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sickfic

sickfic noun: a fanfic which focuses on a character dealing with illness.

Noun

sickfic (countable and uncountable, plural sickfics)

  1. (countable, slang) A fanfic which focuses on a character dealing with illness.
    • A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote a sickfic.1999 October 26, Nicola Simpson, “Re: What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • Summary: A cliché little sickfic2001 March 23, Bracha Shahar, “Fic: Urgggg”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
  2. (slang, uncountable) Fanfiction which intentionally deals with disturbing situations and themes.
    • Probably so he can post some truly disgusting darkfic/deathfic/sickfic/hatefic, like Soun doing ungodly things to his children as an explanation for their behaviour...or at least Kasumi.1997 April 8, B Jones, “Re: To all Fanfic authors...”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet)
    • But somehow, calling a^([sic]) fanfic is giving it too much regard. Sickfic would be more like it.1998 January 22, Soton, “Re: [POLL] Truly awful fanfics”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)

Examples of sickfic in a sentence

  • This was written as a sickfic for the List Mom of ShoDDs.2001 July 20, Medie, “FIC: Safety And Security (DSR) 1/1”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
  • Sickfic is hard-core pornography with a thin gloss of XF over it, with themes such as sex with children, sex with animals, incest, rape, torture, and scat.1999 May 6, badfic, “Re: ScullyKinkStoriesBANNED”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Synonyms of sickfic

Forms of sickfic

pluralsickfics

Origin of sickfic

From sick + fic.

Questions about sickfic

What does sickfic mean?
Sickfic means a fanfic which focuses on a character dealing with illness.
How do you use sickfic in a sentence?
This was written as a sickfic for the List Mom of ShoDDs.
What part of speech is sickfic?
Sickfic is a noun.
What is the plural of sickfic?
The plural of sickfic is sickfics.

Words near sickfic in the dictionary

  1. sickerness
  2. sickers
  3. Sickert
  4. Sickertian
  5. sickest
  6. sickfic
  7. sickfics
  8. sickfluencer
  9. sickfluencers
  10. sickhouse
  11. sickhouses

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