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Meaning of slipstreamy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Resembling a slipstream.
  2. Resembling slipstream fiction ("a genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries").

Examples

“Right after Mom left us, she asked me to write⟳ her letters. Her voice crackling over the phone, she asked me to write⟳ down "all the slipstreamy thoughts from the pocket of my soul" and send⟳ them to her.”
“The other zine, run⟳ by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link⟳, radiates a determinedly "postmodern," slipstreamy vibe. Two poles of the fantasy spectrum, right?”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

slit slit-eyed slither slitherier slitheriest slithersome

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