Common Fanfiction Abbreviations

# Crack – Purposely ridiculous or over the top story elements.

# EWE – Epilogue, what Epilogue. Canon epilogue never happened.

# Gen – Not focused on pairings or no pairing in general.

# Lemon/Smut – Stories with erotic elements.

# OoC – Out of character. A canon character that does un-canon things

# OC – Original character. A newly invented character who never played in canon.

# OP – Over Powered

# OTP – One True Pairing. Author only likes one specific pairing.

# Shipping – The specific relationships people favour. Like Harry Potter x Hermione Granger as an example.

# SI – Self Insert. Author writes as if he/she were in the story.

# Slash – Same sex male pairings. Female variation is fem!Slash.

# AK – Avada Kedavra

# Dan and Emma Granger – Based on the original HP movie cast Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Emma Watson (Hermione)

# DD – Dumbledore

# DU – Dolores Umbridge

# DoM – Department of Mysteries

# LV – Lord Voldemort

# MoD – Master of Death.

# RoR – Room of Requirement

# TWT – Tri Wizard Tournament

# WBWL – Wrong Boy Who Lived. Harry is the real BWL, but everybody thinks it is someone else.

# PS – Philosopher’s Stone

# CoS – Chamber of Secrets

# PoA – Prisoner of Azkaban

# GoF – Goblet of Fire

# OotP – Order of the Phoenix

# HBP – Half-Blood Prince

# DH – Deathly Hallows

Commonly Used Fic Abbreviations

# PoS – Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin

# MoR – Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

# DP&SW – Dodging Prison & Stealing Witches

# HP&BWL – Harry Potter & the Boy Who Lived

# ITT – Harry Potter and the International Triwizard Tournament

# S&S – Sarcasm & Slytherin