Stony

Stony

See also: stony

English

Etymology

Blend of Steve +‎ Tony.

Proper noun

Stony

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
   • 2013, Poe Johnson, "Cultural Memory as Fandom Ideology in the Remediated World", The Phoenix Papers, Volume 1, Number 2, July 2013, page 51:

     The "Stony" fandom takes the comic remediation ship or genderswap and removes it from its aesthetic relationship by placing it within a new remediated work.

   • 2013, "Fandoms Assemble 2013 Fanfic Awards", Fandoms Assemble, July 2013, page 21:

     It tugged at my heartstrings with Steve's memories, as well as giving me so many Stony feels.

   • 2016, Olivia Riley, "Queerness and Emotion in Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 10:

     The largest ships in the MCU are “Stucky” (Steve Rogers AKA Captain America and Bucky Barnes AKA the Winter Soldier) and “Stony” (Steve Rogers and Tony Stark AKA Iron Man).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Stony.

Anagrams

• Tonys, Tyson, synto