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fafiate

/ˈfæfiˌɪt/

fafiate noun: a science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations.

Noun

fafiate (plural fafiates)

  1. (dated, slang) A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations.
    • After she got that job she became a fafiate.

Verb

IPA/ˈfæfiˌeɪt/

fafiate (third-person singular simple present fafiates, present participle fafiating, simple past and past participle fafiated)

  1. (ambitransitive, dated, slang) To (cause to) exit fandom and become inactive in fandom activity due to other obligations.
    • Nope. "Fafia" stands for "Forced Away From It All." Wide variety of things: family doesn't approve; financial reasons; job takes up too much time; or, in a few cases (can you say "John Vanible?" I knew you could), people have been so obnoxious that they were essentially fafiated by fandom itself...1989 October 13, Dan'l DanehyOakes, “Re: gafiated: definition wanted”, in rec.arts.sf-lovers (Usenet), message-ID <1638@pbhyc.PacBell.COM>
    • People usually give away collections when gafiating, if not fafiating due to inconveniences to fanac such as death.1995 October 24, Gar Farber, “Re: Secret Apas - Not (was Re: Fandom Organizations)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <46kc1k$g69@panix2.panix.com>

Forms of fafiate

Noun
pluralfafiates
Verb
third-person singular presentfafiates
present participlefafiating
past participlefafiated
pastfafiated

Origin of fafiate

From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about fafiate

What does fafiate mean?
Fafiate means a science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations.
What part of speech is fafiate?
Fafiate can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fafiate?
Fafiate is pronounced /ˈfæfiˌɪt/.
What is the plural of fafiate?
The plural of fafiate is fafiates.

Words near fafiate in the dictionary

  1. faffs
  2. faffs about
  3. faffs around
  4. faffy
  5. fafia
  6. fafiate
  7. fafiated
  8. fafiates
  9. fafiating
  10. fafiation
  11. fafiations

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