comfortfic

See also: comfort fic

English

Alternative forms

• comfort fic

Etymology

comfort +‎ fic, by analogy with comfort food.

Noun

comfortfic (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Fan fiction read in order to make oneself feel better when sad, ill, stressed, etc.
   • 1999 October 25, Red Valerian [username], “What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I'm in need of some comfort fic - as opposed to comfort food - and this genre seems to fit the bill perfectly.

   • 1999 October 25, Wayward [username], “Re: What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Tucking up with a cuppa and some comfort fic…sounds wonderful to me.

   • 2001 September 28, Charles Glasgow, “Re: FIC - Almost Paradise: 1/4 (W/X)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Be warned, this is gonna be anything but pure comfortfic or mushfic. Or pure angstfic, for that matter.

See also

• hurt/comfort