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Treklit

Treklit noun: written fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.

Noun

Treklit (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Written fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.
    • Fran Hitchcock, in a fanzine debate with Paula Smith (Archives 7), pointed out that while Treklit can be seen as a training ground for writers with professional aspirations, most Trekwriters do it for the love of it .1984, Folklore Women's Communication, Issues 32-34, unnumbered page
    • Even men who actively participate in the fanwriting find it difficult to overcome the prejudice against the form in the masculine community. Humor bridges the uncomfortable gap between wanting to write in the fanzines and having expectations that real men don't write Treklit.1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, page 153

Origin of Treklit

From Trek + lit (“literature”).

Questions about Treklit

What does Treklit mean?
Treklit means written fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.
What part of speech is Treklit?
Treklit is a noun.

Words near Treklit in the dictionary

  1. trekking poles
  2. trekkings
  3. Trekkish
  4. trekky
  5. Trekless
  6. Treklit
  7. treknical
  8. treknobabble
  9. Treknological
  10. Treknology
  11. trekpass

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