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Tunalock

Tunalock noun: a subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.

Noun

Tunalock (uncountable)

  1. (Sherlock fandom slang) A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.
    • (There is, for example, an enormous genre of fan-made visual art depicting Sherlock Holmes as an anthropomorphic tuna: collectively, Tunalock. It would confuse Sidney Paget, but I find it hilarious and rejoice in its existence.)2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, page 255
    • If the proponents of Tunalock (Holmes and Watson are fishes) or Farmlock (cows), the fans who post pictures of Martin Freeman on Tumblr and the devotees of crossover fanfic, want to claim the name of Sherlockians, they are welcome to it.2017, Christoper Redmond, About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community, page 7

Forms of Tunalock

alternative formtunalock

Origin of Tunalock

Blend of tuna + Sherlock.

Questions about Tunalock

What does Tunalock mean?
Tunalock means a subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.
What part of speech is Tunalock?
Tunalock is a noun.

Words near Tunalock in the dictionary

  1. Tunagate
  2. tunage
  3. tunagetti
  4. tunaghetti
  5. tunalike
  6. Tunalock
  7. Tunapuna–Piarco
  8. tunas
  9. Tunbridge
  10. Tunbridge Wells
  11. Tunbridges

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