Podfic
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files available for streaming or download. slang, uncountable
"While smaller percentages (5 to 25 percent) participate in creating or listening to podfic (audio recordings of fan fiction), filk (fan music), or fan mixes (music playlists tailored to a source or fan work), […]"
- 2 An individual work of recorded fanfic. countable, slang
"Other suggestions included “Fan work tags as high level mandatory categories with appropriate related characteristics, i.e. length and/or size for vid and podfic instead of word count...” This refers to the fact that the Archive accepts other types of fanwork than fic, including art, videos and “podfics,” or recordings of fic, which, much like audiovisual items requiring different catalog records than books, would benefit from different “fields.”"
Example
More examples"While smaller percentages (5 to 25 percent) participate in creating or listening to podfic (audio recordings of fan fiction), filk (fan music), or fan mixes (music playlists tailored to a source or fan work), […]"
Etymology
From iPod + fic.
Related phrases
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