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wingfic

wingfic noun: fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.

Noun

wingfic (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
    • Section three, on forms and genres, might consider such fan genres as slash, het/ship, genfic, alternate universes and realities, mpreg, BDSM, kinkfic, elves, and wingfic.2004 November, Science Fiction Studies, volume 31, number 3, page 499
    • Also in 2001, the bizarre but popular subgenre of wingfic appeared within the NSYNC fandom—these stories, characterized by someone growing at least one wing, spread to other slash fandoms before dying away in 2003.2012, Erin Webb, "Slash As Genre", thesis submitted to College of Arts and Science, American University, page 25

Forms of wingfic

alternative formwing fic

Origin of wingfic

From wing + fic.

Questions about wingfic

What does wingfic mean?
Wingfic means fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
What part of speech is wingfic?
Wingfic is a noun.

Words near wingfic in the dictionary

  1. winges
  2. Winget
  3. Wingets
  4. wingette
  5. wingettes
  6. wingfic
  7. Wingfield
  8. Wingfields
  9. wingfish
  10. wingfishes
  11. wingflap

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