Jane Austen Fandom Glossary
The Jane Austen fandom developed in many ways parallel to media fandom, and so has its own fannish terminology. This list does not intend to be exhaustive, but to be a quick reference of those terms that are exclusive to the fandom.
General Terms
- Bunchage: refers to the man's equipment when inside his breeches.
- DtBT: Doing the Bingley thing. Screwing up a post to a message board, referring to Bingley's careless writing habits.
- FMS: Forced Marriage Scenario. Refers to an usual trope used to throw two characters together (usually Elizabeth and Darcy). (See parallels to AMTDI and Soulbond.)
- FCA: Freak Carriage Accident. Refers to an usual trope in which characters are conveniently killed by, for example, freak carriage accidents.
- FTN!: FIX THIS NOW! Used in comments when an author posting a WIP leaves the story in a cliffhanger.
- FWC: Fuck With Canon. Fanfic genre. It be applied to a Pride and Prejudice fanfiction that does not end with a happy Fitzwilliam Darcy/Elizabeth Bennet ending, or to a story that has veered far away from canon by any measure. (OOCness, setting significantly changed, etc.)
- HMS: Hot Monkey Sex/Hot Married Sex. Refers to sexually explicit story content.
- JAFF: Jane Austen Fan Fiction. Refers to both published sequels & fanfiction.
- Mod: modern era stories. AUs set in the current era.
- NB: Naughty Bit or Nasty Bit. Short erotic stories. (See PWP.)
- ODB: Our Dear Boy (specifically referencing Colin Firth).
- PIP: posting in progress; the story is written but the author is still posting in sections until completely posted.
- Reg: regency era stories. That is, stories that are set in the same time frame as the novels.
Fansites & Archives
- AUSTEN-L: the Austen mailing list
- BoI: Bits of Ivory archive at The Republic of Pemberley
- DWG or Dwiggie: Derbyshire Writers' Guild archive & forums
- RoP: The Republic of Pemberley information site
Classification of the Adaptations
(This list is not intended to include all adaptations to Jane Austen's novels, but to provide a reference of those which are conventionally named in the fandom.)
Emma
E1: miniseries starring Doran Godwin as Emma Woodhouse and John Carson as Mr. George Knightley. (BBC-2, 1972)
E2: film starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse and Jeremy Northam as Mr. George Knightley. (Columbia/Miramax, 1996)
E3: film starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma Woodhouse and Mark Strong as Mr. George Knightley. (Meridian-ITV/A&E, 1996)
E4: film starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse and Johnny Flynn as Mr. Knightley. (Working Title Films, 2020)
MP1: miniseries starring Sylvestra LeTouzel as Fanny Price and Nicholas Farrell as Edmund Bertram. (ITV/BBC-2, 1983)
MP2: film starring Frances O'Connor as Fanny Price and Jonny Lee Miller as Edmund Bertram. (BBC/Miramax, 1999)
MP3: film starring Billie Piper as Fanny Price and Blake Ritson as Edmund Bertram. (ITV1, 2007)
Northanger Abbey
NA1: film starring Katharine Schlesinger as Catherine Morland and Peter Firth as Henry Tilney. (BBC/A&E, 1986)
NA2: film starring Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland and JJ Feild as Henry Tilney. (ITV1, 2007)
P1: miniseries starring Anne Firbank as Anne Elliot and Bryan Marshall as Captain Frederick Wentworth. (ITV/Granada, 1971)
P2: film starring Amanda Root as Anne Elliot and Ciarán Hinds as Captain Frederick Wentworth. (BBC/Sony, 1995)
P3: film starring Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot and Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth. (ITV1, 2007)
P&P0: film starring Greer Garson as Elizabeth and Sir Laurence Olivier as Darcy. (Hollywood, 1940)
P&P1: miniseries starring Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth and David Rintoul as Darcy. (BBC, 1980)
P&P2: miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth and Colin Firth as Darcy. (BBC/A&E, 1995)
P&P3: film starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth and Matthew Macfadyen as Darcy. (Hollywood, 2005)
P&P Utah: Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy. Film starring Kam Heskin as Elizabeth and Orlando Seale as Darcy; modern AU. (Mormon produced, 2003)
B&P: Bride & Prejudice. Film starring Aishwarya Rai as Lalita (Elizabeth) and Martin Henderson as Darcy. (Bollywood/Hollywood, 2004)
Sense and Sensibility
S&S1: miniseries starring Irene Richards as Elinor Dashwood and Tracey Childs as Marianne Dashwood. (BBC-1, 1981)
S&S2: film starring Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood and Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood. (Columbia/Mirage, 1995)
S&S3: miniseries starring Hattie Morahan as Elinor Dashwood and Charity Wakefield as Marianne Dashwood. (BBC-1, 2008)