Usually means: Contextual history behind characters, events.
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  1. Back-Story, Back-story, back-story: Wordnik
  2. back-story: Wiktionary
  3. Back-story: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. back-story: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Back-story)

noun:  Alternative form of backstory [The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.]

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