Meanings
plural Snapewives
- slanglifestyleA female adherent of the mid-2000s new religious movement Snapeism.
The Snapewives are an extreme facet of a much larger fandom milieu.
2014, Zoe Alderton, "'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within Harry Potter Fandom", Religions, Volume 5, Issue 1, page 2572 more examples
But the story of the Snapewives is inseparable from the story of the rise of Internet fan culture as a whole: the story of how we as a broader culture have transformed the way we insert ourselves—our loves, our wants, our desires, our chosen narratives—into the stories we consume.
2020, Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, unnumbered pageAlthough Brony tulpas and Snapewives may practice a unique kind of fandom, one might consider that fan fiction writings across a range of imaginary worlds do similar work by speculating what it might be like to interact with favourite characters.
2022, Andrew Monteith, "Transhumanism, Utopia, and the Problem of the Real in Ready Player One", The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume 34, Issue 1, Spring 2022, page 10
Origin
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