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English
Etymology
From the image of the beta-reader freely suggesting edits as if hacking away at the fic with a machete.
Noun
machete beta (countable and uncountable, plural machete betas)
- (X-Files fandom slang) A harsh and exacting beta-read.
2000 July 7, [email protected], “xfc: Gutless by Magdeleine (16/16)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (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 (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 (Usenet):M. Sebasky, whose machete beta brought a lot of richness to this piece; […]