Fandom
fan
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."
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Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Fiction, Literature, Slang
# 5/14/2009 11:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,
con
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."
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Marcadores: Arts, Fandom, Slang
# 4/24/2009 01:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,