bifictional

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adjective

Interested in the two predominant genres of fan fiction within a specific fandom (generally genfic and slashfic, or hetfic and slashfic).

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivebifictional (not comparable)

alternative bi-fictional

  1. datednot comparableslanglifestyleInterested in the two predominant genres of fan fiction within a specific fandom (generally genfic and slashfic, or hetfic and slashfic).

    I don't know if Henry Wyckoff is bi-fictional, but the stories of his that I've read were gen.

    1999 October 2, Sally, “Re: looking for. . .”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet)
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    Recently some Sentinel fans have been discussing the various types of fanfiction written in the fandom. Some were curious about the proportion of gen only, slash only, and bifictional readers.

    2000 June 6, S. Mallet (AKA Marmoset), “Preferences in Sentinel Fanfic -- New Poll”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet)

    At any rate, the first Trekfic I posted was non-slash, and I'm pretty much rampantly bifictional in my reading, although I don't like most het (probably because I don't have good enough filters in place to eliminate the bad stuff).

    2000 June 22, laura jacquez valentine, “Re: Slash versus non-slash”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  8. Proto-Italic*θingō
  9. Proto-Italic*fingō
  10. Latinfingō
  11. Latinfictiō
  12. Old Frenchficcion
  13. Middle Englishficcioun
  14. Englishfiction
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishfictional
  18. Englishbifictional

From bi- + fictional, based on bisexual.

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