Essential Fanspeak
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In its more than eight decades, fandom has developed an extensive vocabulary of specialized jargon regarding our community and our interests as well as fannish denotations for mundane words β we call it Fanspeak. Hundreds of such terms are defined in Fancyclopedia. The sheer volume can be intimidating to newcomers (neofen), so we present here a short list of words and phrases the fannish definition of which every fan ought to know.
Beings[edit]
- Actifan
- Bem
- BNF
- Concom
- Consumer
- Faan
- Fan
- Fugghead
- Ghod
- Huckster
- Mundane
- Neofan
- Pro
- Prosucker
- Reader
- Trufan
Activities[edit]
Concepts[edit]
- Circle of Lassitude
- Desert of Indifference
- Disillusion
- Egoboo
- Fandom
- Fanhistory
- Gift Economy
- Literary
- Media
- Sercon
- Timebinding
Other Important Terms[edit]
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