Fanwank

Quick meaning: Fanwank is a noun meaning (fandom slang) Of fans, to invent explanations to gloss over mistakes in continuity.

Meaning

(fandom slang) Of fans, to invent explanations to gloss over mistakes in continuity.

More Meanings

1. (fandom slang, derogatory) Explanations invented by fans (of a film franchise, television series, etc.) to gloss over mistakes in continuity.
2. (fandom slang) Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that appeal to avid fans but are of little interest to outsiders.

Example Sentences

I cannot be fanwanked past the point that Chewie and Leia not acknowledging each other as he got off the Falcon was a fairly large mistake.

Fan-producers seem to have integrated 'fanwank' into the new series, but not in a way that reproduces the show's 1980s history, or alienates non-fans.

Sherlockians term their light‐hearted conjectures the “Writings upon the Writings,” but the Great Game in some respects resembles the contemporary pan‐fandom practice of fanwanking.

These episodes are full of subtle fanwank and the Doctor loves every minute of them, as evidenced by his beaming face and near squeals of glee when K-9 appears for the first time on Doctor Who since 1983.

Word Forms

• fanwanks
• fanwanking
• fanwanked

Synonyms for fanwank

Depending on context, synonyms include fanservice.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fanwankery, fanlation, fanfiction, fanstuff, fanac, fandumb.

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