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The name arises from the use of the slash symbol (/) in mentions in the late ' 70s of K / S ( meaning stories where Kirk and Spock had a romantic often sexual relationship ) as compared to the ampersand (&) conventionally used for K & S or Kirk and Spock friendship fiction.

For a time both slash and K / S ( for " Kirk / Spock ") were used interchangeably.

Slash later spread to other fandoms, first Starsky and Hutch, Blake's 7, and The Professionals, then many others, eventually creating a fandom based around the concept of slash.

Many early slash stories were based on a pairing of two close friends, a " hero dyad " or " One True Pairing " such as Kirk / Spock or Starsky / Hutch ; conversely, a classic pairing between foils was that of Blake / Avon from Blake's 7.