Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swan queen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: swan queen
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Swan Queen fans argue that the show runners of OUAT use subtextual codes within canonical storylines in an effort to queerbait the show’s queer audience members."
"[…] for OUaT, the “Swan Queen” ship, pairing protagonist Emma Swan and evil queen Regina Mills, is one of the most dominant on Tumblr."
"While not all queer female OUAT fans are SQ shippers, and other femslash ships do exist within the fandom, the Swan Queen fandom is the largest and most vocal femslash fandom (and possibly ship fandom in general) within the broader OUAT fandom and is the fandom SUAS is written about and for."

Etymology

Swan + Queen, a combination of Emma Swan's surname and Regina Mills' title as the Evil Queen, likely chosen to reference the character in the ballet Swan Lake.

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does swan queen mean?: The ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.
Where does swan queen come from?: Swan + Queen, a combination of Emma Swan's surname and Regina Mills' title as the Evil Queen, likely chosen to reference the character in the ballet Swan Lake.

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