original character

original character (plural original characters)

I currently have a document of My Little Pony story ideas that is, at the time of this writing, over 250 pages in length. It consists of over 400 premises for stories categorized with more than thirty-five different color-coded tags, a timelime of events spanning over 400,000 years and fourteen pages, over 49,000 words of headcanon, and forty-one original characters.

2013, Peter Berg, "Hobbyhorsing", in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books (2013), unnumbered pages

The genre of the Mary Sue similarly deals with subjectivity: in this often-derided genre, an impossibly beautiful original character, an avatar of the author herself, inserts herself into the narrative and saves the day.

2014, Karen Hellekson, “Fan fiction”, in Marie-Laure Ryan, Lori Emerson, Benjamin J. Robertson, editors, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 189:

What must be remembered also is the K/Sers' penchant for "making do": when asked why they do not create original characters who could be women as well as men, they most often respond that they are just "working with what's out there."

2014, Constance Penley, “Future Men”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 178:

(fandom slang) A fictional character created by an author or artist, usually one from a fanwork that is not present in the official canon.


OFC

I strongly dislike the idea of calling one of my OFCs "Mary Sue". It's too negative a connotation, and one that I try diligently to avoid.

1999 June 21, Alice in Stonyland [username], “Re: The Ultimate Mary Sue--A Recommendation”, in alt.tv.highlander.creative (Usenet):

OTOH, if an OFC or OMC is written to further the story, well, if you can make me believe it, congratulations.

1999 September 28, Sigrid H., “NEW: Wonder Of Wonders/speechification/Laura/Karmen”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

You try explaining that to most fanfic fans these days - the minute they see an OFC you get tarred as a "Mary Sue" and your stuff gets slagged all over the internet.

2002 February 25, Jette Goldie, “Re: JMS and Scriptwriting for TV”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Acronym of original female character.. A female original character.


RPF

The moral stature of the RPF has recently been called into question by a French judicial report accusing Kagame, now president of Rwanda, and other RPF soldiers of having shot down Habyarimana's plane.

2004 April 3, Alison Des Forges, The Guardian:

Bugera had his first contact with the RPF through an affluent friend, whose family had helped fund the rebels since their creation.

2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 73:

Rwandan Patriotic Front
w:Rwandan Patriotic Front


RPF

en-noun

RPF (countable and uncountable, plural RPFs)

Apparently, this all started with some Star Trek stories and RPF or “real person fic” started in a Duran Duran fanzine.

2007, Ruadhan J. McElroy, Simple Man: The Autobiography of Peter West, S. H. S. Publications, →ISBN, page 196:

The first known "RPF" is believed to have been authored by members of the Brontë family, who went on to become famous for writing the novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte) and Wuthering Heights (Emily). Based on a children's role-paying game about the Napoleonic Wars, the series featured the Duke of Wellington; his two sons, Charles and Arthur; and their archenemy, Alexander Percy, partly based on Napoleon.

2008, Miriam Segall, Career Building Through Fan Fiction Writing: New Work Based on Favorite Fiction, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 25:

Much RPF is about celebrities' private relationships, just as most soap opera narratives concern characters' private relationships.

2011, Abigail De Kosnik, “Soaps for Tomorrow: Media Fans Making Online Drama from Celebrity Gossip”, in Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C. Lee Harrington, editors, The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 245:

real person fiction
real person fiction#English

(fandom slang) Initialism of real person fiction.


bandslash

It's an archive of bandslash about the rock group Orgy, who are best known for their hard-hitting remake of New Order's early 80s chestnut "Blue Monday."

2002 August 10, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 8/10/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet):

Even more amusing is that those doing the wishful humping in bandslash aren't your usual pin-ups. Bandslash has gone indie. This is a shadowy world where the boys in Franz Ferdinand are each others' fetish objects, and former Libertines Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, lovers.

2006 October 26, Kitty Empire, “Pop idols trade licks”, in The Observer:

Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.

2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians, especially ones belonging to the same group.


popslash

Popslash writers use pop stars as their protagonists, constructing fictional narratives that supplement and enhance those disseminated by the media.

2006, Kristina Busse, “'I'm jealous of the fake me': Postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction”, in Su Holmes, Sean Redmond, editors, Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 254:

Consequently, popslash grew popular among media fan writers, many of whom created similarly brilliant and science fiction-like premises to explore celebrity culture as a metaphor for gender identity and other performances of the self.

2006, Francesca Coppa, “A Brief History of Media Fandom”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 56:

The popslash phenomenon gathered momentum after a 2001 story that imagined Chris Kirkpatrick of the band 'N Sync experiencing a sudden overnight gender change, […]

2011, Katherine Meizel, Idolized: Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 46:

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction which pairs pop musicians, especially ones belonging to the same boy band.


actorfic

actorfic (countable and uncountable, plural actorfics)

I think your efforts might be better rewarded by trying to finish that and making it the best X-Files story you can, instead of writing actorfic which, by my definition, is *not* X-Files fanfic.

2000 March 26, Jintian Li, “Re: Decency question”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I've seen the occasional thing... and I know it is out there... but the suggestion I saw sort of implied that actorfic was more prevelant^([sic]) in the Star Trek fan fiction community.

2005 May 5, Laura Hale, “Re: Star Trek Actorfic”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

An early article on Slate, otherwise sympathetic to slash fiction, declared that "actorfic" violated fanfic's basic principle of being fantasy: "Writers risk enraging straight actors. Slash infuriates actors even when it focuses only on fictional characters."

2007, Kristin Thompson, The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 179:

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.


bandfic

bandfic (countable and uncountable, plural bandfics)

However, no other site I've seen boasts as much bandfic as Fanfiction. net. The Musical Groups section contained 140 different singers and bands, from oldies (Beatles) to rap-metal (Korn, System of a Down) to rap (Li'l Bow Wow, Sisquo^([sic])) and pop (Britney, N'Sync, Aaron Carter) with many more uncategorized artists listed under Miscellaneous.

2002 April 14, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 4/14/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet):

Fandom as a whole would be better served by having separate LoTR, HP, and bandfic archives, for a start.

2002 September 22, Mary Ellen Curtin, “Re: Fanfiction.net problems”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Fan fiction focusing on the imagined activities of a real musician or musicians.


slugthrower

He had been pulling the trigger of his slugthrower all this time, but now the firing pin clicked at last upon an empty firing chamber.

1965 December, Gordon R. Dickson, “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 76, →ISSN, page 71:

Each had a holstered sidearm: slugthrower, not stunner.

1978, Poul Anderson, The Avatar, New York: Berkley, →ISBN, →OL, page 162:

From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship.

1996, Jody Lynn Nye, The Ship Errant, Baen, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:

(science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.


Eldar

→ Russian: Эльда́р (Elʹdár)

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as Quenya Eldar, plural of Elda.

(fantasy) An elf, one of a particular group of elves, or an elflike creature.

(science fiction) An elflike race of aliens from Warhammer 40,000, now known as Aeldari.

Эльда́р

magical humanoids from Tolkien's writings


babyfic

babyfic (countable and uncountable, plural babyfics)

This is babyfic with a realistic drooly biting babbler in the starring role.

1998 September 6, JenRose, “Rec: Iolokus IV: Res Judicata- Actually ranting, raving praise.”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Yep, we're headed for an onslaught of sappy babyfic. Hang onto your hats, girls and boys! <g>

2001 May 20, Daska K., “Beware the onslaught....”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Whereas fan fiction has been understood to be primarily about sex and subversive readings — as Jenkins' work on female fans and "slash" suggests — babyfic on the other hand, demonstrates the need to contain and work through the extreme possibilities of the canon.

2003 April, Robin Silbergleid, “'The Truth We Both Know': Readerly Desire and Heteronarrative in The X-Files”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 25, number 3, page 61:


kidfic

kidfic (countable and uncountable, plural kidfics)

Ok, so we'll never get this scenario on the show, but I thought it would be interesting to try something other than Requiem babyfic and more along the lines of "kidfic." I found myself wondering what Mulder and Scully's son might be like and how Scully would handle the awesome responsibility of raising him alone.

2000 September 1, Starbuck031992 [username], “NEW: Will (1/1) by little scully”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

I knew EXACTLY why you were asking such a stupid ass question. Only someone writing/reading kidfic would even care. Next time, try asking on the fic list.

2004 March 16, SamPiper, “Re: Did Scully...”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

In a month or so I plan to begin the update process again at The Nursery Files, which as you probably know is the X-Files babyfic/kidfic archive.

, neoxphile [username], “Writers, please submit your baby/kidfics to The Nursery Files”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):


noromo

Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"

1998 June 22, John Cloud, “Cinema: An X-Phile Confesses”, in Time:

There had always been a separation between the noromos and the shippers, but at the start of the eighth season, another significant division was born.

2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, Featuring the Reviews of Unbound I, Trafford Publishing (2002), page 5

Once it became generally accepted that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen, the noromos stopped watching in disgust, while the shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the relationship.

2002, Elizabeth Weinbloom, "'THE X-FILES'; A Botched Romance" (letter to the editor), The New York Times, 2 June 2002

(X-Files fandom slang) A person who opposes the idea of a romantic relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.


bylo nebylo

bylo nebylo v jednom dalekém městě

once upon a time (traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales)


ディズニー

ja-pos

ディズニー • (Dizunī)

A transliteration of the English surname Disney


genderswap

The problem is exactly the one you have stated: many people would not be comfortable with a sudden genderswap in the Doctor, when the possibility has not even been hinted at in the past.

1996 July 4, Bill Billingsley, “Re: Sci-Fi Gender Role Reversal was Re: 9th Doctor”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):

But I liked the fact that they *were* friends and not lovers, as *the* most obvious thing to do with a genderswap of either Kirk or Spock is promptly pair them off together.

2001 June 20, Alara Rogers, “Re: TOS Challenge "Female Trek"”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

More sober challenges to the representation of gender in mainstream media (and of course, Supernatural specifically) occur in genderswap stories where the sudden change of anatomy is one that throws the character's world into chaos.

2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 162

(fandom slang) An instance of changing a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from the canonical norm.


ヒーロー

ja-noun

ヒーロー • (hīrō)

1997 July 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)23(にじゅうさん) アメリカン・ヒーロー〈後(こう)編(へん)〉 [Battle 23: American Hero ‹Last Chapter›]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう) [King of Games], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 81:

Tomoya… I was wrong…… Under this mask… the face that took a beating for friends, was the true face of a hero…

友也…パパは間違っていたよ……このマスクに隠れていた…友達のために傷ついた顔こそが本当のヒーローの顔だったんだね…

Tomoya… papa wa machigatte ita yo…… Kono masuku ni kakurete ita… tomodachi no tame ni kizutsuita kao koso ga hontō no hīrō no kao datta n da ne…

2009 August 24 [2006 November 7], Naoyuki Kageyama, “Ｇ(ジー)Ｘ(エックス)－２(ツー) その名(な)は万(まん)城(じょう)目(め)‼ [GX-2: That Name is Manjōme!!]”, in [遊](ゆう)☆[戯](ぎ)☆[王](おう)[Ｇ](ジー)[Ｘ](エックス) [King of Games GX], 22nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo, →ISBN, page 49:

I summon Elemental HERO Airman in Attack Mode!!

Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ エアーマンを攻撃表示で召喚‼

Erementaru Hīrō Eāman o Kōgeki Hyōji de shōkan‼

2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “１(いち)撃(げき)目(め) 一(いち)撃(げき) [1st Hit: One Hit]”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–19:

なんだその適当な設定は…

なんだその適当な設定は…

なんだその適当な設定は…

2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], spoken by Chloe Price (Lynn), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:

マックスはあたしのヒーローだ


science-fictiony

en-adj

science-fictiony (comparative more science-fictiony, superlative most science-fictiony)

more science-fictiony (comparative)
most science-fictiony (superlative)

She wishes science-fictiony things like videophones existed so Jaypee could see her smile when she says that Actually, she's moving into another area of creative work entirely. Publishing.

1991, Ian McDonald, King of Morning, Queen of Day, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2013, →ISBN:

There was no other indication that the attack was under way—no cool science-fictiony laser sounds, no beam of light slicing through the sky, just a small blinking “L” indicator on their supercockpit displays.

2007, Dale Brown, Strike Force, Harper, →ISBN, page 504:

There were kids playing weird, science-fictiony music on synthesizers, and all the teachers who were telling everyone where to go were wearing outfits made out of aluminum foil, like robot aliens.

2012, James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of science fiction.


Shahryar

Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of kings who is told stories by his wife, Scheherazade.

شَهْرَيَار

Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid king


Шехерезада

mk-proper noun

Шехереза́да • (Šeherezáda) f

Шехереза́да (canonical)
Šeherezáda (romanization)


合体

combination of multiple entities to become one

(science fiction, of robots) combining together and becoming a new, stronger robot


合体

合体する (canonical)
gattai suru (romanization)
合体し (stem)
合体した (past)
合体し
がったいし
gattai shi
合体する
がったいする
gattai suru
合体すれ
がったいすれ
gattai sure
合体せよ (imperative literary)
合体しろ (colloquial imperative)
がったいせよ (imperative literary)
がったいしろ (colloquial imperative)
gattai seyo (imperative literary)
gattai shiro (colloquial imperative)
合体される (passive)
がったいされる (passive)
gattai sareru (passive)
合体させる (causative)
合体さす (causative)
がったいさせる (causative)
がったいさす (causative)
gattai saseru (causative)
gattai sasu (causative)
合体できる (potential)
がったいできる (potential)
gattai dekiru (potential)
合体しよう (volitional)
がったいしよう (volitional)
gattai shiyō (volitional)
合体しない (negative)
がったいしない (negative)
gattai shinai (negative)
合体せず (continuative negative)
がったいせず (continuative negative)
gattai sezu (continuative negative)
合体します (formal)
がったいします (formal)
gattai shimasu (formal)
合体した (perfective)
がったいした (perfective)
gattai shita (perfective)
合体して (conjunctive)
がったいして (conjunctive)
gattai shite (conjunctive)
合体すれば (conditional hypothetical)
がったいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
gattai sureba (conditional hypothetical)

2016 June 18, “磁石の戦士α(マグネット・ウォリアー・アルファ) [Magnet Warrior Alpha]”, in STRUCTURE DECK 武藤遊戯 [Structure Deck: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, together they unite and transform.

α、β、γで変形合体する。

Arufa, Bēta, Ganma de henkei gattai suru.

(of multiple entities) to combine and become one

(science fiction, of robots) to combine together and become a new, stronger robot


bat'leth

From Klingon betleH, short for batlh'etlh (“sword of honor”).

It is a bat'leth. It belonged to my father... It has been in our family for ten generations.

1990 November 5, “Reunion”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Worf (Michael Dorn):

The U.K. is looking to clean up its streets with a knife amnesty program, so you can imagine their surprise when a Klingon, er, excuse me, a Klingon fan, turned in a replica Bat’leth over the weekend.

2008 August 25, Jack Loftus, “U.K. Knife Amnesty Program Turns Up Klingon Bat’leth, No Sign of Worf”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

Officers searched the area but didn't find the robber or the weapon, which was described as a "bat'leth."

2009 February 4, Kieran Nicholson, “Klingon sword used in two Colorado Springs heists”, in Denver Post:

Howard: Why did you bring that?
Sheldon: No weapon strikes more fear into a man's heart than a Klingon bat'leth.
Leonard: OK, let's get clear on something. We just gonna tell this guy to transfer all your stuff back into your account and then be on our way. No one's bat'lething anybody.

2011 March 31, “The Zarnecki Incursion” (15:59), in The Big Bang Theory, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Howard Wolowitz, Sheldon Cooper, and Leonard Hofstadter (Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Johnny Galecki):

(science fiction) A double-ended curved blade weapon with spiked protrusions, controlled by grips along its back, used by Klingons in Star Trek.


ondin

From English ondine, undine, from German Undine, from Modern Latin undina, from unda (“wave”). The second sense greatly influenced by the 90s Filipino horror anthology film Shake, Rattle & Roll III.

an undine; a female water sprite or nymph


巫術師

巫術師 (canonical)
fujutsushi (romanization)

Compound of 巫術 (fujutsu, “magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy”) + 師 (shi, “expert, master, practitioner”).


marcià

ca-adj

marcià (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcians, feminine plural marcianes)

marciana (feminine)
marcians (masculine plural)
marcianes (feminine plural)


marcià

ca-noun

marcià m (plural marcians, feminine marciana)


بیژن

head

بیژن • (bêžan)

fa-proper noun

بیژن • (bêžan)

a male given name, Bijan, Bizhhan, Bejan, or Bezhan, from Parthian


selfcest

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

And this is where selfcest comes in. For those unfamiliar with Adventure Time, it has two series: the main, phallogocentric one, Adventure Time, and another spin-off version, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, in which gender-flipped versions of the original characters are presented. Marceline spawns Marshall Lee, Jake turns into Cake, Finn becomes Fionna, Princess Bubblegum is chewed up and spat out as Prince Gumball… you get the picture. Enter Fanfiction, which causes them to hook up. Creepy, yes.

2013, Boo Patrick, "Selfcest", Manifesto (University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts), April 2013, page 8

Several Loki fans shared their horror over the idea of Loki and Sylvie getting together, as it would be an example of selfcest.

2021 July 2, Sabrina Barr, “Loki fans defend Marvel series over ‘queerbaiting’ claims as director says God of Mischief’s bisexuality won’t be explored further”, in Metro, UK:

'"The Time Traveler's Wife” having selfcest was not on my 2022 bingo card,' another [Twitter] user commented.

2022 May 25, Erica Tempesta, “'Selfcest was not on my 2022 bingo card': The Time Traveler's Wife baffles viewers with 'wild' and 'disturbing' oral sex scene between the HBO show's protagonist and HIMSELF”, in The Daily Mail:

(fandom slang, fiction) Sexual activity with an alternate version of oneself, such as a clone, duplicate, alter ego, or a version of oneself from a different time or alternate universe.


spacedock

(science fiction) A place where spacecraft can dock.


Conehead

(fiction) One of a fictional race of humanoid aliens with conical skulls.


Delena

And vice versa, when we want Stefan and Elena to have a moment together, how can we do that and not have our Delena fans outraged?

2012, Julie Plec, quoted in Nuzhat Naoreen, "This Week's Cover: 'The Vampire Diaries' stars talk about the red-hot Damon-Elena-Stefan triangle", Entertainment Weekly, 8 February 2012

And while you may deny having ever watched the "Vampire Diaries" in pubic, you have a strong opinion regarding team Stelena vs. team Delena.

2014, Danielle Wolk, "Netflix or Nut-flix?: A guide to Understanding Your Netflix Obsession", The Lion's Roar (Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, Hartsdale, New York), January 2014, page 6

There will never be enough swoon-worthy Delena moments to fill shippers’ hearts, […]

2014 May 4, Lanford Beard, “TV Jukebox: 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'The Following,' 'Supernatural,' and more of the week's best music-on-TV moments”, in Entertainment Weekly:

(fandom slang) The romantic pairing of the characters Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert from the American television series The Vampire Diaries.


瞬間移動

ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

шуньцзянь идун

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɵn³³ kaːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²²/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɵn³³ kaːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʊŋ²²/


瞬間移動

瞬間移動 (canonical)
shunkan idō (romanization)

[ɕɨ̃ŋka̠ɰ̃ ido̞ː]

From 瞬間 (shunkan, “instant”) + 移動 (idō, “moving”).

af

2008 April 8, Gosho Aoyama, “ＦＩＬＥ(ファイル).２(に) 瞬(しゅん)間(かん)移(い)動(どう) [File 2: Teleportation]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:


beta-read

en-verb

beta-read (third-person singular simple present beta-reads, present participle beta-reading, simple past and past participle beta-read)

beta-reads (present singular third-person)
beta-reading (participle present)
beta-read (participle past)
beta-read (past)

Compare earlier beta-test (“to test software before its public release”).

This sounds like an AP English class, but in fact, the online community of fan fiction writers are willing to beta-read and be mentors, giving constructive feedback.

2010, Erin A. Pyne, The Ultimate Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom, page 128:

(chiefly fandom slang) To proofread a text, especially fan fiction.


shipfic

en-noun

shipfic (countable and uncountable, plural shipfics)

Just make sure you don't let me know where your shipfic is available, won't you? <g>

2001 December 6, Eva, “Re: 48 Hours: Please God, tell me that's not Daniel's replacement! ***Spoiler***”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet):

HP slashfic gives me the creeps, not because of homophobia, but more because I get this imperceptible vibe that it's written by people who are obsessed with the movie stars, and in some peculiar way want to debase them because they can't have them. Actually, I shouldn't single out the slashfic. There's plenty of shipfic that gives me this same impression, too.

2003 August 20, Chistaya, “Re: and either must die at the hand of the other...”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I've just started looking for DW fanfic to see if there's any Rose-meets-altuniverse-Doctor, and have been drowned in shipfic on places like ff.net (or whatever its^([sic]) called now.

2006 September 2, JACUK, “Re: What has happened to DW fanfic...?”, in alt.drwho.creative (Usenet):

(fandom slang) Fan fiction revolving around or dedicated to shipping.


qeros

(folklore) A clever, sly boy afflicted by scalp ringworm, accompanied by the qosja.


Supermenas

Supermènas (canonical masculine stress-pattern-2)
Supermènas (nominative singular)
Supermènai (nominative plural)
Supermèno (genitive singular)
Supermènų (genitive plural)
Supermènui (dative singular)
Supermènams (dative plural)
Supermèną (accusative singular)
Supermenùs (accusative plural)
Supermenù (instrumental singular)
Supermènais (instrumental plural)
Supermenè (locative singular)
Supermènuose (locative plural)
Supermène (singular vocative)
Supermènai (plural vocative)


αρειανός

head

αρειανός • (areianós) m (plural αρειανοί)

areianós (romanization)
αρειανοί (plural)
αρειανός (nominative singular)
αρειανοί (nominative plural)
αρειανού (genitive singular)
αρειανών (genitive plural)
αρειανό (accusative singular)
αρειανούς (accusative plural)
αρειανέ (singular vocative)
αρειανοί (plural vocative)


Dvalinn

Icelandic: Dvalinn

Faroese: Dvalin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvalen, Dvalin

Swedish: Dvalen, Dvalin

Danish: Dvalin

Probably from dvala (“to delay”), thus giving the meaning "Delayer".


Dáinn

Dáins (genitive)
Dáinn (indefinite nominative)
Dáin (accusative indefinite)
Dáni (dative indefinite)
Dáins (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Dáinn

Icelandic: Dáinn

Faroese: Dáin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dåen, Dåin

Swedish: Dåen

Danish: Dåin

Compare dáinn, from deyja (“to die”), thus meaning "Dead-like One".


fujoshi

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Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi, literally “rotten girl/woman”).

ja-r

(fandom slang) A female fan of yaoi. A female shipper.


bajać

bajać (infinitive)
bajam (present singular)
bajamy (plural present)
bajasz (present singular)
bajacie (plural present)
baja (present singular third-person)
bajają (plural present third-person)
baja się (impersonal present)
bajałem (masculine past singular)
-(e)m bajał (masculine past singular)
bajałam (feminine past singular)
-(e)m bajała (feminine past singular)
bajałom (neuter past singular)
-(e)m bajało (neuter past singular)
bajaliśmy (past plural virile)
-(e)śmy bajali (past plural virile)
bajałyśmy (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)śmy bajały (nonvirile past plural)
bajałeś (masculine past singular)
-(e)ś bajał (masculine past singular)
bajałaś (feminine past singular)
-(e)ś bajała (feminine past singular)
bajałoś (neuter past singular)
-(e)ś bajało (neuter past singular)
bajaliście (past plural virile)
-(e)ście bajali (past plural virile)
bajałyście (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)ście bajały (nonvirile past plural)
bajał (masculine past singular third-person)
bajała (feminine past singular third-person)
bajało (neuter past singular third-person)
bajali (past plural third-person virile)
bajały (nonvirile past plural third-person)
bajano (impersonal past)
będę bajał (future masculine singular)
będę bajać (future masculine singular)
będę bajała (feminine future singular)
będę bajać (feminine future singular)
będę bajało (future neuter singular)
będę bajać (future neuter singular)
będziemy bajali (future plural virile)
będziemy bajać (future plural virile)
będziemy bajały (future nonvirile plural)
będziemy bajać (future nonvirile plural)
będziesz bajał (future masculine singular)
będziesz bajać (future masculine singular)
będziesz bajała (feminine future singular)
będziesz bajać (feminine future singular)
będziesz bajało (future neuter singular)
będziesz bajać (future neuter singular)
będziecie bajali (future plural virile)
będziecie bajać (future plural virile)
będziecie bajały (future nonvirile plural)
będziecie bajać (future nonvirile plural)
będzie bajał (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie bajać (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie bajała (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie bajać (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie bajało (future neuter singular third-person)
będzie bajać (future neuter singular third-person)
będą bajali (future plural third-person virile)
będą bajać (future plural third-person virile)
będą bajały (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będą bajać (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będzie bajać się (future impersonal)
bajałbym (conditional masculine singular)
bym bajał (conditional masculine singular)
bajałabym (conditional feminine singular)
bym bajała (conditional feminine singular)
bajałobym (conditional neuter singular)
bym bajało (conditional neuter singular)
bajalibyśmy (conditional plural virile)
byśmy bajali (conditional plural virile)
bajałybyśmy (conditional nonvirile plural)
byśmy bajały (conditional nonvirile plural)
bajałbyś (conditional masculine singular)
byś bajał (conditional masculine singular)
bajałabyś (conditional feminine singular)
byś bajała (conditional feminine singular)
bajałobyś (conditional neuter singular)
byś bajało (conditional neuter singular)
bajalibyście (conditional plural virile)
byście bajali (conditional plural virile)
bajałybyście (conditional nonvirile plural)
byście bajały (conditional nonvirile plural)
bajałby (conditional masculine singular third-person)
by bajał (conditional masculine singular third-person)
bajałaby (conditional feminine singular third-person)
by bajała (conditional feminine singular third-person)
bajałoby (conditional neuter singular third-person)
by bajało (conditional neuter singular third-person)
bajaliby (conditional plural third-person virile)
by bajali (conditional plural third-person virile)
bajałyby (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
by bajały (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
bajano by (conditional impersonal)
niech bajam (imperative singular)
bajajmy (imperative plural)
bajaj (imperative singular)
bajajcie (imperative plural)
niech baja (imperative singular third-person)
niech bajają (imperative plural third-person)
bajający (active adjectival masculine participle singular)
bajająca (active adjectival feminine participle singular)
bajające (active adjectival neuter participle singular)
bajający (active adjectival participle plural virile)
bajające (active adjectival nonvirile participle plural)
bajany (adjectival masculine participle passive singular)
bajana (adjectival feminine participle passive singular)
bajane (adjectival neuter participle passive singular)
bajani (adjectival participle passive plural virile)
bajane (adjectival nonvirile participle passive plural)
bajając (adjectival contemporary participle)
bajanie (noun-from-verb)
bajać (infinitive)
baję (present singular)
bajemy (plural present)
bajesz (present singular)
bajecie (plural present)
baje (present singular third-person)
bają (plural present third-person)
baje się (impersonal present)
bajałem (masculine past singular)
-(e)m bajał (masculine past singular)
bajałam (feminine past singular)
-(e)m bajała (feminine past singular)
bajałom (neuter past singular)
-(e)m bajało (neuter past singular)
bajaliśmy (past plural virile)
-(e)śmy bajali (past plural virile)
bajałyśmy (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)śmy bajały (nonvirile past plural)
bajałeś (masculine past singular)
-(e)ś bajał (masculine past singular)
bajałaś (feminine past singular)
-(e)ś bajała (feminine past singular)
bajałoś (neuter past singular)
-(e)ś bajało (neuter past singular)
bajaliście (past plural virile)
-(e)ście bajali (past plural virile)
bajałyście (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)ście bajały (nonvirile past plural)
bajał (masculine past singular third-person)
bajała (feminine past singular third-person)
bajało (neuter past singular third-person)
bajali (past plural third-person virile)
bajały (nonvirile past plural third-person)
bajano (impersonal past)
będę bajał (future masculine singular)
będę bajać (future masculine singular)
będę bajała (feminine future singular)
będę bajać (feminine future singular)
będę bajało (future neuter singular)
będę bajać (future neuter singular)
będziemy bajali (future plural virile)
będziemy bajać (future plural virile)
będziemy bajały (future nonvirile plural)
będziemy bajać (future nonvirile plural)
będziesz bajał (future masculine singular)
będziesz bajać (future masculine singular)
będziesz bajała (feminine future singular)
będziesz bajać (feminine future singular)
będziesz bajało (future neuter singular)
będziesz bajać (future neuter singular)
będziecie bajali (future plural virile)
będziecie bajać (future plural virile)
będziecie bajały (future nonvirile plural)
będziecie bajać (future nonvirile plural)
będzie bajał (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie bajać (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie bajała (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie bajać (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie bajało (future neuter singular third-person)
będzie bajać (future neuter singular third-person)
będą bajali (future plural third-person virile)
będą bajać (future plural third-person virile)
będą bajały (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będą bajać (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będzie bajać się (future impersonal)
bajałbym (conditional masculine singular)
bym bajał (conditional masculine singular)
bajałabym (conditional feminine singular)
bym bajała (conditional feminine singular)
bajałobym (conditional neuter singular)
bym bajało (conditional neuter singular)
bajalibyśmy (conditional plural virile)
byśmy bajali (conditional plural virile)
bajałybyśmy (conditional nonvirile plural)
byśmy bajały (conditional nonvirile plural)
bajałbyś (conditional masculine singular)
byś bajał (conditional masculine singular)
bajałabyś (conditional feminine singular)
byś bajała (conditional feminine singular)
bajałobyś (conditional neuter singular)
byś bajało (conditional neuter singular)
bajalibyście (conditional plural virile)
byście bajali (conditional plural virile)
bajałybyście (conditional nonvirile plural)
byście bajały (conditional nonvirile plural)
bajałby (conditional masculine singular third-person)
by bajał (conditional masculine singular third-person)
bajałaby (conditional feminine singular third-person)
by bajała (conditional feminine singular third-person)
bajałoby (conditional neuter singular third-person)
by bajało (conditional neuter singular third-person)
bajaliby (conditional plural third-person virile)
by bajali (conditional plural third-person virile)
bajałyby (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
by bajały (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
bajano by (conditional impersonal)
niech baję (imperative singular)
bajmy (imperative plural)
baj (imperative singular)
bajcie (imperative plural)
niech baje (imperative singular third-person)
niech bają (imperative plural third-person)
bający (active adjectival masculine participle singular)
bająca (active adjectival feminine participle singular)
bające (active adjectival neuter participle singular)
bający (active adjectival participle plural virile)
bające (active adjectival nonvirile participle plural)
bajany (adjectival masculine participle passive singular)
bajana (adjectival feminine participle passive singular)
bajane (adjectival neuter participle passive singular)
bajani (adjectival participle passive plural virile)
bajane (adjectival nonvirile participle passive plural)
bając (adjectival contemporary participle)
bajanie (noun-from-verb)

(transitive, literary) to spin a yarn, to tell a tall tale


imzadi

From the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which it is a term of endearment used by the Betazoid race, said to mean "beloved."

I have a 2 year old son, and my major interests include science fiction TV (Star Trek, X-Files), music, books and movies. […] I am looking for my imzadi, and hope to meet her someday.

1994 August 30, djsst22 [username], “GWF ISO SF”, in pgh.singles (Usenet):

So I'll probably run about the neighborhood with my imzadi (what I've decided to call my 'best-friend-person' now. It's a Star Trek term, Betazoid stuff.) […]

1999 October 28, Lisa: DreaManiChicKuriousStarfire [username], “Re: Halloween: What are your plans?”, in alt.drugs.psychedelics (Usenet):

I push beyond my body
I push beyond this world of mine
Drunk without wine
myself my imzadi

2001, Cari Lynn, “To Touch The Face of God”, in Journey Without a Map, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 20:

(fandom slang) A person with whom one shares a profound spiritual bond; a soulmate.


planeswalker

From planes + walker. Originated in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:planeswalker.

Like Rosalie, he acted as though he had no power. He believed the same was true for D'Las as it was for the planeswalker—he simply couldn't access the power on his own.

2011, Amber Wokaty, Galaxy Killers, Author House, →ISBN, page 187:

(fantasy) A wizard who can travel across planes of existence.


Sǫʼtah Anah

/sõ̀ʔtʰɑ̀h ʔɑ̀nɑ̀ːʔ/

From sǫʼ (“stars”) + -tah (“among”) + anaaʼ (“state of war”).


Bechdel test

After cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of a 1985 Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip that popularized the test. Reportedly first used in 2007.

It also will enable users to determine if a project passes the Bechdel Test, measuring whether two female characters speak to each other about anything other than a man.

2019 April 26, Melena Ryzik, “Screenplay Software Adds Tool to Assess a Script’s Inclusiveness”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Finally, the percentage of musicals that pass the Bechdel test but not the jobs test has also remained consistent―at under 10% for the entire 75 years studied. These results imply that it is far more likely for a musical to pass the Bechdel test if a female character is employed in it; perhaps having a focus other than men for a character aids in more progressive portrayals.

2019 September 5, Jessica Sternfeld, Elizabeth L. Wollman, The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical, Routledge, →ISBN:

A feminist test for evaluating a work of fiction by whether it contains (i) at least two women (especially, named female characters) (ii) who talk to each other (iii) about something other than a man.

Alison Bechdel
Bechdel test
Dykes to Watch Out For


Amalthean

/æməlˈθiːən/

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Amalthea or Amaltheia, foster-mother of Zeus, in Greek mythology.

(astronomy) Of or relating to the Jovian moon named for Amalthea.


Amalthean

/æməlˈθiːən/

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Amalthea.


cybersurgeon

A telesurgeon; one who remotely controls a telerobotic system to perform surgery.

(science fiction) A robot that performs the duties of a surgeon.


robodoc

Other than the most exceptional transplants, all operations were performed by cybersurgeons. These were robodocs, ArtAn nets hooked up to precision machines. They were exact and fast and dexterous.

2005, Alan Robbins, A Small Box of Chaos, page 64:

Sheppard observed several crew begin installing some of the robodocs in the medbay who would act as triage and initial aid to any wounded crew members or space marines.

(science fiction) A robot that performs the duties of a doctor or surgeon.


Jabba the Hutt

After the character Jabba the Hutt, a large, sluglike alien crime lord in the Star Wars film saga.

It may be painful to remember that the latter day Elvis, he of the Las Vegas leer, became a besequined Jabba the Hutt, a virtual caricature of himself.

1992 February 26, “Which Elvis goes on stamp”, in The Milwaukee Sentinel:

He nods in the direction of our client, Vince Russo, an oily-looking man about Joel's age who has jammed his Jabba the Hutt torso into the chair at the table next to Holmes.

2000, Sheldon Siegel, Special Circumstances, Bantam, published 2001, →ISBN, page 11:

In small towns that merely want a fire station out of this Jabba the Hutt of a stimulus package, that's about as much as they can ever hope for insofar as a return on the dollars their local taxpayers send to Washington, D.C.

2009 February 9, “The downside of a federal stimulus package gone local”, in Peoria Journal Star:

(informal, sometimes attributive) Something very large or bloated; a fat person.


élfico

Calque of English elvish, from elfo + -ico.


élfico

Elvish (the language spoken by elves, often referring to Quenya or Sindarin)


electrovore

/ɪˈlɛktɹəvɔː(ɹ)/

In Cosmos, Carl Sagan speculates on the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations, which he characterises pretentiously by means of hypothetical summaries such as: "cryogen supercooled electrovores with neutron crystal dense packing and modular starminers ..."

1984 November 8, Peter Forbes, “The silicon solution”, in New Scientist:

! WE DO NOT CONSUME EARTH FOOD. WE ARE ELECTROVORES. IF YOU
! HAVE A SURGE PROTECTOR WE WOULD BE MOST OBLIGED.

1998 October 30, Rollin Thomas, “New Borg Graduate Student.”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):

There were, Gregory knew, AIs residing within implants in dolphin brains now designed to bridge the linguistic barriers between the species, but those translations had only proven that dolphin brains were as alien to humans as the group minds of the abyssal electrovores inhabiting the under-ice ocean of Enceladus.

2013, Ian Douglas, Deep Space: Star Carrier, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

(science fiction) An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.


albìssig

Dar Guute Hèere anlòan is albìssig.


sfinksur

fo-noun

sfinksur m (genitive singular sfinks, plural sfinksar)

sfinks (genitive singular)
sfinksar (plural)
sfinksur (indefinite nominative singular)
sfinksurin (definite nominative singular)
sfinksar (indefinite nominative plural)
sfinksarnir (definite nominative plural)
sfinks (accusative indefinite singular)
sfinksin (accusative definite singular)
sfinksar (accusative indefinite plural)
sfinksarnar (accusative definite plural)
sfinksi (dative indefinite singular)
sfinksinum (dative definite singular)
sfinksum (dative indefinite plural)
sfinksunum (dative definite plural)
sfinks (genitive indefinite singular)
sfinksins (definite genitive singular)
sfinksa (genitive indefinite plural)
sfinksanna (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”).


Waycest

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(fandom slang) The incestuous real-person pairing of the brothers Gerard Way and Mikey Way, of American rock band My Chemical Romance, in slash fan fiction.


Destiel

His overt revulsion is caused by the Wincest fan fiction — the Sam-slash-Dean pairing that also alarms Dean in the epigraph of this paper — and to a Dean-slash-Castiel (or Destiel) kink meme in which Castiel has a crab claw for a hand.

2011, Brigid Cherry, “Becky Rosen, Fan Identity, and Interactivity in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 204:

All of our "feels" are on the line again as they continue to be with anything that involves Johnlock (thanks a lot, Moffat), Merthur and Destiel.

2013, Keren Lopez, "Yahoo buys Tumblr, leaves fandoms in despair", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 27, 3 June 2013, page 8

I'm always happy to write some sappy Destiel one shot (a one chapter story, often focused solely on fluff, or pure cuddles) when writer's block is making work on Phoenix difficult.

2013, Evangeline Warren, "Confessions of a Teenage Fangirl", INKredible!, Issue 4, Summer 2013, page 21

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Castiel and Dean Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


Wincest

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From Win(chester) + -cest. Possibly influenced by wincest.

Wincest stories often take their transgressive cues from the text itself; often when Sam and Dean are seducing each other in Wincest stories, the more reluctant of the two is convinced to engage in the relationship when the other reiterates that they are already outsiders in society, already isolated from the “normality” of their world—why should the prohibition of incest stand in their way when they have already broken so many other laws?

2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 159

Instead, she suggests, the romanticized, paratextual Wincest slash fiction offers Sam and Dean a redemptive happiness that they are perpetually denied by the show's writers both in a diegetic sense (via Chuck Shurley, the show's writer/prophet who publishes novels based on the boys' adventures) and in a non-diegetic sense (via Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, and the show's returning writers).

2011, Darren Elliott-Smith, “'Go Be Gay for That Poor, Dead Intern:' Conversion Fantasies and Gay Anxieties in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 106:

Supernatural fandom features some of the more controversial iterations of slash, predominantly Wincest (the incestuous coupling of the show's protagonists, the Winchester brothers), […]

2013, Henry Jenkins & Suzanne Scott, "Textual Poachers, Twenty Years Later", in Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Routledge (2013), page xxxiii

(fandom slang) The incestuous slash ship of the fictional brothers Dean and Sam Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


Snarry

Best Excuse for a Wandering Mind: SNARRY!, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman

2004 December 31, barbarella [username], “Re: That Was The Year That Was 2004”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

"Snarry is part of a subgenre of fan fiction called Slash," she says. "Snarry depicts romantic relationships between Harry Potter and Severus Snape, together - Snarry. […]

2009 July 17, David Templeton, “One geek over the line”, in Pacific Sun:

Snarry slash people (ie people who write fan fiction about Snape and Harry getting it on till the break o’dawn) are super-intense. Seriously that is one rich, rich subculture.

2009 July 22, Lev Grossman, “Notes from Azkatraz, a Harry Potter Convention”, in Time:

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


H/Hr

This news group certainly seemed to filled with a lot of R/Hr people. As I am a H/Hr person and I believe that Hermione and Harry have this subtle thing that's being^([sic]) built up since the very beginning, I will elaborate on my personal beliefs.

2002 May 4, Imran [username], “Re: Ron and hermoine”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I can't help but suspect it's either some sort of passive-aggressive moralistic reaction or thinly disguised sour grapes on the part of die-hard H/Hr shippers.

2007 September 7, Bill Blakely, “Re: What happens next?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

For instance, those who write about or are interested in a relationship between Harry and Hermione are considered “H/Hr” shippers.

2007 Katie Greenway, "Dumbledore heats up overwhelming fanfic", The Badger Herald (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 25 October 2007

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


kink meme

Kink memes are generally hosted on the blogging platforms Dreamwidth or LiveJournal, which have comment structures that allow for specific requests to be put up and responded to in a linked manner.

2018, Rukmini Pande, Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race, page 166:

Noticeably, most of these kinkmeme prompts revolve around Sherlock and John's sexual/romantic relationship in one form or another.

2019, Christiana Gregoriou, "The Fandom Is Afoot: BBC Sherlock and Its Fanfiction at Play", in Retold Resold Transformed: Crime Fiction in the Global Era (Christiana Gregoriou, David Platten, & Gigliola Sulis), unnumbered page

It was originally published in late 2010 in response to a request on the Supernatural kinkmeme.

2021, Milena Popova, Dubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent, page 45:

(fandom slang) An online space in which requests for fan fiction (generally involving a specific kink) are posted and fulfilled anonymously.


ship war

Oh, no, not another ship war between members of Team Edward and Team Jacob.

They seemed fascinated by my and Meg's absorption in the Harry Potter culture, so we told them stories of the ship wars […]

2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 236:

'Ship wars' are discussions, usually between female fans, about who the best partner would be for their favourite character or artist, a classic example being the debates over whether Yoko Ono was good for John Lennon.

2013, Mark Duffet, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 248:

Habermas may not have imagined ship wars as a context for practical discourse, but fandom is in fact an excellent space in which to engage in the forms of contestation he describes.

2013, Emily Regan Wills, “Fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in The X-Files”, in Transformative Works and Cultures, volume 14:

(fandom slang) An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.


Team Edward

However, the continued conflict between Team Jacob and Team Edward shows that the series is sufficiently open to allow for the shipping of both Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:

To Team Edward, the canon pairing with the stoic, troubled, immortal 17-year-old is unquestionable.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 192:

Although the tension between Team Edward and Team Jacob fans is usually expressed in playful banter, there is the possibility that this group conflict will erupt into hostility.

2011, Melissa Burkley, “Prejudice in Twilight”, in E. David Klonsky, Alexis Black, editors, The Psychology of Twilight, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 72:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Edward Cullen.


chanslash

From Japanese ちゃん (chan), a familiar suffix commonly affixed to the names of children, and slash.

Are you going to leave chanslash and shotakon for another discussion?

2002 December 23, Stacey, “Re: The little things (CoS movie--spoilers!)”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Hm, from where I originally heard, it struck a Harry Potter list-owner first. Her entire account was deleted. Some say it's because one of the groups she owned was an HP chanslash one.

2003 August 23, Dina Lerret, “Re: Yahoo TOSing slash lists -- Cause for concern”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

Slash is subdivided into subcategories, a partial list of which might include yaoi (slash involving manga and anime characters), chanslash (explicit slash involving minor characters, such as Harry/Draco or Snape/Harry (also known as Drarry and Snarry, respectively) from the Harry Potter universe), […]

2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, pages 10–11:

(fandom slang) Slash fan fiction involving minor characters.


Team Jacob

Of course, there are those two camps I mentioned earlier in this chapter: Team Edward and Team Jacob. Over time, Team Jacob has grown to the point where a lot of fans prefer Jacob to Edward.

2009, Lois H. Gresh, The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 89:

However, Team Jacob members on the Anglophone boards were even more emphatic in their dismissal of Edward, and several posters argued that his behavior was abusive.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:

Team Jacob argues that Jacob's warmth, support, and wolfy exuberance should have won Bella away from her vampire swain.

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Jacob Black.


Аҡбуҙат

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Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

ba-noun

Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

Aqbuźat (romanization)
Аҡбуҙат (absolute singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттың (definite genitive singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатҡа (dative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатты (accusative definite singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатта (locative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттан (ablative singular-only)

Composition of stems: аҡбуҙ (aqbuź, “blue gray”) + ат (at, “horse”).


darkfic

en-noun

darkfic (countable and uncountable, plural darkfics)

If you are that sensitive and can't seperate^([sic]) things, don't read darkfic - or fanfic in general.

1998 January 27, MegaZone [username], “Re: Creating a Fanfic”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet):

Fluffy romance differs dramatically from angst romance; the latter, however, usually conforms to the rule against sad endings (Radway 1984, 73), or becomes darkfic rather than romance.

2006, Catherine Driscoll, “One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 85:

Darkfic creates a sense of realism stretching beyond the canons, lingering on the physical effects of traumatic events, and reading characters' reactions from the perspective of human psychology.

2013, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Malin Isaksson, Fanged Fan Fiction: Variations on Twilight, True Blood and the Vampire Diaries, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 116:

(uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.

shockfic

fan fiction dealing with disturbing situations and themes


orcish

en-adj

orcish (comparative more orcish, superlative most orcish)

more orcish (comparative)
most orcish (superlative)

an orcish blade

(fantasy) Of or relating to orcs (monstrous humanoid creatures).


Elfame

Elfhame and Elphame with the -hame stem ("home" in Scots) are modern conjectural readings by Robert Pitcairn, which he gave in footnotes and in index. They are his standardization for the various forms such as elfame and elfane (without -hame stem).

Thai war the gude wychtis that wynnit in the Court of Elfame

1576, Robert Pitcairn ed. (1833), Criminal Trials, Vol. 1, Part. 2, page 53:


Feniks

Feniks (nominative singular)
Feniksa (genitive singular)
Feniksowi (dative singular)
Feniksa (accusative singular)
Feniksem (instrumental singular)
Feniksie (locative singular)
Feniksie (singular vocative)

(Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) Phoenix (mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology)


Fiver

From five + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (occupational suffix).

The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers.

1998, Emory C. Bogle, Islam: Origin and Belief, University of Texas Press, page 145:

Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history.

2007, Daniel McLaughlin, Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt, page 23:

(the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).

J. E. Peterson, Yemen on the precipice: Governing the ungovernable in 2013, Abbas Kadhim, Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook, Routledge International Handbooks, page 306


warp drive

(physics, science fiction) A technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.

(science fiction) An engine that allows a vessel to travel faster-than-light by manipulating spacetime to bypass Einstein's restrictive light barrier.


machine à voyager dans le temps

fr-noun

machine à voyager dans le temps f (plural machines à voyager dans le temps)

machines à voyager dans le temps (plural)

Literally, “machine to travel in [the] time”.


machine à explorer le temps

fr-noun

machine à explorer le temps f (plural machines à explorer le temps)

L’auto bringuebalante qui m’avait amené devait être une machine à explorer le temps. Je n’avais pas seulement changé de pays, mais d’époque ; je reculais brusquement de mille ans.

1944, Roland Dorgelès, Route des tropiques, Albin Michel, page 24:


Sherlocky

en-adj

Sherlocky (comparative more Sherlocky, superlative most Sherlocky)

more Sherlocky (comparative)
most Sherlocky (superlative)

"Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become very mysterious and private and talk enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know what on earth we were talking about."

1922, A. A. Milne, chapter XXII, in The Red House Mystery:

My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart.

1925 June 18, Walt Mason, “Rippling Rhymes”, in The Calgary Daily Herald:

[…] We would have, if you weren't such a Sherlocky snoop. I suppose you'll tell me next you found our private clubroom."

1967, Louisa R. Shotwell, Adam Bookout, The Viking Press, published 1967, page 236:

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.


Holmesish

Holmesish (comparative more Holmesish, superlative most Holmesish)

more Holmesish (comparative)
most Holmesish (superlative)

But can they have accepted Edmund Wilson's verdict that all detective fiction is only Holmesish imitation, and elected to go back to Square One?

1964, Books and Bookmen, volume 10, page 71:

The environmental dimensions of energy production and consumption are, in fact, rarely out of the news — although one sometimes needs a Holmesish dedication to ferret out the evidence.

1978 June 1, John Elkington, “Fuelling the EIA flame”, in New Scientist:

One reply to this is to say that we should count "Holmes might not have been a detective" as true just in case each Holmesish individual has a counterpart that is not a detective.

1990, Gregory Currie, The Nature of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140:


Sherlockish

Sherlockish (comparative more Sherlockish, superlative most Sherlockish)

more Sherlockish (comparative)
most Sherlockish (superlative)

Curt chuckled. "You sound so important and Sherlockish! […]

1938 March 11, Sophie Kerr, “There's Only One”, in The Massena Observer, page 4:

It's starting to come together nicely, and Meyer's character is starting to ring truer, although perhaps a bit to^([sic]) Sherlockish.

2001 June 12, thurmans, “Re: Bye Bye Black Sheep - Chapter 9”, in alt.fan.travis-mcgee (Usenet):

Or another attempt on Berezovsky's life stopped by sherlockish Scotland Yard.

2007 July 20, Vladimir Makarenko, “Re: Kreml Sends 80 Year-old Bombers To Scare UK”, in soc.culture.baltics (Usenet):


dragonking

(fantasy, mythology) A king with the ability to control dragons.


hard science fiction

Coined by American critic P. Schuyler Miller in 1957.

coin

(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on technical detail and scientific accuracy.


soft science fiction

After hard science fiction, attributed to Peter Nicholls.

(science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the nature of its speculative societies or that employs pseudoscience.


Watsonish

en-adj

Watsonish (comparative more Watsonish, superlative most Watsonish)

more Watsonish (comparative)
most Watsonish (superlative)

"You don't really want it explained," he said, smacking him on the knee; "you're just being Watsonish. It's very nice of you, of course, and I appreciate it."

1922, A. A. Milne, chapter XI, in The Red House Mystery:

I would have settled for a Watsonish role. I don't have to be the main character.

1991, Kathryn Lasky, Double Trouble Squared, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 159:

This element is also picked up by Thomas Aquinas (whose philosophy sometimes has a Watsonish quality in relation to Aristotle, whom he calls simply “The Philosopher”).

2012, Philip Tallon, “Watsons, Adlers, Lestrades, and Moriaties: On the Nature of Friends and Enemies”, in Philip Tallon, David Baggett, editors, The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 66:

Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories.


Sherlock Holmesish

Sherlock Holmesish (comparative more Sherlock Holmesish, superlative most Sherlock Holmesish)

more Sherlock Holmesish (comparative)
most Sherlock Holmesish (superlative)

"When I found the letters with a name which matched the initials I felt very Sherlock Holmesish. […]

1959, Emilie Loring, With This Ring, Bantam, page 41:

Sir Berkeley stroked his beard and looked Sherlock Holmesish.

1976, Betty Beaty, Love and the Kentish Maid, Harlequin, published 1976, →ISBN, page 131:

[…] the mystery bash's hostess sported a pearl necklace with an appropriately Sherlock Holmesish magnifying glass pendant, […]

2011, Delia Rosen, One Foot in the Gravy, Kensington Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 16:


Sherlock Holmesy

Sherlock Holmesy (comparative more Sherlock Holmesy, superlative most Sherlock Holmesy)

more Sherlock Holmesy (comparative)
most Sherlock Holmesy (superlative)

And he wore a Sherlock Holmesy kind of cap with a swarm of salmon flies upon it, that to my boyish fancy was more splendid than a crown.

1951, Roland Pertwee, The River God, page 7:

"Don't try to get all Sherlock Holmesy on me, Hicks. Sherlock Holmes wasn't always right. […]

2004, Graham Masterton, The Devil in Gray, Leisure Books, →ISBN, page 225:

I dont^([sic]) know, he says, all Sherlock Holmesy in a cloud of smoke.

2006, T. Lipshitz, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, Dutton, →ISBN:


Mefistófeles

(German folklore) Mephistopheles (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)


badhbh

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badhbh f (genitive singular baidhbhe, nominative plural badhbha)

baidhbhe (genitive singular)
badhbha (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
badhbh (indefinite singular)
badhbha (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhadhbh (indefinite singular)
a bhadhbha (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
baidhbhe (indefinite singular)
badhbh (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bhadhbh (definite singular)
na badhbha (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na baidhbhe (definite singular)
na mbadhbh (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbadhbh (definite singular)
don bhadhbh (definite singular)
leis na badhbha (definite plural)
badhbh
bhadhbh
mbadhbh

→ English: bibe


gryphus

la-noun

grȳphus m (genitive grȳphī); second declension

grȳphus (canonical masculine)
grȳphī (genitive)
grȳphus (nominative singular)
grȳphī (nominative plural)
grȳphī (genitive singular)
grȳphōrum (genitive plural)
grȳphō (dative singular)
grȳphīs (dative plural)
grȳphum (accusative singular)
grȳphōs (accusative plural)
grȳphō (ablative singular)
grȳphīs (ablative plural)
grȳphe (singular vocative)
grȳphī (plural vocative)

[ˈɡryːpʰʊs̠]


high fantasy

en-noun

high fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural high fantasies)

Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types:¶ low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world);¶ high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds.

2008, Nikki Gamble, Sally Yates, “Fantasy and Realism”, in Exploring Children's Literature, →ISBN, page 120:

A term used by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay on “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" and subsequently developed by Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer in an attempt to develop a terminology with which to deal with genre materials. In Zahorski and Boyer's taxonomy, high fantasy consists entirely of fiction set in second worlds, while the low fantasy with which it is immediately contrasted consists of fiction set in the primary world, into which magical objects and entities are introduced piecemeal (ie. intrusive fantasy).

2009, Brian Stableford, “HIGH FANTASY”, in The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, →ISBN, page 198:

High fantasy of the George RR Martin kind hinges on world-building. When there really is a whole world to build, and not just a historical period or a particular country, world-building does not take a few paragraphs in a short story; it takes chapters.

2015 May 20, Natasha Pulley, “Fantasy cannot build its imaginary worlds in short fiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(uncountable) A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in a secondary world or fantasy world as opposed to the primary world or real world.


Watsonian

en-adj

Watsonian (comparative more Watsonian, superlative most Watsonian)

more Watsonian (comparative)
most Watsonian (superlative)

From Watson + -ian. "In-universe" sense formed in reference to Dr. John Watson, the fictional author within the text of the Sherlock Holmes stories, in contrast to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the real author of the stories. Started in Sherlock Holmes fandom before spreading to other fandoms. Possibly originating in the "Baker Street Irregulars" fan club and entering the science fiction fandom usage (fanspeak) via the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list.


workscreen

(rare, sometimes science fiction) A computer display that one can work at.


דיבוק

yi-noun

דיבוק • (dibek) m, plural דיבוקים (dibukim)

dibek (romanization)
dibukim (romanization)

A noun derived from the Hebrew דבק (dovek, “to cling”).


sfinkso

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sfinkso (accusative singular sfinkson, plural sfinksoj, accusative plural sfinksojn)

sfinkson (accusative singular)
sfinksoj (plural)
sfinksojn (accusative plural)

From Latin Sphinx, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկներ (nominative plural)
պարիկի (dative singular)
պարիկների (dative plural)
պարիկից (ablative singular)
պարիկներից (ablative plural)
պարիկով (instrumental singular)
պարիկներով (instrumental plural)
պարիկը (definite nominative singular)
պարիկն (definite nominative singular)
պարիկները (definite nominative plural)
պարիկներն (definite nominative plural)
պարիկին (dative definite singular)
պարիկներին (dative definite plural)
պարիկս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
պարիկներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
պարիկիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
պարիկներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
պարիկդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

պարիկը/պարիկն

պարիկները/պարիկներն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պարիկ (parik). Doublet of փերի (pʻeri).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկք (nominative plural)
պարկի (genitive singular)
պարկաց (genitive plural)
պարկի (dative singular)
պարկաց (dative plural)
պարիկ (accusative singular)
պարիկս (accusative plural)
պարկէ (ablative singular)
պարկաց (ablative plural)
պարկաւ (instrumental singular)
պարկաւք = պարկօք (parkawkʻ = parkōkʻ) (instrumental plural)
պարկի (locative singular)
պարիկս (locative plural)

xcl-decl-noun

պարկաւք = պարկօք

→ Armenian: պարիկ (parik) (learned)

From Middle Iranian *parīk. Compare Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”), Persian پری (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “sorceress, witch; temptress”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “demoness”).


փերի

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փերի • (pʻeri) (traditional orthography spelling փէրի)

pʻeri (romanization)
orthography spelling փէրի (traditional)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերու (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերուց (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերով (instrumental singular)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերուն (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերուս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերուցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերուդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերուցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերիի (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերիից (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերիին (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերիիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերիիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

փերիները/փերիներն

փերով, փերիով

փերովս, փերիովս

փերովդ, փերիովդ

փերիները/փերիներն

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Doublet of պարիկ (parik).


babygirl

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

Draco in Leather Pants

any morally-ambiguous character romanticised by fans

poor little meow meow

endearingly pathetic villain or morally-ambiguous character

woobie

morally-ambiguous character subjected to pain for pathos

Alternative form of baby girl (“a friendly or intimate term of address for a woman”)


ハッピーエンド

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from happy + end, calque of English happy ending


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya).


science fact

en-noun

science fact (countable and uncountable, plural science facts)

From science + fact, by analogy with science fiction.

Is it that science fact has gone beyond science fiction?

2004, Ray Bradbury, Steven L. Aggelis, Conversations with Ray Bradbury, page 108:

It is based on science fact.

2005, Rosemary Feasey, Creative Science: Achieving the WOW Factor with 5-11 Year Olds:

Is it real or fictional? Does it represent science fiction, or does it represent science fact?

2013, Nick Hubble, Aris Mousoutzanis, The Science Fiction Handbook:

(fiction) Reality, especially scientific and technological reality, as contrasted with what is depicted in science fiction.


white witch

it was unclear whether the client of the white witch was committing an offence or not, and he very seldom made an appearance in the law courts.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 239:


black witch

There were supposed to be three kinds of witches, the black variety that always worked evil, the white, always good and rendered human beings great services and the gray ones, good or bad as they saw fit. The black witches are the most interesting since they are figuratively more colorful, with a definite personality, ill disposed as they are.

1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 261:

Prosecutions of black witches suspected of doing harm to other people were numerous enough.

1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:


ドリル

ja:ドリル
ja:ドリル (動物)
ja:ドリル (工具)


Գենդալֆ

Gendalf (romanization)
Գենդալֆ (nominative singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆի (dative singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆից (ablative singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Գենդալֆովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Գենդալֆը/Գենդալֆն

Գենդալֆները/Գենդալֆներն

Գենդալֆներին

Գենդալֆներից

Գենդալֆներով

Գենդալֆներիս

Գենդալֆներիցս

Գենդալֆներովս

Գենդալֆներիդ

Գենդալֆներիցդ

Գենդալֆներովդ

From English Gandalf, via Russian Гэ́ндальф (Gɛ́ndalʹf).


Гэндальф

ru-noun+

Гэ́ндальф • (Gɛ́ndalʹf) m anim (genitive Гэ́ндальфа, uncountable)

Гэ́ндальф (canonical)
Gɛ́ndalʹf (romanization)
Гэ́ндальфа (genitive)
Гэ́ндальф (nominative singular)
Гэ́ндальфа (genitive singular)
Гэ́ндальфу (dative singular)
Гэ́ндальфа (accusative singular)
Гэ́ндальфом (instrumental singular)
Гэ́ндальфе (prepositional singular)


Stymphalian bird

en-noun

Stymphalian bird (plural Stymphalian birds)

(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

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ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ • (stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner) pl

stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner (romanization)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ (nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունների (dative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից (ablative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով (instrumental plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունները (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին (dative definite plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun-pl

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունները/ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունի

ստիմֆալյան թռչունին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունների

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունից

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից

ստիմֆալյան թռչունով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ

en-ստիմֆալյան_թռչուններ-hy-name-REDNI3jt


vasorrú bába

vas (“iron”) + orr (“nose”) + -ú (“having, with”) + bába (“witch”), literally “iron-nosed witch”.

affix

Baba Yaga, witch (a ferocious-looking old woman who appears in children stories)


ユー

「ユーは スペシャル！これは ミーの きもちね！」

“Yū wa supesharu! Kore wa mī no kimochi ne!”

You're a special kid! That's how I feel!


Mickeymania

There are, of course, perfectly reasonable explanations for Mickeymania.

Similar to California's Disneyland, it's the wellspring of Mickeymania, a paradise for the young at heart, and the most popular individual theme park in the United States, welcoming more than 11 million visitors every year.

1997, Alison Stern, Fodor's Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Orlando, page 2:

Over the next few years, Mickeymania swept the country. Fans across the globe from Franklin Roosevelt to Mussolini applauded his antics in the films that followed.

2007, Todd G. Buchholz, New ideas from dead CEOs:

(informal) Enthusiasm for the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.


Barba Azul

(French folklore) Bluebeard (nobleman who murders his wives)


Disneylândia

Disneyland (a theme park in Anaheim, United States)


Erymanthian Boar

(Greek mythology) a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles


երիմանթյան վարազ

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երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

hy-proper noun

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

erimantʻyan varaz (romanization)
երիմանթյան վարազ (nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազի (dative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազից (ablative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազով (instrumental singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազին (dative definite singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազը/երիմանթյան վարազն

երիմանթյան վարազներ

երիմանթյան վարազները/երիմանթյան վարազներն

երիմանթյան վարազի

երիմանթյան վարազին

երիմանթյան վարազների

երիմանթյան վարազներին

երիմանթյան վարազից

երիմանթյան վարազներից

երիմանթյան վարազով

երիմանթյան վարազներով

երիմանթյան վարազս

երիմանթյան վարազներս

երիմանթյան վարազիս

երիմանթյան վարազներիս

երիմանթյան վարազիցս

երիմանթյան վարազներիցս

երիմանթյան վարազովս

երիմանթյան վարազներովս

երիմանթյան վարազդ

երիմանթյան վարազներդ

երիմանթյան վարազիդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիդ

երիմանթյան վարազիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազովդ

երիմանթյան վարազներովդ


Esfinge

Borrowed from Latin Sphynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).

(Greek mythology) Sphinx (creature with the body of a lion and head of a human)


Piton

(Greek mythology) Python (the earth-dragon of Delphi)


Pinóquio

The Adventures of Pinocchio
w:The Adventures of Pinocchio

(fantasy) Pinocchio (wooden puppet from The Adventures of Pinocchio, whose nose becomes larger when he lies and dreams of becoming a real boy)


náyade

From Latin Naiadem, from Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).


dragon lady

First used in "Terry and the Pirates" in December 1934, for a female pirate based on the historical woman pirate Lai Choi San. The "dragon" part refers to her Chinese background (as dragons are symbols in Chinese culture) and her fierce attitude.

An East Asian woman who is stereotypically strong, deceitful, domineering, or mysterious.


ice queen

This time, she was beaten by 16-year-old Tanja Szewczenko, who is threatening to usurp the two-time Olympic champion, Katarina Witt, as Germany's ice queen.

1993 November 24, Jere Longman, “Olympics: 80 Days to Lillehammer”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-02:

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month.

2013 November 4, Narae Kim, “Ice Queen Yuna returns with a Golden Spin”, in Reuters Canada, retrieved 2014-01-02:

(informal, sports) A female ice-skating champion.


گودرز

From Middle Iranian *Gōdarz, according to MacKenzie from Old Iranian *Gau-tarza- (literally “Ox-crusher”), with the constituents ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”)) and *teleǵʰ- (“to beat, to crush”) (whence Sanskrit तृह् (tṛh, “to beat, to crush”)); see Pokorny for the latter root. The stem *tarza- is not attested in Old Iranian, unless Bailey is right in seeing it in Khotanese [script needed] (ustairṣṭai, “you tore”) ← *us-tarz-.
Akin to Parthian 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆 (Gōtarz), 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆𐭊 (Gōtarzak), and the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Γωτάρζης (Gōtárzēs), Γωτέρζης (Gōtérzēs), Latin Gotarzes, Old Armenian Գոտորզ (Gotorz), Georgian გოდერძი (goderʒi) and Akkadian 𒄖𒋻𒍝𒀀 (Gu-tar-za-a /Gutarzâ/).

cog

a male given name, Goodarz, Goudarz, or Gudarz, from Middle Iranian


saas-bahu

(India, fiction) A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.


Համլետ

Hamlet (romanization)
Համլետ (nominative singular)
Համլետներ (nominative plural)
Համլետի (dative singular)
Համլետների (dative plural)
Համլետից (ablative singular)
Համլետներից (ablative plural)
Համլետով (instrumental singular)
Համլետներով (instrumental plural)
Համլետը (definite nominative singular)
Համլետն (definite nominative singular)
Համլետները (definite nominative plural)
Համլետներն (definite nominative plural)
Համլետին (dative definite singular)
Համլետներին (dative definite plural)
Համլետս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Համլետներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Համլետիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
Համլետներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
Համլետիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Համլետներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Համլետովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
Համլետներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
Համլետդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Համլետներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Համլետիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
Համլետներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
Համլետիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Համլետներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Համլետովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
Համլետներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

Համլետը/Համլետն

Համլետները/Համլետներն

Համլետներիցս

Համլետներովս

Համլետներիցդ

Համլետներովդ

Hamlet (character of Shakespeare's play)


Selenite

From Selene (“the Moon”) + -ite. From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “goddess of the Moon”).

uder

My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders.

1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Selenite’s Face”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 136:

(science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).


Selenite

a Selenite colony

"Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."

1873, Jules Verne, “Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter III. Their Place of Shelter.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 170:

(science fiction) Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites).


Դոն Քիշոտ

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Դոն Քիշոտ • (Don Kʻišot)

hy-proper noun

Դոն Քիշոտ • (Don Kʻišot)

Don Kʻišot (romanization)
Դոն Քիշոտ (nominative singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտի (dative singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտից (ablative singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Դոն Քիշոտովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Դոն Քիշոտը/Դոն Քիշոտն

Դոն Քիշոտներ

Դոն Քիշոտները/Դոն Քիշոտներն

Դոն Քիշոտների

Դոն Քիշոտներին

Դոն Քիշոտներից

Դոն Քիշոտներով

Դոն Քիշոտներս

Դոն Քիշոտներիս

Դոն Քիշոտիցս

Դոն Քիշոտներիցս

Դոն Քիշոտովս

Դոն Քիշոտներովս

Դոն Քիշոտներդ

Դոն Քիշոտներիդ

Դոն Քիշոտիցդ

Դոն Քիշոտներիցդ

Դոն Քիշոտովդ

Դոն Քիշոտներովդ

hy:Դոն Քիշոտ (վեպ)


Johnlock

All of our "feels" are on the line again as they continue to be with anything that involves Johnlock (thanks a lot, Moffat), Merthur and Destiel.

2013, Keren Lopez, "Yahoo buys Tumblr, leaves fandoms in despair", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 27, 3 June 2013, page 8

For Karen the most exciting thing about the comeback is the reunion between Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman: “I ship Johnlock!” Karen enthused.

2013, Gerrit van de Riet, "November for Fandoms: Sneak Peek", The Window (New College, Toronto), November 2013, page 20

Across the pond, writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss often place characters Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in situations that suggest a relationship between them, even though the series establishes Watson as heterosexual, to placate the fans that “ship Johnlock” in the BBC series “Sherlock.”

2013, Pragya Parmita, "Fandoms: Too Powerful?", The Bottom Line (Associated Students, UC Santa Barbara), Volume 8, Issue 5, 6 November - 12 November 2013, page 8

(fandom slang) The ship of characters John Watson and Sherlock Holmes from the television series Sherlock.


Red Queen hypothesis

An allusion to a remark by the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass: "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." The hypothesis was advanced in 1973 by American biologist Leigh Van Valen, who called it the Red Queen's hypothesis.

Stenseth and Maynard Smith (1984) reformulated this hypothesis by including the idea of evolutionary lag and dismissing Van Valen's zero-sum assumption. They contrast the Red-Queen hypothesis with the stationary hypothesis, q.v. Hoffman and Kitchell (1984 in Lewin 1985a, 400) offer some support for the Red-Queen hypothesis.

2000, Edward M. Barrows, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, 2nd edition, CRC Press, page 358:

We extend the Red Queen hypothesis, a mechanism proposed to maintain genetic diversity at the population level, to explain diversity at the community level.

2008, Keith Clay et al., “Chapter 7: Red Queen Communities”, in Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, Valerie T. Eviner, editors, Infectious Disease Ecology, Princeton University Press, page 145:

The Red Queen hypothesis defines evolution as a kind of arms race, in which species must constantly evolve and adapt merely to survive.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219:

(evolutionary theory) An evolutionary hypothesis which proposes that organisms must constantly adapt, evolve, and proliferate not merely to gain reproductive advantage, but also simply to survive while pitted against other evolving organisms in an ever-changing environment.

Leigh Van Valen
Lewis Carroll
Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass)
Through the Looking-Glass


Middle-Earth

(fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth


milzis

lv-noun

milzis m (2nd declension, feminine form: milze)

milze (feminine)
milzis (nominative singular)
milži (nominative plural)
milzi (accusative singular)
milžus (accusative plural)
milža (genitive singular)
milžu (genitive plural)
milzim (dative singular)
milžiem (dative plural)
milzi (instrumental singular)
milžiem (instrumental plural)
milzī (locative singular)
milžos (locative plural)
milzi (singular vocative)
milži (plural vocative)

rūķis

antonym(s) of “of "large mythical being"”

Derived from the verb milzt (“to swell, to grow, to increase”), present tense melzu, from Proto-Baltic *melž-, *milž-, from Proto-Indo-European *melǵʰ, *ml̥ǵʰ-, from a stem *mel- (“big, strong”), whence also Latvian dialectal milns (“many, much, a lot”), Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, a lot”), perhaps Latin melior (“better”). Cognates include Lithuanian mil̃žinas.

cog

ļauns milzis

milža spēks

milžu cīņa

milzis skatījās uz puiku kā suns uz skudru, kura rāpo viņam starp izstieptām ķepām

the giant looked at the boy like a dog at an ant that crawls between his outstretched legs

(folklore, mythology) giant (very large, supernaturally strong being)


Earthship

Compound of Earth + ship. In the architectural sense, coined by American architect Michael E. Reynolds.

coinage

(science fiction) A spaceship originating from or belonging to Earth.


افراسیاب

head

افراسیاب • (afrâsiyâb)

fa-proper noun

افراسیاب • (afrâsiyâb)

→ Gujarati: અફરાસિયાબ (apharāsiyāb)

From Middle Persian plʾsy̲d̲ʾp̄' (frāsiyāb), plʾsyʾk' (frāsiyāg). Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥 (fraŋrasiian) and Old Armenian loanword Հրասեակ (Hraseak).

a male given name, Afrasiyab or Afrasiab, from Middle Persian


leshy

(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.


Sterek

Some shows have released official promos that play up the fans' favorite slash couples to court fans, most recently Hawaii Five-O and Teen Wolf, whose showrunner began to write the show itself in a slashy direction when he became aware of the popularity of “Sterek,” the slash pairing of sidekick Stiles and alpha wolf Derek.

2013, Katherine Larsen, Lynn S. Zubernis, Fangasm: Supernatural Fangirls, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 101:

"Teen Wolf 'Sterek' fans, we've read your (hundreds and hundreds of) comments and admire your passion," EW.com responded. "The reason Sterek didn't make the category is because it's not an acknowledged will-they-or-won't-they storyline."
This controversy led the gay entertainment news site AfterElton.com to start an annual "slash madness" tournament. Sterek won the first.

2013 October 31, Zachary Pincus-Roth, “Slash Fiction: A Fantasy World in Which Male TV Characters Find Romance — With Each Other”, in LA Weekly:

Even a nascent fandom will begin to develop its own tropes. You could see it, for instance, in the popular Sterek pairing in the Teen Wolf fandom as it took off.

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, →ISBN:

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


Drarry

It occurs because in canon Harry and Draco feel no emotion for each other warmer than intense dislike. […] Harry is willing to save Draco's life out of recognition of their shared humanity, but with apologies to all the Drarry shippers out there, that's as far as it goes.

2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, pages 69–79:

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:draco malfoy is a beautiful creation and he should be protected by harry potter who is his second cousin and who cares if you think its gross they are adorable together let the gayness happen
Dramione shippers apparently feel the same way when too much attention is paid to Drarry.

Fanfics that depict relationships between Draco and Harry have been particularly popular, spawning a cult of ‘Drarry’ shippers – with Facebook pages, fan art and many stories all dedicated to the pairing.

2013, Sarah Dear, "Fanfiction - A Hobby for Generations of Teenagers", Impact (University of Nottingham), 26 April 2013

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series.


Dramione

"I secretly ship Dramione!" one boldly asserts, while more serious blogs boast confessions along the lines of, "I moved away to college this year and haven't made any new friends."

2011, Brittany Dalton, "Away with the Niceties", The Vista (University of Central Oklahoma), 1 September 2011, page 3

This is a haven for writers and readers to converge and show their interest in a variety of genres with any characters, from the typical Dramione (Draco and Hermione) action-adventure to the absurd Filch-Peeves BDSM.

2011 September 15, Sayantan Deb, Angela Song, “Potter Legacy”, in The Harvard Independent, volume 42, number 25, page 10:

Dramione shippers apparently feel the same way when too much attention is paid to Drarry.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


Sculder

Alas, Jess Mabe's "Bittersweet" has a similar nickname for the Sculder baby, and Jean Robinson's "When Old Friends Meet" is likewise obsessed with dolls.

2000 October 1, story_posting [username], “Dream Life 1/1”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Do come visit to read about Mulder, Scully, Frohike, CJ, Josh, Angel, deadly spellcasting books, Cordy, Buffy, Jack the gypsy computer repairman and the Sculder sproglet in all its many gestational forms

2001 May 3, ymmv2001 [username], “New update at YMMV”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

But Thackeray, like his Kirk/Spock, Johnlock, and (in the early years) “Sculder” descendants, must confront the sticky problem of canon: […]

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dana Scully and Fox Mulder from the television series The X-Files.


rothe

Unfortunately, he turned the corner in a rather inefficient manner, cutting off his retreat and bumped into a rothe. Gadzooks, he thought, one hit from this boy and I'll likely go to my ill named great reward. The only recourse was to quaff his one as of yet unidentified potion and hope it was extra healing.

1993, Robert Leduc, “Nethack Imitates Life”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet):

(fantasy) A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.


ecothriller

A thriller (suspenseful dramatic work) with an ecological theme.


Mills-and-Boonish

en-adj

Mills-and-Boonish (comparative more Mills-and-Boonish, superlative most Mills-and-Boonish)

more Mills-and-Boonish (comparative)
most Mills-and-Boonish (superlative)

After the romance publisher Mills & Boon, + -ish.


melonhead

(US) One of a group of legendary beings, known in parts of Michigan, Ohio, and Connecticut, and generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding-places to attack people.


adultivity

Kearney: Good evening, young man. My name is Charles Norwood. Furthermore to this beer, I would also like three of your finest, cheapest cigars. Here's my ID which confirms my adultivity.

1996 5 May, David X. Cohen, "Much Apu About Nothing", episode 7-23 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59

Also, just so we can verify your adultivity, please give us your credit card number and expiration date...

1999 May 16, Eric NRTJ Roberts, “Re: EASY MONEY”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

All the 'performers' were of legal consenting adultivity, and I could easily track them down if I needed to get any sort of signed statement to verify their age.

2000 December 9, Green Hell, “I need a lab in the US that will develop erotic subject matter”, in alt.movies.cinematography.super8 (Usenet):

(humorous, uncommon) The state or quality of being an adult; majority.