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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
From a real-world perspective; of or relating to an explanation outside the text; external to the narrative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, narratology, sciences
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noun
An enthusiast of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Doyle + -ist, with reference to Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Adjective formed by analogy to Doyle as the real author of the text, as opposed to Dr. John Watson as the fictional author within the text. Started in Sherlock Holmes fandom before spreading to other fandoms. Possibly originating in the "Baker Street Irregulars" fan club and entering the science fiction fandom usage (fanspeak) via the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list.
