songfic

songfic noun: a fanfic that incorporates song lyrics and/or uses them as inspiration for its plot.

Noun

songfic (plural songfics)

(countable, slang) A fanfic that incorporates song lyrics and/or uses them as inspiration for its plot.
- For example, in Lines 3 and 4, she asks readers to be gentle with their comments, as this is her first attempt at writing a Beyblade songfic.2006, Rebecca Ward Black, "Access and Affiliation: Adolescent English Language Learners Learning to be Writers in an Online Fanfiction Space", dissertation submitted to the University of Wisconsin at...
- The denigration of songfics relies on both their tendency toward melodrama and their central utilization of two source texts resulting in production of less "original" content.2017, Janet K. Halfyard, Music, Sound, and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 130
(slang, uncountable) Such fan fiction collectively.
- In addition to longer switches, the corpus also included songfic based on songs that are originally not in English.2017, Valeria Franceschi, Exploring Plurilingualism in Fan Fiction: ELF Users as Creative Writers, page 173
- Although the songfic genre was by no means invented by Buffy fandom it is more common there because of the importance of popular songs to Buffy.2017, Janet K. Halfyard, Music, Sound, and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 129

plural	songfics

From song + fic.

What does songfic mean?: Songfic means a fanfic that incorporates song lyrics and/or uses them as inspiration for its plot.
What part of speech is songfic?: Songfic is a noun.
What is the plural of songfic?: The plural of songfic is songfics.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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