Quote:You're being kinda harsh on Foxboy. For one thing, if there's a mistake in terminology, it isn't his - please note that Jeconais labeled this piece a drabble on his website.
A Drabble is a literary exercise which tells a story in exactly one hundred words, no more, no less.
Second, a Drabble is indeed a short piece of writing exactly one hundred words long. But like any term, it's used somewhat inaccurately in colloquial speech. Some folks use it for stories with a maximum of a hundred words. Some apply it to stories that go over that limit. Whether you accept that as reasonable language drift is up to you.
Also, the concept is reputedly a product of science fiction fandom - so calling it a "literary" term is rather debatable as well. =)
-- Acyl