[ SLANG ][ FANDOM ][ NOUN ]
When trying to explain one small piece of backstory requires explaining three more pieces of backstory first, until the explanation has spiraled far past the original question.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Asked one question about the show and got a full lore spiral, twenty minutes later I still don't have an answer."
LORE & ORIGIN
Fandom lore vocabulary naming the recursive-explanation problem itself, not just deep lore existing.
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