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Gift Exchange

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An organized fandom event in which participants anonymously make fanworks, usually fic or art, for one another from requests and offers, with the gifts revealed on a set date.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Signups for the gift exchange close Sunday, and the reveals are in January.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wikipedia describes a gift exchange as an organized challenge where participants write fan fiction for one another, citing Yuletide, an annual rare-fandom exchange. The Daily Dot dates Yuletide to 2003, with gifts posted on Christmas Day.

FIRST SEEN

2003 (Yuletide, per the Daily Dot)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s-present

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:fic exchange gift fic Yuletide

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2003 (Yuletide, per the Daily Dot)

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