Of "Squee" and "Guh"

[gnomi]

or, More Mental Meanderings related to process

(top-of-the-head, pre-caffeinated mental wanderings ahead; you have been warned)

While the above subject line might lead one to think I was pondering the concept of feedback, in fact I am not. Though that might be a topic for another time (gnomi files under "to ponder later"). Today I am wondering about vocabulary and the words/phrases that:

(a) have been created by fandom for fandom (and I'm talking not just about online or fanfic fandoms here. "Fanac," "SMOF," and "Fanzine" apply under these criteria)

and/or

(b) are used cross-fandom (see the subject line for two such examples)

I'd love to hear examples. I'm a sucker for neologisms.

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Not sure what the origin of "squick" is, but it's very well entrenched at this point. I know a number of people who wouldn't know fanfic if it came up and did a little dance for them but who know what "squick" is.

As for adjective!proper noun construct, I first remember seeing it in Star Trek fandoms. My recollection is that it's from how field guides classify different species of bird, for example. So the angsty!Spock is related to but different from the angry!Spock, etc. And it became very popular in a number of fandoms.