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faan

/fæn/

faan noun: a fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.

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
    • More evidence of how fans were becoming faans can be deduced from the activities. The first day consisted of playing records, listening to Liebscher play the piano, playing games, and talking until 4 a.m.1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 242

Forms of faan

pluralfaans
alternative formfaaan

Words formed from faan

Phrases with faan

Words that rhyme with faan

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Questions about faan

What does faan mean?
Faan means a fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
What part of speech is faan?
Faan is a noun.
How do you pronounce faan?
Faan is pronounced /fæn/.
What is the plural of faan?
The plural of faan is faans.

Words near faan in the dictionary

  1. Faafu
  2. Faahuttaa
  3. faal
  4. FAAMG
  5. FAAMGs
  6. faan
  7. faan fiction
  8. faan fictions
  9. Faandhoo
  10. Faanehuttaa
  11. faanfiction

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