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minac

minac noun: the minimum activity required of a member of an amateur press association; the regular contribution required to maintain membership.

Noun

minac (plural minacs)

  1. (slang) The minimum activity required of a member of an amateur press association; the regular contribution required to maintain membership.
    • Some trad apas *don't* have minacs, some *are* for formal zines, many apazines *don't* consist largely of mailing comments, many apas *don't* have dues, some *don't* use the usage of "mailings" or "distributions," and so forth.2000 March 28, Gary Farber, “Re: Personal Apa? (was Re: Boskone 37 Repo”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <8brcus$fhh$1@news.panix.com>
    • John seems to think I will have enough to say of interest to the membership to fill my minimum number of pages. I understand that some waitlisters have contributed pages before becoming full members and this seems like a good idea to me. This way I can make a dry run at putting together my...2001 October, Warren Harris, “Just who is this guy anyway?”, in Back Numbers, number 1, page 1

Verb

minac (third-person singular simple present minacs, present participle minacking, simple past and past participle minacked)

  1. (slang) To not meet the minimum activity level of an amateur press association.
    • That would be more of an inducement if I hadn't minacked out of FAPA after realizing that I wasn't reading most of it.1999 October 18, Vicki Rosenzweig, “Re: AKICIF New York History department”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <F6sLOMDeV7ku53YswkZZdubXcB=M@4ax.com>
    • We few, we serconn’d few, we apa of brothers;¶ For he today that sheds his ink with me¶ Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so minacked,¶ This day shall excuse his reprint;2006 July 25, Steve Tompkins, “Once More Unto the Post Office…”, in The Cimmerian, retrieved 10 Dec 2014

Forms of minac

Noun
pluralminacs
Verb
third-person singular presentminacs
present participleminacking
past participleminacked
pastminacked

Origin of minac

Blend of minimum + activity.

Questions about minac

What does minac mean?
Minac means the minimum activity required of a member of an amateur press association; the regular contribution required to maintain membership.
What part of speech is minac?
Minac can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of minac?
The plural of minac is minacs.

Words near minac in the dictionary

  1. min.
  2. mina
  3. Minab
  4. minability
  5. minable
  6. minac
  7. minaceous
  8. minacious
  9. minaciously
  10. minaciousness
  11. minacities

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