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| − | (Did you mean the [[Goshwowboyohboy (Farber)|Gary Farber fanzine]] or [[Gosh Wow]]?)
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| − | An example of a pejorative term that [[fandom]] has made its own, the phrase "'''Goshwowoboyoboy'''" appeared in the [[lettercol]] of the August 1939 issue of [[Thrilling Wonder Stories]]. It was seized upon by a Time magazine news reporter covering [[NYCon I]] who presented that [[loc]] as typical of [[fan]] correspondence, to the indignation of many.
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| − | Fandom now uses it, often abbreviated as just '''goshwow''', to describe an enthusiastic or, perhaps, over-enthusiastic approach to [[science fiction]] or [[fandom]]. While the term implies a certain geekiness and is often applied to [[neofen]], it is usually used kindly.
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| − | Symbol of the type of reader who made ''Time'' magazine call us the jitterbugs of the [[pulp magazine]] field in its article on [[NYCon I|the NYCon]]. The expression led off an allegedly typical letter they quoted, commenting on [[TWS]]; indignant [[fans]] held it to be an invention of the reporter who wrote up [[NYCon I|the NYCon]], for a long time. [[Martin Alger]] finally tracked it down in "[[The Reader Speaks]]", [[TWS]]' letter column, for August 1939.
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| − | (Time) - Symbol of the type of reader who made ''Time'' magazine call us the jitterbugs of the [[pulp magazine]] field. The expression appears in an allegedly typical letter which they quoted, commenting on ''[[TWS]]''; probably it was an invention of the reporter who wrote up the [[New York World Convention]]. It has become a [[gag line]] in [[fandom]].
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