Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

conreport en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of convention + report.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A report on the events of a convention.
    • There are a few pages of fascinating letters and a short convention report by Walter Breen, apart from short articles by Charles Wells, John Baxter and James Blish. Look, don’t let that description of Breen’s conreport throw you. If you like detailed convention reports, this near-perfect blow by blow description of the ChiCon should delight you, no less, all forty odd pages of it. 1962 December 17, Ron Bennett, “Warhoon 17”, in Skyrack, number 48:
    • As various other conreports have indicated, the comments of the audience during this show were rich in fannish humour. 1952 October, Fred J. Robinson, “Contemplations, part 2”, in Straight Up, volume 1, number 5:
    • The reverberations of that Conreport of mine have been wringing in my ears for weeks. 1951 December, Walter Alexander Willis, “The Harp That Once or Twice”, in Quandry, number 16, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011:
    • Oh, t'was a lovely con. I promise I'll finish the conreport soonest. 1997 March 13, Jette Goldie, “Re: Season 6 is a go!”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet), message-ID <33274b6b.24634312@news.ednet.co.uk>:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
conreports Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

conrep