Manfiction

Quick meaning: Manfiction is a noun meaning (informal) Literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.

Meaning

(informal) Literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.

Example Sentences

He sang the praises of Elmore Leonard, Chabon, Malamud and a host of tough-guy “manfiction” novelists, to use his affectionately satirical term.

And current manfiction certainly gives women a better deal than they got in the pulps of yesteryear, when most were presented as barracuda debs in frilly negligees.

A professed affinity for Manfiction was a central tenet of this precarious Cool Girl identity; a Cool Girl was always ready to support the literary analysis presented by the dudes, even after consuming a fifth of bourbon at three in the morning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include litfic, faction, slashfic, metafic, lit-fic, lesfic.

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