Yes, it would, and you should post this as a separate entry to that end :)

When I joined fandom, people had dropped the 'ship apostrophe, but pairing was still very much used.

ETA: I don't even see OTP used all that much - partly possibly because we are't as OTP-ish as we used to? Partly, I feel, because we don't post as much meta and off-the-cuff meta as we used to :(

I love "fen", I think it's a great term, and still use it, but agree it has fallen into great decline.