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(1) Term used to describe [[fans]], referring to the confluence of large amounts of body fat, glasses and facial hair (the latter chiefly in male [[fans]]) marking so many [[fans]]. Always seemed to be used in [[faanfiction]] as marginally self satirical, as in the assertion that fans can sometimes tell that someone else is a [[fan]] because they had a Sensitive Fannish Face.
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(1) Term used to describe [[fans]], usually used ironically, as in the assertion that fans can sometimes tell that someone else is a [[fan]] because they have a '''Sensitive Fannish Face'''.
  
(2) Code at one point, according to [[Rusty Hevelin]], for gay fans – perhaps because the phrase was another of those that were either coined or popularized by [[Charles Burbee]].
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(2) Code at one point, according to [[Rusty Hevelin]], for gay fans – perhaps because the phrase was another of those that were either coined or popularized by the notably homophobic [[Charles Burbee]].
  
 
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(1) Term used to describe fans, usually used ironically, as in the assertion that fans can sometimes tell that someone else is a fan because they have a Sensitive Fannish Face.

(2) Code at one point, according to Rusty Hevelin, for gay fans – perhaps because the phrase was another of those that were either coined or popularized by the notably homophobic Charles Burbee.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
According to Burbee, a fan can be identified by his sensitive fannish face and the Strange Wild Look there-on. Extension applied the modifiers to other fannish things and characteristics.

Fanspeak
This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc.