faanishness

noun

faanishness

noun

Etymology From faanish + -ness.

1

Lifestyle Dated, Derogatory, Often, Slang Being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.

  • Andy evaluated fanzines against criteria in seven categories: layout, art, congeniality, genre, writing, temporality, and faanishness, and assigned 10 points to each category.1992 June, Geri Sullivan, “SFFY named #1 fanzine of ’91!”, in No Goat’s Kneecap, page 1:
Related terms
faan, faanish

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