Frequently Asked Questions
about
Abbreviated Story Codes in A.S.S.*
Arranged by Subject

Version 5.0 June,, 2005

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1:   Sex age and number.

2:   Willingness or unwillingness.

3:   Dominance, submission, bondage, pain and violence.

4:   Relationships.

5:   Activities.

6:   Various kinks.

7:   Other particulars.

8:   Special codes for MM and interr stories.

1: Sex, age, and number <\h3>

"M,m,b" are all males.  
"b" is always a young boy, should be up to 12. 
"F,f,g" are all females.  
"g" is a young girl, should be up to 12.
"M,F" should be adults, 18 and older.
"m,f" should be teens, 13 - 17.
"t"   is a teenage male (used in gay stories).
     They aren't always, because posters are careless (or 
     clueless).  Also, in the bondage/dominance community, "M" is 
     a male dominant, "m" is a male submissive, etc.
alien     Sex involving someone, or something, from off Earth.
MF        is adult heterosexual sex
ff        is teen lesbian sex
MMM~f     means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
MMM/f     means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
          etc.
M+F       Means several men and one woman
MF+       Means one man and several women
yng       Participants are young.  (Should be the specified ages 
               above).
teen      Teenagers.  Should be "mf" or something similar.
Preteen   Ages 12 and below.  Should be Mg or something similar.
Fembot    A female robot, designed to give sexual pleasure.
fembot    A version of the same, designed to look like a teenaged girl.
H         A hermaphrodite adult.
h         A hermaphrodite under 18.

The presence or absence of "/" doesn't mean much except on dominance stories. In those stories the one(s) to the left of the slash are dominating those to the right of the slash.

When it is used, ~ means "with." M~dog is "man with a dog. M~mf means that an adult man has sex with both a teen boy and a teen girl. Mm~f means that both an adult man and a teen boy have sex with a teen girl.

2: Willingness or unwillingness.

blackmail      Gaining sex through threat of exposure.
cons [or con]  The sex is consensual.  This should mean that 
               All the sex is consensual, but some authors use 
               "cons nc" to mean that only some is.
mc        "mind-control" a big subgenre.
nc        is non-consensual.  This is rape in law, but the style 
               may be different.
rape      is rape.
reluc     Woman says no, but loves it when she is raped.
rom       [Romantic]  Means that all the sex is consensual 
          (although some writers use this code very strangely) 
          and that at least some of it stems from the love that 
          one of the characters feels for another.

3: Dominance, submission, bondage, pain and violence.

bd        Bondage and Discipline
bondage   means bondage (should be bd)
caution   Something in the story might offend (or even 
          sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
cbt       Cock and ball torture.
ds [or d/s]      dominance and submission.
dom       refers to dominance and submission, should be ds.
_dom      Domination by member of sex/age 
Fdom [or femdom]     a dominant female
fist      Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina. 
humil     Humiliation
mc        "mind-control" a big subgenre.
Mdom      a dominant male.
rough     Consensually rough sex, not always sm.
sad       [Sadism]  For "just" inflicting pain. 
sm        Sadomasochism, pain for the pleasure of both.
snuff     Killing which is supposed to arouse you.
span      [Spanking], mild sm.
spank     [Spanking], mild sm.
tort      Torture.
va        Verbal abuse. [Abusive and dirty language]
viol      Violence, not necessarily connected to the sex.

4: Relationships

cheat     Married or committed people having sex outside of the 
               commitment, cheating on their partner, as distinct 
               from swinging.
cuckold   The story involves the feeling of humiliation of a man's 
               knowing that another has replaced him in his wife's bed
Fembot    A female robot, designed to give sexual pleasure.
fembot    A version of the same, designed to look like a teenaged girl.
inc       Incest
interr    Interracial
ir        (or i/r) Interracial (should be interr)
rom       Romantic, which should always be consensual but some 
               writers use it very strangely.
wife      Wife watching (participatory cuckoldry) 
wl        [Wedded Lust] Sex within the marital relationship.

5: Activities

anal      Anal sex.
beast     Bestiality, sex with animals (should be "best").
best      Bestiality, sex with animals.
cd        Cross dressing (should be tv).
copr      Coprophilia (Fun with feces)
creampie  is one man's ejaculate as sucked out of a woman's
          vagina and consumed by (usually another) man
enem      Enemas
exhib     Exhibitionism
fist      Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina. 
inc       Incest
inf       Infantilism
magic     Not only magic, per se, but also demons, fantasy 
               worlds, etc.
mast      Masturbation, should be _solo. [Some authors use (mast) 
               for (pett)]
mc        Mind control, a big subgenre.
nec*      [Necrophilia]  Sex with a dead person
nosex     There is no intercourse in the story.  This is a preemptive code
               in the sense that it overrides any implication of 
               intercourse by other codes used.
oral      Oral-genital contact.
ped       [Pedophilia]  Some participants age 12 or below. 
pett      Heavy petting.
piv       [Penis in vagina]  "Straight" sex.
rim*      Oral-anal contact.
safe      Safe sex. 
scat      [Scatology] Fun with feces.
_solo     Masturbation, as in Fsolo = masturbation by an adult woman.
swing     Swinging.  Mutually consensual adultery.
tg        Transgendered (Male changed into a female, or vice 
               versa.
toys      Vibrators or other adult toys
tv        Transvestite - man dressing as woman
veg       Vegetable. Sex with food.
vore      Eating (literally) someone or something alive.  Think Jonah.
voy       Voyeurism, peeking.
wife      Wife *watching*  (participatory cuckoldry) 
ws        Water Sports.  Pissing.
zoo       [Zoophilia]  Caring and consensual sexual relationships
          between humans and animals.

6: Various kinks.

alien     Sex involving someone, or something, from off Earth.
BBW       "Big Beautiful Women," Appreciation of fat women.
bi        Bisexuality of one or more characters.
breast    Abnormally large breasts
copr      Coprophilia (Fun with feces)
enem      Enemas
exhib     Exhibitionism.
fat       Involves fat people
feet      Foot or shoe fetish-story
furry     Animals with human characteristics.  Werewolf or Mickey 
               Mouse.
giant     Abnormally large (tall) persons
hair      Hair fetish
hirs      Hirsute - natural unshaved genitals and/or armpits
HYP       Hypnolove.  Consensual hypnotism to increase sexual 
               pleasure of both.
inf       Infantilism
lac       [Lactation]  Playing with (human) milk.
menstr    Sex during a woman's menstruation
preg      [Pregnant] Either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman.
size      Overdeveloped body-parts
tg        Trans-gender, men being changed into women (or vice 
               versa).
toys      Vibrators or other adult toys
tv        Transvestite - man dressing as woman
veg       Vegetable. Sex with food.

7: Other particulars.

1st       First time, or first MM or FF activity.
               Occasionally, the first time doing some 
               particular form of sexual activity.
bibl      Biblical. Based on a Bible story.
caution   Something in the story might offend (or even 
          sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
Celeb     The story is about a celebrity.
coll      College-theme
dream     Sexual activity during a dream, (daydream or sleep.)
filk      New lyrics to a familiar (originally a folk) tune.
goth      Gothic (dark) setting
hist      [History]  Occurs in the (reasonably distant) past.
hs        High School-theme
humor     Humor. The story is intended to be funny
HYP       Hypnolove.  Consensual hypnotism to increase sexual 
               pleasure of both.
interr    Interracial
job       Place-of-work theme
magic     Not only magic, per se, but also demons, fantasy 
               worlds, etc.
parody    Imitation of a style or particular story with
               the intent to amuse.
real      Supposedly true
ScFi      Science fiction setting.  Please note spelling.
size      Overdeveloped body-parts
slash     (Usually) homosexual intercourse in fanfic.
stroke    The author intended it simply to arouse.
tragic    The story ends sadly.
true      Supposedly true.
virg      Virgin (should be 1st).

8: Special codes for MM and interr stories.

bear      Hairy male. Usually gay. (Grizzly Adams)
twink     gay male: Young and hairless-type (Tom Cruise)
BC        (with interr) Black Couple
BF        (with interr) Black Female
BM        (with interr) Black Male
WC        (with interr) White Couple
WF        (with interr) White Female
WM        (with interr) White Male

Frequently Asked Questions about Abbreviated Story Codes in A.S.S.* Arranged by Subject