sillyfic

English

Etymology

silly +‎ fic

Noun

sillyfic (countable and uncountable, plural sillyfics)

1. (countable, fandom slang) A fanfic intended to be humorous or absurd.
   • 1998 September 11, Kaylee1109 [username], “Re: Cyclops: "Shades of Red 1/?" (seq. to Cyclops: "Seeing Red")”, in alt.comics.fan-fiction‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Okay, everyone's welcome to like and dislike particular characters, but I'm curious as to _why_ he's the King Ass. (Jaya's getting ALL sorts of ideas for sillyfics from this..."King Ass"...<G>)

   • 1999 January 26, Kielle, “Re: Scott Stories”, in alt.comics.fan-fiction‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I admit that "Wannabe" was a sillyfic, but I thought it would work better if I treated it (and the characters) perfectly seriously right up until the punchline. ;)

   • 1999 April 7, Samy Merchi, “Re: In The End The Batman Legend Dies.-Why?”, in alt.comics.fan-fiction‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Maybe this was a sillyfic masquerading as a post...)

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sillyfic.
2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.
   • 1999 February 9, Patrick Sahlstrom, “[TCP] Opposites Attract 1/1”, in alt.comics.fan-fiction‎^[4] (Usenet):

     TCP sillyfic, not to be taken seriously.

   • 2000 April 9, Christa Rose, “Fic: Master of the House”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Warning: Sillyfic straight ahead! You have been warned.

   • 2001 February 28, Calum Wallace, “[Ranma][FanFic] The script they threw away...”, in rec.arts.anime.creative‎^[6] (Usenet):

     WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? or The Ranma 1/2 script they threw in the bin...Beware, MAJOR sillyfic alert.

Synonyms

• crack fic, humorfic, jokefic