>>46851794>fanShort for fanatic. Someone extremely zealous about something, usually a creator or a creation.
>ficShort for fiction. A story that's not true and is made up.
>fanficShort for fanatic fiction. A work of fiction created by fanatics based on the thing they're fanatics of.
>metaShort for metagame. A metagame is a game about a game, or the game about playing the game. The practice of overanalyzing game mechanics in an attempt to get better at beating other players
>fanfic metaThe metagame equivalent of fanfic. Fanatics of Pokemon created a Pokemon metagame. If anything "fan meta" would be more accurate since it's not fiction, given the lack of a narrative, but "fanfic" is often used in a derogatory manner because fan fiction is known for its notoriously low quality due to the low barrier of entry.
