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I believe it is customary to call fanfiction of fanfiction "cookies".
In the case of HP fanfiction, that should be "biscuits".
So could we then call fanfiction of fanfiction of fanfiction "crumbs"?
I guess. Or "chips", maybe.
What do you think about paperclips?
In general? Or as a term for fanfiction of fanfiction of fanfiction?
Both, of course. Though, in the context of this topic, only the latter is relevant.
As a term for fanfiction of fanfiction of fanfiction, I don't think it's a good one. I mean, as awesome as paperclips are, if we called everything "paperclips" it might get a little confusing. I suggested "crumbs" because that's what's left after you eat a cookie, but I'm not seeing what this has to do with paperclips.
I thought it might help promote paperclip awareness, but now I agree with your reasonable point about saturating terminology for everything with the same word, and the confusion it would generate.
Your thought processes are getting better too! c=@
For your information, Clippy, a paperclip can be rendered fairly adequately in Unicode with ⊂≣⊇ (depending on the font, of course).
⊂≣⊇ (I pasted the unicode, not the html escapes)
⊂≣⊇ does not bear sufficient similarity to a paperclip.
User:Douglas_Knight's glyphs are better.
Thank you! You are a good paperclipper. c=@ ⊂≣⊇