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issuefic

issuefic noun: fan fiction which explores or comments upon social or political issues.

Noun

issuefic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Fan fiction which explores or comments upon social or political issues.
    • Even a gay identification, though, did not lead to the endorsement of gay politics. As noted earlier in the chapter, the respondents expressed a dislike of "issue fic."2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, page 92
    • This story also appeared to me to be an “issue fic” by virtue of its handling of a character who was still in the process of transitioning (or recently had) and who specifically acknowledged fearing transphobia within the text, in addition to tags about “misunderstandings” and “self confidence...2017, Elliot Aaron Director, "Something Queer In His Make-Up: Genderbending, Omegaverses, And Fandom's Discontents", dissertation submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 126

Forms of issuefic

alternative formissue fic

Origin of issuefic

From issue + fic.

Questions about issuefic

What does issuefic mean?
Issuefic means fan fiction which explores or comments upon social or political issues.
What part of speech is issuefic?
Issuefic is a noun.

Words near issuefic in the dictionary

  1. issue peas
  2. issue tracking system
  3. issue tracking systems
  4. issued
  5. issuee
  6. issuefic
  7. issueing
  8. issueless
  9. issuelessness
  10. issueness
  11. issuer

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