Fanonical

//fəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon. slang

    "Here canon and fanon freely mesh: on the one hand, we have canonical elements such as "green, slanted eyes" and "thin body," and on the other, we have fanonical elements built on canonical ones, such as "fine-boned, cat-like," "beautiful, fey, little ... child.""

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"Here canon and fanon freely mesh: on the one hand, we have canonical elements such as "green, slanted eyes" and "thin body," and on the other, we have fanonical elements built on canonical ones, such as "fine-boned, cat-like," "beautiful, fey, little ... child.""

Etymology

From fanon + -ical.

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