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(TM)

[Usenet] ASCII rendition of the (TM) appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon. Sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software and algorithm patents and look and feel lawsuits. See also {UN*X}.

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# 5/20/2009 11:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

fan

Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish, slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly fen, but this usage is not automatic to hackers. "Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a fan."

Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Fiction, Literature, Slang

# 5/14/2009 11:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

con

[from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others imported from SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."

Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Slang

# 4/24/2009 01:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,