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letterzine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /lɛt.əˈziːn/

Etymology

From letter + zine.

Meanings

  1. (dated, slang) A fanzine that is all or mostly composed of letters of comment.
    • VOM VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, 4sj & Morojo's letterzine which flourished for fifty issues in the early 40s. It was originally just the lettercolumn of the LASFS OO, IMAGINATION!, but later took off on its own under Acky's ministrations. 1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Vom: Voice of the Imagi-nation:
    • In the letterzine INTERSTAT, Duane had been accused of producing a Mary Sue in the person of K't'lk, the glass spider. 1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women, →ISBN, page 98:
    • Incidental to the subject of fanzines -- POSTWARP, the letterzine for NFFF Members only, is well under way, with its fourth monthly ish due for completion within the next two or three days. If you are an N3F member, you're passing up plenty of interesting arguments by not subscribing. 1950 January, Art Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, number 34, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2019, page 3:

Forms

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letterzines Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

letter column · lettercol

Hypernyms

fanzine

Meronyms

letter of comment · letter to the editor