Apan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apan is a noun meaning (fandom slang) A member of an amateur press association.
Meaning
(fandom slang) A member of an amateur press association.
Example Sentences
The greatest apan of all time lives on a quiet old street rising above Hagerstown, Maryland.
I immediately began a cutback. I remained an enthusiastic apan, but by the time I gafiated around 1976, I was in only one, FAPA.
Most of the participants in the mundane apas are hobby printers—-and the disdain with which our fandom once viewed Xeroxing of fanzines is but a pale reflection of the way mundane apans have looked upon the mimeo and the ditto as a means of publishing "papers" (as they call their amateur publications).
Word Forms
- apans
Synonyms for apan
Depending on context, synonyms include apahack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include papa, anitwt, amdram.
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