1. Sex, Age, Number of Participants 2. Willingness or otherwise 3. Dominance (submission, bondage, et al) 4. Relationships 5. Activities 6. Miscellaneous 7. Sub-category codes This archive is based on that found in the ASSTR FAQ, expanded by Jade McMahon, 2/12/2002. The Codes 1: Sex, Age, and Number of Participants M = adult male. MM = two adult males (therefore precise numbers specified by number of letters) M+ = multiple adult males, number either too large to specify, or uncertain m = male 13-17 years old mm = two males 13-17 years old m+ = multiple males 13-17 years old b = male under 13 years old bb = two males under 13 years old b+ = multiple males under 13 years old F = adult female (multiples as with males above) f = female 13-17 years old (multiples as with males above) g = female under 13 years old (multiples as with males above) Sexual activity between the participants is shown by placing them next to each other, with the older (or more ‘in control’) party being placed first, for example: MF = adult heterosexual sex ff = teen lesbian sex M+F = several men and one woman, all adults MF+ = one man and several women, all adults Fm = adult female with teenaged male f+ = group teen lesbian sex f+f = multiple teen lesbians gang-banging teen female Where multiple partners are present it may sometimes be clearer to define who is doing what to whom, using ~ to represent ‘with’ (/ is sometimes used instead, but this is more properly used in BDSM stories – see below), for example: MMM~f = 3 adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl M~f+ = adult man with multiple teenaged girls at once M~mf = adult man has sex with both a teen boy and a teen girl at the same time Mm~f = adult man and a teen boy both have sex with a teen girl at the same time MF+m~g = adult male, multiple adult females, and a teenaged male gang-banging a young girl (NB, ‘at the same time’ just means in the same bit of the story, not necessarily at the same exact moment) 2: Willingness or otherwise blackmail = gaining sex through threat of exposure (aka bm) blackm. = as blackmail above (does not mean ‘black male’) cons = consensual sex (only used if non-consensual sex somewhere else in the story) nc = non-consensual (rape by any other name, but less specific description) rape = rape (specific description of the ‘held down and forced’ type of situation) mc = mind-control (eg, hypnosis, drugs, etc.) reluc = reluctant (party coerced, but ends up liking it) rom = romantic sex (or occasionally situation). Should usually be consensual. 3: Dominance (submission, bondage, et al) bd = bondage and discipline bond = bondage on its own cbt = cock and ball torture _dom = domination by member of specified sex/age (eg, Mdom = adult male dominating) femdom = adult female(s) dominating (aka Fdom or F+dom) fist = fisting (insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina) humil = humiliation mc = mind-control (eg, hypnosis, drugs, etc.) rough = consensually rough sex (not as far as sm) sad = sadism (usually used where pain infliction is separate from sex) sm = sado-masochism (pain for the pleasure of both) snuff = killing of a human character, with at least some sexual aspect (otherwise murder) span = spanking (aka spank) tie = tie-up games (often children’s precursor to bondage) tort = torture (extreme sadism) va = verbal abuse viol = violence, not necessarily connected to the sex. 4: Relationships cheat = one or both partners in a marriage having sex outside it without partner knowing cuck = cuckolding – the act of cheating on one’s husband, or a husband being cheated on. inc = incest (includes parents, children, siblings, aunts/uncles, grandparents, and cousins) slutwife = wife who has sex with many partners, with or without husbands knowledge wife = wife watching (participatory cuckoldry) wl = wedded lust – sex within the marital relationship. 5: Activities alien = sex involving someone, or something, not from Earth anal = anal sex BBW = "Big Beautiful Women" – appreciation of (sometimes very) fat women best = bestiality, sex with animals (aka beast) bi = bisexuality of one or more characters breast = abnormally large breasts cannib = cannibalism – eating members of the same species cd = cross dressing – possibly forced, or only occasional – doesn’t go as far as transv. chain = chain fetish (may be similar to bd) copr = coprophilia (fun with feces specifically) – more specific than scat. creampie = consuming semen from woman’s vagina (often accompanies face-sitting) elec = using electricity for sexual stimulation (or torture when used with ‘tort’) enem = enemas exhib = exhibitionism fat = fetish for fat people feet = foot or shoe fetish story felch = felching – the act of consuming semen from a man or woman’s anus fing = ‘fingering’ of one character by another fist = fisting – insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina. furry = animals with human characteristics (eg, werewolf or Mickey Mouse) gay = story predominantly has a male homosexual theme giant = abnormally large (tall) persons hair = hair fetish hirs = hirsute – natural unshaved genitals and/or armpits hyp = hypnolove – consensual hypnotism to increase sexual pleasure of both inc = incest inf = infantilism (‘adult babies’) interr = interracial – sex between members of different ethnic groups (usually black/white) lac = lactation – playing with or drinking human milk (may include forced production) latex = rubber fetish (aka rubber) leath = leather fetish les = story has a predominantly female homosexual theme magic = magic / fantasy (eg, demons, fantasy worlds, etc.) mc = mind control (eg, hypnosis, drugs, etc.) nec = necrophilia – sex with a dead person (or persons) oral = oral to genital contact (oral sex in whatever form) ped = pedophilia – sexual activity involving participants age 12 or below pett = heavy petting preg = either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman rubb = rubber fetish safe = safe sex scat = scatology – fun with feces (sometimes including urine and vomit) size = overdeveloped body-parts _-solo = masturbation by member of specified age/sex (eg, f-solo = masturbation by teen girl) surg = surgery plays a central theme (eg, sex change, breast enlargement, etc.) swing = swinging – mutually consensual adultery. tg = transgendered (male changed into a female, or vice versa) toys = vibrators, dildoes, or other adult toys transv = transvestite - man dressing as woman (aka tv), usually more so than cd. veg = vegetables – sex with food objects as toys vinyl = vinyl fetish (pvc in some places) vore = eating someone or something alive (eg, Jonah and the whale). Not cannibalism. voy = voyeurism, peeking (wife-watching is separate) wife = wife watching (participatory cuckoldry) ws = water sports (pissing and piss-drinking) zoo = zoophilia – consensual sexual relationships between humans and animals (not beast) While authors should always include as much detail in their codes as possible, it is considered very bad ‘netiquette’ to not include codes detailing the more extreme subjects that crop-up in stories, such as nc, snuff, scat, etc., and these should be regarded as mandatory if featured in the story. 6: Miscellaneous 1st = first time doing specified activity (eg, oral 1st). If nothing specified, cherry popping. bibl = based on a Bible story. caution = author’s warning – something in the story might offend (or even sicken) you celeb = involving a celebrity coll = college-theme or setting dream = sexual activity during a dream (daydream or sleep) goth = gothic setting (eg, vampires, horror, etc.) hist = history – occurs in the reasonably distant past hor = horror-themed story hs = high-school theme humor = humour – the story isn’t meant to be serious job = place-of-work theme nosex = there is no actual intercourse in the story (may be other kinds of sex) real = supposedly true story (aka true) school = school age characters or general school setting SciFi = science fiction setting tv = television show parody (eg, Star Trek characters when they’re off-duty) 7: Sub-category codes Gay: With regard to exclusively gay stories, the following are sometimes used: t = teenage male bear = hairy male (eg, Grizzly Adams) twink = young and hairless-type (eg, boy-bands) BD/SM: With regard to mainly BDSM-based stories, age is sometimes replaced by relationship status: M = male dominant m = male submissive F = female dominant f = female submissive Therefore: Mf = male dominant over a female submissive If age is to be included in the gender code, such stories may use an oblique (/) to denote the relationship status – those on the left are dominating those on the right: Mf/m = adult male and teenaged female dominating a teenaged male. Interracial: With regard to inter-racial stories, a code denoting the race of the participant is sometimes also added: BC = black couple BF = black adult female BM = black adult male WC = white couple WF = white adult female WM = white adult male AC = asian couple AM = asian adult male AF = asian adult female ‘Asian’ in these cases is the accepted American use of the word, meaning oriental, rather than the European use meaning Indian or Pakistani.