Romancelandia

Proper noun

Romancelandia (uncountable)

1. The sphere or community of romance writers, readers, and novels.
   • Paranormals had been on the fringes of Romancelandia almost since its inception but became huge business in the early 2000s.2009, Sarah Wendell, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels, page 125
   • I became a native of Romancelandia, writing “from the heart” (as the disgruntled woman at my talk said), from my dual but not dueling hearts, simultaneously crafting academic and fiction writing about falling in love.2016, Catherine M. Roach, Happily Ever After: The Romance Story in Popular Culture, page 43
2. The idealized fictional setting of romance novels.
   • In other words, fictionalized Arabiastan in desert romancelandia bears some resemblance both to contemporary Saudi Arabia and to a historical notion of the Arabian Peninsula.2015, Amira Jarmakani, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror, unnumbered page
   • In real life, I hope these kind of IVF mistakes don't happen, but in Romancelandia, when it happens, there's always a sexy, single billionaire involved!2016, Andrea Laurence, The CEO's Unexpected Child, page 2

   Synonyms:

   romantopia