faanishness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
faanishness (uncountable)
- (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) Being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.
- 1992 June, Geri Sullivan, “SFFY named #1 fanzine of ’91!”, in No Goat’s Kneecap[1], page 1:
- Andy evaluated fanzines against criteria in seven categories: layout, art, congeniality, genre, writing, temporality, and faanishness, and assigned 10 points to each category.
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References[edit]
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “faanishness”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 55.