2006 August 12, Nuki Mouse, “More terms for sexual content [Re: Warning! Gay soft-porn link]”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[1] (Usenet):
Many times the 2 character names in PWP stories are combined into one like a Harry & Ginny story being called a "Hinny," but many time this is also done for romantic (non-sexual) stories as well.)
2014, Zakia Jeewa, "Social Network Fandoms & Online Role-Playing: Harry Potter and The Vampire Diaries Fans on Twitter", thesis submitted to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, page 99:
Below are two images of fan art which represents the Hinny ship.
2015, Rebecca Fartharly, "What are your favourite fictional ships?", inQuire (University of Kent), 13 February 2015, page 10:
On the other hand, one of the ships I hate is Hinny, a.k.a. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.
2017, Andrew, "Romance in HP: Hinny", HPReadathon, Issue 2, February 2017, page 2:
And that's my not at all biased take on why Hinny are the perfect couple.
