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unfannishness

unfannishness noun: the quality of being unfannish; behaviour inconsistent with being a fan.

Noun

unfannishness (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The quality of being unfannish; behaviour inconsistent with being a fan.
    • Saturday morning my body betrayed a certain basic unfannishness of constitution by waking me promptly at 6:40 a.m. (a pattern that repeated throughout the weekend, even after valiant efforts on Sunday night).1997 March 21, Ulrika O'Brien, “Usenaut Guerrilla Walks Upright on Planet of the Apes (Damn Long)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <5gsq6u$pru@news.service.uci.edu>
    • Throwing anything away is unfannishness at its worst, fakefan.2002 March 2, Marty Cantor, “Re: Accumulating Crap: A fan thing?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <94e03a1e.0203020714.5255eaa6@posting.google.com>

Antonyms of unfannishness

Origin of unfannishness

From unfannish + -ness.

Questions about unfannishness

What does unfannishness mean?
Unfannishness means the quality of being unfannish; behaviour inconsistent with being a fan.
What part of speech is unfannishness?
Unfannishness is a noun.

Words near unfannishness in the dictionary

  1. unfanged
  2. unfanging
  3. unfangs
  4. unfanned
  5. unfannish
  6. unfannishness
  7. unfantastic
  8. unfantastical
  9. unfantastically
  10. unfappable
  11. unfarced

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