Letterhack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Letterhack is a noun meaning (dated, fandom slang) A fan who is a prolific writer of letters to periodicals.
Meaning
(dated, fandom slang) A fan who is a prolific writer of letters to periodicals.
More Meanings
- (dated, fandom slang) To write letters to periodicals very frequently.
Example Sentences
It was in those letter columns that I was first exposed to the concept of fandom. Letterhacking was in high bloom in 1951; the letter columns were filled with chatty letters from all sorts of people, the names of whom I soon came to recognize.
Nowadays a letter-hack says things simply, which is, after all, the best way. Take any good story. You don't find long, stilted sentences with long-winded descriptions (which was one reason I put ‘The Dimension of Chance’ last). So listen and learn, letter-hacks.
LETTERHACK - An actifan who specializes in writing letters for zines. One of the simplest and yet the most effective phases of fanac. Give the letterhack a ream of paper, stamps, and one or two other letterhacks for him to argue with, and he will keep happy and tractable for months.
Word Forms
- letterhacks
- letterhacking
- letterhacked
Synonyms for letterhack
Depending on context, synonyms include epistolarian, loccer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include loccer, hack, hackette, megahack, liner, slanshack.
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