CoHort
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: Blend of CoHo (“Colleen Hoover”) + cohort.
Compound parts: cohort
Inflected forms:
form: CoHorts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fan of American author Colleen Hoover (born 1979).
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: To the CoHorts for your unrivaled support.
Fans — they call themselves “CoHorts” — get tattoos inspired by her work and vote her books to the top of reader polls.
However, this summer, Hoover—affectionately called CoHo by her huge fan base—gained a whole new legion of CoHorts thanks to the viral nature of social media. […] Lauren [McBride] tells Parade. "I've read nine of her books thus far and consider myself an official CoHort.[…]" […] While I am not a die-hard CoHort, I have read several of Hoover’s books and she is, no doubt, a brilliant writer. […] So, dear readers, are you ready to become a CoHort? We have put together a comprehensive list of Colleen Hoover’s books in order, […]
Her fans (they call themselves CoHorts) point to these unexpected pivots as part of Hoover's appeal.
Hoover is affectionately called Coho^([sic]) by her enormous fan base, who refer to themselves as CoHorts!
“It Starts With Us” had been so eagerly desired by her admirers — CoHorts, some call themselves — that she broke a personal rule: Don’t let “outside influences” determine her next book.
AS A SELF-PROCLAIMED CoHort — Colleen Hoover superfan — I have read 17 out of 23 of her love-story thrillers. […] She has secured her spot as a New York Times bestselling author by teaching us CoHorts to expect the unexpected.
Her fans, who are mostly women, call themselves CoHorts and post gushing reactions to her books’ devastating climaxes. […] The encounter often lasted less than a minute, but for CoHorts, meeting her is akin to making a religious pilgrimage.
COHORTS RISE […] These wild stats aren’t a surprise if you ventured onto BookTok or Goodreads: Hoover has a vocal (and fiercely devoted) following with CoHorts forcing her books to occupy seven of the ten top spots in this week’s New York Times Paperback Trade Fiction best-seller list.
The Texas writer’s page-turning novels and devoted army of ‘CoHorts’ have made her BookTok royalty – and one of the world’s biggest selling authors […] Hoover says she doesn’t want to be confined to a genre, but most of the books could be described as romances or thrillers, and it is clear that her fans want and expect something specific from a Colleen Hoover book – they call her CoHo, and themselves Cohorts.^([sic]) […] It’s unlikely she’ll drop off the bestseller charts any time soon. At least, not if her ever devoted CoHorts have anything to do with it.
Hoover’s story is an inspiring testament to hard work, self-belief and engaging with your audience, which she has done for the duration of her career, interacting with her army of “CoHorts” on TikTok and Facebook.
Colleen’s ‘CoHorts’ are devout. Effusive. And they live for the drama.
But when Hoover surprised her CoHorts with news “It Ends With Us” was becoming a coloring book on Jan. 10, fans questioned whether the dramatic novel could survive the adaptation into other mediums — and whether it should make the leap at all, given its themes of domestic abuse and trauma.
Hoover’s first book, “Slammed,” was pushed to the bestseller list by an army of digital followers who called themselves “CoHorts.”
COLLEEN’S COHORTS
Now that Hoover’s rise to stardom is over, the rising number of Hoover’s haters are beginning to overwhelm “CoHorts,” the name given to her die-hard fans.
Hoover has over 2 million followers on Instagram and a dedicated fan base that calls themselves CoHorts which, according to me, is a new phenomenon in literature.
There’s no denying her impact: Book communities on Instagram (CoHorts, as they call themselves) have gone head-to-head ranking their favorite CoHo books (yep, that's their name for her), while Barnes & Noble and indie bookstores alike have tables dedicated to her work.
Across the globe you'll find millions of 'CoHorts' (Colleen's fan base) singing the praises of their beloved author with fan accounts, blogs and newsletters dedicated to the characters brought to life in her books. […] 'CoHorts' and romance novel aficionados alike became instantly attached to the character of Lily.
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