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faanishness

faanishness noun: being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.

Noun

faanishness (uncountable)

  1. (dated, derogatory, often, slang) Being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.
    • Andy evaluated fanzines against criteria in seven categories: layout, art, congeniality, genre, writing, temporality, and faanishness, and assigned 10 points to each category.1992 June, Geri Sullivan, “SFFY named #1 fanzine of ’91!”, in No Goat’s Kneecap, page 1

Origin of faanishness

From faanish + -ness.

Questions about faanishness

What does faanishness mean?
Faanishness means being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.
What part of speech is faanishness?
Faanishness is a noun.

Words near faanishness in the dictionary

  1. faanfiction
  2. faanfictions
  3. FAANG
  4. FAANGs
  5. faanish
  6. faanishness
  7. faans
  8. Faanumaahuraa
  9. Faarufushi
  10. faas
  11. Faases

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