Faberry

English

Etymology

Blend of Fabray +‎ Berry.

Proper noun

Faberry

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.
   • 2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 115:

     In fact, Faberry are the second most represented couple on the meme, however they still only represent 8.6% of all filled stories [Appendix 1].

   • 2014, Kasey Butcher, “Gold Stars and Slushies: The High Cost for Overachieving Girls”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, page 195:

     In doing so, the writers fail to create a suitable counterpart to Rachel Berry and the productive example the “Faberry” relationship could have provided is thwarted in favor of drama over boyfriends and tiaras.

   • 2015, Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Simpson, "Shipping The Margin To The Centre: Excavating Tumblr; Filling In The Self", thesis submitted to Texas A&M University, page 40:

     The way in which the Faberry fandom has taken what few obvious scenes of friendship the show has given them, and also reinterpreted other scenes between Faberry, displays just how important this couple has become to the fandom.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Faberry.