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futurefic

futurefic noun: a fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.

Noun

futurefic (plural futurefics)

  1. (slang) A fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.
    • It all inspired me to write this sort of mini futurefic, a look at what might happen when what we once knew is gone.1998 July 23, Eyeglazer [username], “A Glimpse of the Future [futurefic]”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet)
    • A futurefic involving a grown William Mulder looking for his...parents...with John Doggett playing an adoptive "uncle"?2001 July 1, Michael Aulfrey, “Argh! Which one to write?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

Forms of futurefic

pluralfuturefics

Origin of futurefic

From future + fic.

Questions about futurefic

What does futurefic mean?
Futurefic means a fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.
What part of speech is futurefic?
Futurefic is a noun.
What is the plural of futurefic?
The plural of futurefic is futurefics.

Words near futurefic in the dictionary

  1. future-proof
  2. future-proofed
  3. future-proofing
  4. future-proofs
  5. futured
  6. futurefic
  7. futurefics
  8. futureless
  9. futurelessly
  10. futurelessness
  11. futurelike

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