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fanlore en · NOUN

Etymology

From fan + lore.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The history or knowledge of a fandom.
    • We have moved out of fannish lore and into questions of ontology. I have long been fascinated by anything having to do with the nature of existence, nonexistence, the interplay between the two — even more than being fascinated by discussions of fanlore. 1981 August, Gary Deindorfer, “Group Sainthood”, in Boonfark, number 5, page 34:
    • The identification of Carl Barks is a crucial part of the fanlore, and the subject of some mild disagreement. 2021, Peter Cullen Bryan, Creation, Translation, and Adaptation in Donald Duck: Comics The Dream of Three Lifetimes, page 99:
    • But by this time, we'd remembered the location of Clifton's Cafeteria which is well-known in old Los Angeles fanlore. 1957 May, Ed Cox, “Torus Installment”, in Contour, number 11, page 7: