Gigapause

English

Alternative forms

• gigapause

Etymology

From giga- +‎ pause.

Proper noun

Gigapause

1. (Homestuck fandom slang) The first extended hiatus of Homestuck, beginning on October 16, 2013 and lasting exactly one year.
   • 2014 October 16, josh, yeah (@joshyaaa), Twitter‎^[1]:

     I wonder how tumblr is doing now that the Gigapause has ended

   • 2020 January 26, Ava (@IikeClockwork), Twitter‎^[2]:

     Ive said this many times but it was so funny that after the gigapause people accused homestucks characters of being 'ooc' because people spent a year reading fanfiction

   • 2021 April 10, Orlando the Uniobou (@muteOrator), Twitter‎^[3]:

     Homestuck's Gigapause was the BEST thing to ever happen to Gravity Falls.

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

See also

• Omegapause