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comfortfic

comfortfic noun: fan fiction read in order to make oneself feel better when sad, ill, stressed, etc.

Noun

comfortfic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Fan fiction read in order to make oneself feel better when sad, ill, stressed, etc.
    • 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, Red Valerian [username], “What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • Tucking up with a cuppa and some comfort fic…sounds wonderful to me.1999 October 25, Wayward [username], “Re: What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

Forms of comfortfic

alternative formcomfort fic

Origin of comfortfic

From comfort + fic, by analogy with comfort food.

Questions about comfortfic

What does comfortfic mean?
Comfortfic means fan fiction read in order to make oneself feel better when sad, ill, stressed, etc.
What part of speech is comfortfic?
Comfortfic is a noun.

Words near comfortfic in the dictionary

  1. comfortedst
  2. comforter
  3. comforters
  4. comfortest
  5. comforteth
  6. comfortfic
  7. comfortful
  8. comfortin'
  9. comforting
  10. comfortingly
  11. comfortingness

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