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Entry · Saturday, September 19, 2026
Plate CXIV. Whole and halved dark figs on linen cloth and slate.
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Fig
fig n.
1. The pear-shaped fruit of the tree Ficus carica, narrow at the stem and swelling to a soft, round bottom, packed with hundreds of tiny seeds.2. colloq. Small, but every ounce of it is in the bottom. The fig has been built this way since antiquity, and nobody back then complained either.
In a sentence:
"She set out figs and prosciutto. The figs, thiccc at the base and unbothered, were gone first."
Etymology:
From Latin ficus, via Old French figue. One of the first fruits people ever cultivated, about 11,000 years ago. They saw the shape and planted more.
From the desk
Filed by
Teddy Vance Junior Cataloguer
They saw the shape 11,000 years ago and immediately decided to cultivate more of it, which is documentation.
Ruling ADMITTED UNDER PROTEST
Bart Pruss Senior Cataloguer
It is pear-shaped, not round. The entry says so. The base swells. The seeds number in the hundreds. Admitted on the base.
In the margin
Eliza Hartwell Staff Writer
11,000 years ago someone looked at a fig, understood exactly what they were looking at, and started an agricultural revolution. No notes.
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Frequently asked
Is a fig thiccc?
Yes. Fig was admitted to the Thiccctionary on September 19, 2026 and filed in the Produce & Botanical section. The ruling on file: Admitted under protest. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a fig thiccc?
Small, but every ounce of it is in the bottom. The fig has been built this way since antiquity, and nobody back then complained either.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
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