Did you perhaps mean one of these? fabric, fanatic, frantic
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal Fiction written by fans as an extension of an admired work or series of works, especially a television show, often posted on the Internet or published in fanzines.
Wiktionary
- n. slang, uncountable fan fiction
- n. countable a work of fan fiction
Etymologies
- From fan and fiction (Wiktionary)
- fan2 + fic(tion). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“My favourite kind of fanfic is the kind that pushes the envelope of possibility, seeing how far it can go and still not contradict canon.”
“I know of at least one mailing list, read and posted to by the author, where fanfic is simply labeled "fanfic" so she can avoid reading it, but there's no attempt to pretend that it doesn't exist.”
“Seriously, after reading your Doctor/Rose smut a reader of fanfic is spoiled for life.”
“As a girl, I feel like the more extreme examples (mostly in fanfic, thankfully) try to force me into a mold.”
“I think that fanfic is modern the gateway drug to writing – it certainly was in my case.”
“I suspect — and I have no actual basis for saying this, so be warned that I am talking out of my hinder — that this is easier to handle in fanfic than in commercial writing.”
“And you're right, a lot of fanfic is wish fulfilment.”
“I think fanfic is theft, and also lazy, and I've been stomped on many times before for saying so, but frankly, I'm glad to be in your company on this one, and I'll happily pay for the privilege by getting stomped on again.”
“For the vast majority of people, fanfic is either a hobby, or a place to work the kinks out before tackling their own original works.”
“Writing fanfic is kind of like playing with someone else's toys, isn't it?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fanfic’.
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Hiroe's Words
facetious, bardic, twatwaffle, cattywampus, splendiferous, zomg, merf, fwaa, fnord, tortify, schwiz, blort and 225 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Fandom
fanfic, beta, fanboy, fangirl, fanfiction, fanficcer, spoiler, squeeing, shipping, shipper, ship, one true pairing and 130 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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X-Files
Words that i associate with the X-Files. either as episode titles or through the fandom and atxf. Suggestions welcome!
lone gunmen, epistaxis, homoerotic, quagmire, enigmatic, epiphany, surly, syzygy, anomaly, bee, tasty, psychopath and 31 more...
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a fan's dictionary
fanon, canon, trekkie, trekker, browncoat, shipping, het, slash, femslash, smut, gen, mary sue and 45 more...
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Smallville
Words and things I associate with the TV show "Smallville". some of it has to do with fandom so... no. don't ask. it's better if you don't know. Suggestions Welcome!
homoerotic, frottage, fetish, lewd, nefarious, vixen, propinquity, squee, podunk, angst, alluring, frenemy and 13 more...
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Future of TV
A glossary of terms relating to the future of TV
bitcom, cot potato, dramality, dramedy, fanfic, frankenbite, glurge, irritainment, hammock, hathos, lifecasting, mobisode and 15 more...
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Fan-O-Rama
Words and things associated with various fandoms. Words that amuse me in these fandoms. Words from online fandoms.
tardis, metropolis, gotham, squee, fanfic, slash, doctor, prancy, bat boy, flash, wonder woman, snark and 35 more...
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You Could Write a Fanfic Too!
This way lies madness.
fanfic, fanon, shipper, squick, mary sue, slash, femslash, twincest, drabble, het, lolicon, pairing and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fanfic.

seanahan Short for "fan fiction". Oct 21, 2007