fanon
n.— «A brilliant first-timer fic that captures just about everything I love about this relationship. (some annoying fanon stuff, but hey.)» —“Fic that is particularly good” by Miss Faithling Fantastico (tragicamente) I yelled back (London, Eng.) Apr. 17, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton’s best-known novel. Today the annual Bulwer-Lytton Contest asks contestants for fanciful first sentences that are similarly...
Old. Elderly. Senior. Why are we so uncomfortable when we talk about reaching a certain point in life? An 82-year-old seeks a more positive term to describe how she feels about her age. And: a linguist helps solve a famous kidnapping case, using the...