Femlock

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female version of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, especially from the television series Sherlock. slang

    "Sometimes the thematically focused groups are a clear subset of shippers, such as teenlock, femlock, vamplock, or fawnlock (respectively describing John Watson/Sherlock Holmes as teens, women, vampires, or young deer)."

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"Sometimes the thematically focused groups are a clear subset of shippers, such as teenlock, femlock, vamplock, or fawnlock (respectively describing John Watson/Sherlock Holmes as teens, women, vampires, or young deer)."

Etymology

Blend of fem- + Sherlock.

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