Glossary

This page contains all the abbreviations and acronyms used all across the wikia. If you are looking for a particular word, you can use the index below.

A

 * ACoR = A Courtesan of Rome
 * AMA = Ask Me Anything
 * AME = America's Most Eligible
 * AME: WE = America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition (alternative: WE = Wedding Edition)
 * ATV = Across the Void
 * AU = Alternative Universe, used to describe that something happens/happened in an alternative timeline.

B

 * BB = Bloodbound
 * BB: DS = Bloodbound: Dark Solstice (not to be confused with DS = Distant Shores)
 * BC = Beautiful Contestant (rare)
 * Bk/BK = Book
 * BoLaS/BoL&S/Blades = Blades of Light and Shadow
 * BP = Bachelorette Party
 * BSC = Big Sky Country
 * BTS = Behind the scenes

C

 * Ch = Chapter
 * CoD = Cause of Death, the name of a previous app by Pixelberry, back when the writers worked for EA

D

 * D&D = Desire & Decorum (or, Choices-unrelated, Dungeons and Dragons)
 * D&D: FW = Desire & Decorum: First Winter (alternative: FW = First Winter)
 * DF/DM = Diamond Farm / Diamond Mine
 * DS = Distant Shores
 * Dual Lead = a story that switches between two protagonists

E

 * ES = Endless Summer

G

 * GL = Genderlocked. It is a story that doesn't let you choose the gender for Your Character.


 * GoC = Gender of Choice. It is a story that lets you choose the gender for Your Character.

H

 * HC = Hot Couture
 * HftH = Home for the Holidays
 * HS = Handsome Stranger (rare)
 * HSS = High School Story
 * HSS: CA = High School Story: Class Act (alternative: CA = Class Act)
 * HSS Prime = the original High School Story app
 * HWU = Hollywood U, another app by Pixelberry

I

 * iff = if and only if (mathematical expression)
 * IL = It Lives
 * ILITW = It Lives In The Woods
 * ILB = It Lives Beneath

L

 * LH = LoveHacks
 * LI = Love Interest

M

 * MC = Main Character / Your Character
 * MOTY = Mother of the Year
 * MW = Most Wanted

N

 * NB = Nightbound

O

 * OH = Open Heart

P

 * PB = Pixelberry
 * POV = point of view
 * PtR/P2R = Passport to Romance
 * PSA = Public Service Announcement

R

 * RCD = Red Carpet Diaries
 * Resemblance/to resemble - one character looks either identical or similar to another character
 * RoD/RoD:ABBR = Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance
 * RoE = Rules of Engagement

S

 * SD = Save the Date (another abbreviation used on other pages is StD but we decided against it due to its more common meaning, "sexually transmitted disease")
 * SK = Sunkissed

T

 * TBA = to be announced/added
 * TBD = To Be Determined or Decided
 * TC&TF/TCaTF = The Crown & The Flame
 * TE = The Elementalists
 * TE: WP = The Elementalists: Winters Past (alternative: WP = Winters Past)
 * TF = The Freshman
 * TH:M = The Heist: Monaco
 * THoBM = The Haunting of Braidwood Manor
 * TS = The Sophomore
 * TJ = The Junior
 * TRR = The Royal Romance
 * TRH = The Royal Heir
 * TRHo = The Royal Holiday (alternative: Holiday)
 * TRM = The Royal Masquerade

V

 * VoS = Veil of Secrets

W

 * WEH = With Every Heartbeat
 * WT = Wishful Thinking