"actorfic" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: actorfics [plural]
Etymology: actor + fic Etymology templates: {{compound|en|actor|fic}} actor + fic Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} actorfic (countable and uncountable, plural actorfics)
  1. (countable, fandom slang) A fanfic focusing on the imagined activities of a real actor or actors. Tags: countable, slang
    Sense id: en-actorfic-en-noun-248T5bfD Topics: lifestyle
  2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Fan fiction
    Sense id: en-actorfic-en-noun-o321uXM6 Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: real person fiction

Inflected forms

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