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AO3

UK/ˌeɪ əʊ ˈθɹiː/US/ˌeɪ oʊ ˈθɹiː/

Abbreviation of Archive of Our Own.

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Meanings

proper noun

abbreviationslanglifestyleAbbreviation of Archive of Our Own.
Gosh. Where on earth had that come from? She really needed to read less AO3 smut before bed.
2021, Talia Hibbert, Act Your Age, Eve Brown, unnumbered page
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LiveJournal and AO3 rely largely on tags, whilst Fanfiction.net has genre and character filters as well as a keyword search.
2017, Judith May Fathallah, Fanfiction and the Author:How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts, page 39
The effect of Tumblr's ephemeral timescape was further exacerbated by many Hockey RPF fans' decision to delete works from the AO3.
2020, Milena Popova, “How Tumblr's Temporal Features Shape Community Memory and Knowledge”, in Allison McCracken, Alexander Cho, Louisa Stein, Indira Neill Hoch, editors, A Tumblr Book: Platform and Cultures, page 89

Origin

Shortening of the standard acronym of Archive of Our Own (AOOO) to account for the three consecutive Os.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with AO3

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Cite this entry

APA

AO3. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AO3

MLA

“AO3.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AO3. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AO3,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AO3.

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