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omniapan

omniapan noun: a theoretical member of all amateur press associations.

Noun

omniapan (plural omniapans)

  1. (slang) A theoretical member of all amateur press associations.
    • This sub-thread had been about when Mike Gunderloy was trying to be an omniapan. I don't see why anyone would necessarily assume that this was when he was most active doing _other_ things -- such as Factsheet Five. Or when he was most active in any _particular_ apa.1996 July 31, Daniel Goodman, “Re: Fannish categories”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), retrieved 13 Jun 2018, message-ID <4tnr2a$hes@darla.visi.com>
    • During that time I folded my first fanzine, Psi-Phi, after my coeditor went off to college at Stanford, started another fanzine, Frap, that lasted half a dozen issues in 1963-64, jousted with Bruce Pelz and several others for "omni-apan" status (I think my peak was six apas at the same time), and...2012 August 17, Robert Lichtman, “loccer room”, in Fanstuff, number 16, page 10

Forms of omniapan

pluralomniapans
alternative formomni-apan

Origin of omniapan

From omni- + apan.

Questions about omniapan

What does omniapan mean?
Omniapan means a theoretical member of all amateur press associations.
What part of speech is omniapan?
Omniapan is a noun.
What is the plural of omniapan?
The plural of omniapan is omniapans.

Words near omniapan in the dictionary

  1. omni-wheels
  2. omniabsence
  3. omniabsent
  4. omniactive
  5. omniana
  6. omniapan
  7. omniapans
  8. omniaperturate
  9. omniarch
  10. omniarchs
  11. omnibearing

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