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faaan

faaan is the alternative form of faan.

Meaning of faan

Noun

faan (plural faans)

  1. (dated, derogatory, often, slang) A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
    • In 1953 neofan Richard Eney mentioned casually (in the course of describing life as a faan in the Army) that he carried in the pocket of his lab jacket a notebook in which he was collecting subjects for a revised Fancyclopedia. [...] in Minneapolis, Belfast, and the wilds of central Hokkaido...1956 November-December, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, “Fancyclopedia II: Why There Isn't Any”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 2, page 40

Forms of faaan

pluralfaaans

Questions about faaan

What is faaan the alternative form of?
Faaan is the alternative form of faan.

Words near faaan in the dictionary

  1. fa shizzle
  2. fa'afafine
  3. fa-la
  4. fa-las
  5. faa
  6. faaan
  7. faaanish
  8. faaans
  9. FAAB
  10. Faadhoo
  11. Faadhoohuraagan'du

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