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Latin fānāticuslbor.
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French fanatiqueinflu.
English fanatic
English fancyinflu.
English fan
English fiction
English fan fiction
English fanfic
Clipping of fan fiction.
Etymology tree
Latin fānāticuslbor.
▲
French fanatiqueinflu.
English fanatic
English fancyinflu.
English fan
English fiction
English fan fiction
English fanfic
Clipping of fan fiction.
Meanings
(informal, intransitive) To write fan fiction.
I haven't seriously fanficced in years, and I'm aware of what the exercise requires in terms of structure and theme etc. 1998 October 23, pyth...@my-dejanews.com, “Re: The Diary of Tinya Wazzo: Entry #66”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh (Usenet):
(informal, transitive) To write fan fiction about (something).
[…] in fact, Paramount Legal sent over a memo to Goddenberry pointing out that so many "Vulcan" stories had been "fanficced" that it probably wasn't worth his time to try to come up with anything that he could do safely. 1998 December 3, Gharlane of Eddore, “Re: 7 Days Plot Suggestion: World War Three!”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet):
See above on Charlie's Angels. They never seemed to have lives of any sort and weren't interesting to me; they always seemed like soft porn for the guys, but a lot of girls fanwanked and fanficced them into more, so I guess they could qualify. 2005 March 9, him...@animail.net, “Re: First Time Buffy Watcher”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
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Translations (2)
pt fanficar (to write fan fiction) · pl pisać fanfiki (to write fan fiction)