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bandslash

bandslash noun: slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians, especially ones belonging to the same group.

Noun

bandslash (uncountable)

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

Origin of bandslash

From band + slash.

Questions about bandslash

What does bandslash mean?
Bandslash means slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians, especially ones belonging to the same group.
What part of speech is bandslash?
Bandslash is a noun.

Words near bandslash in the dictionary

  1. bandshells
  2. bandshift
  3. bandshift assay
  4. bandshift assays
  5. bandshifts
  6. bandslash
  7. bandsman
  8. bandsmen
  9. bandspread
  10. bandspreads
  11. bandstand

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