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B story

B story is the alternative form of B-story.

Meaning of B-story

Noun

B-story (plural B-stories)

  1. A subplot that appears in a screenplay or script for a movie or television show; a subplot that concerns the side-characters or less important aspects of a television show.
    • In the B-story, Bart goes from metaphorically crying wolf to literally crying wolf when a timber wolf escapes from Krusty’s studio after getting freaked by loud noises. The wild beast ultimately menaces Bart in his schoolroom before Groundskeeper Willie strips down and saves the day by defeating...2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of B story

pluralB stories

Questions about B story

What is B story the alternative form of?
B story is the alternative form of B-story.

Words near B story in the dictionary

  1. B roll
  2. B rolls
  3. b sharp
  4. b sharps
  5. B stories
  6. B story
  7. B team
  8. B teamer
  9. B teams
  10. B unit
  11. B units

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Adapted from Wiktionary: B story (page history and authors); B-story (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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