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buddyslash

buddyslash noun: slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.

Noun

buddyslash (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.
    • Slash about Harry and Draco, who are enemies in canon, complicates academic theories of slash that are predicated upon the Kirk/Spock “buddyslash” model.2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 124
    • Although the pairing of Harry and Ron may seem as a typical example of buddyslash, one has to consider the presence of Hermione Granger as Harry's second sidekick.2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 67

Antonyms of buddyslash

Origin of buddyslash

From buddy + slash.

Questions about buddyslash

What does buddyslash mean?
Buddyslash means slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between friends.
What part of speech is buddyslash?
Buddyslash is a noun.

Words near buddyslash in the dictionary

  1. buddyness
  2. Buddyroll
  3. Buddyrolls
  4. buddyroo
  5. buddyroos
  6. buddyslash
  7. Bude
  8. Bude burner
  9. Bude burners
  10. Bude light
  11. Bude lights

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