powerslash

== English == === Etymology === From power +‎ slash. === Noun === powerslash (uncountable) (fandom slang) Slash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social status or rank. 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 67: The second most popular Potter slash pairing is Harry/Snape, which belongs to the powerslash category, and again defies findings of early fan fiction studies focusing on buddyslash. 2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10: Although the second most popular pairing in Potter slash fandom, Snape/Harry (or Snarry), could be categorized as enemyslash, it is also a prime example of powerslash. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:powerslash. === Anagrams === plowshares