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Quincest

Quincest proper noun: the real-person fiction ship of identical twin indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.

Proper noun

Quincest

  1. (slang) The real-person fiction ship of identical twin indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
    • When she met Sarah, she felt more solidly herself than she had felt in years. Do you know about the subgenre of Tegan and Sara fan fiction called quincest? Tegan asked. Sarah raised a provocative eyebrow and leaned forward. Does it involve Tegan and Sarah...fucking? The way she said Sarah made it...2020, M./Megan Milks, “The Strands”, in Foglifter, volume 4, number 2, page 11
    • Megan Milks is a master at eliciting strong reactions; their work lives in the viscera. What emerges from this can’t-look-away start is also a funny and devastating queer love story that dabbles in “quincest” (a term used to describe Tegan and Sara fan fiction!).2021 September 10, Katie Yee, “7 new story collections to fall into this season.”, in Literary Hub

Examples of Quincest in a sentence

  • Do you know about the subgenre of Tegan and Sara fan fiction called quincest?2020, M./Megan Milks, “The Strands”, in Foglifter, volume 4, number 2, page 11:
  • Some Tegan and Sara fans wrote "Quincest" fanfiction2024 October 18, Nardos Haile, “'Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara': Five bombshells from catfishing to incest fanfiction”, in...

Origin of Quincest

From Quin + -cest, presumably constructed to rhyme with twincest.

Questions about Quincest

What does Quincest mean?
Quincest means the real-person fiction ship of identical twin indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
How do you use Quincest in a sentence?
Do you know about the subgenre of Tegan and Sara fan fiction called quincest?
What part of speech is Quincest?
Quincest is a proper noun.

Words near Quincest in the dictionary

  1. quincentennia
  2. quincentennial
  3. quincentennials
  4. quincentennium
  5. quinces
  6. Quincest
  7. quincewort
  8. quinceworts
  9. Quincey
  10. quinch
  11. quincha

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