fanfic

See also: fan fic and fan-fic

English

Alternative forms

• fan fic, fan-fic

Etymology

Clipping of fan fiction.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

fanfic (countable and uncountable, plural fanfics)

1. (uncountable, informal) Fan fiction.
2. (countable, informal) A work of fan fiction.

Derived terms

• fanficcer
• fanficcy

 

Related terms

• fic

Descendants

• Russian: фа́нфик (fánfik)
• Ukrainian: фанфі́к (fanfík)

Verb

fanfic (third-person singular simple present fanfics, present participle fanficcing, simple past and past participle fanficced)

1. (intransitive, informal) To write fan fiction.
   • 1998 October 23, pyth...@my-dejanews.com, “Re: The Diary of Tinya Wazzo: Entry #66”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I haven't seriously fanficced in years, and I'm aware of what the exercise requires in terms of structure and theme etc.

2. (transitive, informal) To write fan fiction about (something).
   • 1998 December 3, Gharlane of Eddore, “Re: 7 Days Plot Suggestion: World War Three!”, in rec.arts.sf.tv‎^[2] (Usenet):

     […] in fact, Paramount Legal sent over a memo to Goddenberry pointing out that so many "Vulcan" stories had been "fanficced" that it probably wasn't worth his time to try to come up with anything that he could do safely.

   • 2005 March 9, him...@animail.net, “Re: First Time Buffy Watcher”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[3] (Usenet):

     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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fanfic.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈfi.ki/, /fɐ̃ˈfik/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈfɐ̃.fik/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈfi.ki/, /fɐ̃ˈfik/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈfɐ̃.fik/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈfik/, /fɐ̃ˈfi.ki/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈfɐ̃.fik/

Noun

fanfic f or (uncommon) m (plural fanfics)

1. fan fiction (fiction made by fans)
2. lie (an intentionally false statement)