"twitfic" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-twitfic.wav Forms: twitfics [plural]
Etymology: Blend of Twitter + fic Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Twitter|fic}} Blend of Twitter + fic Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} twitfic (countable and uncountable, plural twitfics)
  1. (Internet slang, literature) Fiction hosted on the microblogging site Twitter; twiction. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature, Twitter Synonyms: twiction

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