Dictionary

babyfic en · NOUN

Etymology

From baby + fic.

Meanings

1. (countable, slang) A fanfic which focuses on one or more characters welcoming and/or caring for a baby.
   • I wrote a true "babyfic", but I’m a sap at heart and this probably shows my true sappiness. :-) 1999 February 21, JenR13 [username], “EW: "Meant to Be?" Chapter 4/? by Jen”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
   • Hoo boy... who ever thought I would write a babyfic either? CC made me do it! 2000 May 28, kbxf [username], “xfc: NEW: Shades of Blue (1/2) by KatyBlue”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
   • I'm sure there are at least a few 'babyfics' out there like that, complete with diapers. 2003 August 30, Rocky, “Re: NEW:VOY "Life Support" 1/1 [PG-13] J/C (challenge)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
2. (slang, uncountable) Such fan fiction collectively.
   • Yep, we're headed for an onslaught of sappy babyfic. Hang onto your hats, girls and boys! <g> 2001 May 20, Daska K., “Beware the onslaught....”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
   • Whereas fan fiction has been understood to be primarily about sex and subversive readings — as Jenkins' work on female fans and "slash" suggests — babyfic on the other hand, demonstrates the need to contain and work through the extreme possibilities of the canon. 2003 April, Robin Silbergleid, “'The Truth We Both Know': Readerly Desire and Heteronarrative in The X-Files”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 25, number 3, page 61:
   • This is babyfic with a realistic drooly biting babbler in the starring role. 1998 September 6, JenRose, “Rec: Iolokus IV: Res Judicata- Actually ranting, raving praise.”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Forms

Hypernyms

kidfic