Altfic

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Slash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female characters. slang, uncountable

    "Another rumor I heard: Seven kisses Janeway, Janeway tells Seven it's inappropriate. Why? Cuz it's on the bridge? Seven's nekkid? Why would it be inappropriate? What a spate of altfic coming out of that....Interaction seems to be what's missing from a lot of the season lately, not just J/7."

Example

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"Another rumor I heard: Seven kisses Janeway, Janeway tells Seven it's inappropriate. Why? Cuz it's on the bridge? Seven's nekkid? Why would it be inappropriate? What a spate of altfic coming out of that....Interaction seems to be what's missing from a lot of the season lately, not just J/7."

Etymology

From alt- + fic.

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