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Spirk
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English
Etymology
en Kirk Spock.
Proper noun
en fandom slang rare The ship of characters Spock and James Kirk of the Star Trek franchise.
en 22 February 2003 ToolPackinMama Re: K/S is a universal constant https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.tv.star-trek.tos/A36Y5zyIFs0/zK2lbCMAsj0J alt.tv.star-trek.tos Note: he doesn't know about Spirk, as far as I know.
2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10:
It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.
2016, Brittany Kelley, "To My Betas, Endless Chocolate Frogs!: Exploring the Intersections of Emotion, the Body, and Literacy in Online Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 146:
Even more so, the other main reason for so much consistency in economies is the long tradition of "proper" fanfiction writing and engagement, handed down from the "Spirk" zine-writers of the 80s and 90s, to the AOL email lists and forums of early X-Files fans in the mid to late 90s, to the multi-page, interactive, and searchable archives of fanfiction sites today.
Synonyms
en K/S
Anagrams
en ikprs pirks
en eponyms
en M/M ships (fandom) Ships with portmanteau names (fandom) Star Trek