What Does This Mean?

Vid

[ ABBREVIATION ][ FAN VIDEO ][ FANDOM VOCABULARY ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Fan Video CultureCLUSTER: Fan Video Format

Old-guard fandom shorthand for a fan-made video, especially in vidding communities that predate the term 'fan edit' becoming mainstream.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"She's been vidding since the VHS days, so she still calls every fan edit a 'vid'."

LORE & ORIGIN

Fandom vidding-community vocabulary dating back to VCR-era fan video culture, carried forward by longtime fanvid communities as their preferred term over newer 'edit' terminology.

FIRST SEEN

1975

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

1975-2010 (Vidding Community), niche ongoing

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ ABBREVIATION ][ FAN VIDEO ][ FANDOM VOCABULARY ]

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

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