Pre-slash

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A subgenre of slash fiction in which a homosexual relationship between two characters has not yet developed or is only implied. slang, uncountable

    "The piece of work was a short pre-slash story around Hulkling and Wiccan from The Young Avengers, it was posted under the alias Confidenceiskey on 18 October, 2007."

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"The piece of work was a short pre-slash story around Hulkling and Wiccan from The Young Avengers, it was posted under the alias Confidenceiskey on 18 October, 2007."

Etymology

From pre- + slash (“slash fiction”).

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