Terms vs Congoer - What's the difference?
terms | congoer |
(fandom slang) An attendee at a convention.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1960
, date = February
, first =
, last =
, authorlink =
, magazine = Profanity
, issue = 7
, page = 33
, passage = 'Tis more than likely, were fen to know their work on behalf of the con-goer was appreciated, there might not be so much in evidence the reluctance to take on the duties of a committee.
}}
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1986
, date = Autumn
, first = Richard
, last = Brandt
, authorlink =
, magazine = Light in the Bushel
, url = http://efanzines.com/LitB/Archive/LITB2_pg1.html
, issue = 2
, page = 1
, passage = I was riding up in one of the Hilton's elevators, and one of the yuppies taking his date up to the top-floor restaurant instigated the standard congoer -to-mundane conversation, asking what kind of event all these oddballs were partaking in.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1994
, first = Joseph L.
, last = Sanders
, authorlink =
, title = Science Fiction Fandom
, isbn = 9780313233807
, page = 120
, url =
, passage = Con committees attempt to get public money rather than be funded out of the congoer's pocket.
}}