loccer

noun

loccer

noun

Etymology From LoC (“Letter of Comment”) + -er.

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Lifestyle Dated, Slang A fan who is a prolific writer of letters to periodicals.

  • Recently, Gary Farber circulated a one-sheet zine to stir up some activity in the FAAn Award committee. [...] He wants to know [...] 3) whether the Best Loccer can be dropped,1980 February 16, Taral Wayne, “The Taral-Torial Imperitive”, in DNQ, number 27, page 1:
  • Actually I enjoyed them a lot, but I'm the world's worst loccer - too much else to do (fannishly), and the passivity of being a reader sets in if you don't loc immediately you get an issue.1995 February 23, Fiona Anderson, “Re: Peeve concerning feedback”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <793565273snz@intersec.demon.co.uk>:
1 more example
  • I don't think Rotsler ever intended his illos to be taken as high art any more than the average loccer intends one's commentary to be deathless prose.2012 April, Robert Runte, “Left Over Pieces”, in Broken Toys, number 2, page 13:
Synonyms
epistolarian, letterhack

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