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/ˈfɛmfæn/ · noun
(dated, sometimes derogatory, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan..
Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.
So, at last, backed by a formidable phalange of femfans, I dare speak up, brave lassie that I am.
When I went to my first science fiction convention in 1961, fandom was entirely white and 80 percent male. Women were marginalized as "femfans." Gay people were in the closet.
Use femfan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Femfan means (dated, sometimes derogatory, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan..
Common synonyms include fangirl, fanne, femme fan.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.
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