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apazine en · NOUN

Etymology

From APA (“amateur press association”) + zine.

Meanings

1. (slang) A periodical created by a member of an amateur press association for distribution to all of its members.
   • A certain knowledgeable science fiction fan whom I know from my apazine days sees in this a precursor of the Jovian sentinels in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001. 1986, Leon L. Gammell, The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, →ISBN, page 26:
   • Such apazines are contributed to the bundle by their publishers without charge, being considered exchanges for the other members' fanzines. 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, APA:
   • So, the inclusion of my personal opinions in the original apazine articles was not, I think, out of place. 1977 September, Peter Pross, “The Documents in the Case (letters)”, in The Mystery Fancier, volume 1, number 5, page 59:

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genzine