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confan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒnfæn/

Etymology

From con (“convention”) + fan.

Meanings

1. (dated, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A science fiction fan primarily interested in conventions.
   • Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble. 1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>:
   • "Ah, Meyer, you forget that we are in confan country," he said with less enthusiasm than I'd expected. "Some of these people dream about situations like this. A con in trouble. An intrepid confan rises to the occasion, takes over the con and saves the day. It's a File 770 front pager." 2004, Arnie Katz, The Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Fuggheads, page 14:
   • Depending on the extent to which a given fan indulges in anything more than local club activity he may be distinguished as an actifan (as opposed to passifen); stress on crifanac rather than congoing, among actifans, is the chief extensional distinction between trufans and confans. 1959, Richard Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Fan:

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