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fanfiction

English

Noun

fanfiction (countable and uncountable, plural fanfictions)

  1. Alternative spelling of fan fiction

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fanfiction f (plural fanfictions)

  1. fan fiction

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drabble

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?æb?l/
  • Rhymes: -æb?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English drabelan

Verb

drabble (third-person singular simple present drabbles, present participle drabbling, simple past and past participle drabbled)

  1. (transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
  2. (intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
    to drabble for barbels

Etymology 2

From a word game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; the UK Science Fiction fandom agreed that 100 words will suffice; not, as is sometimes stated, from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.

Noun

drabble (plural drabbles)

  1. A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
Usage notes

The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.

Synonyms
  • flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, short short story, spamfic, sudden fiction
Further reading
  • An example of a German language drabble

See also

  • “drabble” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “drabble”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

  • barbled, dabbler, rabbled

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