degafiate
verb/diːˈɡæfiˌeɪt/
Etymology From de- + gafiate.
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Lifestyle Slang To return to fandom and active participation in fandom community activities after having previously left fandom for a period of time.
- Degafiate—To resume fanac after gafiation.1975, James Gunn, Alternate Worlds, page 182:
- Harry Bell [...], Jim, Dan Steffan, Steve Stiles and Alexis were indulging in sinister smoffery, promoting a Cartoonists' Popular Front to push Grant Canfield for TAFF in 1983. "What we have to do first is degafiate him," I thought I overheard.1985, David Langford, “Seventh Bit: Yes! We Have Parakeet Diapers!”, in The TransAtlantic Hearing Aid:
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- SF readers have been known to gafiate (=Get Away From It All) after college (give or take 4-5 years) since the 30's... only to degafiate a few years later in many cases.1995 March 7, Ahasuerus the Wandering Jew, “Re: Burned out on SF -- Is there hope?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <3jg8ec$4i3@clarknet.clark.net>:
- I think Bill Mallardi definitely ought to degafiate. His piece on Joni Stopa was fabulous [...] and if there is any reality to the fandom-as-family thing, Bill got pretty close to proving it with this fine appreciation-cum-memoir.1998 June, William Breiding, “Ghosts of Issues Past...”, in Mimosa, number 22: