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fanficcy en · ADJ

Etymology

From fanfic + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Pertaining to or characteristic of fan fiction.
   • If you know Twilight well enough then it’s super easy to see the fan-ficcy nature of Fifty Shades. Its structure, its character beats, its emotional pull are all, if not complete replications, clearly cut from the same cloth as Stephenie Meyer’s story. 2019 April 18, Kayleigh Donaldson, “After and When Fanfiction Goes Mainstream”, in Syfy Wire:
   • Those are the sorts of things they did to the Legion--very fanficcy stuff, massive changes, extreme characterization. 1994 June 8, The Great Elmosby, “Re: DC - Post Zero-Hour (new titles)”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):
   • Natalia Bryant, daughter of late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, is in the middle of securing the most iconic line any resumé has ever seen: she is now an intern for Beyoncé. Bryant is interning on the superstar's Renaissance World Tour, which is one of the most indulgent, exciting, fanficky sentences ever written. 2023 May 19, Aamina Khan, “Kobe Bryant’s Daughter Natalia Working as Beyoncé’s Intern for Renaissance Tour”, in Teen Vogue:

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