profic

English

Etymology

From pro +‎ fic.

Noun

profic (countable and uncountable, plural profics)

1. (uncountable, fandom slang) Professionally published fiction, especially tie-in fiction based on a media property.

   Coordinate term: fanfic

   • 1998 August 13, Laura Jacquez Valentine, “Copyright violation for fun and no profit?”, in alt.startrek.creative‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Fanfic is not competition. I read what interests me--and the profic ain't interesting, at least not anymore. (Except books with Vulcans. Lots and lots of Vulcans. I like Vulcans. You put out anything with Vulcans, and I'm likely to buy it, even if I read negative reviews of it. I love Vulcans.) Point is, I haven't chosen fanfic *over* profic.

2. (countable, fandom slang) A work of professionally published fiction.
   • 1999 November 28, Islao...@aol.com, “Dating Gary Mitchell”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎^[2] (Usenet):

     BTW: there are some profics that I enjoy, but most of them I wonder if the author knows anything about TOS!!!! And I extend that to Bill Shatner's post-Nexus stories - there are some lovely moments, but I really don't care for his Kirk, Spock, and McCoy many times.