Fannish Ailments

Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Fandom Is Dangerous to Your Health. Engaging in fanac may afflict you with any or all of the following:

• Alarm and Despondency
• Avoidism
• Blossings
• Broad Mental Horizons
• Burnout
• Con Crud
• Cosmic Mind
• Faunching
• Gnurrs
• The Great Spider Eating Your Soul
• Frank Hayes Disease
• Kolektinbug
• Nydahl's Disease
• Organization Mania
• A Purple-Soiled Soul
• Roget's Disease
• Sensitive Fannish Face
• Stigwort's Disease
• Tendrils
• Twonk's Disease
• Vombitation

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Fanspeak

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