Glossary

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

Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

AALN = Aventure avec la nounou (The Nanny Affair in French; rarely used)
AC = armor class (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
ACA = A Corazón Abierto (Open Heart in Spanish; rarely used)
ACoR = A Courtesan of Rome (alternative: CoR, rarely used)
Aco/Àco = À cœur ouvert (Open Heart in French; rarely used)
ACT = Along Came Treble
AKiNY A Knight in New York (alternative: KiNY)
AMA = Ask Me Anything (eg. PB's Blades AMA)
AME = America's Most Eligible
AME:S10 = America's Most Eligible: Season 10 (alternative: S10 = Season 10, also known as AME1; rarely used)
AME:AS = America's Most Eligible: All Stars (alternative: AS = All Stars, also known as AME2; rarely used)
AME:WE = America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition (alternative: WE = Wedding Edition, also known as AME3; rarely used)
AMM = Alpha: Moonlit Masquerade (alternative: MoM; rarely used)
AoE = area of effect (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
AoU = All of Us (usually referred to the two books as a whole)
ATfR = A Taste for Royalty (canceled series)
ATV = Across The Void
AU = Alternative Universe, used to describe that something happens/happened in an alternative timeline.
AYRC = At Your Royal Command

B

BA = Boardroom Alpha
BaBu/Baby = Baby Bump
Bb = Bloodbound (or Blutsbande in German, rarely used)
Bb:DS = Bloodbound: Dark Solstice (not to be confused with DS = Distant Shores)
BbO/BO/BbOrigins = Bloodbound Origins
BB = Bad Boy (rarely used) (when used in conjunction with BF, CC, MTFL, it can also refer to Blood Bag as of ID2)
BC = Beautiful Contestant (rarely used)
BF = Best Friend (rarely used)
Bk = Book
BL = boys love (rarely used; alternative: mlm)
Blades/BLS/BoL&S = Blades of Light and Shadow (as of the recent Blades AMA, PB has opted to use 'Blades' over 'BoLaS' due to its possible connotations)
BMV = Be Mine, Valentine
BOW = Better Off Wed
BP = Bachelorette Party
BSC = Big Sky Country
BSH = Best Served Haute (short form)
BT = Body type (when naming files; this term is notably used on newer books to refer to "masculine" and "feminine" types)
BTS = Behind the scenes

C

CC = Childhood Crush (rarely used)
CFR/CaFR = Crown & Flame: Rebirth
Ch = Chapter (not to be confused with TCH, which can also be shortened to 'CH')
Cha = charisma (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
Chris = The Freshman: Luxury Getaway
CM = Camp Mayhem (short form)
Cm = Corazón maldito/Cœur maudit (The Cursed Heart in Spanish/French; rarely used)
CoD = Cause of Death, the name of a previous app, written by former EA writers now working as PB employees
Con = constitution (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
CoP/Crimes = Crimes of Passion
CSYP = Choices: Stories You Play (rarely usedly nowadays; currently it is commonly shortened to just 'Choices' for brevity)
CTR/CdTR = Chroniques de Tapis Rouge (Red Carpet Diaries in French)

D

DC = dungeon class (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
DD/D&D/DnD/DesDec = Desire & Decorum (or, Choices-unrelated, Dungeons and Dragons)
DD:FW/D&D:FW/DnD:FW = Desire & Decorum: First Winter (alternative: FW = First Winter)
DdH/DH = Diarios de Hollywood (Red Carpet Diaries in Spanish)
DeD = Désir et Décorum (Desire & Decorum in French, rarely used; alternative: DD)
Dex = dexterity (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
df/dm = diamond farm/diamond mine (rarely used, used by some players)
dia(s) = diamond(s) (rarely used, used in some instances by players)
DkR = Die königliche Romanze (The Royal Romance in German; rarely used)
DLS = Dirty Little Secrets
DNA = Die Nanny-Affäre (The Nanny Affair in German; rarely used)
DNH = Do No Harm
DNH:AD = Do No Harm: After Dark
DS = Distant Shores
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'.
Dual lead = a story that switches between two protagonists
DvH = Das verfluchte Herz (The Cursed Heart in German; rarely used)
DyD = Deseo y Decoro (Desire & Decorum in Spanish, rarely used; alternative: DD)

E

EA = VIP Early Access (not to be confused with VIP Exclusive, which is commonly used for books like The Dalton Affair and Bloodbound Origins)
EC = Entre Costuras (Hot Couture in Spanish; rarely used)
enby = non-binary (alternatively used to prevent confusion with Nightbound; also see NB)
ERR = El Romance Real (The Royal Romance in Spanish; rarely used)
ES = Endless Summer

F

FA = Foreign Affairs
FC = Fake-cation (PB's Storyloom book)
FCL = First Comes Love
Fl = Fiancée-louve (Wolf Bride in Spanish; rarely used)
FO/FO:HSS = Face-Off: A Hot Shot Story (alternatively known as Hot Shot 2: HS 2)
fomo = fear of missing out (used in First Comes Love)
FR = Filthy Rich

G

GG = Getaway Girls
GL = genderlocked, a story that doesn't let you choose the gender for Your Character (this is rarely used for 'girls love', which uses wlw instead.)
GM = game master (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion; alternatively called DM: Dungeon Master, not to be confused with 'diamond mine')
GT = Graveyard Tales (2017 Beta Chat Book)
GoC = Gender of Choice. It is a story that lets you choose the gender for Your Character.
Grd/Gd/Guard = Guarded
Gui/Gn/Gv = Guinevere (when naming files)

H

HB = Heart's Blood (PB's Storyloom book)
HC = Hot Couture
HeF = Hasta El Fin: Romance Prohibido (Ride-or-Die in Spanish; rarely used)
HftH = Home for the Holidays
HH = Hott House (PB's Storyloom book)
HoF = Hearts on Fire
HP = health points (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
HS/HSA = Hot Shot Anthology
HS = Holiday Special (rarely used: Handsome Stranger)
HSS = High School Story (can also be used to refer to the original app now referred to as 'HSS Prime' by Pixelberry)
HSS:CA = High School Story: Class Act (alternative: CA = Class Act)
HSS Prime = the original 'High School Story' app, now defunct
HtD/H2D = Hope to Die (PB's Storyloom book)
HWU = Hollywood U, another defunct app by Pixelberry

I

Id = Indomptable (Untameable in French; rarely used)
ID/ImD/ImDes = Immortal Desires
IDPNT = Immortal Desires: Paths Not Taken
iff = if and only if (mathematical expression)
Ih/INH = Inheritance (rarely used, fans usually refer to it by full name)
IL/ILA = It Lives Anthology
ILitW = It Lives In The Woods
ILB = It Lives Beneath
Int = intelligence (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
Init mod = initial modifier (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
ItW = Into the Woods

J

James = The Freshman: Masquerade Ball

K

Kaitlyn = The Freshman: The Perfect Date
KaT/K&T = Kiss and Tell (2017 Beta Chat Book)
KoD/KD = Kiss of Death
KK = Knock Knock (Chat Book) (or an abbrevation for 'okay okay')
Kin/Kn/Kd/Kdr/Ki = Kindred

L

LAN/LAdlN = La Aventura de la Niñera (The Nanny Affair in Spanish; rarely used)
LH = LoveHacks
LI = Love Interest (commonly used; alternatively RO = Romantic option, rarely used)
LL/L&L/LaL = Love & Layups
LM:SF/L&M:SF = Love & Magic: Spellfyre (CLG's first standalone project)
LoA/Laws = Laws of Attraction
LplS = Liés par le Sang (Bloodbound in French; rarely used)
LR = Light Realm (rarely used by some fans; a place in Blades of Light and Shadow series)
LS = Love Stories (2017 Beta Chat Book)
LTT = Love Takes Time (2017 Beta Chat Book)

M

MaH/MH/MaHc = Murder at Homecoming
Max HP = maximum health points (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
MB = Miss Behavin'
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)
MCE = Main Character Energy
MD = Mortal Desires
MD = Mommy Dearest (2017 Beta Chat Book)
MFV = My Fake Valentine (short form)
mlm = men loving men (alternative: BL)
MM/MsM = Ms. Match
MoC = Men of Color
MotY = Mother of the Year
MPoV = Multiple Points of View
MTD = Make That Date!
MTFL/M2FL = My Two First Loves
MW = Most Wanted

N

Nb = Nightbound
NB = non-binary (alternatively; some players use 'enby' to avoid confusion with Nightbound)
Nf = Naufragés (Shipwrecked in French; rarely used)
NBD = No Big Deal (abbreviation used in Wolf Bride and Red Carpet Diaries chapter)
NL = Novia Loba (Wolf Bride in Spanish; rarely used)

O

OH/OpH = Open Heart (or OH/OfH: Offenes Herz in German, OfH rarely used)
OH/OpH:SY = Open Heart: Second Year (rarely used; alternatively known as OH 2)
OH/OpH:TY = Open Heart: Third Year (rarely used; alternatively known as OH 3)
OHoF = Open Hearts on Fire (crossover book on both Open Heart and Hearts on Fire series.
OMM = One Minute Mysteries (PB's Storyloom book)
ooc = out of character. Is used by players to state that the current behavior of a character doesn't fit their usual personality.
OR = Olympus Rising series (alternative: Oly)
OR:R = Olympus Rising: Ragnarok (alternatively known as OR 2, OlyRR, RR or Ragnarok)
OSC = Our Summer Crush (Pilot Book)

P

P1/PO = Plus One (alternative: +1, rarely used)
P2/PT = Plus Two (not to be confused with Pt: Platinum; alternative: +2, rarely used)
Pb = Pixelberry (In their now-defunct official Discord server, it was also used as a term for server members as fellow 'Pixelberries'.)
PeS = Pasión en Sangre (Bloodbound in Spanish; rarely used)
PDA = Public Display of Affection
PoC = Person of Color
PoV = Point of View
Pt = Platinum (when naming files)
PtR/P2R = Passport to Romance
Prof bonus = Proficiency bonus (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
PSA = Public Service Announcement

Q

QB = Queen B

R

R101 = Royalty 101 (PB's Storyloom book)
RCD = Red Carpet Diaries (or Storyloom/Robots Can't Date, PB's Storyloom book)
resemblance/to resemble - one character looks either identical or similar to another character
Rebirth = Crown & Flame: Rebirth
RoD/RoD:ABBR = Ride-or-Die: A Bad Boy Romance (commonly shortened to 'Ride-or-Die')
RoE/Rules = Rules of Engagement
RR = Romance Royale (The Royal Romance in French; rarely used)
RT = Rising Tides
RWB/RWBA = Roommates With Benefits Anthology (RWB was formerly used to refer to Roommates With Benefits, but is now used for the anthology as a whole)
Roommates/Room/Rm/RoomWB/RmWB/RoWB = Roommates With Benefits (sometimes used for Book 1; alternately RWB1)
Rivals/Riv/Rv/RivWB/RvWB/RiWB = Rivals With Benefits (sometimes used for book 2; alternatively RWB2)
RWAC = Rebel Without A Claus

S

Sb = Schiffbruch (Shipwrecked in German; rarely used)
SB = Slow Burn
SC = Star Crossed (PB's Storyloom book)
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')
SE = Series Entertainment (PB's parent company as of late 2024)
SF = Summer Fling (PB's Storyloom book)
Ship/SoD = Ship of Dreams
SHS = Surviving High School, a previous app made by PB employees when still working for EA
Sk = Sunkissed
SL = Storyloom (alternative: SL:SW, was formally referred to as 'Storyloom: Shared Worlds')
SoL = Season of Love (Storyloom's Shared World series)
Spell mod = spell modifier (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
SS/SuS/S&S = Sehnsucht & Sittsamkeit (Desire & Decorum in German; rarely used)
Str = strength (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
Sur/Sr = Surrender (when naming files; Sr not to be confused with The Senior)
SR = Shadow Realm (rarely used by some fans, not to be confused with Surrender/The Senior; a place in Blades of Light and Shadow series)
SW = Still Waters (PB's Storyloom book)
Sw = Shipwrecked
[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.

T

TBA = to be announced/added
TBB = The Billionaire's Baby (alternative: Billionaire's/BiBa/Bill/BB; not to be confused with Bb, Bloodbound)
TBD = to be determined/decided
TCC = The Cursed Cloak (alternative: CC, not to be confused with rarely used term, Childhood Crush)
TCH = The Cursed Heart (alternative: CH, not to be confused with Chapter: Ch)
TCTF/TC&TF/TCaTF = The Crown & The Flame
TDA = The Duchess Affair (sometimes used by fans to refer to The Dalton Affair, see TDlA; alternative: DA)
TDG = The Deadliest Game (sometimes used by fans to refer to The Deadliest Gambit, the VIP-exclusive special)
TDGm/TDGb = The Deadliest Gambit (VIP-exclusive special; not to be confused with The Deadliest Game)
TDlA = The Dalton Affair (rarely used; alternative: Dalton; VIP exclusive, spin-off TNA character special; not to be confused with TDA)
TE = The Elementalists
TE:WP = The Elementalists: Winters Past (alternative: WP = Winters Past)
TF = The Freshman (also used for Terror Fest by some fans)
TeFe/TeF/TFe/TFest/TerFest/Ter/Terror = Terror Fest (alternative: TF, not to be confused with The Freshman)
TFO/TFeO/TeFeO = Terror Fest Origins
TF:GoL = The Freshman: Game of Love (alternative: GoL = Game of Love)
TF:SI = The Freshman: Snowed In (alternative: SI = Snowed In)
TFHSS/Texts = Texts From HSS (Choices Chat Book; set between HSS1 and HSS2)
TFS = The Freshman (alternative: TF, not to be confused with Terror Fest)
TG = The Groom (PB's Storyloom book)
TGoU/TGU = The Ghost of Us
TH:M = The Heist: Monaco
THB/THBo = The Holiday Bakeoff (short form; alternative: HBo)
THoBM = The Haunting of Braidwood Manor (short form; alternative: HoBM as seen from the new UI)
TMAT = Tell Me A Tale (PB's Storyloom book)
TNA = The Nanny Affair (alternative: NA, which is used to avoid the real-life acronym of TNA)
TS/TSo/TSop = The Sophomore
TSr/TSe/TSen = The Senior
TJr/TJ/TJu/TJun = The Junior
TO/T1 = The One
TPA = The Phantom Agent (alternative: PA)
TPoF/Promise = The Promise of Forever (alternative: PoF)
TPS = The Princess Swap (alternative: PS)
TRR = The Royal Romance (alternative: RR, also used in French)
TRH = The Royal Heir (alternative: RH)
TRHo = The Royal Holiday (alternative: RHo/Holiday, not to be confused with HftH)
TRF/TRFin = The Royal Finale (alternative: RF/RFin)
TRM = The Royal Masquerade (alternative: RM)
TRT/TvRT = Tagebuch vom Roten Teppich (Red Carpet Diaries in German; rarely used)
TRWP = The Royal Wedding Planner (Pilot Book; alternative: RWP)
TSh = The Shadow (Chat Book)
TSIM = The Spy I Married (Pilot Book; alternative: SIM)
TTD = Tap That Date!
TTH = The Thirteenth House
TTRPG = tabletop RPG (also used to refer to Blades TTRPG Companion)
TUH = The Unexpected Heiress (alternative: UH)

U

UA/UtA = Untameable Anthology (alternative: Ut)
Ub/UAUS/UAUtS = Unbridled: An Untameable Story (alternatively known as Untameable 2: Ut 2)
Ut = Untameable (or Untamed, PB's Storyloom book)
Uz = Unzähmbar (Untameable in German)

V

VoS = Veil of Secrets
VV = Villainous Valentine

W

WB = Wolf Bride (or Wolfsbraut in German; rarely used)
WEH = With Every Heartbeat
Wis = wisdom (as used on Blades TTRPG Companion)
Wit/WABR/WBR/Wt = Witness: A Bodyguard Romance (commonly shortened to 'Witness'; Wt not to be confused with Wishful Thinking, WT)
wlw = women loving women (alternative: GL meaning 'girls love', but may be commonly mistaken for 'genderlocked')
WoC = Women of Color
WR = Wide Release (by PB, initially referred to as 'Official Release'; usually referred in the wiki as 'General Release')
WT = Wishful Thinking
WtD/WD = Wake the Dead