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I have always been delighted when told there was a piece of fanfic inspired by a book of mine floating about. I don't read it for legal reasons, but I'm thrilled to know it's there. Someone cared. Someone loved it enough to spend their free time writing about it for free.
Catherynne M. Valente

Meaning of "fanfic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FANFIC

fanfic  [ˈfænˌfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FANFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fanfic is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FANFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fan fiction

Fan fiction, or fanfiction, is a broadly defined fan labor term for stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. Works of fan fiction are rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's owner, creator, or publisher; also, they are almost never professionally published. Due to these works' not being published, stories often contain a disclaimer stating that the creator of the work owns none of the original characters. Fan fiction is defined by being both related to its subject's canonical fictional universe and simultaneously existing outside the canon of that universe. Most fan fiction writers assume that their work is read primarily by other fans, and therefore tend to presume that their readers have knowledge of the canon universe in which their works are based. Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction.

Definition of fanfic in the English dictionary

The definition of fanfic in the dictionary is fiction written around previously established characters invented by other authors.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FANFIC


bibliographic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
catastrophic
ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk
crystallographic
ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk
demographic
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk
graphic
ˈɡræfɪk
holographic
ˌhɒləˈɡræfɪk
horrific
hɒˈrɪfɪk
hydrographic
ˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪk
orthographic
ˌɔːθəʊˈɡræfɪk
pacific
pəˈsɪfɪk
photographic
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk
pornographic
ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk
prolific
prəˈlɪfɪk
reprographic
ˌriːprəˈɡræfɪk
scientific
ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
specific
spɪˈsɪfɪk
terrific
təˈrɪfɪk
topographic
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪk
traffic
ˈtræfɪk
typographic
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FANFIC

fandango
fandom
fane
fanega
fanegada
fanfarade
fanfare
fanfaron
fanfarona
fanfaronade
fanfold
fanfold paper
fang
Fang Lizhi
fanged
Fangio
fangle
fangless
fanglike
fango

WORDS THAT END LIKE FANFIC

air traffic
beatific
conspecific
foot traffic
honorific
intraspecific
neuroscientific
nonspecific
rail traffic
road traffic
soporific
South Pacific
stereospecific
the Pacific
through traffic
tourist traffic
transpacific
ultramafic
unscientific
unspecific

Synonyms and antonyms of fanfic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fanfic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FANFIC

Find out the translation of fanfic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fanfic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fanfic» in English.

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同人小说
1,325 millions of speakers

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fanfic
570 millions of speakers

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fanfic
510 millions of speakers

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fanfic
380 millions of speakers
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fanfic
280 millions of speakers

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фанфик
278 millions of speakers

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fanfic
270 millions of speakers

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fanfic
260 millions of speakers

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fanfic
220 millions of speakers

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Fanfic
190 millions of speakers

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Fanfiction
180 millions of speakers

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ファンフィック
130 millions of speakers

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fanfic
85 millions of speakers

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Fanfic
85 millions of speakers
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fanfic
80 millions of speakers

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fanfic
75 millions of speakers

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Fanfic
75 millions of speakers

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fanfic
70 millions of speakers

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fanfic
65 millions of speakers

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fanfic
50 millions of speakers

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фанфик
40 millions of speakers

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FanFic
30 millions of speakers
el

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fanfic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fanfic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fanfic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fanfic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fanfic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FANFIC»

The term «fanfic» is very widely used and occupies the 17.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FANFIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fanfic

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QUOTES WITH «FANFIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fanfic.
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Catherynne M. Valente
I have always been delighted when told there was a piece of fanfic inspired by a book of mine floating about. I don't read it for legal reasons, but I'm thrilled to know it's there. Someone cared. Someone loved it enough to spend their free time writing about it for free.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANFIC»

Discover the use of fanfic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fanfic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
Fans who wish toelaborate on Tolkien's creation Fan fiction (fanfic) and the world of gaming emerge from this ''elaborationist'' approach. Fanfic in its ''purest'' form can be defined as ''any kind of written creativity that is based on an identifiable ...
Michael D. C. Drout, 2007
2
Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric
Let's be honest—the thought of an astrophysicist writing fanfic might seem oxymoronic at best, painful at worst. After all, why would an ivory tower stargazer who naturally communicates in the language of mathematics lower her gaze to the ...
Heather Urbanski, 2010
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Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom
If one is a female in this fandom, there is only a 7 percent chance that she has never tried reading any fanfic; for a male, it is 25 percent. Similarly, there is a 39 percent chance that a female has written fanfic, and only a 7 percent chance that a ...
Mary Kirby-Diaz, 2009
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Romancing the Internet: Producing and Consuming Chinese Web ...
works, from other Web-based popular romances, and at times even from fanfic works based on other source texts. A good example of this wide-ranging appropriation is Huanzhu zhi huanghou nanwei 还珠之皇后难为(It is hard to be empress) ...
Jin Feng, 2013
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Beautiful Bastard
And a whole lot of name calling. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.
Christina Lauren, 2013
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New Literacies: Everyday Practices And Social Learning: ...
The kinds of remixing practices engaged in by fanfic writers produce unmistakably creative texts that draw on a range of content and resources. They support O'Reilly's claim that cultural 'creativity is rooted in re-use' and reinvention (in ...
Lankshear, Colin, Knobel, Michele, 2011
7
Film Remakes, Adaptations and Fan Productions: Remake/Remodel
These analyses provide a close look at the tools and materials used, and at how they are employed to (re-)create the fictional world of the story that is being advertised in the trailers in question.4 In this chapter, I will limit my analysis to fanfic ...
Kathleen Loock, Constantine Verevis, 2012
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Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World
The science fiction writer and industry blogger John Scalzi took up this fanfic controversy after Claire received a publishing contract for what would become her Mortal Instruments series. His response and that of others in the comment thread ...
Anne Jamison, 2013
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Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media ...
Asthe basis fortheir owncreative ventures, fans adopt, organize and fictionalize these narrativeworlds. Fanfic is fictionalwriting created by the fans inspired bythe objects of their interest. Its content canbe divided into different categories such as  ...
Mark Duffett, 2013
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Rethinking Media Change: The Aesthetics of Transition
As James Walkswithwind suggests in the quotation above, motivations for fanfic writing are non-commercial, and focus on imaginative identification not only with the appropriated protagonists from popular culture, but with the community of ...
David Thorburn, Henry Jenkins, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANFIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fanfic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fanfic panel at Comic-Con explores the genre's layered history
Fanfiction was the topic of the day at "Return of the Smitten Word," a San Diego Comic-Con panel dedicated to discussing the rise of ... «The Daily Dot, Jul 15»
2
Why Sherlock Holmes endures
And, needless to say, the digital landscape is ablaze with blogs, fanfic, Twitter feeds, podcasts and innumerable tributes to the cheekbones of ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Netflix-Like Book Services Would Be Happy if You Read Less
Romance, fanfic, and other addictive genres inspire some of the biggest and most rabid fanbases, as the wild success of Wattpad has shown. «Wired, Jul 15»
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Wattpad hooks up with Cosmopolitan.com for hot, steamy content …
Wattpad is awesome: It transformed my 14-year-old daughter from a reader of crappy One Direction fanfic to a vocal critic of said fanfic, and, ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
5
15 characters who deserve their own movies
In case you hadn't already heard, a new "Star Wars" spin-off is in the works, and it's giving fans something they've been writing fanfic about for ... «HLNtv.com, Jul 15»
6
7 Ways Shameless Nerds Have Much Better Sex Than Anyone Else
the latest Sherlock / X-Men / Ninja Turtles crossover BDSM fanfic, he or she is not going to balk when you suggest something a little ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
7
A Definitive Scorecard for All the Dances in Magic Mike XXL
(Kidding, that's what happens in my Game of Thrones/Magic Mike fanfic erotica). This dance comes almost directly after tWitch's Rain Dance, ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Bernie Sanders Fills Arena in Wisconsin With Nearly 10000 Excited …
Warren was as reticent to pick presidential favorites as she was to play along with her supporters' 2016 fanfic. When asked if she might ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
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Uzo Aduba on OITNB, Charleston, and the Confederate Flag
The Emmy-winning star of Orange Is the New Black sat down for lunch and discussed Season 3 of the Netflix series, the erotic fanfic Time ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Alexis Bledel Is Katherine Heigl's Bride-To-Be In 'Jenny's Wedding'
In “Jenny's Wedding,” Alexis Bledel and Katherine Heigl will make the “Gilmore Girls”-“Grey's Anatomy” slash fanfic'ers of world so very happy ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»

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