The AB/DL Code, version 0.1alpha
After seeing GrBear and others use the Furry
Code, the Geek Code, the
Plushie Code, and so forth, I thought it might be a good idea for us
to have an adult baby/diaper lover code, to make it easier to express
our likes to each other at a glance.
For those who aren't familiar, this is an example of a
"signature code." You go through the list of symbols and assemble a
line or two of codes, which you then place in your signature (the four
or so lines that everybody sticks at the bottom of their email
messages and Usenet posts). People familiar with the code can then
look and see what you're into, then email you and say, "Hey, I like X
too!"
At this point the AB/DL code is under development.
That means that it is very fluid as yet and will probably go through
several revisions before it's finalized (if it ever is). These codes
are often given version numbers so everybody knows which edition of
the code is being used (the meanings of the letters can change). When
you use the code, you should state at the beginning of the line that
it's the AB/DL Code v0.1a. I'm looking for
suggestions of any kind, but especially in the areas of:
- Which "categories" to include and not include, and how to
encode them. For example, should I include a category for how
interested you are in spanking, or bondage? If so, what
letter/number/symbol should stand for spanking, how should an interest
in spanking be further qualified, and what symbols should be used to
express those finer distinctions? Do I already have a category that
you think shouldn't be included, or should be expressed differently?
- How much gradation of interest there should be in a
category, and how to express it. For example, in the hypothetical
spanking category, should it range from ---, --, -, all the way out to
+++? Or should there just be a - for those who aren't interested and
a + for those who are?
- Better wording for some of the gradations. Other codes have
obviously been worked on by talented humorists, or at least those who
fancy themselves as such. Clever wordings abound.
- I'd like to put in more than just what kind of kink or
fetish interests you have. That's only part of a person. What sorts
of interests do many of us have in common to one degree or another?
For example, are lots of us into science fiction? Model railroads?
Stamp collecting? If there's a lot of interest in something, maybe it
should have a category of its own.
- On the other hand, I'd also like to make this separate from
the other code schemes. If we exactly duplicate the Geek Code or the
Furry Code, what is the point of having an AB/DL code? So if you
think we're duplicating another code too closely, let me know.
Here's a link to my email address so you can send me mail right
from your browser:
And yes, to a large degree this is based on ("stolen from" if
you prefer) the Furry Code, the Geek Code, various other signature
codes, and also the code scheme from the DPF roster.
General Modifiers
These are modifiers that can be used with any category.
- ? : Indicates that you haven't decided
where you fall in the category, or that you have no opinion one way or
another. This replaces the normal suffix. (Example: If you haven't
decided to what extent you like baby clothes, you would use
C?)
- ~ : Indicates an approximation. You
normally fit the given code, but it varies from time to time, or
you're not completely sure. Placed between prefix and suffix, or
sometimes between parts of the suffix. (Example: k~0
means that you're more or less 50-50 bisexual.)
- / : Indicates that you fit more than one
type. This means two or three specific types, perhaps
varying depending on your mood, not uncertainty over a wide range of
types. Generally speaking, the alternatives are listed in order of
preference. Placed between the two suffixes. (Example:
Sm/f means you roleplay as either a male or female.)
- ! : Indicates a positive refusal to
participate in this category. Unlike ?, which means
you haven't made up your mind yet, ! means you
have made up your mind that you want nothing to do with this
subject, for or against it. Place before the code.
(Example: !A means you don't do ageplay.)
- > : Indicates that you currently fit one
code, but hope to move to another in the future. Placed between two
suffixes. (Example: C->+ means you haven't been
into wearing baby clothes so far, but you're hoping to become more
bold in the future and maybe wear them to a private party.)
- < : Similar to >,
indicates that you currently fit one code, but used to fit another in
the past. Placed between two suffixes. (Example:
C+<- means you didn't used to like wearing baby
clothes much, but you've changed your mind and will now wear them at
private parties, costume parties and the like.)
- $ : Indicates that you actually make money
in Real Life out of this. It doesn't have to be your primary day job,
just a source of significant income. Placed after the suffix.
(Example: W+++$ means you've gotten a book with
significant AB/DL content published, and you're making money writing.
Who's your publisher?)
- # : Indicates that you prefer to keep this
information to yourself. This replaces the normal suffix. (Example:
s# means "I'm not telling you which sex I am.")
- ( ) : Used for grouping and making things
clearer. (Example: I have c(l/m)+++, indicating that
the +++ applies to the entire (l/m)
symbol. In other words, I use both Linux and Macintosh, and computers
are my life.)
Part 1: Your Baby Or Fetish Side
A -- In-role Age
Some of us like to roleplay that we're a different age than we
really are. If you don't roleplay, feel free to leave this out, or
use !A. Ages listed are approximate.
- A : Teen, approximately 14-20.
- A- : Preteen, 10-13.
- A-- : Child, 5-9.
- A--- : Toddler, 2-4.
- A---- : Baby, below age 2.
- A* : I roleplay that I'm my own age.
B -- BDSM role
Some of us are also into bondage, domination/submission or
sadomasochism. Nothing wrong with that, but if you're not into it
leave it out or use !B. If you wish you may indicate
the role(s) you enjoy.
- Bb : Bottom (he/she who is done unto by the
Top)
- Bd : Dominant (he/she who's in control of
the Submissive)
- Bs : Submissive (he/she who's under the
control of the Dominant)
- Bt : Top (he/she who does unto the Bottom)
If you do more than one of these, just use slashes. (Example:
if you're into being either dominant or submissive but prefer the
submissive role, use Bs/d.) Or, if you don't want to
"prioritize," just lump them together after the B
(Example: Bds).
C -- Baby Clothes
Many ABs/DLs like to dress up!
- C++++ : I've made plans to be buried in
baby clothes
- C+++ : I'll wear baby clothes at any
opportunity (where costumes are not expected)
- C++ : I'll wear baby clothes at AB
conventions, if there ever are any (where costumes are uncommon)
- C+ : I'll wear baby clothes for Halloween
or at private AB parties (where costumes are expected)
- C : I might wear baby clothes in private
- C- : I'd wear baby clothes if I had to
- C-- : You must be kidding, I'd die first
Add an m after the C if
you've made your own baby clothes.
D -- Diapers
Here's what it's all about.
- D+++ : I've worn diapers so long I need
them!
- D++ : I wear diapers constantly
- D+ : I wear diapers frequently for fun
- D : I wear diapers as part of the outfit
- D- : I'd really rather not
- D-- : I would never ever wear a diaper, and
I don't know why I'm reading this!
F -- Other fetishes and kinks
OK, so maybe diapers aren't the only thing in the
world. If you're into any of these and want to include it, here's
how.
- Fd : Domination/Submission
- Fe : Crossdressing/Transvestism
- Ff : Feet
- Fi : Bondage
- Fj : Spanking
- Fk : Water Sports/Golden Showers
- Fl : Brown Showers
- Fm : Enemas
- Fn : Catheters
- Fp : Plastic
- Fq : SM/Sadomasochism
- Fr : Rubber
- Fs : Leather
If you're into more than one of these, you have a choice. You
can rank them from most favorite to least favorite, using slashes
(Example: Fj/p/l/i), or you can just lump them all
together after the F (Example:
Fijlp).
K -- Who you'll play with
Use this code if you want to tell everybody who you're willing
to play with, where diapers and/or baby things are concerned. This is
not necessarily the same thing as your sexual orientation; there's
another code for that later. Loosely based on the Kinsey scale.
First, list your preference:
- Km : I prefer playing with males
- Kf : I prefer playing with females
Next, add the strength of your preference. (Here,
x means either m or
f, whichever you chose.)
- Kx3 : It must be the sex I specified, no
substitutions accepted.
- Kx2 : I strongly prefer this sex, but I
might consider the opposite one.
- Kx1 : It doesn't matter a great deal, but I
prefer this sex.
- K0 : It doesn't matter at all.
Example: Kf3 means you will only consider
roleplaying with females. Km1 means you don't care
much, but have somewhat of a preference for males.
If you have different preferences for the "caretaker" or
"fellow baby" roles, indicate these with a c or
b right after the K. (Example: If
you strongly prefer a female caretaker but don't care whether a fellow
baby is male or female, use Kb0 Kcf3.)
M -- Messing
Some babies are poopy.
- M+++ : I will mess anywhere,
anytime
- M++ : I like to mess in my pants --
somebody put me back in diapers!
- M+ : I'm such a stinky baby!
- M : I'll mess in my diapers occasionally,
but only if they're disposable and/or easy to clean.
- M- : Maybe, if I'm alone, and I really have
to go, and the bathroom door is stuck.
- M-- : I'll hold it until I die! Or pull
the door off its hinges.
P -- Plush critters
Lots of us love these!
- P++++ : Where'd my plushie go? Oh, it's
buried under my stuffies
- P+++ : I collect every one I find of a
certain species (or two, or three...)
- P++ : I've got a collection of several
favorites
- P+ : I have been known to cuddle a few
- P : I like them; they sit on my shelves
collecting dust
- P- : No thanks; they'd only sit on my
shelves collecting dust
- P-- : Kid stuff; I'd sooner hug a
pincushion
S -- In-Role Sex
Some infantilists roleplay (for example, as a baby). Use this
code, if you wish, to indicate what sex you roleplay as. Feel free to
use the # ("mind your own business") or
! ("nothing to do with me") modifiers if you prefer.
(You may, of course, use the other general modifiers if, for example,
you play different roles at different times.)
First, what sex(es) do you roleplay?
- Sf : Female
- Sh : Hermaphrodite
- Si : Intersexed (boy raised as girl/girl
raised as boy)
- Sm : Male
- Sp : Polymorph (can change sex at will)
Next, how much does sexual activity figure in your roleplay?
- S+++ : I don't care if it's politically
incorrect; molest me!
- S++ : I have no problem with diapered sex
- S+ : Maybe some masturbation, or "playing"
during diaper changes
- S : There might be sex, or not
- S- : I'd prefer if there were no sexual
activity ... but the occasion might conceivably arise
- S-- : My baby/diaper play is absolutely
nonsexual in nature.
T -- Transformation
If some magic or technology made it possible, would you want to
become a real baby?
- T++++ : Never mind the fine print, where do
I sign?
- T+++ : Definitely! (as long as I get to
choose the particulars)
- T++ : Yes, if it's reversible
- T+ : Probably, as long as I wasn't the
first guinea pig
- T : I'd have to think about it carefully
- T- : Not personally
- T-- : What a horrible idea!
U -- Wetting
Many ABs and DLs like to wet their diapers (or pants, or bed,
or ...)
- U+++ : Dry? What's that word mean?
- U++ : I like to pee in my pants.
- U+ : Wetting in diapers feels good.
- U : Wet or dry, doesn't matter.
- U- : Prefer not to, but then there's
"Titanic" ...
- U-- : I would never wet in a diaper or
anything else; that's disgusting
W -- Writing
Some of us have written down our fantasies (or other stories),
and some have actually been published!
- W++++ or W**** : I've
out-sold John Irving
- W+++ or W*** : I've sold a
book
- W++ or W** : I've sold a
story to a real magazine
- W+ or W* : I've had stuff
published by a small, members-only publisher like DPF or ABW
- W : I've written a story that somebody else
has read
- W- : I have these scribblings but
nobody is ever going to see them!
- W-- : Never written a word of fiction
(except on IRS forms)
- W--- : Illiterate
For those who have made sales, use W+ etc if
your stories or books are infantilism/diaper related,
W* etc if not.
Part 2: Real Life
RL -- Occupational area
What do you do for a living?
- RLA : Art
- RLBM : Business/management
- RLC : Craft
- RLCI : Construction industry
- RLCT : Computers/information technology
- RLE : Engineering
- RLET : Education/teaching
- RLF : Farming
- RLFB : Finance/banking
- RLGP : Government/public service
- RLL : Law
- RLLW : Literature/writing
- RLM : Music
- RLMA : Military/armed forces
- RLMC : Media/communications
- RLMH : Medicine (human)
- RLRB : Retail business
- RLS : Science
- RLTH : Theatre
- RLTI : Transport industry
- RLVM : Veterinary medicine
A few special cases:
- RLAT : I'm a baby of all trades
- RLU : Undecided (generally used by young
students who haven't picked a major yet)
- RL- : No qualifications, no job, no
complaints!
Add a * after the code if you're trained or
experienced in the field, but haven't managed to persuade anyone to
actually pay you to do it yet (this doesn't apply to
RLU or RL-).
a -- Age
- a++++ : 60+ years
- a+++ : 50-59 years
- a++ : 40-49 years
- a+ : 30-39 years
- a : 20-29 years
- a- : 10-19 years
- a-- : Under 10 years
If you prefer, you can use a number to indicate your exact age
rather than using one of the approximate codes. (Example: If you're
30, you could use a+ or a30 -- or
a#, of course.)
c -- Computers
Since you're probably reading this on a computer screen,
there's a good chance you have some familiarity with the
technology. Use this code to tell us how much of a Computer Geek you
are.
- c++++ : I'll be first in line to get a
cybernetic interface installed in my skull!
- c+++ : Hey, if there was anything else to
life, there'd be a newsgroup about it
- c++ : Computers are a large part of my
life; I spend time every day in front of one; I've tried my hand at
programming
- c+ : Computers are fun; I can use some
software without resorting to the manual; I play a mean game of
[insert favorite game]
- c : Computers are just a tool; I use one
when it serves my purpose
- c- : I'm nervous of anything more
complicated than my microwave
- c-- : Where's the "on" switch? Better yet,
where's the "off" switch?
- c--- : They're taking over the world!
Smash the machines! Up the Luddites!
If your rating is at least c, add one or more
of the following letters (just after the c) to
indicate your preferred operating environment:
- a : Amiga
- b : BSD Unix
- d : MS-DOS
- l : Linux
- m : Macintosh
- n : Windows 95/NT
- o : OS/2
- u : Unix (commercial)
- v : VMS
- w : Windows 3.x
e -- Education
How far have you managed to crawl up the academic ladder?
- e++++ : Doctorate, or the equivalent
- e+++ : Master's degree, or the equivalent
- e++ : Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent
- e+ : Some tertiary education
- e : Finished high school
- e- : Haven't finished high school
- e-- : Haven't started high school
- e* : Learned everything there is to know
about life from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and
late-night reruns of Star Trek and The
Prisoner
- e** : Graduate degree from the School of
Hard Knocks
f -- Real-life fetish factor
How far does your infantilism or diaper fetish spill over into
your other life? Or, to put it another way, how far do you allow the
mundane world to get in the way of the important things in life?
- f++++ : I am not a grown-up, I'm a
baby!
- f+++ : I've been known to suck my pacifier,
wear diapers openly, etc., in public
- f++ : I've been known to suck my pacifier
and/or wear diapers openly among friends
- f+ : I make frequent jokes, show friends my
DPF newsletters or other magazines/literature
- f : I make an occasional reference to my
AB/DL side
- f- : I only tell close friends
- f-- : I tell nobody
h -- Housing
What sort of home do you live in?
- h++++ : Married ... with children
- h+++ : Married, or shacked up with your SO
on a long-term basis
- h++ : Living with one or more fellow AB/DLs
- h+ : Living with one or more people who
know nothing about infantilism or diaper fetish
- h : Living alone; other AB/DLs come to visit
- h- : Living alone, get out once a week to
buy food, all surfaces covered in computers and/or AB stories/pictures
- h-- : Living in a cave with 47 computers
and a T1 line
- h* : I'm still stuck living with my parents
- h** : I'm not sure where I live anymore; my
workplace/lab seems like home to me
- h*** : Homeless
i -- Internet
- i+++ : I'm a Webmaster/site administrator
- i++ : I spend most of my spare time surfing
the Web, and read any newsgroup that catches my interest
- i+ : I browse the Web regularly, and read a
handful of newsgroups
- i : I have a browser and a connection, and
even use them occasionally
- i- : Not connected yet
- i-- : The Internet sucks; it's all just a
flash in the pan anyway
- i--- : It's a dangerous, subversive,
perverted abomination that needs to be banned before people stop
voting for me!
Add a * after the i if you
have your own home page on the Web; make it *a if
your page mentions ABs/DLs.
k -- Sexual orientation
If you want to express your sexual orientation in your code,
here's how. If you don't want to, you can leave it out, or use the
# general modifier to say k#: "My
sexual orientation is none of your business!" Once again, this is
loosely based on the Kinsey scale.
First, list your preference:
- km : I'm attracted to males
- kf : I'm attracted to females
Next, add the strength of your preference. (Here,
x means either m or
f, whichever you chose above.)
- kx3 : I'm only attracted to x.
- kx2 : Usually I'm only attracted to x, but
occasionally I glance at someone from the other sex.
- kx1 : I'm attracted to both sexes, but I
have some preference for x.
- k0 : I'm 50-50 bisexual.
Example: kf3 means you are only attracted to
females. km1 means you're mostly bisexual, but have
somewhat of a preference for males.
s -- Real-life sex
Use this code, if you wish, to describe the sex (and sex life)
of your human persona. As with the in-role sex code, you should feel
free to use the # ("mind your own business") or
! ("nothing to do with me") modifiers if you prefer.
First, which sex are you?
If you wish to reveal any details of your sex life, use one of
these codes:
- s+++ : There's more to life? Where is it,
and what equipment do you need?
- s++ : I was once referred to as "easy", but
I have no idea where that might have come from
- s+ : I've had real, live sex
- s : I've had sex ... oh, you mean with
someone else?
- s- : Not having sex by choice
- s-- : Not having sex because I can't get
any
- s--- : Not having sex because I'm a
nun/priest
- s* : I'm married, so I can get it whenever
I want (well, that's the theory, anyway)
- s** : I have a few little rug rats to prove
I've been there (but with kids around, who has time for sex?)
By Tom Lee ("LilJennie") -- email
AB/DL code v0.1a: A-/--/--- Bs Cm+ D+ Fdeijp Kf1 M P++
S(i/f/m)+ T++ U+ W+
RLCT/S*/LW*/M* a c(l/m)+++ e+++ f~+ h+++ i*a+++ kf2 sm*
Geek Code v3.12: GCS/S/M/L d- s+:- a- C++ UL++ P+++
L+++ E++ W++ N++ o K w-- M+ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+ t+ 5++ X+ R b+++ DI+
D+ G e+++ h--- r+++ y+++
This file was last modified on July 23, 2011.
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).