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Canons
Plural. See canon.

If you're talking about Lord of the Rings and Star Wars at the same time, you're talking about two different Canons.
By Adelind
Canonically
Relating to a canon. The word is mostly used in fan fiction to describe a piece of information as official.

Canonically, the Among Us impostors are an alien species that can shapeshift.
By Moina
Canon
In slang, a word used by those who write fanfiction. It refers to the original body of work that the fanfiction came from.

Her fanfiction ideas screwed around with the canon storyline of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
By Yoshi
Canonical
The real deal; a piece that is widely recognized as a genuine member of the body of work (oeuvre) of a given artist/writer/composer; a standard by which all others are compared.

I just finished reading the "canonical list of auto plurals" on manofleisure.us
By Jacinda
Canonical
The standard form of a mathmematical equation that can be written in many ways, making it easier to compare to other forms of the same equation.

The canonical sum of products form for representing the boolean function OR is simply A + B
By Delcine
Canon
A piece of work -usually in reference to literature- that was written by the original author. Spin-offs, fan fiction, and any work not written by the original author of that fictional universe is considered non-canon.

I got sad at the end of Rurouni Kenshin: Seisouhen. Good thing it took out a lot of chunks from the original plot and wasn't written by Nobuhiro Watsuki, or else it would have been considered canon. :D
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Oh my GOD that Naruto fan fiction SUCKED! Thank God it wasn't canon.
By Junia
Canon
default pairings, often used to describe pairings in fanfiction that are claimed to be obvious. in other words, a couple that is heavily promoted or suggested in the show.

Jaden/Syrus is almost as canon to shonen fans as Jaden/Alexis is to het fans.
By Tallou
Canon
A term used especially within gaming communties to differentiate between the official storyline (= canon) and everything which is not, like fanfiction, fanvids, etc.

"A lot of people consider Chell to be the daughter of Cave & Caroline, but it's by no means canon."
By Sapphira
Canon
A fanfiction or pairing that is true to the original work.

Puzzleshipping is so canon, don't you think?
By Lorraine
Canonization
1. A process where worthy people are endowed among the canon of saints.

2. The murdering of Jedi Knights by force of millions of Stormtroopers.

1. All saints are accepted into the canon of saints through a process known as canonization.

2. All the Jedi were hunted down and destroyed by millions of Stormtroopers through a process known as canonization.
By Halley