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The lore of ‘lore’ – how fandoms created an online phenomenon from an Old English word

By Kate McNicholas Smith, Lecturer in Television Theory, University of Westminster

The term “lore” has, well, a whole lot of lore. Now essential online slang, the word can be traced back to Old English, where it referred primarily to learning, as in the act of teaching or being taught.

Over time, lore came to be associated with more informal knowledge, passed on through word of mouth. The term “folklore,” the “lore…

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