slanshack
/slænʃæk/
slanshack noun: a house shared by fans of science fiction.
Noun
slanshack (plural slanshacks)
- A house shared by fans of science fiction.
- Slan Shack - A science-fiction house in Battle Creek, charter members being Al & Abby Lu Ashley, Walt Liebscher, and Jack Wiedenbeck. Acquired in the summer of '43, it wasn't occupied by the slans till the eve of the Michiconference. EEEvans joined a little later.1944, John Bristol Speer, “sfn - Sydcon”, in Fancyclopedia
- Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen. Probably none of them had ever been in a slanshack, and there were only a few completists among them.1951 May 21, Winthrop Sargeant, “Through the Interstellar Looking Glass”, in Life
Forms of slanshack
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Origin of slanshack
From slan (“science fiction fan”) + shack. From a clubhouse for science fiction fans in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA called "Slan Shack" which existed from 1943 to 1945; from the fanspeak term slan; from the science fiction novel Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, by analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of the novel.
Words that rhyme with slanshack
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- plaque
- whack
- slack
- Cadillac
- swack
- thwack
- pac
- shack
- bivouac
- cack
- clack
- gack
- lack
- smack
- unpack
- wrack
- aback
- flak
- hark back
- mack
- claque
- flack
- knack
- quack
- shellac
- snack
- yak
- Aach
- ack
- gak
- mac
- Meshach
- multitrack
- plack
- snacc
- wack
- akh
- alack
- awrack
- brach
- cac
- Cayman Brac
- Chiraq
- cook back
- craic
- diclofenac
- dictionary attack
- dime back
Questions about slanshack
- What does slanshack mean?
- Slanshack means a house shared by fans of science fiction.
- What part of speech is slanshack?
- Slanshack is a noun.
- How do you pronounce slanshack?
- Slanshack is pronounced /slænʃæk/.
- What is the plural of slanshack?
- The plural of slanshack is slanshacks.
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