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You either love it or hate it, best for porn or group chat fanfics
Verb (present tense ao3ing)
- To read a fanfic on ao3 (archive of our own)
- to OBSESSIVELY read ao3 every day
Alright, im going to ao3 now.
Ao3ing is fun, if you like kinky shit or pure nonsense.
ao3 by starlight_xx :D August 29, 2023
Archive of our own, is a good fanfiction site. Most known for actually letting users upload any story they want (pretty much free to throw whatever shit you can), leading to the best smut you have ever read. The SFW side of it is actually cool too. And depending on who you are, the community is nice.
Person: Hey, did you read this Arle x Needlem0use fanfiction I found on ao3?
Person 2: Oh yeah, loved the part where Sarah just gives Arle's cock paizuri till she cums.
Person 3: Tbh, the author should add a second chapter to it.
AO3 by questionaaaaah March 11, 2024
AO3 (abbreviation of Archive Of Our Own) Is a fanfiction site thats been around for a while. It’s so, so much worse than wattpad, once you browse it you can’t go back. Horrific tags like “Lasgna as lube” “incorrect use of eyesocket” and “Rape” are strangely present. Take it from me, never read ANYTHING on AO3.
Person 1: I’m gonna read this fic on AO3!
Me: NO DON’T OH GOD-
Person 1: WHAT THE FUCJ DO YOU MEAN SMEARED THE LASAGNA AROUND HIS HOLE
AO3 by Utter_Lozer September 27, 2024

Ao3 addict 

Me
That girl in our class is an ao3 addict

Ao3 author curse 

An occurence in which a fanfiction author (typically writing on archiveofourown.org) gets into an extremely sticky situation, but said author's first priority is their fanfic. This event commonly leads into an authors note apologising for a hiatus that is obsurdly reasonable.

Examples of "sticky situations" include:
Getting stuck in a flood
Finals for school
Hurricanes taking out power
Pregnancy
Marriage
Accidentally drinking bleach
Having loved ones die
Going on vacation
Having your roommate take of their meds at once
Having your beta reader go to prison
Going to prison
Etc.

Synonyms include "Ao3 author syndrome"
"I started writing fanfiction a week ago and I'm already struggling from the ao3 author curse"
Ao3 author curse by Random person ig February 14, 2023