print zines, "magazines" of either fiction or non-fiction put together by fans and sold to other fans either through the mail or at cons that are usually specific to a fandom or a fannish interest.
zine, adult
An adult zine usually contains "adult" stories -- 
either (hetero) sexual or extremely violent. A zine with both hetero sex and slash would be called "mixed."  An age statement (that purchaser is over 18 or 21) is usually required when ordering.
zine dedicated
A zine dedicated to one particular show or theme
zine, gen
"Gen" usually refers to (hetero) stories that could be considered up to PG-13 or sometimes R rating.  
zine, multimedia
a zine that collects stories from many different fandoms
zine, slash
A slash zine depicts homo-erotic relationships, usually m/m but sometimes f/f as well.  The relationships might be implied or explicit.






Net Emoticons (View sidewise to see picture)

:-)           
sideways smiley face (many variations)
;-)           
sideways wink
:-/           
sideways exasperation face
:-P~~~        
drooling
:-P           
hanging tongue out
8-)           
wearing glasses or wide-eyed smiling face
8-D           
laughing hard
8-0           
screaming

Net Abbreviations

BTW           
by the way
<D&R> 
duck and run
FAQ           
Frequently Asked Questions 
FWIW 
for what its worth
<G> 
grin
IMCO          
in my considered opinion
IMHO          
in my humble opinion
IMO           
in my opinion
LOL
laughing out loud
OTOH          
on the other hand
RJH 
Rambo Jim Heads
RL            
Real life, as opposed to net/fan life
<ROTFL> 
Rolling on the floor laughing
<ROTFLMYAO>
Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
TTFN 
ta ta for now
<VBG>
very big grin
YMMV          
Your Mileage May Vary


>
>	SLASH:  Indicated by the symbol "/".  A zine or story which
>contains adult material which explicitly or implicitly implies 
same-sex
>or homosexual relationships.
>
>	SPLASH PAGE:  traditionally, an illustration facing the 
first
>page of a story, serving as the main or only illustration for 
that
>story.
>
>	SMALL PRESS:  A small amateur or professional publication 
with a
>limited print run.  (A fanzine is a small press publication...a 
small
>press publication is _not_ always a fanzine.)
>
>	TALKING HEADS:  Technically, a story that is composed 
primarily
>of dialogue, with little or no description.  It is also used as 
an impolite,
>but not inaccurate, term for portrait illustration.
>
>	VIGNETTE:  1. A short piece of writing, usually fictional;  
1. A price of
>fannish writing of approximately three pages or less, usually
>more concerned with a particular action or character development 
than
>plot.
>
>	ZINE LISTING:  The information given in an adzine relating 
to the
>title, price, content, and availability of a zine, whether in 
print or
>proposed.  (see ADZINE).
>
>	"/" :  Symbol for a SLASH zine or story.  (e.g., K/S)
>	
>
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