Definition of "fanwank" []

• Explanations invented by fans (of a television series etc.) to gloss over mistakes in continuity. (noun)

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• "But Who Killed Kennedy is a masterpiece of what's termed fanwank - the blatant, sometimes gratuitous use of continuity references to further a narrative."
• "I just don't like the use of that kiss from the confidential to somehow whitewash/fanwank what I saw with my own eyes on the screen in JE."
• "This could have turned into the most awful fanwank, but in fact we have a tight, taut set of plays depicting the rise of Davros through the ranks of the Kaled leadership on Skaro against the background of the "Forever War" against the Thals."