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== (1) An Expression of Amazement (Astoundingment) ((Thrilling Wonderment))==
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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.
 
 
 
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 the [[NYCon I]]. 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 [[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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== (2) A [[Fanzine]]  by [[Gary Farber]] and [[Patrick Hayden]]==
 
 
 
(Do you mean ''[[Gosh Wow]]'' by [[Robert Schoenfeld]]?)
 
 
 
A [[one-shot]] [[fanzine]] published by [[Gary Farber]] and [[Patrick Hayden]] which founded [[shortfastalkinghyperfandom]].
 
 
 
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