Johnlocker

English

Etymology

Johnlock +‎ -er

Noun

Johnlocker (plural Johnlockers)

1. (fandom slang) A shipper of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from the television series Sherlock.
   • 2014, "Hades", "On Benedict Cumberbatch", The Nerdwriter, February 2014, page 9:

     As much as I dislike shipping people in real life, CumberBrealey/Beneloo/Cumberloo are my OTP.

     (Come at me, Johnlockers!)

   • 2018, Daneel, quoted in Katie Wilson, "Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities", in A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (ed. Paul Booth), page 434:

     Since the Johnlockers won't call out others within their own ship, I will.

   • 2018, Diana W. Anselmo, "Gender and Queer Fan Labor on Tumblr: The Cast of BBC's Sherlock", Feminist Media Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2018, page 96:

     As a microcosmos, TJLCers and Johnlockers demonstrate that queer viewers can weaponize consumer culture to challenge essentialist stereotypes that still restrict what is socially expected and encouraged of individuals based on their biological gender, sexual preference, and mental health status.

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