noun
Internet Slang
found family
· noun · internet
A chosen-not-born family — friends, crew, misfits — who become each other's people.
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A group of unrelated characters — or real people — who bond into something that functions like family. The whole appeal: nobody had to love each other, they chose to. It's the emotional core of half of modern fantasy, half of queer media, and most ensemble shows worth watching.
“I'm a sucker for any book with a found family arc — give me six idiots in a basement saving each other and I'm done.”
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found family In A Sentence
I'm a sucker for any book with a found family arc — give me six idiots in a basement saving each other and I'm done.
Origin & Usage
Long-running fanfiction trope tag (AO3, Tumblr) that broke into mainstream fandom and BookTok vocabulary in the 2010s.
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