Etymology

squeecore

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Today it means: A sappy, lightweight style of speculative fiction focused on wish fulfilment, with the deliberate use of genre tropes and pop culture, etc. at the expensive of realism and deep characterization. Full definition →

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The story

squee + -core, coined in R. S. Benedict's Rite Gud podcast.

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