Lemons and random stuff

[jelazakazone]

Do you all know what "lemon" refers to with regards to fic? 

Comments

[alby_mangroves]

You mean lemon as in sex in fic?
Go agenda!

[jelazakazone]

I think that's right. I can't remember now if she said it referred to slash or explicit sex. Do you remember that usage? I guess you are familiar with it.

\o/ Have to cram the last bits of summer in while we can :D

Oh, did you want to be on the KB filter? I can't remember if you said. Feel free to opt out:D

[alby_mangroves]

I'm not doing KB, so I don't mind being kept out of that loop.

To me, lemons means any kind of sex in fic. I've seen it used to describe any kind of sexual activity, het, slash, explicit or not.

[jelazakazone]

Ok. Thanks for letting me know:D

Ah. Got it. Now I'm feeling out of the loop for not knowing lemon when it seems that everyone else does.

[jelazakazone]

*nod* That's what I thought, that it might have been specific to anime/manga.

Woot! We will endeavor not to get sunburnt today!

I guess the rain is all done for you now?

[jelazakazone]

Sunny and swampy you can live with! Good news, really:D

[universaldogma]

Ahhh lemons. That brings back memories. XD

Also popular is 'lime', which is basically used to describe everything but penetrative sex. :D Mmm, lovely citrus~

[universaldogma]

Because I feel like clarifying things...

Lemon = full blown sex
Lime = everything but penetrative (as I remembered it)
Yaoi | Shounen-ai = Boy love, slash
Yuri | Shoujo-ai = Girl love, femslash

Memories! So many memories! :D

[junkshop_disco]

I just said this below, but since you seem to know about these things: one time I saw 'strawberry lemonade' used the same way as lemon in a summary and I had NO clue what it meant (even after I skimmed the fic). Any ideas? Did the person just make it up to mess with my head?

[universaldogma]

Fluffy sex? *shrugs* That's what I got from it. XD

[junkshop_disco]

Yep, I know what lemon means. Although one time I saw 'strawberry lemonade' used the same way in a summary and I've still no clue what that means....

[jelazakazone]

Hee hee. That's pretty funny!

[patchcat]

"Strawberry lemonade" was a phrase used for romantic, fluffy sex scenes, if I recall correctly. Strawberry for romance and lemonade for all the WAFF! ^_^

[junkshop_disco]

Oh, wow, thank you! It's been bugging me for literally years.

[archaeologist_d]

Lemon is really old. I heard it years ago.

Have fun at the water park.

[jelazakazone]

Got it. I'm glad everyone else seems to know it.

It's a good day to go in the sense that it's hot, but eh, I'd rather stay at home under the covers today. Going to have a very busy weekend, but I did promise the kids we'd go, so we're going. I'm sure it will be fun once we get there.