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Fictionista 

A fictionista has an appreciation for the characters living inside their head, waiting to be put on the page.

A fictionista never has to write alone.

A fictionista is an artist of words.

A fictionista is a member of the online writing community.

Whether they're a seasoned author or a new writer, they belong at Fictionista Workshop, a thriving, supportive non-profit community of writers, editors, and readers working together to create the premier online writing workshop for creative original and derivative fiction. Fictionista Workshop hopes to assist all fictionistas through various projects and programs, including writing workshops, writing classes, editor training, daily writing prompts, and more. For more information, go to www.fictionistaworkshop.com

Come play with your words.
That girl just told me, "Editors are made, not born." She must be a fictionista.
Fictionista by SSVV June 28, 2010
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Factinista 

A person, or group of people, who spend their lives telling others what is or is not a fact, based on what they have read in books.

Coined by Steven Colbert during a brilliant monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Ladies and gentlemen of the press corps, Madame First Lady, Mr. President, my name is Stephen Colbert and tonight it's my privilege to celebrate this president. We're not so different, he and I. We get it. We're not brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We're not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut, right sir? That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say "I did look it up, and that's not true." That's 'cause you looked it up in a book.
Factinista by russbrucks August 30, 2008

Functionista 

Someone who consistently wears situationally appropriate clothing.

Anyone who dresses purely according to the dictates of function, in response to actual weather conditions and in pursuit of personal comfort.

The opposite of fashionista.
Prior to climbing the mountain the functionistas gathered at the trail head to triple check the pit zips on their gor-tex jackets, prime their camelbak hydration systems and compare multitools.
Functionista by BrainstormOverload December 29, 2008

fictionitis 

A disease common consisting of an obsession-rational or otherwise-with a fictional world, character, or state of being.

Symptoms include:

-Hyperventilating, shrieking, etc. at the mention of said fictional state

-Excessive discussion of said fictional state

-Belief that this fictional state is, in fact, a reality.

This ailment affects a large majority of the world's population. If one has never attained it, they are typically viewed as as "dull" or "lifeless." A cure has yet to be discovered.
Gracie was diagnosed with fictionitis when her friends noted her ceaseless blabbering about the said "Fault in Our Stars."

Jennifer had come to the conclusion that she had attained fictionitis when she failed to go a minute without squealing to her friends "Tobias Eaton is too hot for words!"

Functionista 

Someone who consistently wears situationally appropriate clothing.

Anyone who dresses purely according to the dictates of function, in response to actual weather conditions and in pursuit of personal comfort.

The opposite of fashionista.
Prior to climbing the mountain the functionistas gathered at the trail head to triple check the pit zips on their gor-tex jackets, prime their camelbak hydration systems and compare multitools.
Functionista by Todd Zerger August 7, 2007

fictionite 

Slang for a religious person.
One who believes author-less books.
One who worships any god.
Fictionites believe in the Big "B" Book, though they argue over which version is the real one even though all are author-less and constantly edited.
fictionite by I.Ron.Hors March 22, 2008

fictiontasy

A fantasy that involves fictional (from a book/movie/tv series/game, etc.) characters
- he pulled down his drawers & got lost in the fictiontasy involving goku, yoda & emperor palpatine
fictiontasy by catfight12 January 11, 2009