Quincest

English

Etymology

From Quin +‎ -cest, presumably constructed to rhyme with twincest.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Quincest

1. (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of identical twin indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
   • 2020, M./Megan Milks, “The Strands”, in Foglifter, volume 4, number 2, page 11:

     When she met Sarah, she felt more solidly herself than she had felt in years. Do you know about the subgenre of Tegan and Sara fan fiction called quincest? Tegan asked. Sarah raised a provocative eyebrow and leaned forward. Does it involve Tegan and Sarah...fucking? The way she said Sarah made it clear who she meant, and they way she said fucking, what.

   • 2024 October 18, Nardos Haile, “'Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara': Five bombshells from catfishing to incest fanfiction”, in Salon.com‎^[1]:

     Some Tegan and Sara fans wrote "Quincest" fanfiction

   • 2024 October 18, Marya E. Gates, “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara”, in RogerEbert.com‎^[2]:

     The other sequence involves a toxic fan named “Tara,” who once ran a blog writing “Quincest” fanfiction (readers, I apologize if this is the first time you are encountering the idea of twincest fanfiction, and if you are, you should probably not google the term further).