Meanings
nounplot bunny (plural plot bunnies)
plural plot bunnies · alternative plotbunny
- slanglifestyleAn idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
"Alternatively," she [T.M. Taylor] says, "the plot bunnies may be going somewhere you don't want to go, like when the plot calls for the death of a favorite character"
2003, Jenna Glatzer, Outwitting Writer's Block: And Other Problems of the Pen, →ISBN, page 99
Origin
From the metaphorical image of the writer's brain producing ideas with the abundance and speed with which rabbits are fabled to breed.
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plot bunny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plot%20bunny
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