Do we still use the word "jossed?"

[brightknightie]

Does fandom at large still use the term "jossed," that is, having a plot theory or fanfic story in progress overtaken or overturned by emerging canon? Or do we now avoid the term because of its original namesake's revealed behavior? (Or because young folks don't get the reference?) I see that it's still on TVTropes. Just curious!

I was idly thinking ahead to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, which will surely joss its share of theories and stories, as well as supply some "I knew it!"s.

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[picori]

As a younger fandom person, I can offer my own input in that I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually use the term in current fandom spaces? The last time I saw it was, like, a decade ago when I mainly read older fanfiction from fanfiction.net. It may have just faded out of use, or maybe people did purposefully stop using it. Or both!

[under_the_silk_tree]

I haven't seen it in a really long time. I had actually forgotten about it.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I still see it used, but in the connotation of "great show got cancelled for no good reason."

[thefruitbat]

Never heard it before but I already had a hunch that it had something to do with Joss Whedon. (Still miffed that he killed so many good characters. -_- )