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

 * BaBu = Baby Bump
 * BB = Bloodbound
 * BB: DS = Bloodbound: Dark Solstice (not to be confused with DS = Distant Shores)
 * BB = Bad Boy (rare) (when used in conjunction with BF, CC, MTFL)
 * BC = Beautiful Contestant (rare)
 * BF = Best Friend (rare)
 * Bk/BK = Book
 * BoLaS/BoL&S/Blades/BLS = Blades of Light and Shadow
 * BP = Bachelorette Party
 * BSC = Big Sky Country
 * BTS = Behind the scenes

C

 * CC = Childhood Crush (rare)
 * 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
 * DTR = Define the relationship (https://www.dictionary.com/e/acronyms/dtr/); it's usually used in reference to when you are casually seeing someone or dating them with little to no strings attached. It's essentially the point in a relationship when you inevitably ask or get asked "what are we".

E

 * enby = non-binary
 * ERR = El Romance Real
 * ES = Endless Summer

F

 * FA = Foreign Affairs

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
 * LoA = Laws of Attraction

M

 * MC = Main Character / Your Character (please be aware that some players confuse the term and incorrectly use it to refer to love interests on other pages. MC only refers to the protagonist)
 * mlm = men loving men
 * MM = Ms. Match
 * MOTY = Mother of the Year
 * MPOV = Multiple points of view
 * MTFL = My Two First Loves
 * MW = Most Wanted

N

 * NB = Nightbound (also short form of non-binary depending on context)
 * NBD = No Big Deal (abbreviation used in Wolf Bride)

O

 * OH = Open Heart
 * OH: SY = Open Heart: Second Year
 * OOC = out of character. Is used by players to state that the current behavior of a character doesn't fit their usual personality.

P

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

Q

 * QB = Queen B, Book 1

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
 * RT = Rising Tides

S

 * SB = Slow Burn
 * 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")
 * [sic] - Latin adverb usually used in brackets within quotes to indicate that the original source that is being quoted contains an error, for example a typo. For more information click here to read the Wikipedia article.
 * SK = Sunkissed

T

 * TBA = to be announced/added
 * TBD = To Be Determined or Decided
 * TC&TF/TCaTF/TCTF = 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
 * TNA = The Nanny Affair
 * TS = The Sophomore
 * TJ = The Junior
 * TRR = The Royal Romance
 * TRH = The Royal Heir
 * TRHo = The Royal Holiday (alternative: Holiday)
 * TRM = The Royal Masquerade
 * TUH = The Unexpected Heiress

V

 * VoS = Veil of Secrets

W

 * WaBR = Witness: A Bodyguard Romance
 * WB = Wolf Bride
 * WEH = With Every Heartbeat
 * wlw = women loving women
 * WOC = woman of color
 * WT = Wishful Thinking