"flashfic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flashfics [plural]
Etymology: From flash + fic, from flash fiction. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flash|fic}} flash + fic Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flashfic (countable and uncountable, plural flashfics)
  1. (uncountable, fandom slang) Flash fiction. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Fan fiction, Fiction
    Sense id: en-flashfic-en-noun-K16HwA5N Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 46 54 Disambiguation of Fiction: 56 44 Topics: lifestyle
  2. (countable, fandom slang) An individual work of flash fiction, especially a fanfic. Tags: countable, slang Categories (topical): Fan fiction Synonyms (individual work): drabble, flash fiction, short short story, spamfic, sudden fiction
    Sense id: en-flashfic-en-noun-UOSmdbJv Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Topics: lifestyle Disambiguation of 'individual work': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (genre): flash fiction, microfiction, sudden fiction
Disambiguation of 'genre': 52 48

Inflected forms

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