Superevil225 (Level 17)

A lot of people seem to be uncommon with the terminology and lingo of yaoi fangirls. That is why I will make this mini vocab list so you know what you're getting into before you find yourself in something..... interesting. Let's go!!

• Yaoi - Encompasses every kind of male/male relationship, although generally leans towards the more sexual side of the scale.
• BL - AKA Boy's Love. A term used for manga/anime/fanfiction with male/male sexual relationships.
• Shonen-Ai - AKA Boy's Love (also), although this term is used to refer to non-sexual male/male romantic relationships.
• Fandom - Commonly used all over the anime world. Fandom just means everything to do with the fans. AKA Fanbase
  
• Pairing - Simply a couple.
• Cannon - Official to the series.
• Ship - 'to ship' is a verb which means to support a certain pairing of characters.
• Crack Couple/Crack Pairing - A pairing that is shipped, but will never officially happen because it it either A) Near impossible B) A cross over couple or C) Just a bad idea.
• 'X' - Often between two character names, there may be an 'X' this means that they are referring to the two characters mentioned as a couple. I.e. SasukeXSakura. Note: the 'X' may be replaced with a '/'
  
• Slash - A fan-fiction of any sort that pairs two male or two female characters.
• Doujinshi - A fan-fiction, but in the form of a published mini-manga or comic. Commonly found in the yaoi fandom.
• Lemon - A fan-fiction depicting explicit sexual relations between two fictional characters.
• Bara - Anime/manga with extreme sexual acts between big, hairy, and burly men. Intended for gay male readers.
  

<I'll add more when I remember some stuff. If you want me to define a term, lemmie know in the comment section!!>