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 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
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