Dictionary

unfannish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnˈfæn.ɪʃ/

Etymology

From un- + fannish.

Meanings

1. Not fannish.
   • I want to see the BNF anyway, so that I can get a new beanie. You know that beanies protect the fannish headbone from unfannish thoughts ... well, my beanie is so worn out that I'm afraid I'll turn into a non-fan if I don't look out. 1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Scarecrow”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013:
   • What, like the Croydon lot who run a Fannishness contest not unlike the Purity Tests? Well, tupp 'em all, I say. Besides, in some ways it would be *dreadfully* unfannish to stand for TAFF without ever having pubbed your ish. I think that ought to gain you a lot of points for creativity in your unfannishness. 1995 November 17, Ulrika, “Re: TAFF 1996”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <48j0sb$f4u@newsbf02.news.aol.com>:
   • Wound up back at the Jim Baen's Universe suite, which seemed to be the only non-bidding suite open after 3:00—very unfannish, how early the parties kept shutting down—and visited with the Baeniacs for a couple of hours, then toddled off to bed just ahead of the sunrise, which is how you're supposed to do it at Worldcons. 2009, Mike Resnick, ...Always a Fan, →ISBN, page 64:
   • Compare Paul's review with Anthony Brown's piece on 'The Claws of Axos' run by DWB exactly a year earlier. Paul's review seems rather elliptical and unfannish whereas Anthony's - a real passionate hatchet job, also drawing on the fan-background of the period - is much more fan-traditionalist and analytical in approach, while still expressing unexpectedly radical viewpoints about Pertwee's sacred cow stories. 2000, Daniel O'Mahony, “Re: Cornell pisses on R.A.D.W (again!)”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet), message-ID <01bfeca5$db88d540$LocalHost@LineOne>:
   • It is considered unfannish to cater to the whims and desires of readers. 1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, Fanzine, page 9:

Forms

Antonyms

fannish

Deriveds

unfannishness