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Originally Posted by gmw
Is there a place that lists the meanings of "Gen", "Het" and similar? (I found "slash" in dictionary.com and "RPF" in acronymfinder - and yes that last does sound creepy.) I never realised the industry had evolved its own language in this way. I'm learning more on this thread that I expected when I started it.
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I can tell you that "het" means that the main romantic relationship is going to be a heterosexual one (as opposed to a slashy one). And "gen" means it's general (no romance other than what's already in the source material).
These seem to have pretty good basic vocab lists:
http://www.wellinghall.net/abbrevs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fan_fiction_terms