Kurtofsky

Kurtofsky

English

Etymology

Blend of Kurt +‎ Karofsky.

Proper noun

Kurtofsky

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee.
   • 2013, Hannah Ellison, "Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme", Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1, May 2013, page 117:

     By drilling down further, the results reveal that half of those are Klaine stories and a third are Kurtofsky (the pairing of Kurt with his bully turned secret admirer)

   • 2017, Mandy Rita Stewart, "Digital Literacies And 'glee': The Role Of Fan Fiction Virtual Writing And Social Commentary In Response To Bullying Themes With Adolescent Writers", dissertation submitted to Wayne State University, page 1:

     On the fan fiction site, participants began writing “Kurtofsky” (Kurt/Dave pairing) romances in response to this plot twist, which I read avidly to see the participant reaction to this unexpected pairing.

   • 2015, Alice Casarini, "Chorus Lines–Translating Musical Television Series in the Age of Participatory Culture: The Case of Glee", in Audiovisual Translation: Taking Stock (eds. Jorge Díaz Cintas & Josélia Neves), page 216:

     Besides discussing the series and rooting for specific, slang-labelled twosomes (such as the heterosexual duo nicknamed "Finchel", Finn and Rachel, or the same-sex couple of "Kurtofsky", Kurt and Karofsky), fans have contributed to the diffusion and re-mediation of the show so much that the Glee phenomenon has been defined as "a user-generated musical epidemic" (Zaccone 2009; online, my translation).