slashdom
nounEtymology From slash + -dom.
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Lifestyle Slang The culture or community of slash fiction writers.
- Apart from that, it's usually for the sex itself, or to explore some interesting question that's come up either in the programme/book or in society in general or in slashdom.1998, Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture and Identity, eds. Cheryl Harris & Alison Alexander, Hampton Press, →ISBN, page 30:
- The slash community has extensively discussed this issue of slashdom as a homoerotic space.2006, Kristina Busse, “My Life is a WIP on My LJ: Slashing the Slasher and the Reality of Celebrity and Internet Performances”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 219:
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- What thrills me, as a slash reader of almost any slashdom (and currently I write in two and read in a total of four, and happily so) is the actual crafting of the storylines and the variety of experiences and activities described in each.2009 August 9, Jean Roseman, “Re: Questions on slash Thanks for the responses everybody!!!!!”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):