Series: Something written by someone who doesn’t know when to stop.
Shipper: 1)Person interested in boats.
2)What Sean Connery wears round the house instead of shoes.
3) Person interested in one relationship only in a show. Tends to get aggressive when
one of theirs is paired off with someone else.
Slash: When a Fanfiction writes that, because it was not specified that Legolas had a girlfriend/wife/lover back in Mirkwood, he must be gay and in love with someone who was mentioned, i.e. Aragorn, Gimli, Haldir, Gollum, Morgoth. Because bachelor-hood for hot male Elves is against the Geneva Convention.
S&M: 1)Simon and Marfunkle, the less successful 60’s folk duo.
2) One of the Mars corporations more ill-advised confectionary experiments.
3) People causing other people pain for fun. Often involves whips, chains and high heels.
Spawn of Satan: See ‘Mary-Sue’.
Spoilers: To take into account that it takes the best part of a decade for US TV shows to make it onto TV here.
Squick: Things that make you go ‘eeeeeeeaaaaaaurgh. eurgh. no.’. Examples: Gimli/Gollum slash. Nude Gimli playing volleyball. Gimli pole dancing. See what we’re getting at here? Squick does not necessarily involve Gimli, but frequently does.
T
TPTB: The Powers That Be. People who actually run TV shows/make moves/write books/make money/have lives. The doctorate to our masters. The Morgoth to our Sauron.
U
UST: Unrelenting Sexual Tension. They want to shag. Very, very badly. They don’t.
W
WIP: Work In Progress. Written by people who think the ‘Iliad’ was too damn concise.
Stolen from Bagenders. Made clean by Vel.