althist

English

Etymology

Probably a clipping of althistory, itself a clipping of alternate history. Analysable as alt- +‎ hist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑltˌhɪst/

Noun

althist (plural althists)

  1. (Internet slang, fandom slang) Synonym of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”).
    • 1997 October 10, Cairo, “Alt History Book Reviews”, in alt.history.what-if‎[1] (Usenet):
      I read the following: […] there's a book of micheal[sic] moorcock on althists, which isn't too good
    • 2010 April 8, Lord_Vexacus, Twitter‎[2]:
      [Harry] Turtledove is the master of AltHist. I just wish he'd do a decent Japanowank series
    • 2023 June 9, u/TechnologyBig8361, “What's a (real) country that sounds like it was created for someone's althist project?”, in r/AlternateHistory‎[3], Reddit:
      [see title]

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