Fan-Fiction Terminology

AU: Alternate Universe. i.e. alternate reality from original series
BTW: By The Way.
Beta-Reader: an individual, ideally one who is knowledgeable with regard to spelling, grammar, and punctuation and is familiar with the shows canon, who reads a story before it is made public and checks for errors+ and plot inconsistencies
canon: a word used by those who write fan fiction. It refers to the original body of work that the fan fiction came from
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
flame: basically a extremely rude letter with nothing that even helps the author improve. Flames are usually badly written and chocked full of Internet slang. For example, Telling someone to do the world a favor and stop writing.
FYI: For Your Information.
GEN: General. fan fiction of a general nature and usually safe for all age groups to read
HET: Heterosexual. fan fiction that features either implied or bluntly portrays a heterosexual relationship between two or more characters
HIATUS: A break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc
IC: In Character. where characters are portrayed in the usual context
Lemon: term referring to scenes containing graphic sexual content
Lime: term referring to scenes containing sexual inferences or sexual behavior without the graphic sexual content
Mary Sue: a negative reference to a female character commonly used by beginning writers in their Fan-fiction. most times, the "Mary-Sue" is based upon the author. she is unusually perfect and more advanced, also befriends or becomes romantically entangled with the author's favorite character/characters from the series. because she is more superior than the other characters in the work, she mainly becomes the focus of the fan fiction, thus ruining whatever the fan fiction was about
NCS: Non-Consensual Sex.
OC: Original Character.
OFC: Original Female Character.
OMC: Original Male Character.
OOC: Out of Character. characters that are displayed in ways incongruous with their roles on the series
OVA/OAV: Original Video Action/Original Action Video. direct release of movie/series to video
POV: Point Of View.
PWP: Plot? What Plot?
RnR: Read and Review. R&R
Revamp: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
SD: Super-Deformed. character is drawn in a chibi state to express extreme emotions like anger, love, sadness, exasperation...
Self-Insertion: is for the reader to insert themselves as the character
shipper: Relation-shipper. one who believes there is, was, should, and could be a relationship between 2 characters in a certain fandom
slash: genre of fan fiction involving pairing two male or female characters together; characters are commonly shown with a slash in between
TBC: To Be Continued.
WIP: Work In Progress.
xover/x-over: Crossover. when two or more anime/shows connect or overlap