fanon
n.— «Daniel does in fact have three doctorates, which was a fanon thing that I totally didn’t buy into before.» —“Fandom, start your engines” by Banned from Finland (zorb) Mocked by the world (California) Feb. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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