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fafiating

fafiating is the present participle and gerund of fafiate.

Meaning of fafiate

Verb

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>

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Questions about fafiating

What is fafiating the present participle and gerund of?
Fafiating is the present participle and gerund of fafiate.

Words near fafiating in the dictionary

  1. faffy
  2. fafia
  3. fafiate
  4. fafiated
  5. fafiates
  6. fafiating
  7. fafiation
  8. fafiations
  9. fafillion
  10. fafillions
  11. Fafnir

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