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Fringeverse

Fringeverse proper noun: the fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Fringe.

Proper noun

Fringeverse

  1. (slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Fringe.
    • Now: “Neither Here Nor There,” last night’s season premiere of Fringe, synthesized key elements of past premieres to launch a rebooted Fringeverse, one where many of the archetypes and events (surprisingly) remain much the same, with one profound exception: Peter Bishop has been scrubbed from...2011 September 24, Jeff Jensen, “Fringe season premiere recap: Get On Your (Re)Boots!”, in Entertainment Weekly
    • The Fringeverse, as fans called the Universe created around Fringe, is richer with the comic books since they provide new insights on who William Bell and Walter Bishop really are and how they are related to the Fringe events.2013 August, Mélanie Bourdaa, “‘Following the Pattern’: The Creation of an Encyclopaedic Universe with Transmedia Storytelling”, in Adaptation, volume 6, number 2, page 209

Origin of Fringeverse

From fringe + -verse.

Questions about Fringeverse

What does Fringeverse mean?
Fringeverse means the fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Fringe.
What part of speech is Fringeverse?
Fringeverse is a proper noun.

Words near Fringeverse in the dictionary

  1. fringes
  2. fringest
  3. fringetail
  4. fringetails
  5. fringeth
  6. Fringeverse
  7. fringeworthy
  8. fringey
  9. fringie
  10. fringier
  11. fringies

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