pegasister

English

A pegasister cosplaying the character Rainbow Dash.

Etymology

Blend of pegasus +‎ sister.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pegasister (plural pegasisters)

1. (slang) A female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult.
   • 2011, Christina Belisle, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic review, Reporter, 30 September 2011, page 9:

     "Bronies" and "pegasisters," as some fans are called, point to the quality of animation and humor as what makes the series enjoyable.

   • 2011 November 5, Vauhni Vara, Ann Zimmerman, “Hey, Bro, That's My Little Pony! Guys' Interest Mounts in Girly TV Show”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     The group included four "Pegasisters," as the small minority of female bronies sometimes call themselves in this male-dominated world.

   • 2012 January 11, Reed Tucker, “Horsing around!”, in New York Post:

     “I’d say 80 percent of my friends are into it,” says the “pegasister,” slang for a female fan. “My dorm loves it. We get together to watch the shows, and we eat and laugh.”

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

Antonyms

• anti-pegasister

Hypernyms

• brony

Anagrams

• grease pits, petrissage