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soft canon

soft canon noun: secondary material, such as official novels based on a television series, that may or may not be regarded as canon.

Noun

soft canon (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Secondary material, such as official novels based on a television series, that may or may not be regarded as canon.

Questions about soft canon

What does soft canon mean?
Soft canon means secondary material, such as official novels based on a television series, that may or may not be regarded as canon.
What part of speech is soft canon?
Soft canon is a noun.

Words near soft canon in the dictionary

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  2. soft Brexit
  3. soft butch
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  8. soft chancre
  9. soft chancres
  10. soft cheese
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