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crifanac

/kɹɪˈfæn.æk/

crifanac noun: urgent, high-priority fan activity.

Noun

crifanac (uncountable)

  1. (dated, slang) Urgent, high-priority fan activity.
    • Come to think of it, I certainly don't envy you all the work involved. Gad, you must be superhuman, or at least superdevoted to crifanac!1955 January, Art Rapp, “Through Rain”, in Abstract, number 9
    • This is a matter of degree, and 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...1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Fan

Examples of crifanac in a sentence

  • The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac.1966 November, Dean Grennell, “A Pilgrim in Never-Never Country”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 19:
  • It may still be a little bit before I can add a.f.i-m back into my list of online crifanac, but I do hope to be back before too long.1998 August 9, Dave Locke, “Re: Critical Mass (and where in the world is Dave Locke???)”, in alt.fan.inspector-morse (Usenet), message-ID...

Origin of crifanac

Blend of critical + fan + activity. From fanac. Coined by Charles Burbee.

Questions about crifanac

What does crifanac mean?
Crifanac means urgent, high-priority fan activity.
How do you use crifanac in a sentence?
The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac.
What part of speech is crifanac?
Crifanac is a noun.
How do you pronounce crifanac?
Crifanac is pronounced /kɹɪˈfæn.æk/.

Words near crifanac in the dictionary

  1. cries up
  2. cries wolf
  3. criest
  4. crieth
  5. criey
  6. crifanac
  7. CRification
  8. Crigan
  9. Crigger
  10. Criggers
  11. Criggion

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