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BBA – Term used by Torquere Press to indicate a ménage, either FFM or MMF
DNR – Did Not Read
EDJ – Evil Day Job, what some of us do to pay the bills, instead of reading or writing all the time.
GFY – Gay For You, a man thinks he is straight until he meets his One True Love, who is gay.
H/h – Hero and heroine pairing
HEA – Happily Ever After
HFN – Happy For Now
MPreg – male character gets pregnant
OOC – Out of Character, a character behaves in a way he/she would not be expected to behave based on character development
POV – Point of View
PWP – Plot? What Plot? Or, Porn Without Plot
QGB – Queer Gay Bellend (dickhead)
Slash – M/M
TSTL – Too Stupid To Live, describes a weak heroine who puts
herself in danger unnecessarily
WIP – Work in Progress
Yuri – F/F