Fannishness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fannishness is a noun meaning (fandom slang) The quality of being fannish; behaviour consistent with being a fan.
Meaning
(fandom slang) The quality of being fannish; behaviour consistent with being a fan.
Example Sentences
If you're an ordinarily enthusiastic fan, you may see it or you may not. If your fannishness is of the deckle-edged, double-breasted, inner-tube, twin-cylinder variety, you're sure to know it.
It is not only my former fannishness that I bring to this book. I have a background as a (former) club-level runner, which means that, to some extent, I can identify with the protocols of running and racing.
In connection with TAFF a furor arose over the definition of a Trufan, the active faction insisting that a trufan exhibit his quality by some sort of fanac -- crifanac for choice -- while others maintained that nomination to or interest in so stefnistic an enterprise as TAFF was sufficient to prove fannishness.
Antonyms for fannishness
Common opposites include unfannishness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include faanishness, fanhood, fangirl, fanboy, fanac, faaan.
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