pegasister

plural pegasisters · alternative Pegasister

1. slangA female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult.

   “You can be a 'Pegasister,' too, it doesn't really matter, it's just for anyone who likes that show,” he elaborates.

   2012 November/December, Justin Martin, “Brony Club: A Testament to the Magic of Friendship”, in The Redline (Killingly High School), volume 14, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016, page 5

   3 more examples

   "Bronies" and "pegasisters," as some fans are called, point to the quality of animation and humor as what makes the series enjoyable.

   2011, Christina Belisle, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic review, Reporter, 30 September 2011, page 9

   The group included four "Pegasisters," as the small minority of female bronies sometimes call themselves in this male-dominated world.

   2011 November 5, Vauhni Vara, Ann Zimmerman, “Hey, Bro, That's My Little Pony! Guys' Interest Mounts in Girly TV Show”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2015

   “I’d say 80 percent of my friends are into it,” says the “pegasister,” slang for a female fan. “My dorm loves it. We get together to watch the shows, and we eat and laugh.”

   2012 January 11, Reed Tucker, “Horsing around!”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2020

plural Pegasisters

1. Alternative letter-case form of pegasister.

   “You can be a 'Pegasister,' too, it doesn't really matter, it's just for anyone who likes that show,” he elaborates.

   2012, Justin Martin, "Brony Club: A Testament to the Magic of Friendship", The Redline (Killingly High School), Volume 14, Issue 2, November/December 2012, page 5

   5 more examples

   The group included four "Pegasisters," as the small minority of female bronies sometimes call themselves in this male-dominated world.

   2011 November 5, Vauhini Vara, Ann Zimmerman, “Hey, Bro, That’s My Little Pony! Guys’ Interest Mounts in Girly TV Show”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2014

   Together with their female counterparts, Pegasisters, they have fan sites, conferences (BronyCon), and an incredibly persistent meme that permeates popular websites such as 4Chan and Reddit.

   2012 January 25, Karen Aney, “Friendship is Magic: Wave of bronies exert consumer influence over My Little Pony”, in The Cascade, University of the Fraser Valley, page 24

   Whether you identify as a Brony, a male fan of the entertainment franchise, or a Pegasister, their female counterpart, this site allows for fans to come together and gush over the mythical magical equine world espoused by My Little Pony.

   2013 December 31, David Stout, “Anyone Can Find Love in 2014 (And We Mean Anyone)”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2014

   The season finale was about the sacrifice you make for your friends, which makes you all stronger. She—Twilight Sparkle—had to sacrifice her magic. I’m a proud Pegasister. . . . I also watch Game of Thrones.

   2014 May 28, Alex Beggs, quoting Lena Hall, “Lena Hall on Bronies, Fake Man Parts, and Playing Neil Patrick Harris’s Husband in Hedwig and the Angry Inch”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2015

   In fact, the fratty overtones of the “bro” prefix are misleading. Roughly 20 percent of BronyCon attendees identify as women — they’re often called “Pegasisters.”

   [2016 July 18, Wesley Yiin, “The grown men who love ‘My Little Pony’ aren’t who you think they are”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2016