Dictionary

wingfic en · NOUN

Etymology

From wing + fic.

Meanings

1. (slang, uncountable) Fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
   • For example, it is hard to imagine how much narrower a genre could possibly become than “wingfic,” a story about a character sprouting wings. 2020, Anne H. Stevens, Molly C. O’Donnell, The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture, page 183:
   • 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

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