"slash fiction" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-slash fiction.ogg Forms: slash fictions [plural]
Etymology: From slash + fiction, from the use of the slash symbol (/) to separate the names or initials of the characters or persons involved. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} slash fiction (countable and uncountable, plural slash fictions)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of fan fiction focusing on romantic and/or sexual relationships between characters of the same sex (typically men). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fan fiction, Fiction, LGBT, Sex, Shipping (fandom)
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  2. (countable) A work in the genre of slash fiction Tags: countable Categories (topical): Fiction, Sex Synonyms: slash, slashfic Hyponyms (female/female slash): altfic, femslash, f, f slash Hyponyms (male/male slash): boyslash, m, m slash Related terms: slash, slasher, slashfic Coordinate_terms: shipfic
    Sense id: en-slash_fiction-en-noun-qwqELly1 Disambiguation of Fiction: 54 46 Disambiguation of Sex: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'female/female slash': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'male/male slash': 0 100 Derived forms: boyslash, f, f slash, femslash, femslasher, m, m slash, pre-slash, slash, slashable, slashdom, slasher, slashfic, slashy, slashzine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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