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Philedom

Philedom noun: the fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.

Noun

Philedom (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.
    • I have too many friends in Philedom. It's going to be very interesting to see how we survive the 8th season and still keep our Internet communities in tact.^([sic])2000 October 5, Bast Black, “The X-File season 8 promo from the gut.”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet)
    • He only said that the changes made in those seasons divided Philedom in an unprecendented^([sic]) fashion, and that the ratings dropped drastically.2002 June 17, Anna, “Re: XF Worst Survivor Round 6”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
  2. (slang) The state or quality of being an X-Phile.
    • This is so psychotic, I have to salute you! I aspire to the same level of Philedom but I'm not quite there yet...1998 September 30, c.morgan, “Re: My Scully Fish”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
    • (My mother -- my Philedom evidentally^([sic]) rubbing off on her-- with no prompting returned home and told my father, "We prayed for Mulder this morning.")1998 December 31, Carrie-Anne DeDeo, “Re: Faith and Belief (WAS: Another way M&S need each other)”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet)

Examples of Philedom in a sentence

  • It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.2002 October 20, W. Blaine Dowler, “Re: OOPS! Make that 9 seasons!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
  • The first half of Season 4 was nearly fatal to my Philedom.2000 January 29, Cassandra, “Re: Fathers and Daughters, Signs & Wonders”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet):

Origin of Philedom

From X-Phile + -dom.

Questions about Philedom

What does Philedom mean?
Philedom means the fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.
How do you use Philedom in a sentence?
It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.
What part of speech is Philedom?
Philedom is a noun.

Words near Philedom in the dictionary

  1. Philbrook
  2. Philbrooks
  3. Philcox
  4. Phildickian
  5. phile
  6. Philedom
  7. Philem.
  8. philemaphobia
  9. philematologist
  10. philematologists
  11. philematology

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