chanslash

English

Etymology

From Japanese ちゃん (chan), a familiar suffix commonly affixed to the names of children, and slash.

Noun

chanslash (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Slash fan fiction involving minor characters.
   • 2002 December 23, Stacey, “Re: The little things (CoS movie--spoilers!)”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Are you going to leave chanslash and shotakon for another discussion?

   • 2003 August 23, Dina Lerret, “Re: Yahoo TOSing slash lists -- Cause for concern”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Hm, from where I originally heard, it struck a Harry Potter list-owner first. Her entire account was deleted. Some say it's because one of the groups she owned was an HP chanslash one.

   • 2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, pages 10–11:

     Slash is subdivided into subcategories, a partial list of which might include yaoi (slash involving manga and anime characters), chanslash (explicit slash involving minor characters, such as Harry/Draco or Snape/Harry (also known as Drarry and Snarry, respectively) from the Harry Potter universe), […]