fanon
n.— «I’ve also coined “fanon” to mean “fan canon”…it’s yours, if you want it.» —“that nail in my grave” by Emily Salzfass Usenet: alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated Apr. 1, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
David from Nashville, Tennessee, wonders about a word he’s heard only in that city: gherming. Someone who ghermsmakes a habit of pestering country-music celebrities or acting overly familiar with them in public. Nashville songwriter Marc Alan...
Barb in Battle Creek, Michigan, reports that when she was a small child, a neighbor from Georgia said she would bring her a box with five handles for her birthday. Barb was overjoyed until she learned that the phrase is actually a joking euphemism...