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In rarer cases, a portmanteau may also include words other than the names of two characters, for example "Wincest" in the [[Supernatural]] fandom. The name combines "Winchester" with "incest" to refer to shipping the Winchester brothers together.
In rarer cases, a portmanteau may also include words other than the names of two characters, for example "Wincest" in the [[Supernatural]] fandom. The name combines "Winchester" with "incest" to refer to shipping the Winchester brothers together.
==Origin==
[[Popslash]] is credited with popularizing the smushname as pairing name. It spread to other fandoms ([[Buffy]], [[Smallville]], [[Harry Potter]], etc.), though only in the age of [[#On Tumblr|Tumblr]] has the smushname taken over completely.
==As pet peeve==
==As pet peeve==
==On Tumblr==
==On Tumblr==
On fannish [[tumblrs]], portmanteaus are widely used, such as #Cherik for [[Charles_Xavier/Erik_Lehnsherr|Charles/Erik]], or #CroWen for Cristina Yang/Owen Hunt; Tumblr does not support the "/" symbol in tags. Posts must be tagged in order to be widely seen, so portmanteaus are more of a necessity. The end result is that smushnames are ubiquitous in fandoms that started (or were [[reboot]]ed) after Tumblr, but are less common or less dominant in older fandoms.
On fannish [[tumblrs]], portmanteaus are widely used, such as #Cherik for [[Charles_Xavier/Erik_Lehnsherr|Charles/Erik]], or #CroWen for Cristina Yang/Owen Hunt; Tumblr does not support the "/" symbol in tags. Posts must be tagged in order to be widely seen, so portmanteaus are more of a necessity. The end result is that smushnames are ubiquitous in fandoms that started (or were [[reboot]]ed) after Tumblr, but are less common or less dominant in older fandoms. Older fandoms that also have a presence on Tumblr are less likely to have smushnames.
==Outside Fandom==
==Outside Fandom==