Faanish

Quick meaning: Faanish is an adjective meaning (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) More interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; of or pertaining to faans.

Meaning

(dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) More interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; of or pertaining to faans.

Example Sentences

A faanish fan is considered lacking in serious interest by some other fans, whom he regards as humorless and stuffy.

"Faanish" originally was pronounced with a bleat indicated by the double vowel, because Tucker invented it to symbolize the sheeplike follow-the-leader habits of lots of fans. Now it usually sounds just like fan and means simply one whose hobby is fandom, not science fiction.

The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac. In the days when mastadons the ilk of Bloch lumbered across its frozen tundra, upward of 6% of all FAPA resided within its limits (why, modern medical science is totally at a loss to suggest). Today: pfft: nobody a-tall.

Word Forms

• faaanish

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include faaanish, fanonical, wanky, fanficky, fan-servicey, fanficcy.

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