Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
LoC en · NOUN
Etymology
Abbreviation of letter of comment.
Meanings
(dated, slang) Correspondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.
The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send in locs, cartoons, etc. 1961 May 6, Fanac, page 1:
Available for Trade, LoC, Contribution, goodwill (rarely) or even money. 1964 January, Les Spinge, page 2:
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of lines of code.
(dated, slang) To write a letter of comment to a periodical.
But what happens, since you have spent a couple of weeks with this firm intention to LoC them all in mind, and in many instances you've even check-marked the particular things you want to comment on and thought about just what you want to say, as future issues of fanzines come into your mailbox, you break your fingernails on the staples in your haste to get to them opened so you can turn to the lettercolumn to see if they printed your LoC. 1997 December 22, Rich Brown (Dr Gafia), “Re: The Good Ol' 'Write-In' Ballot”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19971222234601.SAA25451@ladder02.news.aol.com>: