Ziam

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of Zayn +‎ Liam.

Proper noun

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Ziam

  1. (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Zayn Malik and Liam Payne of the band One Direction.
    • 2013 August, Marynyriene Silvestre, “Why I Love One Direction”, in Stache, page 25:
      Team Ziam and Team Larry all the way!
    • 2014, "paxxxxxxxxxx", quoted in Helena Löfgren, "'One Direction is not a phase like any other fandom I've been in, they're like my life' –en analys av fandom som källa till helighet", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 25:
      it feels like the one direction fandom is split in smaller fandoms like the larry fandom, the elounor fandom, the ziam fandom, etcetera
    • 2017, Millicent Lovelock, "You & I: One Direction, Fans and the Co-Construction of Identity", thesis submitted to the University of Otago, page 62:
      The One Direction fandom split into supporters of two primary relationships (and a whole lot of sub-relationships), "Larry Stylinson" and "Ziam" (Zayn and Liam).

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