Flashfic
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Flash fiction. slang, uncountable
"I will throw down the gauntlet to other flash authors (or anyone else)... Write a piece of flashfic that's a palindrome (reading by paragraphs, that is). I'll see if I can whip out another one as well..."
- 2 An individual work of flash fiction, especially a fanfic. countable, slang
"(Though, not to nit pick^([sic]) but it isn't a drabble; they're 100 words, excluding title; this is a short fic, flashfic, ficlet...whatever<g>)"
Example
More examples"I will throw down the gauntlet to other flash authors (or anyone else)... Write a piece of flashfic that's a palindrome (reading by paragraphs, that is). I'll see if I can whip out another one as well..."
Etymology
From flash + fic, from flash fiction.
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