Flashfic

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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.

Related phrases

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