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Grindeldore
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English
Etymology
en Gellert Grindelwald Grindelwald Albus Dumbledore Dumbledore.
Proper noun
en fandom slang The ship of characters Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore of the Harry Potter Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises.
2008, Catherine Tosenberger, "'Oh my God, the Fanfiction!': Dumbledore's Outing and the Online Harry Potter Fandom", Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2008, page 201::
The day after the release of Deathly Hallows, the community Grindeldore appeared on Livejournal.com. Dedicated to "[f]anworks and discussion on Grindelwald/Dumbledore," the community became a locus for fanfiction, fan art, and fan essays ("meta") on the relationship.
en 2010 Sharon K. Goetz Joel Meredith Our Business: Why I'm Glad J. K. Rowling Outed Albus Dumbledore Terminus: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 7-11 August 2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=nffbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&dq=Grindeldore 137 After all, it was immediately after the seventh book release at Prophecy, a fan convention in Toronto, that I first encountered the idea of a "Grindeldore" pairing.
en 2018 S. P. Sipal Did Dumbledore And Grindelwald Make An Unbreakable Vow As Teens? The Rowling Library Magazine 21 September https://issuu.com/therowlinglibrary/docs/rl_issue_21_-_september__2_ 24 The circle on the front poster of the calendar binds Grindeldore together.
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en eponyms
en Harry Potter M/M ships (fandom) Ships with portmanteau names (fandom)