"fanfic" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fanfic.ogg [Australia] Forms: fanfics [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of fan fiction. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|fan fiction}} Clipping of fan fiction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fanfic (countable and uncountable, plural fanfics)
  1. (uncountable, informal) Fan fiction. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Fan fiction
    Sense id: en-fanfic-en-noun-k24tQ9NK Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 33 24 27 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 28 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 22 26 21
  2. (countable, informal) A work of fan fiction. Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-fanfic-en-noun-uP40GaAJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 28 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 22 26 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fan fic, fan-fic, fanfic, fan fiction, fanfiction, fic Hypernyms: creative work, work of fiction Hyponyms: PWP, crack fic, badfic, deathfic, dubcon, lemon, lime, shipfic Derived forms: fanficcer, fanficcy Related terms: fic, story, fiction, fan of fiction, fictional character, fictional universe, fanart, fanwank

Verb

Audio: En-au-fanfic.ogg [Australia] Forms: fanfics [present, singular, third-person], fanficcing [participle, present], fanficced [participle, past], fanficced [past]
Etymology: Clipping of fan fiction. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|fan fiction}} Clipping of fan fiction Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} fanfic (third-person singular simple present fanfics, present participle fanficcing, simple past and past participle fanficced)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To write fan fiction. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fanfic-en-verb-l7IiptCd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 28 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 22 26 21
  2. (transitive, informal) To write fan fiction about (something). Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fanfic-en-verb-yFUGDxg3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 28 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 22 26 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fan fic, fan-fic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 March 9, him...@animail.net, “Re: First Time Buffy Watcher”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)",
          "text": "See above on Charlie's Angels. They never seemed to have lives of any sort and weren't interesting to me; they always seemed like soft porn for the guys, but a lot of girls fanwanked and fanficced them into more, so I guess they could qualify.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write fan fiction about (something)."
      ],
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        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "fan fiction",
          "fan fiction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To write fan fiction about (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-au-fanfic.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fan fic"
    },
    {
      "word": "fan-fic"
    }
  ],
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}

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