- Where does the term Fancy Skating come from?by worldfiguresportThe term Fancy Skating is etched into a golden history and is on the cover of a literary masterpiece titled, Figure and Fancy Skating, by George A. Meagher, 1895, published by Bliss, Sands and Foster in London. This document was published in the beautiful era (la belle époque), and coincided with a beautiful era in …