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stfzine

stfzine noun: a science fiction magazine.

Noun

stfzine (plural stfzines)

  1. (dated, slang) A science fiction magazine.
    • Will trade stfzines, or what have you ... might even pay cash.1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Wanted”, in Spacewarp, number 37, page 29
    • One of the few barbarisms I committed on the body of a stfzine was cutting out this chart to put in my high-school freshman science workbook.1955, John Bristol Speer, “1934: The Making of a Fan”, in Fancestral Voices, page 110

Forms of stfzine

pluralstfzines

Origin of stfzine

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + zine (“magazine”).

Questions about stfzine

What does stfzine mean?
Stfzine means a science fiction magazine.
What part of speech is stfzine?
Stfzine is a noun.
What is the plural of stfzine?
The plural of stfzine is stfzines.

Words near stfzine in the dictionary

  1. stfsy
  2. STFT
  3. STFTs
  4. stfu
  5. STFW
  6. stfzine
  7. stfzines
  8. stg
  9. stge
  10. stge.
  11. stgr.

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