Meaning of twiction | Babel Free
Definitions
Fiction hosted on the microblogging site Twitter; fictional works of Twitterature.
Examples
“Call⟳ it flash⟳ fiction, nanofiction, twitfic, twiction, or a dozen other names. Though the name⟳ might not yet be agreed upon, flash⟳ fiction tweets are here to stay⟳. The premise is simple: create⟳ a whole story with only 140 characters.”
“Popular contemporary cousins include⟳ six-word memoirs, twiction, and the blog-born listicle. Nonliterary ancestors can be traced primarily to mid-century visual artists whose works explore⟳ themes of appropriation (e.g., Duchamp,[…]”
“The latter has made people remark⟳ that “the novel by tweet is really a digital extension of flash⟳ fiction, an established literary genre 262 TG 2014 263 Other terms most commonly used include⟳ twitterature and twiction; an alternative[…]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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