fringefan
/ˈfɹɪnd͡ʒfæn/
fringefan noun: a science fiction fan primarily interested in a specific subset of fandom; a partial fan on the fringe of fandom.
Noun
fringefan (plural fringefans or fringefen)
- A science fiction fan primarily interested in a specific subset of fandom; a partial fan on the fringe of fandom.
- It got next to no prozine publicity and Los Angeles newspapers ignored it, so the fringefans didn't know about it.1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 263
- I repeat my contention that absence of critical sense is one of the marks of the fringefan, and introduce the corollary (observable from the earliest days of anything recognizable as fandom) that argumentativeness is one of the common denominators of the [trufan] (I hate that term but it carries a...1983 January 7, csin!cjh, “Re cursing ministers”, in net.sf-lovers (Usenet), message-ID <bnews.csin.246>
Forms of fringefan
| plural | fringefans |
|---|---|
| plural | fringefen |
Origin of fringefan
From fringe + fan.
Questions about fringefan
- What does fringefan mean?
- Fringefan means a science fiction fan primarily interested in a specific subset of fandom; a partial fan on the fringe of fandom.
- What part of speech is fringefan?
- Fringefan is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fringefan?
- Fringefan is pronounced /ˈfɹɪnd͡ʒfæn/.
- What is the plural of fringefan?
- The plural of fringefan is fringefans.
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