# FFN – The site https://www.fanfiction.net/
# Ao3 – The site https://archiveofourown.org/
# 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
Full page of Common ship names can be found here: https://fanlore.org/wiki/List_of_Harry_Potter_Pairing_Names
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