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Twilighter
| Synonyms: | twifan, twihard[1], twimom |
| See also: | Fandom Nickname |
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Twilighter, twihard -- Sometimes written with hyphen ywi-hard -- or twifan are terms used to define a member of the Twilight fandom.
To according Cleoland Wiki:
Twihards Rhymes with "diehards," as in "diehard fans," and means much the same thing. I seem to recall some Twilighters taking offense to the nickname, though, in a "We're Trekkers, not Trekkies!" kind of way.Twilighters A general name for Twilight fans. You almost always see "Twihards," even in mainstream publications, these days, though.[1]
On a smaller scale, the term twimom or twilight mom was used to refer to older fans (around 30 or 40 years old) , who were often mothers or housewives. The term came to be seen by some fans as something derogatory, in order to stigmatize the fandom and its fans. However, some have adopted the term in a satirical way.
Use by fans
There was debate among fans of which term to use and why this choice, Especially between twi-hard (created by Mike Walsh) or twilighter.[2]
The terms (twifan and twilighter) were widely used by the Brazilian fandom of the saga, becoming the name of groups, pages and being used by many as part of their nicknames or as an addendum to their common usernames. Usually after the term, it was customary to insert the unicode code U+047D that formed a kind of apple - Ѽ - in clear reference to the red fruit that was used both on the covers of the book, as in movies and other products related to Twilight.
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b "cleoland / Twilight". 2010-11-19. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19.
- ^ Carroll, Larry (2008-03-11). "MTV Movies Blog » Twi-Hards, Twilighters Or Something Else? Vote Now And Tell Us!". Archived from the original on 2008-03-12.