Fanfic
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Fan fiction. informal, uncountable
- 2 A work of fan fiction. countable, informal
- 1 To write fan fiction. informal, intransitive
"I haven't seriously fanficced in years, and I'm aware of what the exercise requires in terms of structure and theme etc."
- 2 To write fan fiction about (something). informal, transitive
"[…] in fact, Paramount Legal sent over a memo to Goddenberry pointing out that so many "Vulcan" stories had been "fanficced" that it probably wasn't worth his time to try to come up with anything that he could do safely."
Synonyms
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More examples"I haven't seriously fanficced in years, and I'm aware of what the exercise requires in terms of structure and theme etc."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Italic *faznom Latin fānum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan English fiction English fan fiction English fanfic Clipping of fan fiction.
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