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machete beta

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Etymology

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From the image of the beta-reader freely suggesting edits as if hacking away at the fic with a machete.

Noun

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machete beta (countable and uncountable, plural machete betas)

  1. (X-Files fandom slang) A harsh and exacting beta-read.
    • 2000 July 7, play...@aol.com, “xfc: Gutless by Magdeleine (16/16)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[1] (Usenet):
      Marasmus, for asking to read it and then agreeing to do machete beta... []
    • 2000 September 20, Alelou123, “NEW: Desire (NC-17) 1/6 by Alelou”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[2] (Usenet):
      Thanks to Livia Balaban for skillfully wielded machete beta (and snorking); []
    • 2001 June 25, Deslea R. Judd, “NEW Dream A Crystal Moon *R* 1/1 Deslea R. Judd”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[3] (Usenet):
      M. Sebasky, whose machete beta brought a lot of richness to this piece; []
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