Meanings
nouncomfortfic (uncountable)
alternative comfort fic
- slanguncountablelifestyleFan fiction read in order to make oneself feel better when sad, ill, stressed, etc.
Tucking up with a cuppa and some comfort fic…sounds wonderful to me.
1999 October 25, Wayward [username], “Re: What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)2 more examples
I'm in need of some comfort fic - as opposed to comfort food - and this genre seems to fit the bill perfectly.
1999 October 25, Red Valerian [username], “What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)Be warned, this is gonna be anything but pure comfortfic or mushfic. Or pure angstfic, for that matter.
2001 September 28, Charles Glasgow, “Re: FIC - Almost Paradise: 1/4 (W/X)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet)
Origin
From comfort + fic, by analogy with comfort food.
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comfortfic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortfic
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfortfic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortfic.
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