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Glossary of Reading Abbreviations

Book abbreviationsJust a quick post to keep in my sidebar so you know what all the bookie abbreviations are.

 

AA= African American romance (can also be Amazon Affiliate, Alcoholics Anonymous and Ana’s Attic, possibly Asian American as well.)

AE=Audible Escape (no longer available)

ARC=Advanced Reading/Review Copy (usually provided by author or publisher)

AWWM=Asian Woman/White Man

BDSM= BD=Bondage and Discipline, D/s=Domination/submission, SM=Sadism and Masochism

BIPOC=Black, Indigenous and People of Color

BOB=Battery Operated Boyfriend (sex toy)

BB or BBF=Book Boyfriend

BBW=Big Beautiful Woman

BWWM=Black woman, white male

DILF=Dad I’d Like To Fuck

DNF=Did Not Finish

D/s=Just the Domination and Submission part. Pain and bondage is not necessarily a part of it.

ff=Fan Fiction

f/f=female/female

FTB= Fade to Black

FWB=Friends with Benefits

GNO=Girls’ Night Out

G/S=Grumpy/Sunshine

H/h=Hero/heroine

HEA=Happily Ever After

HFN=Happy for Now

IR=Interracial romance

ISO= In Search Of

J/P=Jealous Possessive

KU=Kindle Unlimited

LGBT=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

MM or M/M=male/male

MFM=menage usually with straight men

MILF=Mother I’d Like to Fuck

MMF=menage with bi men

MC=Motorcycle Club or Main Character

NA=New Adult (characters between 17 and 23, slightly more tame sex)

NBR=Not Book Related

NSFW=Not Safe For Work

OM= Other Man

ONS=One Night Stand

OTT=Over The Top

OW= Other Woman

OMYM= Older Man Younger Woman

PI= Pseudo-Incest which means a romantic relationship between stepsiblings or a stepparent and stepchild, but no one is biologically related.

PNR=Paranormal Romance

POC=Person of Color

POV=Point of view

PWP= Plot-What-Plot, otherwise known as smut fiction or pure erotica.

RH= Reverse Harem

SA= Standalone

T= If you see the T on its own, that means it contains “Taboo” content.

TBR=To Be Read (usually a list)

TSTL= Too stupid to live

UF=Urban Fantasy

UST=Unresolved Sexual Tension

WWBM=White woman, black male

YA=Young Adult (teen)

YMMV= Your Milage May Vary

 

 

 

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  4. Shawna Hembree says

    It took me forever to realize that your MC meant things with motorcycles. Keep on Keeping on.

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  10. JS says

    Perfect! I’ve actually been meaning to suggest this one to you-
    TMA – Too Much Angst
    Thoughts?

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  12. LisaLisa AKA Italian Hellian says

    thank god you wrote this book glossary thing. There were some I just couldnt figure out what the fuck they were. New Adult: OK so wheres the “mid aged adult” you know..where they all look like and were the age of Joe Manganiello (omg I could like him from head to toe-hell I’d even lick the lint out of his belly button..). OK wait, I got a little over excited about my lover Joe..sweet penis on a stick he’s hot…ok ok seriously. ANYWAYS! Thanks for taking the time to write these. OK now I need to go surf pics of Joe….toodles!

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  13. Shandra Torbett says

    LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered content

    T: If you see the T on its own, that means it contains “Taboo” content.

    PWP: Plot-What-Plot, otherwise known as smut fiction or pure erotica

    PI: Pseudo-Incest which means a romantic relationship between stepsiblings or a stepparent and stepchild, but no one is biologically related.

    BDSM can also stand for Master/slave which is a different genre than D/s since a Dom can mean someone who holds power over another person who is willingly submissive to them while a Master/slave relationship implies one person has been given total ownership of the other; there is much less give and take in those relationships and they are geared toward a very specific audience.

    I could give you a whole list of nothing but erotica terms. LOL! (Laughing Out Loud. HAH.) I love linguistics. I find it fascinating that every culture has its own language and being a bookie is definitely being a part of a particular internet subculture.

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  15. Shermaine Dowling says

    There’s a new one I’ve been seeing and just can’t figure it out. MILF I’m sure I’m gonna be embarrassed when I see what it means! Thanks for these!

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    • Millie says

      I’ve wondered about that one too. Knew it would be something like that, why am I still a little startled??
      As a side note: Is anyone else a little sad that in-your-face “bad words” (words I myself say if I smash my thumb with a hammer or something but instinctively wouldn’t say in company) are now in pop songs, etc.? That the grosser something is or the more censured a word or behavior is, the more gleeful some are to get it out there? Because, honestly, after the first shock factor – it’s boring. And we just have a courser society in general, waiting for the next taboo line to cross.
      Fascinatingly, I’ve observed a section of young people- leaders in their peer groups- quietly turning away. Shocking is just boring. This will be fun to watch over next twenty or so years.

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    • Ana's Attic says

      The only thing I could find references the spongebob song “F is for friends who do stuff together
      U is for you and me
      N is for anywhere and anytime at all”
      If anyone else knows please comment!

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  19. Amber D says

    Great post! Most of these I knew.
    What about “AA”? I ran across it in an interracial romance group, but after some searching, I can’t figure out what it means.
    Thanks!

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  20. Lizzy Finn says

    THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! Fabulous list! I keep seeing ’s??? Anyone know what that’s about?

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