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fake-fan

fake-fan is the alternative form of fakefan.

Meaning of fakefan

Noun

fakefan (plural fakefans or fakefen)

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang, sometimes) Someone who socializes with fans but has little or no interest in the subject of the fandom.
    • I am NOT a fakefan.1953 May-June, Robert Bloch, “Sez Y'All”, in Quandry, number 29, page 14

Forms of fake-fan

pluralfake-fans
pluralfake-fen

Questions about fake-fan

What is fake-fan the alternative form of?
Fake-fan is the alternative form of fakefan.

Words near fake-fan in the dictionary

  1. fake-ass
  2. fake-bake
  3. fake-baked
  4. fake-bakes
  5. fake-baking
  6. fake-fan
  7. fake-fans
  8. fake-fen
  9. fake-out
  10. fake-outs
  11. fake-tanned

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