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fan fiction

fan fiction

5 3.5
A story fans write using people and places from books or films
  • noun
  • /fæn ˈfɪkʃən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : fan fiction
  • Many writers on the Internet share their fan fiction about popular movies and books.
  • write fan fiction
  • awful fan fiction
  • Potter fan fiction

So the first person that I looked up for fan fiction was Donald Trump.

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Examples

  • Yes, they write fan fiction and talk about the books and movies.

    Academic text (2012)
  • She writes Twilight fan-fiction.

  • We are acting out fan fiction about us.

  • I felt like I was watching a really bad fan fiction turned into a movie.

    Blog text (20)
  • Honestly, the script I read felt like fan fiction and not like a real movie.

    Blog text (21)
  • I sat around writing X-Files fan fiction.

  • Fifty Shades of Grey started out as a lengthy piece of fan fiction that became very popular very fast.

    Blog text (14)
  • I actually came up with the current WIP myself, and that came from reading Harry Potter fan fiction.

    Blog text (15)
  • We want you, the viewers of TCGS, to submit fan fiction featuring the cast and crew members of the show.

    Blog text (17)
  • In her spare time, she enjoys writing fan fiction based on her favorite television series.

Synonyms

fanfic
vsfan fiction
  • Jargon
43 7.3

A story written by fans using characters and places from a book, film, or TV show

is the same idea but written as the two word expression
fic
vsfan fiction
  • Jargon
5 8.6

A story written by fans that uses characters from a book or show

is the same idea but written as the full two word name
fanwork
vsfan fiction
  • Jargon
5.1

A work made by fans from a book, movie, or game

is narrower, referring specifically to stories that use characters or settings from other works

How Official

to canonize
  • Jargon
1 7.4
sequel
173 3.1
spin-off
12 3.7
fan fiction
  • Jargon
5 3.5

Surface Forms

fan fiction singular
fan fictions plural

Morphology

fan + fiction

The meaning 'a story created by fans using existing characters or settings' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fan' (an admirer) + 'fiction' (an imagined story). This noun–noun compound follows a common and productive pattern that is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The term fan fiction comes from ordinary fans writing their own fiction about characters they love, so imagine a reader at a desk writing a new scene. That's why 'fan fiction' means 'a story made by fans using characters or settings from existing books, movies, or shows'.