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Jily en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of James + Lily.

Meanings

  1. (slang) The ship of characters James Potter and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.
    • A classic example is Jily (James/Lily) vs. Snily (Snape/Lily), which even had its own debate at LeakyCon. 2013 October, “Why Victoria (@timelinenargles) Keeps Calm And Ships Jily”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 18:
    • Be prepared for some adorable Jily fluff towards the end haha. 2017, Meg, "Fanfic Recommendation", HPReadathon, October 2017, page 9
    • For example, Rattlesnakeroot writes "I, for one, am glad to see "Lames" or "Jily" fall from grace and crash to pieces like the plaster saints they are. I'm so sick of the romantic picture of them that keeps permeating the various sites. *gag*" [11]. 2014, Zoe Alderton, “'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, page 224: