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faans

faans is the plural 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

Questions about faans

What is faans the plural of?
Faans is the plural of faan.

Words near faans in the dictionary

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

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