| 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 |
On VenicePlace this usually stands for David Soul |
| DS or dS |
can also stand for: 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, in slash stories 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 a new female character which
was often a representative of the author, who was usually 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 in fanfic. |
| 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 primarily 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 (slash fandom) (ya hadda ask?) |
| SH |
Starsky & Hutch fandom, all aspects |
| S&H |
Starsky & Hutch (gen fandom) |
| 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 homoerotic relationships, usually m/m but sometimes
f/f as well. The relationships might be implied or explicit. |