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noun Slang.

a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction.

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Also called slash .

Origin of slash fiction

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby slash fiction

slash-and-burn, Slashdot effect, slasher, slasher movie, slashfest, slash fiction, slashing, slash pine, slash pocket, slash-saw, Śląsk

How to use slash fiction in a sentence

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There was a lot of prison fiction from movies and books to mine.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While politics tend to migrate toward the poles, humanity—and fiction, at its best—huddles in between.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The young man weaves through clusters of bamboo and cuts a diagonal slash into a tree, positioning a hollow log at the end.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The ghost writer in question is assumed to be one Siobhan Curham—an established author of both YA and adult fiction.
Meet Zoella—The Newbie Author Whose Book Sales Topped J.K. Rowling|Lucy Scholes|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A true history of the Merrill Horse, and the adventures of its different members, would read like the most exciting fiction.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Certainly The Cheats establishes her in my mind as our first writer of historical fiction.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
One of the most humorous tales of modern fiction, combined with a very tender and appealing love story.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Ere joining the "Friends," she had been induced to give up, not only writing fiction, but reading it also.
The Childhood of Distinguished Women|Selina A. Bower
It was shrill, it was penetrating, it rose and fell with a sort of ripping, tearing slash.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland