Meanings
plural fanfics · alternative fan fic · alternative fan-fic
- informaluncountableFan fiction.
- countableinformalA work of fan fiction.
present singular third person fanfics · participle present fanficcing · participle past fanficced · past fanficced · alternative fan fic · alternative fan-fic
- informalintransitiveTo write fan fiction.
I haven't seriously fanficced in years, and I'm aware of what the exercise requires in terms of structure and theme etc.
1998 October 23, pyth...@my-dejanews.com, “Re: The Diary of Tinya Wazzo: Entry #66”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh (Usenet) - informaltransitiveTo write fan fiction about (something).
[…] in fact, Paramount Legal sent over a memo to Goddenberry pointing out that so many "Vulcan" stories had been "fanficced" that it probably wasn't worth his time to try to come up with anything that he could do safely.
1998 December 3, Gharlane of Eddore, “Re: 7 Days Plot Suggestion: World War Three!”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet)1 more example
See above on Charlie's Angels. They never seemed to have lives of any sort and weren't interesting to me; they always seemed like soft porn for the guys, but a lot of girls fanwanked and fanficced them into more, so I guess they could qualify.
2005 March 9, him...@animail.net, “Re: First Time Buffy Watcher”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Italic*faznom
- Latinfānum
- Latinfānāticu
- Frenchfanatiqueinflu.
- Englishfanatic
- Englishfancyinflu.
- Englishfan
- Englishfiction
- Englishfan fiction
- Englishfanfic
Translations
Polish pisać fanfiki
- pisać fanfikito write fan fiction
Portuguese fanficar
- fanficarto write fan fiction
Cite this entry
fanfic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfic
“fanfic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanfic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanfic.
Source: fanfic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.