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zinefans

zinefans is the plural of zinefan.

Meaning of zinefan

Noun

zinefan (plural zinefans or zinefen)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A science fiction fan primarily interested in fanzines.
    • Confan: Who cares about fanzines; cons are where the action is.
      Zinefan: Yeah, well when the history of fandom is written, we will write it.
      Confan: Yeah, but nobody will read it.1991 May 6, Richard Harter, “Re: Query about Sixth Fandom”, in alt.fandom.misc (Usenet), message-ID <446@smds.UUCP>

Questions about zinefans

What is zinefans the plural of?
Zinefans is the plural of zinefan.

Words near zinefans in the dictionary

  1. zineb
  2. zinebs
  3. Zinedine
  4. Zinedines
  5. zinefan
  6. zinefans
  7. zinefen
  8. zinefest
  9. zinefests
  10. zinefic
  11. zinelike

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