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 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 duck and run FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FWIW for what its worth 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 Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off TTFN ta ta for now 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) > > >________________________________________________________________ ___________