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plot bunny

plot bunny noun: an idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.

Noun

plot bunny (plural plot bunnies)

  1. (slang) An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
    • "Alternatively," she [T.M. Taylor] says, "the plot bunnies may be going somewhere you don't want to go, like when the plot calls for the death of a favorite character"2003, Jenna Glatzer, Outwitting Writer's Block: And Other Problems of the Pen, →ISBN, page 99

Forms of plot bunny

pluralplot bunnies
alternative formplotbunny

Origin of plot bunny

From the metaphorical image of the writer's brain producing ideas with the abundance and speed with which rabbits are fabled to breed.

Questions about plot bunny

What does plot bunny mean?
Plot bunny means an idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
What part of speech is plot bunny?
Plot bunny is a noun.
What is the plural of plot bunny?
The plural of plot bunny is plot bunnies.

Words near plot bunny in the dictionary

  1. Plosses
  2. plot
  3. plot armor
  4. plot armour
  5. plot bunnies
  6. plot bunny
  7. plot coupon
  8. plot coupons
  9. plot device
  10. plot devices
  11. plot hole

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