Ichabbie

Much has been made of the sexual tension between "Ichabbie."

2014 October 2, Laura Prudom, “'Sleepy Hollow' Season 2: Tom Mison on 'Ichabbie,' Jealousy and the Battle with War”, in The Niles Bugle, page 23:

Many fan blog posts argued that writers of Sleepy Hollow betrayed its Ichabbie shippers through their refusal to fully consummate the relationship.

2017, Evan Jeremy Johnson, "But The Crowd Was Not Satisfied: Blackface Minstrelsy And Lynching As Fandoms Of The Remediated Black Body", thesis submitted to the University of Texas at Dallas, page 78

Fans who had enjoyed the dynamic of Abbie and Crane did not appreciate the re-introduction of Katrina, as she stifled their relationship in a number of ways, breaking up the Ichabbie dynamic for marital spats.

2020, Karen J. Tuthill-Jones, "Brains, Brawn, and Beguilement: Major Female Characters on FOX's Sleepy Hollow, in Cinematic Women, From Objecthood to Heroism: Essays on Female Gender (ed. Lisa V. Mazey), page 99

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills from the television series Sleepy Hollow.


Rumbelle

Many Rumbelle stories take place after Belle and Rumple have already undergone a terrible loss, using the hurt/comfort trope to show how they cope afterwards.

2014, Christa M. Baxter, "The Challenge of Happily Ever After: How Once Upon a Time Fanfic Fairy Tales Model Strategies for Ordinary Life Challenges", thesis submitted to Brigham Young University, page 19

We'd obviously be bummed to lose Giles Matthey as Rumbelle's adorably evil baby boy, but at least there's still some hope that the couple can get their baby back instead of missing out on his entire life.

2017, Lindsay Macdonald, "'Once Upon A Time': All Hope Is Not Lost For Gideon", TV Weekly (Magic Valley Times-News), 29 January - 4 February 2017, page 12

Fan websites indicate that the "Rumbelle" couple has become a fan-favorite specifically because viewers of the show relate to Rumple as an imperfect man and can identify with his rocky love relationship.

2019, Claudia Schwabe, Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rumpelstiltskin and Belle from the television series Once Upon a Time.


Olitz

In the latest episode, "Like Father, Like Daughter," Olitz reunites after months apart while she was in hiding with Jake.

2014 October 24, Chloe Gilke, “The trouble with Olivia and Fitz”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 5:

What has also been a long-standing narrative from the point of view of fans is how Scandal has been profoundly silent on the issue of race, particularly in the portrayal of Olitz.

2019, Kavyta Kay, “#Olitz”, in Simone Adams, Kimberly R. Moffitt, Ronald L. Jackson, editors, Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal, page 187:

Olitz subverts 'post-race', liberal society's expectation of mono-racial intimacy based on an understanding of reproductive heterosexuality (Zack, 1993).

2019, Shirley Anne Tate, Decolonising Sambo: Transculturation, Fungibility and Black and People of Colour Futurity, page 135:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant from the television series Scandal.


turncurtovirus

(virology) Any virus of the genus Turncurtovirus.


troons

For quotations using this term, see Citations:troons.


petroculture

en-noun

petroculture (countable and uncountable, plural petrocultures)

From a vantage point twenty years hence, as the study of petroculture and petrofiction develops, the question remains pressing: why is it that this mineral, utterly pervasive in the everyday lives of people in developed economies, remains mostly "offshore" in social and cultural consciousness, surfacing now and again in the wake of foreign wars, gas price hikes, or Gulf-of-Mexico-type disasters?

2012 March-April, Graeme Macdonald, “Oil and world literature”, in American Book Review, volume 33, number 3:

This essay addresses the sight of petroculture, which is to say it examines how the global oil industry is represented, and how this, in turn, conditions vision.

2017, Sheena Wilson, Adam Carlson, Imre Szeman, Petrocultures: Oil, Politics, Culture, page 222:

For scholars such as Macdonald, among others discussed in this chapter, contemporary culture is a petroculture, where fossil fuels have shaped the character and form of the modern (Buell 2012; LeMenager 2012; Wilson and Pendakis 2012; Barrett and Worden 2014; Szeman and Boyer 2017).

2017, Derek Gladwin, Ecological Exile: Spatial Injustice and Environmental Humanities:

Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture.

2019, Kyle Devine, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, page 100:

A culture that is dependant on and shaped by oil and petrochemicals.


petroculture

Res: Inorganic and organic compounds of vanadium; diazo compounds; chemical and microbiological tests for vitamins; feeding and agronomie value of fermentation products: insect repellents; marketing amino acids; physiology of egg production; industrial wastes; petroculture crops: nutritional value of ethanol; oxidation-reduction potential in the rumen.

1977, American men & women of science: Consultants 1977, page 657:

Petroculture is like agriculture, except that plants are grown to be processed into fuels, plastics, building materials and other replacements for nonrenewable resources.

1979, The Cattleman - Volume 66, page 90:

The cultivation of crops that can be processed into products that currently require the use of petrochemicals.


Snily

A classic example is Jily (James/Lily) vs. Snily (Snape/Lily), which even had its own debate at LeakyCon.

2013 October, “Why Victoria (@timelinenargles) Keeps Calm And Ships Jily”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 18:

"If Snily had been a thing, there would have been no Harry Potter."

2014, Alice Oseman, Solitaire, unnumbered page:

The acronym OTP (One True Pairing) is used by many fans to emphasize their favourite ships ('I ship Snarry, but Snily is my OTP').

2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, page 279:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Severus Snape and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.


Jily

For example, Rattlesnakeroot writes "I, for one, am glad to see "Lames" or "Jily" fall from grace and crash to pieces like the plaster saints they are. I'm so sick of the romantic picture of them that keeps permeating the various sites. *gag*" [11].

2014, Zoe Alderton, “'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, page 224:

Be prepared for some adorable Jily fluff towards the end haha.

2017, Meg, "Fanfic Recommendation", HPReadathon, October 2017, page 9

(fandom slang) The ship of characters James Potter and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.


acafandom

acafandom (countable and uncountable, plural acafandoms)

Rather than scholars being free to choose to act as differential interpretive communities with divergent norms and discursive practices (Brooker 2011), meaning that the identities cannot be united without losing sight of these contexts (or, indeed, losing sight of the precise micro-context within which such a union may seem more possible, e.g. TV Studies or fan studies where acafandom has arguably been normalised for a generation of researchers).

2012, Matt Hills, “'Proper Distance' In The Ethical Positioning Of Scholar-Fandoms: Between Academics' And Fans' Moral Economies?”, in Katherine Larsen, editor, Fan Culture: Theory/Practice, pages 16–17:

The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make up a near-majority faction).

2013, Ernest Mathijs, John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps, page 100:

I wish what Jenkins asserts was entirely true, but in reality, I have lost count of the number of Harry Potter studies colleagues who have been challenged, marginalized, or outright threatened because of their publication and scholarship in this area. "Serious" scholars do not engage in acafandom.

2018, Christopher E. Bell, “Introduction”, in Christopher E. Bell, editor, Inside the World of Harry Potter: Critical Essays on the Books and Films, page 3:

(fandom slang) The community or sphere of acafans.


LMFAOOL

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of laughing my fucking ass/arse off out loud.


Grindeldore

The day after the release of Deathly Hallows, the community Grindeldore appeared on Livejournal.com. Dedicated to "[f]anworks and discussion on Grindelwald/Dumbledore," the community became a locus for fanfiction, fan art, and fan essays ("meta") on the relationship.

2008, Catherine Tosenberger, "'Oh my God, the Fanfiction!': Dumbledore's Outing and the Online Harry Potter Fandom", Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2008, page 201:

After all, it was immediately after the seventh book release at Prophecy, a fan convention in Toronto, that I first encountered the idea of a "Grindeldore" pairing.

2010, Joel Meredith, “Our Business: Why I'm Glad J. K. Rowling Outed Albus Dumbledore”, in Sharon K. Goetz, editor, Terminus: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 7-11 August 2008, page 137:

The circle on the front poster of the calendar binds Grindeldore together.

2018 September, S. P. Sipal, “Did Dumbledore And Grindelwald Make An Unbreakable Vow As Teens?”, in The Rowling Library Magazine, number 21, page 24:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises.


Tunalock

(There is, for example, an enormous genre of fan-made visual art depicting Sherlock Holmes as an anthropomorphic tuna: collectively, Tunalock. It would confuse Sidney Paget, but I find it hilarious and rejoice in its existence.)

2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, page 255:

If the proponents of Tunalock (Holmes and Watson are fishes) or Farmlock (cows), the fans who post pictures of Martin Freeman on Tumblr and the devotees of crossover fanfic, want to claim the name of Sherlockians, they are welcome to it.

2017, Christoper Redmond, About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community, page 7:

Perhaps the strangest AU is tunalock, with Sherlock as a fish wearing a scarf.

2018, Jennifer Wojton, Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 36:

(Sherlock fandom slang) A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.


flexivore

en-adj

flexivore (comparative more flexivore, superlative most flexivore)

more flexivore (comparative)
most flexivore (superlative)

(of food, a diet, etc.) Being what a flexivore might eat.


actroid

A form of android that can function as an actor / actress


tablemount

The theory that the tablemounts were decapitated by great oscillations of sea level, owing to water becoming locked up in ice caps or to some other cause, seems to be definitely ruled out, since the peaks are not concordant.

1959 January, Robert S. Dietz, “Drowned Ancient Islands of the Pacific”, in New Scientist, volume 5, number 111, page 16:

This study recommended establishment as preserves an abyssal trench, an underseas tablemount, and an atoll.

1966, Naturalist - Volumes 17-19, page 257:

Frequently, tops of tablemounts contain evidence of shallow-water conditions (such as ancient coaral reeef deposits) that were carried with it into deeper water.

2005, Alan P. Trujillo, Harold V. Thurman, Essentials of Oceanography, page 65:

A seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.


brolationship

Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) + relationship.

blend

Dudes in a brolationship share more feelings with each other than with their girlfriends.

2013 February 12, Patrick Nguyen, “Bromance, Bro”, in The Lighthouse, University of Alberta, page 5:

This is Jensen, one of Jordan's best friends. They live two houses apart. They both do the same things: they sleep, eat, and cause trouble. And their brolationship has never been broken.

2017, Jensen Abhau, The Chronicles of the Toilet Ghost, unnumbered page:

“I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful brolationship.”

2018, Sergio Pereira, The Not-So-Grim Reaper, unnumbered page:

(slang) The camaraderie or bond between male friends.


obligala

If Missy Pennington had let her qualms about writing an "obligala" story stop her, we would have missed reading her sexy, humorous "Hardball."

1998 July 25, GravesPA2, “No rules, just ruminations”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Of course, I'm halfway through my giftfic which I think should be this year's version of the obligala, so everyone who's speculating, get writing instead!! C'mon, folks, it's Christmas -- get over all the complaints on the season so far and have a little fun with it!
As for what they were ... well, I'm not giving away my story, but Mulder's had to be a video. It was the right size and shape, and when he shook it, that's what it sounded like.

1998 December 14, soco...@mindspring.com, “Speculation and giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

KEYWORDS: parody, Mulder/Scully romance, Skinner/Mrs. Scully romance, cliches galore, obligala, badfic, fluff, sap

2000 October 28, kel...@my-deja.com, “NEW: A Helping Hand (1/4)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) A formal ball which two characters (usually Fox Mulder and Dana Scully) are required to attend as a set-up in romantic fan fiction.


Twihater

Why can't "Twihaters" like Kim and me just look away from the catastrophe already and find something else to mock?

2009 December 23, JoSelle Vanderhooft, “Sparkly Vampires Are Funny”, in QSaltLake Magazine, page 20:

Bella has also been labeled a bad role model for young girls; she relies on male saviors, her love is obsessive, and she puts her life at risk for a guy, point out the Twihaters.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, page 17:

Despite the intense rivalry between Twihards and Twihaters, the new parody pleases neither group.

2010, Cari MacPherson & Steve Rau, "'Vampires Suck' fails to bite", Technician (North Carolina State University), 20 August 2010, page 10

(fandom slang) A person who strongly dislikes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or its film adaptations.


mediot

Now I know there are a lot of mediots who don't like George Steinbrenner for whatever reason -- probably because he treats them the way they treat players. ¶ But on what basis do they keep making the absurd claim that "The Yankees are the best team on paper, but what about the George Steinbrenner factor?"

1993 March 29, David Marc Nieporent, “Mediots and Steinbrenner”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet):

The scene shifts to a recording studio set up to look like a nineteenth-century library, shelves with wooden shelves holding neat sets of leather-bound books—a cultural motif of intellect. […] The mediot interviewing her gets right to the point. “Dr. Parris, there has been widespread speculation that your lab was devoted to biowarfare research—”

2015, Linda Nagata, Going Dark, New York, NY: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 90:

(slang, derogatory) A member of the media; a journalist, especially one who makes inaccurate claims in articles.


Zamrock

(music) The rock and roll scene and associated style that originated in Zambia during the 70s.


Faberry

In fact, Faberry are the second most represented couple on the meme, however they still only represent 8.6% of all filled stories [Appendix 1].

2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 115:

In doing so, the writers fail to create a suitable counterpart to Rachel Berry and the productive example the “Faberry” relationship could have provided is thwarted in favor of drama over boyfriends and tiaras.

2014, Kasey Butcher, “Gold Stars and Slushies: The High Cost for Overachieving Girls”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, page 195:

The way in which the Faberry fandom has taken what few obvious scenes of friendship the show has given them, and also reinterpreted other scenes between Faberry, displays just how important this couple has become to the fandom.

2015, Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Simpson, "Shipping The Margin To The Centre: Excavating Tumblr; Filling In The Self", thesis submitted to Texas A&M University, page 40

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.


televidiot

The event is Remote Control, a year-old game show that has quickly become one of MTV's most popular half-hours. Its quizmaster is televidiot Ken Ober. Five feet to his right, ensconced in his keyboard setup and looking collegiate-cool in Blues Brothers shades, is musical director Steve Treccase […]

1988, Keyboard, volume 14, numbers 7–12, page 24:

Before the UK-IU game in Louisville on January 3rd, the televidiots came out with the line, "Two of the best coaches in the country, two of the best teams in the country, and two of the best players in the country -- we should see a wonderful game".

1993 January 4, Wes Morgan, “Kentucky over Indiana”, in rec.sport.baseball.college (Usenet):

television personality
television personality

(slang, derogatory) A television personality.


Saturdaily

Has Mrs. Corrigan two identities: one a mid-weekly state laying claim to sobriety, the other a Saturdaily state convincing of beer?

1907, William de Morgan, Alice For Short, page 341:

Whence indeed springs the need for a Saturdaily Aubade, except from the desire to save thought about what to do first thing on Saturday morning?

1984, The Listener, volume 111, page 29:

You long for the ugly land
with the lovely eyes,
you long for the daily abuse
 and Saturdaily foolishness...

1986, John Eric Bellquist, Modern Phil V 117, page 67:


nimps

en-adj

nimps (comparative more nimps, superlative most nimps)

more nimps (comparative)
most nimps (superlative)

Origin uncertain. Probably from the plural of nimp (“a small piece, fragment, bit”), perhaps in a phrase those are nimps "those are small bits", hence "that's easy". If so then cognate with Scots nimp (“a very small piece”); both from or akin to Middle English nimpen (“to chew, gnaw, take a bite, nibble”), likely a blend of nim + nip. Compare also related English nimble (“agile, quick”).


seniorpreneur

A person who has become an entrepreneur in later life, typically in retirement


tomocyst

(microbiology) An encysted form of a tomont.


quaternium

Blend of quaternary + ammonium.
From quaternary ammonium.

quaternary ammonium compound
quaternary ammonium compound#English


Chinoy

Borrowed from Tagalog Tsinoy, modeled after a blend of Spanish chino (“Chinese”) + Tagalog Pinoy (“Filipino”). See also Indonesian chindo.

blend

A Chinese Filipino (a Filipino with Chinese descent, whether mixed or pure ethnic Chinese, especially one who identifies as such.)


Chinoy

en-adj

Chinoy (comparative more Chinoy, superlative most Chinoy)

more Chinoy (comparative)
most Chinoy (superlative)

Of or pertaining to Chinese Filipino people, culture, or the languages characteristic of them.


Everlark

I am a strong supporter of Everlark (ship name of Everdeen and Mellark).

2015, Justin Andrews, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 concludes triology on a high note", The Speaking Eagle (Juan Diego Catholic High School), 10 December 2015, page 17

As to the aforementioned media universe, we can consider the contrast between Hunger Games’ couples Everlark (Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark) and Everthorne (Katniss Everdeen/Gale Hawthorne); […]

2017, Romana Andò, “Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy”, in Gender/Sexuality/Italy, number 4, page 110:

it’s okay to be an Everlark shipper who still likes and respects Gale, and it’s okay to be an Everthorne shipper who adores and admires Peeta.

2019, "the-fab-fandoms", quoted in Lina Holst & Rebecca Ågren, "'It’s not a phase, Mom!!!': Om identitetsskapande inom fankultur", thesis submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 61

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games series.


Everthorne

People who support Everthorne (ship name of Everdeen and Hawthorne) do not understand the series at all.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne from The Hunger Games series.


Peeniss

Blend of Peeta + Katniss, as an intentional, jocular homophone of penis.

We think they should just move on because everyone has ditched Team Edward for Team PeeNiss.

2012 October 11, Haley Boston, “The Rundown”, in The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, page 4:

They just want to see Katniss and Peeta — or, as the Interwebs have so graciously dubbed their union, “Peeniss” — pair off.

2014 November 24, Gillian Edevane, “Penultimate ‘Hunger Games’ features geopolitical undertones”, in The Daily Californian:

do i have a preference between galeniss and peeniss (or everlark vs. everthorne idk what’s katniss/gale’s last name ship name?) yes.

2019, "allisonarghent-archive", quoted in Lina Holst & Rebecca Ågren, "'It’s not a phase, Mom!!!': Om identitetsskapande inom fankultur", thesis submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 61

(fandom slang, humorous) The ship of characters Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series.


Bedward

My problems with the series go further than Bedward's "relationship."

2010, Gabrielle Abutom, "'Twilight' is a sick, twisted series", Daily Titan (California State University, Fullerton), 11 October 2010, page 4

When Bedward's desire to touch each other becomes unbearable, the overwhelming sexual tension is handily dispersed into a far less exciting bodily necessity: hunger.

2013 February 12, Poppy Bullard, “In Defence of Twilight, sort of”, in Nouse, University of York, page M5:

Take, for example, Bedward: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight; […]

2016, Taylor Scheibe, "Plot Twist", Echo (Columbia College Chicago), May 2016, page 35

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from the Twilight series.


Adoribull

"Adoribull" Homosexuality

2016, Kim Johansen Østby, "From Embracing Eternity to Riding the Bull: Representations of Homosexuality and Gender in the Video Game Series Mass Effect and Dragon Age", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 319

Firstly, the game only hints at the Adoribull relationship and does not provide more than a dozen dialogue lines, which enables fan writers to develop this relationship freely and divert from the original storyline.

2018 April, Gaspard Pelurson, “Mustaches, Blood Magic and Interspecies Sex: Navigating the Non-Heterosexuality of Dorian Pavus”, in Game Studies, volume 18, number 1, unnumbered page:

I personally, love Adoribull as a ship. I think it is one built entirely on mutual attraction and want, that develops into a proper romance.

2019, "Aslinncosplay", quoted in Olga Svedin, "Fans som bråkar: Fans reaktioner på representationer av queerhet i dataspelet Dragon Age: Inquisition", thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 38

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dorian Pavus and the Iron Bull from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Olicity

Now, we're watching to find out if “Olicity” is a go. We'll see how the Diggle-Felicity-Oliver dynamics change as Olicity's relationship hopefully heats up.

2014, Michelle Rushefsky, "Shows On The CW", The Current (Nova Southeastern University), Volume 25, Issue 6, 30 September 2014, page 12

Since he has dated nearly every other girl on the show for at least some period of time, the romantic tension for “Olicity” has grown.

2014, Esther Ponce De Leon, "DC Comics Builds Small-Screen Superhero Empire", The Miami Hurricane (University of Miami), Volume 93, Issue 12, 6 October 2014 - 8 October 2014, page 7

At the same time, [fan] Smoak & Arrow recognizes that not every viewer shares her and her followers' love for Olicity.

2017, Tanya R. Cochrane, Meghan K. Winchell, “When Fans Know Best: Oliciters Right the Ships”, in James F. Iaccino, Cory Barker, Myc Wiatrowski, editors, Arrow and Superhero Television: Essays on Themes and Characters of the Series, pages 199–200:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Felicity Smoak from the television series Arrow.


Scira

Even though I still love Allisaac and Scira, I still think Scallison is the #1.

2014 May, “Interview with @HoechlinArmy”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 8:

2015, "Rabid Fairy", "11 Reasons Why Scira is better than Scallison", Midnight Writers, February 2015, page 14

So, watching the show bc Stydia is a right reason? watching the show bc Scira is a right reason? watching the show bc Scallison is a right reason? watching the show bc Allisaac is a right reason? But watching the show bc Sterek is a big no-no?

2017, "stormyhale", quoted in Taylor Boulware, "Fascination/Frustration: Slash Fandom, Genre, and Queer Uptake", dissertation submitted to the University of Washington, page 74

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Scott McCall and Kira Yukimura from the television series Teen Wolf.


Stydia

It has already been confirmed that Stydia fans are going to be very pleased with the season.

2016, Giselle Galletti, "Teen Wolf season 6 impressions", MyDSHSNews (Dripping Springs High School), December 2016, page 11

For years, it was one of the most-watched shows among young people, offering a fair share of action, humor, drama, horror, ships (Stydia, anyone?) and frequent lessons on mythological creatures.

2017 November, Olivia Singh, “Holland Roden”, in NKD, page 43:

Further, Stiles’ sarcastic agreement when Brunksi tells him that they’d be having this same conversation if he were dating Lydia, the band’s female drummer, is a further reiteration of this critique, directly referencing Teen Wolf’s support of the heterosexual Stiles/Lydia (Stydia) ship in contrast to its rejection of Sterek.

2017, Taylor Boulware, "Fascination/Frustration: Slash Fandom, Genre, and Queer Uptake", dissertation submitted to the University of Washington, page 86

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Stiles Stilinski and Lydia Martin from the television series Teen Wolf.


Scallison

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Scott McCall and Allison Argent from the television series Teen Wolf.


Clexana

Gough and/or Millar were quoted as saying they thought 6 was their best season creatively, and they thought the whole "Clexana" thing was well done and they've never understood why the online fans don't like Lana.

2007 July 31, KalElFan [username], “"Kara, Supergirl" on CBS? (was Re: SV+ Supergirl Spin-Off Done Deal?)”, in alt.tv.smallville (Usenet):

The writers should have really given Lexana more of a back story, if they intended to create a Clexana love triangle.

2008, Melanie E. S. Kohnen (quoting a 2006 post from Television Without Pity), "The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom", in Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom (eds. Sharon Marie Ross & Louisa Ellen Stein), page 15

Clark, Lex and Lana are thus 'shipped' (i.e. 'relation-shipped') into 'Clexana' (Kohnen, 214).

2018, Shawn Malley, Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Geopolitics in Contemporary North American Science Fiction Film and Television, page 123:

(fandom slang) The love triangle/OT3 of characters Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, and Lana Lang from the television series Smallville.


Kurtofsky

By drilling down further, the results reveal that half of those are Klaine stories and a third are Kurtofsky (the pairing of Kurt with his bully turned secret admirer)

2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 117:

On the fan fiction site, participants began writing “Kurtofsky” (Kurt/Dave pairing) romances in response to this plot twist, which I read avidly to see the participant reaction to this unexpected pairing.

2017, Mandy Rita Stewart, "Digital Literacies And 'glee': The Role Of Fan Fiction Virtual Writing And Social Commentary In Response To Bullying Themes With Adolescent Writers", dissertation submitted to Wayne State University, page 1

Besides discussing the series and rooting for specific, slang-labelled twosomes (such as the heterosexual duo nicknamed "Finchel", Finn and Rachel, or the same-sex couple of "Kurtofsky", Kurt and Karofsky), fans have contributed to the diffusion and re-mediation of the show so much that the Glee phenomenon has been defined as "a user-generated musical epidemic" (Zaccone 2009; online, my translation).

2015, Alice Casarini, “Chorus Lines–Translating Musical Television Series in the Age of Participatory Culture: The Case of Glee”, in Jorge Díaz Cintas, Josélia Neves, editors, Audiovisual Translation: Taking Stock, page 216:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee.


Cophine

But Manson offers these words of encouragement for fans of Cosima/Delphine: "There's always hope for 'Cophine.' "

2015 May 9, Marisa Roffman, “'Orphan Black' Creators on Justin Chatwin's 'Dark' Character, Potential Clone Reunion”, in The Hollywood Reporter:

Fans of the show were closely watching for plot developments on the Cophine front […]

2016 June 17, Bethonie Butler, “The 'Orphan Black' finale gave fans a major reunion, but what comes next?”, in The Washington Post:

For instance, my OTP is Cophine—Cosima and Delphine from Orphan Black. This means my fannish identity and online fandom involves reading Cophine-centric fanfiction, watching or making Cophine fanvids, creating angsty or hopeful playlists on 8tracks, buying t-shirts and tote bags on Redbubble, liveblogging new episodes, forming group chats to discuss the show, and, as an academic fan, I even write research papers about Orphan Black and Cophine.

2016, Bethany A. Scettrini, "Fan Responses to Orphan Black and The 100 via Blogs, Fan Fiction, and Ship Wars", thesis submitted to Baylor University, page 50

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Cosima Niehaus and Delphine Cormier from the television series Orphan Black.


Emison

Adherence to canon is crucial for non-AU (alternate universe) fictions, but Emison shippers invert canonical events to draw attention to the textual margins wherein Emison arguably exists.

2016, William Patrick Bingham, "Queer Fan Practices Online: Digital Fan Production as a Negotiation of LGBT Representation in Pretty Little Liars", thesis submitted to the University of East Anglia, page 121

“The Glove That Rocks the Cradle” was a bittersweet episode for Pretty Little Liars fans as “Emison” shippers got their greatest wish and Aria (Lucy Hale) began to buckle under the A.D. pressure.

2017 May 31, “Pretty Little Liars: Two Liars Get Together as One Falls Apart”, in The Ledger:

Popular fan-fic writer JennasSunglasses writes extensively, as do many others, about Emison: the lesbian relationship between Emily and Alison.

2017 June 29, Anna Cafolla, “#PLLGameOver: Farewell Pretty Little Liars, the most fancentric TV show yet”, in The Guardian:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Emily Fields and Alison DiLaurentis from the television series Pretty Little Liars.


Rizzles

Quite a few pop culture pieces about the show discuss “Rizzles,” a name the fan base created for a hypothetical Rizzoli-Isles pairing.

2016, Lucia Scott, "They Won't: Analyzing Queerbaiting and Compulsory Heterosexuality in Popular Television", thesis submitted to Baylor University, page 25

R&I producers have commented that they did not intend to depict sexual tension between Jane and Maura, and stated or strongly implied that the pairing would never become romantic, but they have also revealed an intent to encourage the hopes of Jane/Maura (or "Rizzles") fans.

2017, Eve Ng, “Between text, paratext, and context: Queerbaiting and the contemporary media landscape”, in Transformative Works and Cultures, volume 24:

Finally I want to contribute to both academic fields by analyzing three fan videos created by fans from the Rizzles fandom.

2019, Liselot Jacobs, "The Power of Representation: Rethinking Sexuality and Challenging Heteronormativity in Rizzoli & Isles Fan Videos", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 5

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles from the television series Rizzoli & Isles.


Hollstein

Blend of Hollis + Karnstein, presumably as a play on Holstein.

Hollstein shippers didn't really understand the fact that some people didn't ship the same thing as them, and I myself received a lot of anonymous hate for not shipping them.

2016, Aimee, quoted in Shannon Morrison, "Navigating and Exploring LGBT Identity in Fandom", paper submitted to the College of Charleston

Watching two out actors portray dream duo "Hollstein" provides an extra frisson and makes Natasha and Elise's passion for positive queer representation all the more powerful.

2017 December, Roxy Bourdillon, “The Little Web Series That Did”, in Diva, page 32:

As the series' main characters, Hollstein are immensely popular and the relationship has provided the emotional rollercoaster ride for characters and viewers that might be expected from such a relationship in a complex serial narrative.

2019, Lorna Jowett, “'Most of You Are Wondering Who the Heck I Am': Carmilla (2014-2016, online) as Digital Reimagining of Le Fanu's 'Carmilla'”, in Lorna Piatti-Farnell, editor, Gothic Afterlives: Reincarnations of Horror in Film and Popular Media, page 84:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Laura Hollis and Carmilla Karnstein from the web series Carmilla.


Curselax

Unfortunately, the most widespread confusing move is kinda useless against the Curselax.

2001 June 29, Talen, “Anti-Curselax Measure”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

Snorlax (Kulgdor) [...] Earthquake Body Slam Curse Rest [...] Standard Curselax, he will do well in stadium and the game.

2002 July 18, Worry, “Re: [Rate my Team] This Team Sux v. 4.0”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

This is my favorite pokemon of the new G/S pokes. I'm not sure about the item for this one, but this is mainly to deal with Curselaxes.

2011 May 15, FL1PPED Out, “[G/S] Team, Please Rate”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A moveset of a Pokémon that includes Curse and Rest.


Tibette

The assertion of Tibette as a couple could be read as a norm of the group, against which all other couples and pairings were judged.

2009 December, Becky Walker, “Imagining the future of lesbian community: The case of online lesbian communities and the issue of trans”, in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, volume 23, number 6, page 933:

So what happens now? Well we obviously all wear out our DVDs and obsessively watch all the tributes on Youtube^([sic]) to Tibette and Sharman.

2010, Danielle Carter, “The L Word”, in Official Guide to London Pride 2010, page 55:

Bette is OMG! I love her ... I'm straight and somehow she manages to turn me on ... and Tibette is the ultimate great couple on The L Word! Go Tibette!

2015, anonymous, quoted in Sarah Cefai, "Love's Lesbian Refrain of Feeling: 'Bette and Tina' and the Subversion of Heterosexual Affect", Rhizomes: Cultural Studies In Emerging Knowledge, Issue 28 (2015)

(fandom slang) The relationship between the characters Tina Kennard and Bette Porter from the television series The L Word.


Brexocalypse

2016 July 4, Alex Proud, “10 reasons to be cheerful (during the Brexocalypse)”, in The Daily Telegraph:

In Britain, stockpiling for the Brexocalypse has taken over from Black Friday shopping as the consumer event of the year, with reports of everything from wine to tins of chilli con carne being hoarded in the name of #takingbackcontrol – but should we be doing the same?

2018 December 18, Jennifer O'Connell, ““Brexit stockpile: Favourite foods you might not know are British”, in The Irish Times:

How should we, on our small island in Spain be preparing for an inevitable and impending Brexocalypse?

2019 March, “Galley Goddess”, in The Islander Magazine, page 116:

(UK politics) The negative economic and political impact of Brexit.


fantagonism

The mercenary tactics of some fans no doubt fuel this fantagonism.

2015, Liam Burke, The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre, unnumbered page:

For viewers who responded within the rejection discourse, the show's final episodes confirmed their sense of 'fantagonism' and narrative anxiety and they often linked their sense of disappointment to discussions around professionalism (or lack of) on the part of the writers and to the perceived failure of the narrative.

2015, Rebecca WIlliams, Post-Object Fandom: Television, Identity and Self-narrative, page 115:

This wave of claims about fan entitlement and consumer attempts to reshape the decisions of creators and studios demands a revisiting of the "fantagonism" concept.

2017, Derek Johnson, “Fantagonism, Franchising, and Industry Management of Fan Privilege”, in Melissa A. Click, Suzanne Scott, editors, The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom, page 396:

Anger or hostility expressed by fans, especially towards creators.


Richonne

Though Glenn and Maggie and "Richonne" are monogamous, heteronormative relationships: one man, one woman, and clear relationship roles, the roles are interchangeable and fluid dependent on the situation.

2017, Amanda Taylor, “Love and Marriage in the Time of The Walking Dead”, in Ashley Szanter, Jessica K. Richards, editors, Romancing the Zombie: Essays on the Undead as Significant "Other", page 87:

The Walking Deads Richone' was a big deal because it elevated Michonne from sidekick to romantic female lead.

2019, Sumiko Saulson, “From Sidekick to Romantic Lead: Rise of the Strong Black Woman”, in Valerie Estelle Frankel, editor, Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 2. Essays on Television Representations, 2013-2019, page 93:

Brown's longstanding advocacy for the “Richonne” ship is especially illustrative to consider.

2019, Suzanne Scott, Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry, page 137:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rick Grimes and Michonne from the television series The Walking Dead.


Klance

In one extreme case, a fan threatened to leak spoilers unless Klance (the pairing of Keith and Lance) was made canon.

2018 July, Shamus Kelley, “#LanceIsBi”, in Den of Geek, page 23:

Klance have continued to rank at the top of ship and show rankings throughout 2018. Despite only having aired for little over two years, there are over 22,000 Klance fics on AO3.

2018, Diana Koehm, "Revision as Resistance: Fanfiction as an Empowering Community for Female and Queer Fans", thesis submitted to the University of Connecticut, page 37

This condition was that "Klance," the ship was^([sic]) between the characters Lance and Keith be made canon.

2020 January 31, Bridget Cagle, “Fandom frenzy: Fan 'ships' should have boundaries”, in The Journal, Southport High School, Indianapolis, page 14:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Keith and Lance from the animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender.


McShep

I think she is the listmom for the McShep list.

2004 December 4, Lisa, “Re: New Photos from The Siege”, in alt.tv.stargate-atlantis (Usenet):

Feel free to wax lyrical about McShep to me.

2005 May 30, Ankh, “Re: Dear Magda”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet):

[…] she likens the McShep pairing as conceived of by the community to a drug.

2009, Marla Bomersbach, "Actions That Embody Virtual Space", thesis submitted the University of Pittsburgh, page 48

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rodney McKay and John Sheppard from the television series Stargate Atlantis.


namesmanship

They are thankful for a group of advertisers dedicated to conservatism, the soft sell and generic namesmanship!

1960, The New England Journal of Medicine - Volume 263, Part 2, page 1090:

Namesmanship, as will be obvious by now, is no game. It deals with material that lies deeply in everyone and is brought to the surface by a few.

1983, Mary Lassiter, Our names, our selves: the meaning of names in everyday life, page 144:

Every important home in Bexley was known by name, but not that of the current or even the previous owner. There was some unwritten code of namesmanship which attributed each house to a former owner who might, or might not, still be alive.

2002, Frederick L. Cullen, Secrets Are Anonymous:

The latest trick, of couse, is to exchange the "college" label for that of "university." I dare not guess what may come next in academic namesmanship.

1961, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Yearbook - Volume 14, page 36:

A quality stabilization bill, a citizen might suppose, would be a bill having something to do with quality stabilization. But that's where said citizen would betray his innocence of legislative namesmanship.

1963, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, page A5589:

In effect, it means that DOD has agreed that, if most of the country's population and property are to be protected against ICBM's, some losses must be accepted. The Pentagon's namesmanship experts call this the “bloody nose” concept.

1963, Professional Journal of the United States Army, page 62:

There is no stipulation in the legislation that the person have a certain precentage of Spanish or Native American blood. It is all namesmanship. Other universities will be glad to have us. We're well trained and now, fortunately, well-named.

1976, Anthropology Newsletter - Volumes 17-18, page 47:

In testing this scheme by tabulating the profile of name choices, the array of unwritten codes within seriously understudied business and nonbusiness enterprises, in this instance a variety of such in present-day Chicago, we find striking contrasts as well as some commonalities but, most usefully, insights into the psychology and strategies of namesmanship and into general societal values.

2005, Linguistic Society of America, Meeting Handbook, page 63:

(more specifically) The art of naming things in order to influence the reactions of others.

Our human trait of unwillingness to admit word ignorance often leads to survival of duplicated or spurious meanings. There is now no doubt that namesmanship has hindered the analysis of published knowledge quite seriously, and this will be outlined below

1965 December, GB Elliott, “Miniature endocrine amplifiers as end organs of the involuntary nervous system: The functional linkage between adrenal medulla and glomus jugulare”, in The Laryngoscope, volume 12, number 75:

But more recent history has been marked by a departure from namesmanship to functionality — companies with names that say what they do. The result is that when the founders leave, their names do, too.

1998, Eric J. Bolland, Charles W. Hofer, Future Firms: How America's High Technology Companies Work:

The pursuit of status by having things named after oneself.

In his preface, a scholar can practice two kinds of namesmanship. In Downward Namesmanship, the author lists those who assisted him: students, secretaries, librarians, and so on, which shows he is important enough to command such resources.

1957, The New Leader - Volume 40, Part 1, page 24:

Not content with that, he offers the names of some authors who are well disposed to religion, who "say yes". (This seems to be the game of "namesmanship.")

2003, John Robert Colombo, O Rare Denis Saurat: An Appreciation, page 391:

The art of name-dropping or giving the names of people who are involved with a project, in order to confer status or legitimacy.

“Namesmanship” is vital in manners; it consists of making your own name clear to other people about you while being certain you memorize their names the first time around.

1952, George H. Brett, The Air Force Officer's Guide:

In a letter to the editor referring to an earlier piece about names that were difficult to pronounce or spell (J.C. Furnas, "In the Names We Go By,", Dec. 28, 1957) the writer suggests: "How could J. C. Furnas write a piece about namesmanship and not mention Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug near Webster, Mass.? Sissies call it Webster Lake.

2000, Peter G. Beidler, Marion F. Egge, Native Americans in the Saturday Evening Post, page 59:


biballs

There was a naked, uncomplicated honesty in what he said as he stood there talking with his hands jammed deep into the pockets of his biballs that was impossible not to believe.

(US, Canada, informal) Loose-fitting pants (trousers) with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.


postquel

I heard that Lucas will shoot all three of the prequels at the same time (like the last two Back To The Future movies were filmed together). The first prequel is shooting for '97 or '98 release. As to when the 'postquels' will be written, shot and released is anybody's guess. I just hope that George sticks with us long enuf for us to complete this amazing storyline.

1995 December 9, Michael Wolf, “Re: Sequel too???”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet):

In musicals, when they are not unabashedly revivals, the assumption seems to be all we need do is find appropriate chunks of recent, or not-so-recent, history and cleverly reformulate them. Remakes, re-dos, sequels, prequels, and postquels are all the rage in films, TV, and on the stage.

2001, Charles Marowitz, Stage Dust: A Critic's Cultural Scrapbook from the 1990s, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 23:

I'm not saying we should see "The Return of Goldfinger" or "Bond has more fun with Honey Ryder", but it would be a fun and interesting way toi use a Bond that was the same age and time as Fleming's character, without having to resort to prequels, postquels, or parallel universes.

2004 April 14, Peredur Davies, “Re: New James Bond novels - what do you want to see?”, in alt.fan.james-bond (Usenet):

(narratology) A work of fiction which is set after the events of an earlier installment in a series but is not an immediate sequel.


blanagram

Blend of blank + anagram, from the use of the blank tile to represent any letter.

PHYLETIC and VELOCITY are blanagrams of LIPOCYTE.

(Scrabble) A word which is an anagram of another but for the substitution of a single letter.


craptop

(Internet slang) A bad or poorly functioning laptop computer that is undesirable to use.


fantrepreneur

Through his research he determines that fantrepreneurs are significant agents that help to develop fan markets and shape the way products enter the mainstream, determining that fantrepreneurs have an important involvement in shaping discourses of "quality and authenticity" (30).

2017, Oliver Carter, “A Labour of Love: Fantrepreneurship in Home Video Media Distribution”, in Jonathan Wroot, Andy Willis, editors, DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond: Navigating Formats and Platforms within Media Consumption, page 203:

Thus, while it is tempting to unabashedly celebrate Eckstein and Her Universe as a counterpoint to Chris Hardwick and Nerdist, we need to be mindful that other female fantrepreneurs will not be similarly positioned to be personally handed a license to produce Star Wars merchandise by George Lucas after complaining about a lack of t-shirts featuring their character on a hit television series.

2019, Suzanne Scott, Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry, page 197:

I have seen horror-themed fantrepreneurs who have created items that even I, a zombie fan, find creepy and off-putting.

2019, Neil A. Cohen, Business Is Dead: Resurrecting Entrepreneurship Through the Fan-Focused Venture, unnumbered page:

An entrepreneur whose business focuses on products, services, or media of interest to fans.


Domward

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Genres were often designated by a version of Edward's name: Tattward (more than one tattoo artist fic); Artward (lots of artists); Domward (Fifty Shades was hardly the first); Subward (there were a few); […]

2013, “The Twilight Fandom”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 181:

The guidelines for this challenge centre on the gendered allocations of roles in sexual contexts: 'we want to see women wield power between the sheets: we've seen enough Domward and Domsper […]

2016, Mariah Larsson, Ann Steiner, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight: Studies in Fiction, Media and a Contemporary Cultural Experience, unnumbered page:

While Leonard has been frequently (and fairly) criticized for her representation of BDSM in Fifty Shades, her inspiration was not merely the Twilight books and films but also the oeuvre of Twilight fanfiction itself, by then a site of cultural production in its own right within which “'Domward” (or a dominating Edward) was in style (Anne Jamison 2013, 184).

2016, Leslie Paris, “Fifty shades of fandom: the intergenerational permeability of Twilight fan culture”, in Feminist Media Studies, volume 16, number 4, page 687:

(Twilight fandom slang) Edward Cullen written as the dom in a BDSM relationship in Twilight fan fiction.


limeraiku

A jocular poetic form, combining aspects of the limerick and the Western haiku.


e-gnorant

e-gnorant (comparative more e-gnorant, superlative most e-gnorant)

more e-gnorant (comparative)
most e-gnorant (superlative)

/ˈiːɡnəɹənt/

Blend of e- (abbreviation of electronic) + ignorant, after the manner of words such as e-mail or e-card.

blend

abbreviation of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">electronic</i>

Are they essentially all from programmers, or are there other users in the e-gnorant zone like me?

(neologism) Ignorant of how to use computers or other digital devices or software.


Edinbugger

An Edinbugger is as good as his word – and his word is no good.

2006, Ian Black, The Wee Book of Weegie Wit and Wisdom:

It was always a tough match between the Weegies and the Edinbuggers but, on that occasion, we came out on top and afterwards we went to Glasgow University Union to celebrate our success.

2009, Dennis Canavan, Let the People Decide: The Autobiography of Dennis Canavan:

We're not needing some hotshot Edinbugger coming here and mucking us about.

(humorous, vulgar) An Edinburger (resident of Edinburgh, Scotland) (especially used as an insult by Glaswegians)


wishcycling

Blend of wish + recycling, said to have been coined by Bill Keegan, president of a recycling company.

Some new innovative packaging can’t be recycled, but nonetheless ends up in the single-sort bin through what Keegan calls “wish cycling.”

2015 September 19, Eric Roper, “Global shifts put squeeze on Twin Cities recycling”, in Star Tribune:

Not only that, but wishcycling is playing a big role in the current global recycling meltdown.

2019 August 30, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown”, in Mother Jones:

(neologism) Putting items out for recycling in the hope that they will be recycled, without being sure that they are recyclable.


Larry Stylinson

Blend of Louis Tomlinson + Harry Styles.

In the latter, I analyze the distinctions between the media’s response to Larry Stylinson shippers and fan responses, drawing on Matt Hills’s notion of inter-fandom antagonism.

2016, Bethan Jones, “'I Will Throw You off Your Ship and You Will Drown and Die': Death Threats, Intra-Fandom Hate, and the Performance of Fangirling”, in Lucy Bennett, Paul Booth, editors, Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture, page 54:

The sheer volume of Larry Stylinson erotica available online is astonishing.

2018, Kate Leaver, The Friendship Cure: Reconnecting in the Modern World, unnumbered page:

Beyond fanart and fanfiction, the Larry Stylinson "division" of the fandom became a safe space for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bissexual, transgender, and queer) fans […]

2018, Paola Brembilla, “Transmedia Music: The Values of Music as a Transmedia Asset”, in Matthew Freeman, Renira Rampazzo Gambarato, editors, The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.


youthemism

We should seek to convert the American from the search for cosmetic "youthemisms" for growing old such as "Golden Agers" to acceptance of old age's vicissitudes, inevitability, and pleasures. The union program for the laborer begins with the ...

1960, Ruth Margaret White, Library Service to an Aging Population: An Institute:

FRIG: A “youthemism” to be used only when little old ladies are present. Considered a little ...

2000, Marv Rubinstein, Net-wit.com: A Smorgasbord of E-mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Wooly Life, Schreiber Pub, →ISBN, page 219:

(slang, rare) A euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.


algorithmocracy

Blend of algorithm + democracy. Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser.

coin

representative democracy
representative democracy

Rule by algorithms; the making of sociopolitical decisions by algorithms, as opposed to representative democracy.

The influence of algorithms on the political opinion of the general public, for example by showing different Internet search results and social media content to different people, creating filter bubbles.


Jikook

For example, there are portmanteaus of each and every BTS member combination, with fans hoping that JiKook (Jimin and Jungkook) or V-Hope (V and J-Hope) will become a thing.

2018 September 12, Jessica Lindsay, “What does shipping mean when people aren’t talking about ships?”, in Metro, UK:

"JiKook," the pairing of Korean boy band BTS members Jeon Jeong-guk and Park Ji-min, is the fourth most popular ship despite the fact that neither pairing is together in real life.

2019, Palmer Haasch, "Community, Soul-Searching and Pleasure: The Significance of Real Person Fanfiction in BTS Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 13

(By far the most popular BTS ship is Jikook, which pairs Park Jimin and Jeon Jungkook together.)

2019 December 26, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Michelle Jaworski, “The 10 most influential fandoms of the 2010s”, in The Daily Dot:

(fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS.


Sprousehart

We also feel the need to put our noses just slightly inside the bounds of your private business and let you know that we wholeheartedly support the Sprousehart relationship (or Bughead on-screen).

2018 March 13, Logan Potter, Shannon Brennan, “An Open Letter To Dylan And Cole Sprouse”, in The Arbiter, Boise State University, page 15:

We're pretty sure bonds like this don't easily break, and whether or not Sprousehart remain a couple, the friendship will stay strong.

2020, C. H. Mitford, Cast of Riverdale: Issue #3, page 60:

It's a sad day for Sprousehart' fans. Everyone's favorite Riverdale couple reportedly broke up last month after about three years together and now we may know why the pair decided to end things.

2020 May 26, Carolyn Twersky, “Why Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse Really Broke Up And Why It Prob Won’t Last Too Long”, in Seventeen:

(slang) The couple consisting of celebrities Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart.


Choni

Sorry everyone, Bughead and Varchie are out; Choni is the only "Riverdale" pairing that matters.

2018, Alison Epstein, "'Riverdale' Chapter 29: The one where everyone runs for office", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 26 March 2018, page 6

There tends to be a lot of promotional material for Riverdale that teases "Choni" (Cheryl and Toni) content, and more often than not it will end up being a fairly brief encounter between them onscreen.

2019, Danielle Windecker, "Chilling Adventures & Dark Teen Dramas", Raspberry, Winter 2019, page 13

Even the ‘Choni’ scene, mainly contains of elements that are commonly portrayed in mainstream heterosexual sex scenes. Kissing, props and sexy undressing.

2019, Rayann Condy & Sophie Ivan, "Getting to Great: How young women in Singapore experience depictions of sex in youth television", thesis submitted to Malmö University, page 48

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz from the television series Riverdale.


Varchie

This leads to some very awkward moments for the Varchie relationship, where Veronica seems weirdly eager to have Archie and Nick in the same room, and is seemingly unbothered when Nick calls her sexy in front of poor Archiekins.

2017, Alison Epstein, "'Riverdale' wows with intense, emotional 'Chapter 18'", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 13 November 2017, page 5

This Varchie daddy issues storyline is making my heart hurt, also, am I correct in saying that NO-ONE ships Veronica and Archie?

2018, Aria Tongs, "Unpopular Opinion: Riverdale the Musical", Massive (Massey University, Wellington), April/May 2018, page 28

Archie was instantly smitten, and just like that, Varchie was born.

2019, Ryan Bloomquist, Samantha Gold, Riverdish: The Unauthorized Case Files of Riverdale, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Veronica Lodge and Archie Andrews from the television series Riverdale.


WayHaught

Blend of Waverly + Haught, as a deliberate homophone of way hot.

Many fans of the show have found the courage to come out to their friends and family because of WayHaught.

2016, Nahomy Ortiz & Carolyn Rodriguez, "A Sense Of Courage", Mimp, Winter 2016, page 60

“Wynonna Earp’s” profile only grew once L.G.B.T. fans came on board in a big way. Twitter trending happened regularly during Season 2 and WayHaught fan art, fan fiction and T-shirts proliferated.

2018 July 6, Maureen Ryan, “A Cult Show’s Recipe for Success: Whiskey, Twitter and Complex Women”, in The New York Times:

But which is Katherine Barrell's favorite WayHaught moment of all time?

2018 July 11, “Wynonna Earp's Katherine Barrell Picks Her Favorite WayHaught Moments”, in The Columbus Dispatch:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught from the television series Wynonna Earp.


Bughead

There is fear among fans that the dark twists Riverdale is going to take in this season may also impact "Bughead" – especially if Jughead does decide to officially join the South Side Serpents.

2017 September 21, Quinn Baker, “Netflix preview: Anticipating the second season of Riverdale”, in The Ontarion, University of Guelph, page 14:

The Bughead bond is so strong that it sparked rumors of a real-life pairing between Reinhart and Sprouse.

2017 September 22, Tim Stack, “Wednesday”, in Entertainment Weekly, page 71:

Whether you ship Choni or Bughead, if you're a Riverdale fan you don't want to miss this year's Riverdale conference […]

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones from the television series Riverdale.


Trumpet

Blend of Trump + trumpet. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump

named-after

(slang) A vocal political supporter of US President Donald Trump, especially online.


Webdings

Blend of web + dingbat, introduced as a trademark by Microsoft.

(computing) An internet-oriented dingbat font based on Wingdings.


Affrilachia

Blend of African + Appalachia, attributed to poet Frank X Walker.

Black Appalachia; Appalachia, viewed with an eye to its black population and their culture.


Affrilachian

Blend of African + Appalachian, attributed to poet Frank X Walker.

Black and Appalachian; of or pertaining to black people in Appalachia and their culture.


spleef

en-verb

spleef (third-person singular simple present spleefs, present participle spleefing, simple past and past participle spleefed)

spleefs (present singular third-person)
spleefing (participle present)
spleefed (participle past)
spleefed (past)

From Spleef, the name of a minigame on Minecraft, a blend of splat + grief.

These servers host many types of gameplay, from minigames, to spleefing (my favorite), to PvP (I'm terrible at Player-vs-Player battles), to fractions, to Survival, to Creative . . . It's amazing what people have created with Minecraft, and these many, many servers are evidence of the creative potential Minecraft offers those with imaginative minds.

2015, Mark Cheverton, The Jungle Temple Oracle: The Mystery of Herobrine, page IX:

It also includes everything you need to Spleef right, like observation posts and an entrance way (most Spleef games are teleported to from servers, so they need somewhere to enter), and it would work great on just about any server.

Minecraft Event, Jan. 24 to April 25, Jan. 24 10 a.m. Kida^([sic – meaning Kids]) ages 7 to 14 are invited to join in the “grinding, building, spleefing and raising of diamond swords” at this monthly Minecraft Event with instructor Rand Whipple and the Box of Light Studio staff.

2015 January 15, “The List: A Weekly Guide to Area Events & Attractions”, in The Citizens’ Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., page J12, column 4:

As parents are confused at the dinner table when their offspring talk about ‘Endermen’ and ‘spleefing’[…]

2017 August, “Reviews”, in Starburst, page 101, column 2:

(video games) To play the Minecraft game of "Spleef", in which players try to knock blocks out from beneath other players in order to be the last player standing.


chobble

chobble (third-person singular simple present chobbles, present participle chobbling, simple past and past participle chobbled)

chobbles (present singular third-person)
chobbling (participle present)
chobbled (participle past)
chobbled (past)

Perhaps a Blend of chew + gobble but perhaps instead from chop + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix)

suffix

An’ I gets m’ pig ’ome, an’ ’e sims to turn out copital; ’e be sich a despret good cratcher, doan’t kip suckin’ an’ quiddlin’ at ’is fittle, but a chobbles it up like.

1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire, Berrow's Worcester Journal Company, page 12:

“Can’t get used to the damn things,” he says. “Easier to chobble away like this.”

2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 3:

[…] / Chaos ordains. But to what depth? Some demon / chobbles its rap-cassette, spits out / pathetic dreadlocks. […]

2013, Geoffrey Hill, edited by Kenneth Haynes, Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 368:

(Midlands, Yorkshire) To chew into small pieces.


ripperoni

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ripperoni.wav

(Internet slang) Used to express sympathy.


feMRA

/ˌfɛm ˌɑː(ɹ)ˈeɪ/

On the websites we examined, it was very often feMRAs – female men’s rights activists – who were the strongest critics of rape culture, with activists like Straughan (2013), Fiamengo (2014) and Barbara Kay (2014a, 2014b) taking the lead in contesting feminist arguments.

2016, Lise Gotell, Emily Dutton, “Sexual Violence in the 'Manosphere': Antifeminist Men’s Rights Discourses on Rape”, in International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, volume 5, number 2, page 74:

Lauren discusses these issues with FeMRAs – female men's rights activists – something that seems like a completely foreign concept in a book about saving feminism.

2017, Erin Emily Ann Vance, "Why Women Are Leaving Feminism", Flurt, Winter 2017, page 19

At the same time, ‘good’ women who actively participate in MRGs (‘feMRAs’, or female men’s rights activists) are (a) held up as evidence that men’s rights activism is not anti-women and (b) enrolled to ‘legitimize claims that would likely be viewed as being clearly more offensive if put forward by men’ (Gotell and Dutton 2016: 74).

2019, Ana Jordan, The New Politics of Fatherhood: Men's Movements and Masculinities, page 197:


COVID toes

Blend of COVID-19 + toe. From being first observed in children who tested positive for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection).

COVID toes usually begin with the patient noticing red or purple discoloration of the toes, and in some cases the skin can become raised or develop ulcerations.

2020 January 14, “COVID Toes”, in Precision Foot and Ankle, P.A.:

Doctors identified a new symptom of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, informally dubbed “COVID toes.” The presence of purple or blue lesions on a patient’s feet and toes puzzles infectious disease experts.

2020 April 21, Adrianna Rodriguez, “What are 'COVID toes'? Doctors discover symptom of coronavirus mostly seen in kids”, in USA Today:

Also known as pernio-like, pseudo-chilblain, acute acro-ischemia, and “COVID toes,” the pattern of acral lesions is described as erythematous to purple purpuric macules, papules, and/or vesicles.

2020 June 25, Hernandez, Claudia, and Anna L. Bruckner, “Focus on “COVID toes””, in JAMA dermatology, →DOI, page 1003:

Since April 2020 there has been a reported surge in the literature of chilblain-like lesions (CLL) coinciding with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This chilblain-like acral pattern, mainly affecting the toes, has been referred to as “COVID toes.”

2021 April 13, Kashetsky, Nadia, Ilya M. Mukovozov, and James Bergman, “Chilblain-Like Lesions (CLL) Associated With COVID-19 (“COVID Toes”): A Systematic Review”, in Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, →DOI:

(pathology, informal, neologism) A PIIRS (“post-inflammatory infectious response syndrome”) associated with COVID-19, affecting mostly children, showing up as reddish or bluish swollen toes or fingers, with blisters or peeling skin.

PMIS

pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome

HCoV-NH

a virus thought associated with Kawasaki disease


popcrete

Blend of pop art + concrete, coined by Augusto de Campos; see concrete poem.

(poetry) A genre of concrete poems assembled from images rather than words.


Makorra

Joining together in the living room we all enjoyed our morning breakfast with a side of Legend of Korra (um, team Makorra) while the presidents from each club had their President Council Meeting.

2012 August, Lily Ung, “Weekend of Awesomeness Weekend!”, in Sunburst, volume 52, number 1, page 13:

“Makorra” fans have waited to see their interactions develop throughout the first season.

2013, Rachel Arlin, "'Legend of Korra' returns", The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (University of Massachusetts), 24 September 2013, page 5

But you have to agree that Makorra (Shipping name for Mako & Korra) wasn't rushed!

2013, Natasha Lui, "Legend Of Korra: An Amazing Anime Or Terrible Anime?", The White Polo's Magazine (Hong Kong Academy), November 2013, page 2

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Mako and Korra from the animated television series The Legend of Korra.


Joebama

Blend of Joe + Obama, from the given name of Joe Biden and the surname of Barack Obama.

From your socialist perspective that's probably true.
Keep rampant socialism in CanaDuh and don't vote for Joebama!

2008 August 24, dxAce, “Re: (OT) : Are You One of . . . Smiley's People ?”, in rec.radio.shortwave (Usenet):

“This is a great way to support the hypothetical of Joe Biden for President in 2020 with his running mate — either Michelle Obama or Barack Obama. Joebama for President!” advises JuntoTees, an Indiana company which has offered this motto on assorted items since 2018.

2020 March 3, Jennifer Harper, “Among the Biden prospects: 'JOEBAMA 2020'”, in The Washington Times:

(US politics, informal, often derogatory) The political union of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, and Joe Biden, the 47th vice president of the United States, having served between 2009 and 2017.


Ziam

Team Ziam and Team Larry all the way!

2013 August, Marynyriene Silvestre, “Why I Love One Direction”, in Stache, page 25:

it feels like the one direction fandom is split in smaller fandoms like the larry fandom, the elounor fandom, the ziam fandom, etcetera

2014, "paxxxxxxxxxx", quoted in Helena Löfgren, "'One Direction is not a phase like any other fandom I've been in, they're like my life' –en analys av fandom som källa till helighet", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 25

The One Direction fandom split into supporters of two primary relationships (and a whole lot of sub-relationships), "Larry Stylinson" and "Ziam" (Zayn and Liam).

2017, Millicent Lovelock, "You & I: One Direction, Fans and the Co-Construction of Identity", thesis submitted to the University of Otago, page 62

(fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Zayn Malik and Liam Payne of the band One Direction.


Fuffy

note(s): For FC, Piper, Elaine, B_A and everyone who asked for more Fuffy. :)

2002 November 27, cheebs!, “FIC: Returning - F/B, PG, 1/1”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

I personally wish Joss will give us a Fuffy ending to the series...Buffy realizing it's Faith she needs to be with.

2003 January 5, Alberich, “Re: Faith may rat out Buffy”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

You guys need to read more (fem)slash. In most of the Wuffy and Fuffy fics I've read recently, Spike is either absent, or plain old pre-chip Evil!Spike.

2005 July 16, Aaron Davies, “Re: SEASON 4 FIC CHALLENGE: Looking for a good character development fic!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Faith and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

With regard to favorite scenes, I have to say I liked the scene where Riley and Fuffy (is that what you guys call Faith-in-Buffy's-body?) slept together.

2000 April 1, mc...@hotmail.com, “Re: sorry, rose, one last Riley thread”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Tara displayed some remarkable perceptiveness in "Who are You" realizing that Fuffy wasn't Buffy.

2000 May 24, Molly Moloney, “Re: Restless Comments”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

The only chemistry I ever noticed between Spike and Buffy was when she was Fuffy.

2003 April 16, DarkMagic, “Re: First thought on "Dirty Girls"”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) Faith while inhabiting Buffy Summers' body during their bodyswap.


Dair

However, the possibility of "Dair," and the weird moves Ben keeps making with Damien are the only things that keep the series strong.

2011 February 28, Morgan Babbs, “Another scheme, please”, in The San Mateo Hi, San Mateo High School, San Mateo, California, page 8:

I ship Dair so hard (Ed: wikipedia 'Shipping fandom'); I hope they end the series with their wedding and a montage of all their best moments together.

2012, Sophie Byrne, “Stuff You Like”, in On Dit, volume 80, number 4, University of Adelaide, page 43:

Although Josh Schwartz suggests that “Chair” or “Dair” fans are embroiled in a “battle” on Twitter, the users of the Gossip Girl FanForum do not appear to engage with each other directly.

2014, Lori Bindig, Gossip Girl: A Critical Understanding, page 143:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.


Chair

His skill renders Becker's portrayal of Prince Grimaldi, a lover and future husband, futile in the wake of Chair (Chuck and Blair).

2011, Brionna Jimerson, "'Gossip Girl' conceives unrealistic plotlines, child", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 6 October 2011, page 11

We can already tell which idyllic couples obsessive fans will fantasize about like Chair (Chuck and Blaire of "Gossip Girl") and Jim and Pam of "The Office."

2012 October 18, Haley Boston, “TV Review: 'Nashville'”, in The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, page 4:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.


Chreaster

Blend of Christmas + Easter, possibly influenced by the agent noun suffix -er.

“Well, I was confirmed a Methodist when I was 12, but since then I've basically been a Chreaster.”
“A what?” Trevor looked confused.
“A Chreaster. You know, I only go at Christmas and Easter. I'm a Chreaster.”
“Oh!” Trevor laughed. “I had no idea what you were talking about.”

2009, Ethan Fowler, Mardene Fowler, Brushed Back: The Story of Trevor Bullock, Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, →ISBN, pages 94–95:

A Christian who does not frequently attend church, attending only on the major holidays of Christmas and Easter.


Cal-Nev-Ari

Blend of California + Nevada + Arizona, referring to the CDP's location near the tripoint of the states.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.


Bubbline

"The fanfiction actually began to seep into the show. The 'Bubbline' relationship between Marceline and Princess Bubblegum was never intended, but because it was a fan favourite, they're focusing on it a little bit. […]

2015, Jessica DiCicco, quoted in Kyle Butcher, "Supa DiCicco", Blank Gold Coast, April 2015, page 46

I don't think there was a singular emotion to describe the moment Bubbline became canon.

2018, Stephanie Chang, "When 'Bubbline' Became Canon", Her Culture, October/November 2018, page 69

Still, intrigued by Bubbline, I'd occasionally check in on the fandom to see what was up with their relationship.

2018, Jordan Currie, "Canon, at last!", New Wave Magazine (Ryerson University), Fall 2018, page 10

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Princess Bubblegum and Marceline of the animated television series Adventure Time.


Supercorp

Jordan's heterosexuality is juxtaposed with the recurring generalization of all Supercorp fans as LGBTQ+, allowing the debates around queerbaiting to shift their focus from the evidence of queerness in the primary narrative to the homophobia of the ostensibly heterosexual creators and the purported harm inflicted on LGBTQ+ fans.

2019, Michael McDermott, “From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl”, in Joseph Brennan, editor, Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities, page 119:

However, unless the show writers decide to turn the show in a more queer direction, SuperCorp is doomed to remain hidden as reading between the lines during all Lena Luthor and Kara Danvers/Supergirl interactions.

2018, Anna DeGalan, "Supergay: A Queer Analysis of the CW’s 'Supergirl'", paper submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 19

Many fans have been frustrated by cast members' dismissiveness of Supercorp, […]

2020, Chelsea M. Gibbs, “'It's real, you're real, and you deserve a full, happy life': Supergirl's 'Sanvers' as an Affirmation to Queer Tumblr Fangirls Everywhere”, in Melissa Wehler, Tim Rayborn, editors, Girl of Steel: Essays on Television's Supergirl and Fourth-Wave Feminism, page 153:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kara Danvers (Supergirl) and Lena Luthor from the television series Supergirl.


Spirk

Note: he doesn't know about Spirk, as far as I know.

2003 February 22, ToolPackinMama, “Re: K/S is a universal constant”, in alt.tv.star-trek.tos (Usenet):

It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.

2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10

Even more so, the other main reason for so much consistency in economies is the long tradition of "proper" fanfiction writing and engagement, handed down from the "Spirk" zine-writers of the 80s and 90s, to the AOL email lists and forums of early X-Files fans in the mid to late 90s, to the multi-page, interactive, and searchable archives of fanfiction sites today.

2016, Brittany Kelley, "To My Betas, Endless Chocolate Frogs!: Exploring the Intersections of Emotion, the Body, and Literacy in Online Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 146

(fandom slang, rare) The ship of characters Spock and James Kirk of the Star Trek franchise.


Hamilfan

The long-awaited “Hamilton” mixtape was released Friday, much to the delight of devoted Hamilfans, as the musical's most avid followers are called.

2016, Kaitlynn Milvert, "'Hamilton' mixtape is a success", Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University), 5 December 2016, page 4

“Hamilfans,” as they were called, lined the sidewalks of 46th Street, hoping to get tickets for the mega hit.

2017, Kat Harrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda: Composer, Actor, and Creator of Hamilton, page 57:

The popularity of the Broadway musical hit “Hamilton: An American Musical” displayed itself at a local event aimed at bringing together “Hamilfans” of all ages.

2018, "Hundreds show their enthusiasm for 'Hamiltunes'", The Laker (Land O' Lakes), 8 August 2018, page 1

(fandom slang) A fan of the musical Hamilton.


Hamiltrash

Blend of Hamilton + trash (“an obsessive fan”).

blend

If you are new or not a member of the Hamiltrash (what the fans are calling themselves these days), here is a crash course on what you need to know.

2016 March 5, Sarah Tipton, “I wanna be in the article where it happens”, in The Trinitonian, Trinity University, San Antonio, page 10:

Kelsey Mariano is certified Hamiltrash and can sing the entire musical from start to finish.

2016, Kelsey Mariano, "How Hamilton Revolutionized Theatre", Echoes (University of the Philippines Diliman), August 2016, page 75

It is interesting to observe how hashtags have allowed Hamilton and the self proclaimed #Hamiltrash to develop their own lingo, communicate about the show and about their lives using this lingo.

2017, Kim Hoftijzer, "'I Have To Be In The Room Where It Happens...': An Exploration On The Role Of Social Influence And Digital Media In The Rise Of Hamilton From Sixteen Bars To A Cultural Phenomenon", thesis submitted to Radboud University, page 56

(fandom slang) A fan of the musical Hamilton; the fandom of Hamilton collectively.


Fanilton

[…] but it was still a worthy introduction to a great show which surely turned many Grammy viewers into future Faniltons.

2016 February 15, L. V. Anderson, “Watch the Cast of Hamilton Perform the Electrifying Opening Number—and Win a Grammy”, in Slate:

Everyone from A-list actors to rap legends (and President Obama for good measure) has visited the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and luckily members of the show’s cast have documented these high profile “Faniltons” on their social media accounts.

2016 March 15, John Bonazzo, “Celebrities Can’t Get Enough of Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’”, in Observer:

By reaching the “Faniltons” in a way no other show has ever done before, Hamilton is changing the game again by heralding in a brand new era of audience engagement.

2017, Nicole Lust, "The Hamilution of Hamilton: How A Little Musical That Could Managed to Change the Face of a Generation", paper submitted to the University of Maryland, page 16


Jekkie

Blend of Jek(yll) + ie, possibly by analogy with Trekkie.

The show already has a built-in constituency of some 300 “Jekkies,” who trailed Wildhorn's other musical, Jekyll & Hyde, as it wound its way through the country before opening here last May.

1997 September 8, Rebecca Mead, “Theater Preview”, in New York Magazine, page 72:

So says -- nay, exclaims -- Pat Tortorella, an assistant bank manager from Staten Island who counts herself among the Jekkies, a fervent subculture of people from all over the country who are so enthralled by the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that they see it again and again.

1997 December 14, “Jekyll Vibes”, in The New York Times:

They helped give their audience exactly what they wanted by offering special ticket discounting especially for their "Jekkies", as well as backstage visits with the stars, and more.

2004, Steven Rivellino, Bright Lights, Big Changes, page 60:

(fandom slang) A fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.


Obozo

Blend of Obama + bozo, from Bozo the Clown.


Kannywood

Slim must have thought I’d be cool with the comparison to the most famous Kannywood actor.

2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 238:

(informal) The Nigerian film industry using the Hausa language and based in Kano.


measurebate

en-verb

measurebate (third-person singular simple present measurebates, present participle measurebating, simple past and past participle measurebated)

measurebates (present singular third-person)
measurebating (participle present)
measurebated (participle past)
measurebated (past)

(slang) To focus excessively on technical specifications (of a camera or other electronic device).


coronoia

Writing this piece, just when I thought I needed to forge a new word ‘Coronoia’, to suitably denote the exponential spread of irrational fears of this novel virus, I found that it has recently been suggested to the Collins dictionary, and is under consideration.

[2020 April 18, Anita Rampal, “We Are Fighting an Infodemic in the Time of 'Coronoia'”, in The Wire:

Leaving home felt risky at first, our senses haunted by coronoia, the daily infodemic, the doughnut dreams. (Hang on - where's my mask?) Since often we'd forget that sacred cloth, suffering a brain fade on the doormat, enforcing a respirouette.

2021 November 6, “Coronaspeak so contagious it'll outlast covidiots”, in Sydney Morning Herald, page 11:

Unfounded fear surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, which may include fear of the spread of the virus or fear of governmental conspiracies in the reaction to the virus.


tech noir

en-noun

tech noir (countable and uncountable, plural tech noirs)

Blend of tech (“technology”) + film noir. From the close association of high tech with sci-fi. Folk etymology suggests this was coined by director James Cameron, when he named the dance club in the 1984 film The Terminator "Tech-Noir", and the fandom and critics labelled similar IP properties as "tech noir".

blend

(uncountable, film) A genre of film, science-fiction film-noir cinema.

(uncountable, fiction, by extension) A genre of fiction, thematically like that of the film genre.

(countable) A work of fiction in that genre.


bicon

Oh yes, Evelyn Hugo is a bisexual icon (a bicon, if you will), who spends most of her time with Monique not focusing on the seven husbands that the book is named for but rather her true "great love," Celia St. James.

2019 March 15, Emma Lichtenstein, “'Evelyn Hugo' is your next must read”, in The Brandeis Hoot (Brandeis University), page 14:

[Gaby] Dunn, a self-professed “bicon,” or bisexual icon, also wanted to use this novel as an opportunity to amplify queer representation, which she said popular media often leaves out of the narrative.

2019 October 2, Dana Gerber, “Former journalistic endeavors inspire alum's graphic novel”, in The Berkeley Beacon (Emerson College), page 6:

Harry has been somewhat of a bicon (bisexual icon, duh) thanks to his incessant waving of Pride flags on stage, and outright refusal to define his sexuality. Which is obviously, very much his prerogative.

2019 November 5, “Why fans think Harry Styles' new album is proof of his bisexuality”, in Cosmopolitan:

(informal) An iconic bisexual celebrity or fictional character, or a celebrity or fictional character (including if not bisexual) who is much admired by (and iconic to) bisexual people.


Carmageddon

Outreach for Carmageddon earned Metro and Caltrans a Project of the Year award from the California Transportation Foundation, but the key mark of success had always been removing traffic from the Sepulveda Pass that July weekend.

2013, Susan Bregman, Kari Edison Watkins, Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media, →ISBN, page 120:

California highway officials are hoping for a repeat performance at the end of April as Carmageddon 2.0 threatens once more to rear its ugly head.

2020, Barnini Chakraborty, “California officials warn of Carmageddon 2.0, tell residents to steer clear of highway”, in Fox News:

(US, California) The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.


draids

A hairstyle worn after braided locks of hair have become matted resembling dreadlocks.


Fordonomics

Blend of Ford + economics, equivalent to Ford + -o- + -nomics.

Nixonomics or Fordonomics, the results are readily predictable because it’s all been done before, the Council declared: / “During the past two decades there have been five cyclical declines in residential homebuilding. […]

1974, International President's Bulletin, page 197:

‘Fordonomics’ Hints Specialized Remedies

1974 August 19, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Calif., →ISSN, page 34:

On the way to Fordonomics

1974 September 5, The Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.: Home News Publishing Co., page 30, column 1:

What You Were Afraid To Ask About Fordonomics

1974 October 14, Dick West, The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind., page 6, columns 1–2:

Fordonomics expected Jan. 14

1974 December 12, Paragould Daily Press, Paragould, Ark., page 12, columns 1–2:

Huddleston, Perkins Fault ‘Fordonomics’

1975 January 26, Sunday Herald-Leader, volume 29, number 4, Lexington, Ky.: The Lexington Herald-Leader Co., page A-1:

Western Airlines Chief Critical of Gerald Ford Economics […] ART KELLY Criticizes Fordonomics

1975 February 13, Idaho State Journal, volume LXII, number 283, Pocatello, Ida.: Idaho State Journal, Inc., section A, page 2:

Take Rep. George Mahon, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, a reasonable, responsible conservative Democrat. At a session sponsored by the Democratic caucus to hear a critique of Fordonomics, Mahon had this to say to former Economic Council Chairman Walter W. Heller: / “I find people I talk to in and out of Washington, in and out of Texas, are wondering where this country is headed. How long can we go on with the debt now at $534 billion? It is going on up toward $600 billion and upward to $1 trillion. […]

1975 July 31, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, “Midyear Review of the Economic Situation and Outlook”, in Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Economic Committee, The United States Government Publishing Office, [From the Washington Post, July 31, 1975] / The Myth of the Federal Deficit / (By Hobart Rowen), page 255:

▪ In economics, Ford settled on his base premise early on: that inflation was more ruinous to more people than recession and that it could be contained only at the cost of some pain in added unemployment. His rare candor in saying so has won him high marks, even among liberals who object to his policies. He can, moreover, claim with some statistical support that Fordonomics is working—that the slump is bottoming out and that inflation has come down from double to single-digit levels.

Debate: The first dividend has been to muffle Reagan’s running sermon on Fordonomics in general and deficit spending in particular as the root of all economic evil.

1976 April, Newsweek, volume 87, page 266:

> >> How about the U.S. STOPS ALL FOREIGN AID TOMORROW, *INCLUDING* TRADE
> >> SUBSIDIES TO SOCIALIST cANADA!
> >
> > The US subsidizes Canadian trade? It subsidizes farm exports, and imposes
> > unfair tariffs.
> >
> >
> 300,000,000 or 30,000,000 potential customers for trade.
>
> Who's more important?
Excuse my earlier answer. I forgot that you were a fan of Fordonomics.

2003 December 10, Dave Smith, “Re: Take That You French Whores......................”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), message-ID <3FD7D526.4755A094@sympatico.ca>:

(US politics, uncommon) Economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.


hairmageddon

Sassy tugged on a curl. It straightened and bounced back to its former loopy state. “This is a disaster. This is worse than a disaster. This is hairmageddon.”

2016, Lexi George, Demon Hunting With a Dixie Deb, unnumbered page:

This is hairmageddon — I look like the love child of an 18th-century duchess and a drag queen circa 1988.

2018 February 14, Frankie McCoy, “Hairmageddon: what happens when you get yourself a Kaia Gerber style Eighties bouffant?”, in Evening Standard:

Even though we mostly now see people onscreen, by June we may hit an unseemly Hairmageddon. As for the DIY coiffure, Google “lockdown haircuts” to see how they’re going.

2020 April 24, Jonathan Margolis, “The online solutions to lockdown grooming problems”, in Financial Times:

(informal) An instance in which one's hair is unsightly or out of control.


Trumplican

Also, the public needs to recognize that not all Trump supporters are the same. While you rail against one policy of his or another, you may not know you are speaking to a closet Trumplican.

2018, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House, unnumbered page:

"Trumplicans" (Trump Republicans) seized power by promising extreme market fundamentalism reliant on fossil fuels, an authoritarianism that would have made Richard Nixon proud, and a toxic rejection of what they referred to as "political correctness," which was really just a dog-whistle invoking their hatred of Democratic values.

2019, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock, page 11:

Another Trumplican wrote this about the requirement to wear masks: […]

2020, Ed Raymond, “A trip to Oz”, in Duluth Reader, 28 May - 4 June 2020, page 19:

(US politics, often derogatory) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


hiptop

Blend of hip + laptop. Perhaps introduced as a brand name; see Danger Hiptop.

Newer browsers will ignore them; mobile phones, palmtops, and hiptops often have very basic browsers that understand only the basic tags.

2006, Eve Astrid Andersson, Philip Greenspun, Andrew Grumet, Software Engineering for Internet Applications, page 346:

But the Web comes in two flavors on mobile devices. On newer “smart” phones, PDAs, and hiptops, you can get the regular, glorious Web—the one you're used to seeing on your desktop or laptop computer—via a small Web browser.

2006, Sarah Milstein, J. D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Google: The Missing Manual:

(computing) A small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.


wreckovation

en-noun

wreckovation (countable and uncountable, plural wreckovations)

(architecture, derogatory) The style of renovations which historic Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since Vatican II and which some Catholics oppose.


crustache

maybe its diff for everyone but i wish i could grow some sweet facial hair stylings, all i get is a crustache

2003 May 12, Doc $, “worst part of being irish....”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet), message-ID <b9pc4j$gnq$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>:

A narrow sliver of white-dude face stares out. Faint hair on his upper lip like a dusting of Oreo cooke crumbs: a crustache.

2017, Chuck Wendig, Thunderbird (Miriam Black), →ISBN, page 54:

You look like me before I got this crustache.

2019 October 19, “Comedian Marlon Wayans is performing this weekend at Liberty Funny Bone”, in WLWT News, Marlon Wayans (actor):


powerbuilding

A workout program combining powerlifting and bodybuilding lifts and volumes.


tranarchist

What follows is a distillation of hours of conversation with two of these women, Justine and Zoë, founding members of the "tranarchist" affinity group that has helped jump-start a movement that has swept the nation and the world.

2011 November 9, Gina Quattrochi, “When the System Itself is the Problem”, in Gay City News, page 10:

As Justine Tunney (27), self-described "tranarchist" and founder of the main OWS website (occupywallst.org) phrased it, "I believe that the hetero-normative, cis-normative, patriarchal, state-capitalist establishment is evil and must be destroyed."

2013, Mark Bray, Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street, unnumbered page:

Some noted with bemused incuriosity that Tunney, an avowed anticapitalist “tranarchist” (transgender anarchist), was at one time a prominent and divisive fixture of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley, unnumbered page:

(neologism) A transgender person who espouses anarchist views.


funishment

funishment (countable and uncountable, plural funishments)

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I cannot elaborate in full detail here on the way things would unfold, but the crux is that hard determinism is seen to collapse upon itself: institutions of “funishment” will lose their ability to deter, and prove self-defeating.

2013, Gregg D. Caruso, Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility, page 107:

Funishment would resemble punishment in that criminals would be incarcerated apart from lawful society; and institutions of funishment would also need to be as secure as current prisons, to prevent criminals from escaping.

2014, Derk Pereboom, Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life, page 172:

If constraint, no matter how minimal, involves an adverse element that is undeserved punishment, quarantine advocates must provide, in [Saul] Smilansky's words, compensatory “funishment.”

2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

(ethics, uncountable) A proposed treatment of criminals that would take them out of wider society (like a traditional prison) but without aiming to punish them.

[…] when punishment turns into “funishment”, and the Minuscule starts “acting out” in order to have some desired masochistic play.

2014, Raven Kaldera, Sabrina Popp, Unequal By Design: Counseling Power Dynamic Relationships:

(BDSM, countable, uncountable) A "punishment" administered for the enjoyment of the submissive, rather than as discipline.


Fediverse

Blend of federation + universe. The earliest known mention of fediverse on Twitter was in 2012. It has been in use since. The earliest known use of fediverse in W3C was in 2013.

While there is clearly a strong appetite amongst women to move away from the digital giants, Spinster is hardly free from their reach, or indeed from hostile men within the wider Fediverse network.

2020, Jessica Megarry, The Limitations of Social Media Feminism: No Space of Our Own, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 303:

The migration of Gab marked a major test for the Fediverse. Because no one authority controlled the policies of the network, it would be impossible to bar Gab with a single sweeping action, the way centralized social networks such as Facebook or Twitter might.

2022, “Decentralized networks vs the trolls”, in Hoda Mahmoudi et al., editors, Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 149:

Instead of creating a single unified platform, the the^([sic]) protocol that Mastodon uses, called ActivityPub, allows anyone to use open-source software to boot up a server that hosts a Twitter-style community with its own rules. Together those servers, and other, non-Mastodon ones, form a collective of interlinked communities dubbed the “Fediverse.”

2022 November 14, Will Knight, “The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment”, in Wired, →ISSN:

(Internet) The distributed social network of federated services using open standard communication protocols, especially ActivityPub and historically OStatus.


Chigro

The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them.

If I had my life over again I should undoubtedly marry a Chigro (Chinese negress) for they are the loveliest and merriest girls I ever set eyes on.

1963, Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, Gillian Mais, Caribbean Cruise Holiday, page 17:

Mary was a Chigro — half Chinese, half Negro — born in Kingston, Jamaica. In her it was a spectacularly successful combination for she was as beautiful and athletic as she was intelligent and industrious.

(now offensive) A person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry.


Zutara

Five times, reviewers ensured the author this was the best Zutara story they had read.

2014, Rincke de Bont, "The Appreciation of Storybending: An Exploration of Reviewing Practices in Online Avatar Fan Fiction", thesis submitted to Tilburg University, page 45

Ships are often given names, such as HMS Harmony (for Harry Potter and Hermione Grange from the Harry Potter universe) or Zutara (for Zuko and Katara, characters from the animated television show Avatar: The Last Airbender).

2016, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, page 11:

Konietzko, for his part, suggests a great awareness: “There were plenty of Makorra shippers out there, so if we had gone back on our decision and gotten those characters back together, would that have meant we caved in to those fans instead?....Trust me, I remember Kataang vs. Zutara.”

2017, Jake Pitre, "Rated Q for Queer: The Legend of Korra and the Evolution of Queer Reading", Reader Feather Journal, Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2017, pages 29-30

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Zuko and Katara from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Zuko


Caryl

As much fun as it would be to imagine a "Darol" or "Caryl" relationship it just isn't true.

2016, Wayne Yuen, “Gruesome Walkers”, in Wayne Yuen, editor, The Ultimate Walking Dead and Philosophy: Hungry for More, page 247:

Richonne just seemed like something all of Tumblr was screaming for but might not ever happen (like Caryl, though I'm still gunning for that one), but now it's actually real.

2016 March 17, Danielle S. Tepper, “Top Five TV Power Couples”, in Town & Country Gazette, page 40:

Kirkman quoted the Internet page "Quotes On Caryl" dedicated to the Carol-Daryl relationship, […]

2018, Rikke Schubart, Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.


Bethyl

For fans of the “Bethyl” romance, this would also allow Daryl to carry on a relationship with Beth free of the guilt of hurting Carol’s feelings.

2014 November 17, Lindsay Putnam, “Who will be the next to die on ‘The Walking Dead’?”, in New York Post:

While there are many die-hard Caryl and Bethyl shippers who have argued for Daryl’s heterosexuality, others have maintained that Daryl is gay.

2014 December 1, Amanda Michelle Steiner, “The Walking Dead: Creator Robert Kirkman Finally Reveals Daryl's Sexuality”, in People:

And before you know it, you've exploded vicious rhetoric on some poor Bethyl shipper on Tumblr who never saw it coming.

2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.