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BNFdom en · NOUN

Etymology

From BNF + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) The state or quality of being a BNF (big-name fan).
    • There are too many fans that can't take it easy, but have to put out top drawer stuff and bootstrap themselves to BNFdom, instead of doing it graciously and quietly as Hoffman did. 1953, Dave Ish, letter of comment, Hyphen, Issue 5, November 1953, page 14-19
    • BNFdom isn't a private club. It’s not something you pay your money and join, not something those already BNFs can blackball you from. 1994, Ted White, “The Politics Of Fandom”, in Arnie Katz, editor, The Ted White Sampler, Volume One, page 30:
    • […] your remark in your editorial that you noticed "some anguish and perhaps even a hint of bitterness" in Walt's detailing of the trials of BNFdom is a good observation. 1971, Terry Carr, letter of comment, Energumen, Issue 8, June 1971, page 45