Tolkie en · NOUN
Etymology
From Tolk(ien) + -ie.
Meanings
-
(informal, rare) A fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
In 2002, when the film came out, surveys showed the average age of 'Tolkies' to be twelve.
2002, John Sutherland, Reading the Decades: Fifty Years of the Nation's Bestselling Books, page 153:At major science fiction, fantasy, and comic conventions, one sees rooms filled with Tolkies, Trekkies, Smurfies, Elves, Star Warriors, Extra-Terrestrials, and Superheroes.
1984 December 14, Clay Geerdes, “Comix Wave”, in The Telegraph Wire, number 18, page 22:I accept that the Tolkies may disagree with me about the supremacy of the movies of Baz Lurhman or the excellence of the novels of John Updike.
2001 December 29, Mark Lawson, “Never ever mess with a hobbit”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolkies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |