Drabbleとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English drabelan

動詞

drabble (三人称単数 現在形 drabbles, 現在分詞 drabbling, 過去形および過去分詞形 drabbled)

1. (transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
2. (intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.

   to drabble for barbels

語源 2

From a word game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; the UK Science Fiction fandom agreed that 100 words will suffice; not, as is sometimes stated, from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.

名詞

drabble (複数形 drabbles)

1. A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.

使用する際の注意点

The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (かつ drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.

同意語

• flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, short short story, sudden fiction

Further reading

• An example of a German language drabble

参考

• “drabble” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “drabble” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

アナグラム

• dabbler, rabbled