Noun

(en noun)

(informal) A discussion

Noun

(en-noun)

(dated, fandom slang, sometimes, pejorative) A science fiction fan primarily interested in conventions.

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, year = 1959 , author = Richard Eney , title = Fancyclopedia II , section = Fan , url = http://www.fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_II/foxtrot.html , passage = Depending on the extent to which a given fan indulges in anything more than local club activity he may be distinguished as an actifan (as opposed to passifen); stress on crifanac rather than congoing, among actifans, is the chief extensional distinction between trufans and confans . }}

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, year = 1995 , monthday = May 30 , author = Moshe Feder , email = , title = Re: TAFF T-Shirts , id = D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org , group = rec.arts.sf.fandom , url = http://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.fandom/0wfxJbgNnII/m9Wq0Rwq6kAJ }}

Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.

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, year = 2004 , first = Arnie , last = Katz , authorlink = , title = The Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Fuggheads , url = http://efanzines.com/KatzMisc/SFLverOnline.pdf , page = 14 , passage = "Ah, Meyer, you forget that we are in confan' country," he said with less enthusiasm than I'd expected. "Some of these people dream about situations like this. A con in trouble. An intrepid ' confan rises to the occasion, takes over the con and saves the day. It's a File 770 front pager." }}