From the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which it is a term of endearment used by the Betazoid race, said to mean "beloved."
imzadi (plural imzadis)
- (fandom slang) A person with whom one shares a profound spiritual bond; a soulmate.
1994 August 30, djsst22 [username], “GWF ISO SF”, in pgh.singles[1] (Usenet):I have a 2 year old son, and my major interests include science fiction TV (Star Trek, X-Files), music, books and movies. […] I am looking for my imzadi, and hope to meet her someday.
1999 October 28, Lisa: DreaManiChicKuriousStarfire [username], “Re: Halloween: What are your plans?”, in alt.drugs.psychedelics[2] (Usenet):So I'll probably run about the neighborhood with my imzadi (what I've decided to call my 'best-friend-person' now. It's a Star Trek term, Betazoid stuff.) […]
2001, Cari Lynn, “To Touch The Face of God”, in Journey Without a Map, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 20:I push beyond my body
I push beyond this world of mine
Drunk without wine
myself my imzadi
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:imzadi.
- moirail (similar concept from Homestuck)