Noun

(en noun)

(dated, fandom slang) A fan of science fiction.

* {{quote-book

, year = 1944 , first = John Bristol , last = Speer , authorlink = Jack Speer , title = Fancyclopedia , url = http://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_I/f1.html , chapter = F - Fascism , isbn = , page = , passage = The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization. }}

* {{quote-magazine

, year = 1950 , date = September , author = Charles Stuart Metchette , title = Michigan Memories , magazine = Spacewarp , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html , issue = 42 , page = 72–77 , passage = Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs. }}

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, year = 1955 , first = Arthur , last = Koestler , authorlink = Arthur Koestler , title = The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays , isbn = , page = 143 , passage = gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan " meaning a biologically mutated superman. }}

Noun

(en noun)

(US, Canada) Coleslaw.

* 1996', Jerry Bledsoe, '''''Slaw Crazy'', Lee Harrison Child (editor), ''Close to Home: Revelations and Reminiscences by North Carolina Authors , page 66,

Barbecue is always served with slaw in North Carolina and always has been.

* 2002 , Alex Haas, Everyday Low Carb Cooking , page 73,

My boss, whose daughter was a working chef, told me that I made the best slaws' that she had ever tasted. The secret is that ' slaws deserve as much care in their preparation as any other good meal.

* 2010 , Judy Doherty, Salad Secrets: 100 of the Most Creative, Healthful Recipes , page 103,

Slaws go well with grilled lean protein items and sandwiches.