Snapewife
Snapewife proper noun: a female adherent of the mid-2000s new religious movement Snapeism.
Proper noun
Snapewife (plural Snapewives)
- A female adherent of the mid-2000s new religious movement Snapeism.
- The Snapewives are an extreme facet of a much larger fandom milieu.2014, Zoe Alderton, "'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within Harry Potter Fandom", Religions, Volume 5, Issue 1, page 257
- But the story of the Snapewives is inseparable from the story of the rise of Internet fan culture as a whole: the story of how we as a broader culture have transformed the way we insert ourselves—our loves, our wants, our desires, our chosen narratives—into the stories we consume.2020, Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, unnumbered page
Forms of Snapewife
| plural | Snapewives |
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Origin of Snapewife
From Snape + wife.
Questions about Snapewife
- What does Snapewife mean?
- Snapewife means a female adherent of the mid-2000s new religious movement Snapeism.
- What part of speech is Snapewife?
- Snapewife is a proper noun.
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