OnlyFans en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
After the name of the service OnlyFans, from only + fans (“plural of fan: a person who is fond of something or someone”), because the website contains content that only fans of a person would be willing to pay for. The site was founded in November 2016 by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely.
Meanings
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(colloquial) An account on OnlyFans, an online subscription service best known for hosting amateur pornography.
How people make money is their choice, and the stigma surrounding sex work greatly affects women and trans women, especially those of color. But I don't live in a world or function in circles where that nuance is discussed and accepted. So, an OnlyFans is out the window.
2022, Kosoko Jackson, A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Penguin Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 61:Either Moon Monaghan was a world-class gaslighter or he really did have no idea what I was talking about. "The entire reason why I set up the meeting with you," I said, "was that you were threatening Bethany Rose's client, Blake James. Over the money owed from his OnlyFans."
2023, Alison Gaylin, Robert B. Parker's Bad Influence, Penguin Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 119:I've had a lot of conversations with women, including friends, where they are like, 'You should create an OnlyFans! But I would never do that myself.' They were slut-shaming me when they said that.
2025, Leora Tanenbaum, Sexy Selfie Nation: Standing Up for Yourself in Today's Toxic, Sexist Culture, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 203:Whilst Kate Nash has stuck to releasing interesting music with critical acclaim in the years since, she's never hit the same commercially successful heights again. Kate Nash just revealed that to fund her tours, she has set up an OnlyFans with bum pics.
2024 November 26, Harrison Brocklehurst, “Kate Nash is using OnlyFans to fund her tour and her statement on why is utterly iconic”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:gunna get an onlyfans set up soon folks! stay tuned
2017 January 9, @ellisthemouse, Twitter:On that Demon Time, she might start an OnlyFans
2020 April 29, “Savage Remix”, J. White Did It (music), performed by Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé:Many Cyber Simps think they're getting a shot at a woman who will be the perfect girlfriend by dropping their comments on her pictures on Instagram, donating to her Ca$happ, or paying for a subscription to her OnlyFans.
2021, Shawn James, Stop Simpin in Cyberspace, SJS Direct, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnlyFans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |