Reylo

English

Etymology

Blend of Rey +‎ Kylo.

Proper noun

Reylo

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars.
   • 2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:

     In The Force Awakens fandom, for example, there is a vocal contingent of anti-Reylo fans, […]

   • 2018, anonymous author, “Letters to Editors”, in Lot's Wife, Monash University, Edition 2 (2018), page 3:

     It has now been a month since my last letter to you, and Reylo is closer to becoming canon than ever.

   • 2019, Emily Webb-Mortimer, "2019: year of the remake?", InQuire (University of Kent), 25 January 2019, page 15:

     The final instalment of this Star Wars trilogy will be in our cinemas in December to answer all our burning questions: will Reylo ever happen?

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

Noun

Reylo (plural Reylos)

1. (fandom slang) A shipper of Rey and Kylo Ren.

   Antonym: anti-Reylo

   • 2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily:

     When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.

   • 2020, Victoria Song, "How Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me", Gizmodo Australia, 3 February 2021:

     And with the Reylos, rose the Anti-Reylos who argued that the ship was indicative of racism and perpetuated abusive relationship tropes.

   • 2020, Alexandria P. Sutherland, "Star Wars, Parasocial Relationships and Breakups, and The Force...of Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Tennessee, pages 29-30:

     She goes onto state that Reylos experienced harassment over the death of Kylo Ren, as well as inherently political harassment that included sexist and racist taunts.

Anagrams

• Elroy, Le Roy, LeRoy, Leroy, Roley, Royle