What are all of those funny letters after the titles of stories?
And what do they mean?
They are story content codes. They try to describe the genre of
the story, whether it is the type of story some readers might
want to download, whether it is the type of story some readers
might want to avoid.
* NOTE: If you have written a story, this is not your FAQ. Look
* up the story-code FAQ for authors.
* http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/Uther_Pendragon/www/code/scfa.htm
SEX & AGE:
"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" Teenage male (used in gay stories).
They aren't always, because posters are careless (or
clueless). Also, in the bondage/dominance community, "M" is
sometimes a male dominant, "m" is a male submissive, etc.
MF is adult heterosexual sex
ff is teen lesbian sex
MMM~f means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
MMM/f sometimes means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
etc.
M+F Means several men and one woman
MF+ Means one man and several women
If the story is coded interr, meaning "Interracial," The
characters might be listed as BF Wm etc. The preceding letters
mean Black or White.
- = -
STYLE:
All of these might be capitalized. Usually no difference.
1st First time intercourse; also first time FF or MM.
anal Anal sex.
bd means bondage (and discipline)
beast Bestiality, sex with animals.[Should be "best"]
best Bestiality, sex with animals.
bi Bisexuality of one or more characters.
blackmail Sex through threat of exposure
bondage 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.
cheat Married or committed people having sex outside of the
commitment, cheating on their partner, as distinct from
swinging.
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.
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
dom refers to dominance and submission, should be ds.
ds [or d/s] dominance and submission.
exhib Exhibitionism.
enem Enemas
Fdom, [or femdom] a dominant female
Fembot A female robot, designed to give sexual pleasure.
fembot A version of the same, designed to look like a teenaged girl.
filk New lyrics to a familiar (originally a folk) tune.
fist Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina.
furry Animals with human characteristics.
goth Gothic (dark) setting
humil Humiliation.
inc Incest.
interr Interracial.
lac Milk, not from a cow.
magic Magic, or ghouls, or that sort of background.
mc "mind-control" a big subgenre.
Mdom a dominant male.
nc is non-consensual. This is rape in law, but the style
may be different.
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 Ages 12 and below. Should be Mg or something similar.
pett Heavy petting
preg Either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman.
Preteen Ages 12 and below. Should be Mg or something similar.
rape Violent rape.
reluc Woman says no, but loves it when she is raped.
rom is romantic, which should always be consensual but some
writers use it very strangely.
sad Sadism. For "just" inflicting pain.
safe Safe sex
scat Scatology: Involving feces.
ScFi Science fiction setting. Please note spelling.
slash (Usually) homosexual intercourse in fanfic.
sm Sadomasochism -- inflicting pain for the pleasure of
both.
snuff Killing which is supposed to arouse you.
_-solo Masturbation, as in F-solo = masturbation by an adult woman.
spank [or span] Spanking, mild sm.
teen Teenagers. Should be mf or something similar.
tg Trans-gender, men being changed into women (or vice
versa).
tort Torture.
toys Vibrators or other adult toys
veg Vegetable. Sex with food.
viol Violence, not necessarily connected to the sex.
voy Voyeur, peeking.
wife Wife watching; consensual cuckoldry.
wl [Wedded Lust] Sex within the marital relationship.
ws Water sports. Pissing.
zoo Zoophilia. Caring and consensual sexual relationships
between humans and animals.
Sometimes I do stray from these codes, but it is rare.