Fanboy/Fangirl Dictionary
AMV (Animated Music Video)- A video with clips or Fanart in it with accompanied music fitting to the subject
AU (Alternate Universe)- A story of an existing show/book/game that has story line slightly altered from the cannon, usually in the form of a fanfiction
Avatar- Something representing someone on the internet; A game sprite, usually pixelated
Bash- insult something for the sake of insulting it
Beta Reader- a fanfiction editor; Someone who goes over a fanfiction to find grammar mistakes for the author before they publish it
BNF (Big-Name Fan)- Someone very popular in the fandom
Canon- Something that happed in the actual show/book/game
Chibi- Fanart where characters with large head and eyes, and small, chubby bodies and limbs, as if they were toddlers
Claims- a site or page on a site where individuals can entitle, or "claim,"ojects from the cannon, such as an outfit or hairstyle
Con- Short for Convention, like ComicCon
ConCrit (Constructive Criticism)- helpful advise given to an author of a story from a reader
Cosplay- dressing up as a character from a fandom
Crosscast- Fanart or fanfiction that has the same plot as the cannon, but uses the character of another cannon
Crossover- Fanart or fanfiction that has plot and/or characters from two different cannons meet
Dead/ded- a term used by fanboy/fangirl when they hear/read something funny, surprising, or appalling
DLDR (Don't like, Don't read)- A term authors use as an answer to bashes and sometimes ConCrit.
Dreamcast- a list of actors/actresses that a fan would hire if the form of media their fandom is was a movie
Dub- a rerecording of an animation where the language used is rerecorded in a different language
Ebert's Law- a rule stating that one does not have to be at something to see when someone's bad at it
Eyesporking- a term used to describe a terrible fanfiction; Eyesporkingly bad
Fanart- a drawing depicting something or someone from a fandom, whether it is from canon, fanon, or OC
Fanboy- A seriously obsessive fan who is male
Fandom- a community dedicated to a work, such as music, animation, book, or game
Fanfiction- a story about the fandom that is noncanon
Fangirl- A seriously obsessive fan who is female
Fanon- something that is noncanon, but is generally used in the fan community that people who don't know the fandom or are new to the fandom may think it's canon; examples: Eridan saying 'nweh!' a lot when he never said it in Homestuck, or the Sockathon ship in Welcome to Hell
Fanpoodle- a more intense fangirl
Fansubs- a form of media in which people within the fandom have put subtitle for different languages in so others may enjoy it as well
Fanzine- a collection of fanfictions and fun facts from a fandom put together in the form of a magazine
FAQ (frequently asked question)- a question asked by most fans, with pages answering them
Filk- a song parody
Filler- an episode of a show that fills time, but contribute nothing to the main story
Flame- insults to a fan's work or the act of insulting said object
Fluff- a fanfiction that does not have much plot, but doesn't deal with dark topics either; a fanfic. that has cute love scenes in which the to are the two characters in love with each other interact by flirting and other small signs of affection
GIP (Gratuitous Icon Post)- A post in an online conversation in which someone shows that their icon or sprite is related to the subject
Gush- to say only good things about something in precise detail, stating everything one loves about something.
HSAU (High School AU)- An au where all the characters are students who go to high school together
Hurt/comfort- a fic. in which a character is abused mental/physically, and helped back to happiness by a close friend or their true love
IAWTC- I agree with that comment
IC (in character)- used to point out that a character in a role-play or fanfiction is acting the same as they would normally behave
IMHO- In my humble opinion
leet (Eleet)- used for people who are exceptional at leetspeak
leetspeak- a method of typing that is hard to read but is still comprehendible if the reader really tries; |-|!
Lurker- someone who watches a message board or chat room without contributing to it, often to know how to behave before introducing themselves, or to learn more about the subject
MarySue/GarrySue- an OC or the like which is overly explained, and beautiful, perfect and likable in everyway from the authors point of view; an OC with lots of beauty and power, with no weaknesses or flaws
Meme- a small picture with text around it stating a joke; a short video that's considered humorous and has audio and video come from two different things that look good together
Mod (moderator)- The person in charge of an archive, website, blog, page, or chatroom
Netspeak- using an excessive amount of shorthands and abbreviations in a chatroom or text
Newbie- Someone new to a game or community
Notbot- Someone who excessively flames, trolls, and bashes a person out of extreme hate for the individual or something they did/do
OOC (out of character)- Used to refer to when a character in a fanfiction or role-play is acting differently from what they normally would
OP (Original Poster)- a person who originally started a discussion/chatroom
OT (off topic)-used to make a post that you want to sent out to someone, but is unrelated to the conversation at hand
Otaku- a person totally obsessed with anime
OTP (one true pairing)- The choice of a pairing one thinks would be the only pairing out of a certain thing/all their pairings; One's favorite pairing out of a set of pairings
Pairing- two characters together in a romantic relationship; a ship
Pic- picture
R&R- read and review
Round Robin- a fanfiction that has many authors
RP- Role-play
Ship (Relationship)- a pairing
Shrine- a website/page where a work/character from said work are depicted, so fan can tell others that they like something
Snuff- a fanfiction that exists solely for the purpose of the author killing off a character they hate
Sockpuppet- Someone who has a negative opinion on something, and posts their opinion under multiple different accounts pretending to be different people to prove their point
Songfic- a fanfiction where the plot is based of off a song
Sub (subtitles)- A show that has the original dub, but has the words in a different language at the bottom
Suethor- An author that writes many MarySues
Thread- all the replies and, replies to said replies, to a statement online
TL;DR- Too long; Didn't read
Wingfic- a fanfiction where all the characters have angel wings
For moar, go on Ainself.net, where I got most of my information. They have other words that I didn't put on here for various reasons. Enjoy, and happy reading!
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