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Ren fair en · NOUN

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1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of Renaissance fair.
   alt of Renaissance fair
   • "Where you headed?" / "A Ren fair in San Antonio." 2009, Delilah Devlin, Texas Men, New York, N.Y.: Aphrodisia, →ISBN, page 247:
   • "Everywhere else has a ren fair but here, so why doesn't Newfoundland have a ren fair? We have a huge nerd population. So something should have happened a long time ago." 2022 March 23, Elizabeth Whitten, quoting Phil Swift, “Mount Pearl gets royal with first renaissance festival”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
   • But the Attila Billy Joel, he's the one who goes to ren fairs, had his last sexual experience in the parking lot of a community college, and wouldn't be caught dead singing a song like "She's Always a Woman." 2016, Eric Spitznagel, Old Records Never Die: One Man's Quest for His Vinyl and His Past, New York, N.Y.: Plume Books, →ISBN, page 142:
   • The Moscow couple have been longtime Ren Fair enthusiasts. Noble has lived in Moscow since 1984 and has only missed two Ren Fairs in the past 39 years. This year, the couple will have the distinction of being royalty during the event's 50th anniversary. 2023 May 5, Anthony Kuipers, “Moscow Renaissance Fair vets ascend to royalty”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, W.A.: Review Publishing Corporation, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2023:

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Ren faire