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| − | {{fixme}} We also have page [[Fake Fan]]
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| − | Someone who doesn't read or feel any particular attraction to [[science fiction]] but who enjoys the company of [[fans]] and [[fandom]]'s social order and whose company is enjoyed by [[fans]]. If used to describe someone who is a [[fan]] in the traditional sense, it's a pejorative, and some overly serious stuffed shirts use it as a pejorative all the time, but otherwise it is used as a synonym for a "[[fannish]] type" of person, which is (or should be) regarded as an intended compliment.
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| − | [[Harry Warner]] describes a fakefan as "one with no basic interest in fandom but with a pleasure in the company of fans" and says that [[Jack Wiedenbeck]] was the first fakefan.
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| − | Contributors: [[Dr. Gafia]]
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| − | [[Category:fanspeak]]
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