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cancerfic

cancerfic noun: fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.

Noun

cancerfic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
    • Read a no holds barred interview with author Leyla Harrison, in which she talks about rapefic, cancerfic, feedback, and her approach to writing fanfic.1998 October 8, Nicola Simpson, “Working Stiffs: A Resource for XF Fanfic Writers”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • Here is my cancerfic contribution.1999 October 3, Stephie, “xfc: Xfcancerfic Runner-up: "Walls Have Ears"”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

Origin of cancerfic

From cancer + fic.

Questions about cancerfic

What does cancerfic mean?
Cancerfic means fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
What part of speech is cancerfic?
Cancerfic is a noun.

Words near cancerfic in the dictionary

  1. cancercell
  2. cancercells
  3. cancered
  4. cancerette
  5. cancerettes
  6. cancerfic
  7. Cancerian
  8. Cancerians
  9. cancericidal
  10. cancerigenic
  11. cancerisation

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