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machete beta

machete beta noun: a harsh and exacting beta-read.

Noun

machete beta (countable and uncountable, plural machete betas)

  1. (The X-Files fandom slang) A harsh and exacting beta-read.
    • Marasmus, for asking to read it and then agreeing to do machete beta... […]2000 July 7, play...@aol.com, “xfc: Gutless by Magdeleine (16/16)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • Thanks to Livia Balaban for skillfully wielded machete beta (and snorking); […]2000 September 20, Alelou123, “NEW: Desire (NC-17) 1/6 by Alelou”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

Forms of machete beta

pluralmachete betas

Origin of machete beta

From the image of the beta-reader freely suggesting edits as if hacking away at the fic with a machete.

Questions about machete beta

What does machete beta mean?
Machete beta means a harsh and exacting beta-read.
What part of speech is machete beta?
Machete beta is a noun.
What is the plural of machete beta?
The plural of machete beta is machete betas.

Words near machete beta in the dictionary

  1. macheps
  2. macher
  3. Macheret
  4. machers
  5. machete
  6. machete beta
  7. machete betas
  8. Machete Order
  9. macheted
  10. macheteing
  11. machetelike

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