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stfanzine

stfanzine noun: an amateur magazine produced by and for fans of science fiction.

Noun

stfanzine (plural stfanzines)

  1. (dated, slang) An amateur magazine produced by and for fans of science fiction.
    • By the way, I hate horror yarns. Tough, but there is nothing to be done about it. You might start your own zine, if you want horror stories. Or send your manuscripts to SHIVERS or one of the other fanzines specializing in that branch of fantasy. This is a stfanzine.1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, number 37, page 2

Forms of stfanzine

pluralstfanzines

Origin of stfanzine

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + fanzine (“fan magazine”).

Questions about stfanzine

What does stfanzine mean?
Stfanzine means an amateur magazine produced by and for fans of science fiction.
What part of speech is stfanzine?
Stfanzine is a noun.
What is the plural of stfanzine?
The plural of stfanzine is stfanzines.

Words near stfanzine in the dictionary

  1. stfandom
  2. stfandoms
  3. stfans
  4. stfantasies
  5. stfantasy
  6. stfanzine
  7. stfanzines
  8. stfcon
  9. stfcons
  10. stfd
  11. stfdom

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