Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slash fiction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: slash -fic-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of fan fiction focusing on romantic and/or sexual relationships between characters of the same sex (typically men).

Uncountable

noun

A work in the genre of slash fiction

Countable

Example Sentences

"But Buffy has also generated enormous amounts of slash fiction. The cult television text and the rise of the Internet have both had an important aspect on the development of slash fiction."
"They analyze slash fiction (stories about romantic and sexual relationships between two male characters, some of which involve graphic descriptions of sex), and argue that the similarities between romance novels and slash fiction prove gender differences exist."
"Over the years, slash writers have started dismissing as homophobic this trope of men having sex with men without identifying as homosexual or bisexual; nevertheless, much slash fiction retains the trope's underlying sentiment of true love and devotion transcending all external rules."

Etymology

From slash + fiction, from the use of the slash symbol (/) to separate the names or initials of the characters or persons involved.

Usage

Inflected Forms

slash fictions (plural)

Derived Forms

boyslash f femslash femslasher m slash slashable slashdom slasher slashfic slashy slashzine

Phrases

f slash m slash pre-slash

Frequently Paired Words

slash slasher slashfic shipfic

Synonyms

slash slashfic

Questions

What does slash fiction mean?: A genre of fan fiction focusing on romantic and/or sexual relationships between characters of the same sex (typically men).
Where does slash fiction come from?: From slash + fiction, from the use of the slash symbol (/) to separate the names or initials of the characters or persons involved.

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