Citations:congoing

English citations of congoing

Noun: "attending a convention"

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• 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II‎^[1], Whitcon:

  The gathering (brainstormed by John Newman) that marked the postwar revival of congoing in England.

• 1995 June, Garth Spencer, “Letters of Comment”, in Opuntia‎^[2], number 24, →ISSN, page 5:

  I guess the answer to the 'bandwidth' of Internet is to treat it like a smorgasbord; pick and sample what appeals to you, take what you need, and let the rest go by. I understood that to be the concept of congoing, almost immediately.

• 1998 July 16, Andre Lieven, “Re: Why cons SHOULD NOT cost so much”, in alt.fandom.cons‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <6ol962$1t0@freenet-news.carleton.ca>:

  Over that time, the demographic of congoing has evolved, and many longer running cons have had to adapt.

• 2001 February 18, Envoy, “Re: Alt.Polycon 7 Announcement 1.08”, in alt.polyamory‎^[4] (Usenet), message-ID <3a8f7a89.52409090@news.visi.com>:

  I don't think I have ever, in my 15 years of congoing, encountered a more genuinely friendly and pleasant hotel person than the individual I just spoke with to reserve a room at that hotel. Wow.

• 2001 June 29, Steven Roby, “Re: Star Trek Newbie......Help!  :)”, in rec.arts.startrek.current‎^[5] (Usenet), message-ID <9hicbk$so6$1@freenet9.carleton.ca>:

  A few years ago, Sam Ramer wrote a book for people whose friends and/or loved ones were Trek fans, and who wanted to understand what said friends/loved ones were always going on about. It described the key characters and settings of each series, discussed aliens and technobabble, looked at fannish activities like congoing, and so on.

• 2005 December, Joseph T. Major, “The Fanivore”, in File 770‎^[6], number 146, page 25:

  The rest of it is very good and I wish I had had something of the sort available when I started congoing thirty years ago... ulp.

• 2007 October 20, Dave Van Domelen, “RANT: Dave's Supplemental Capsules for Oct 20”, in rec.arts.comics.misc‎^[7] (Usenet), message-ID <ffeh97$4l0$1@haven.eyrie.org>:

  Devil's Panties #7-8: Silent Devil - There's a lot of convention strips in these two issues, and to judge from the endnotes (which are a big part of why I buy these and don't just read the online archives) this marks the part of Breeden's congoing life where she transitioned from fandom to prodom.

Verb: "dancing a conga"

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• 2001, Doodlebug, →ISBN, page 304:

  He screams, and they all join hands to hips and congo line around the cabin. As they are congoing, Moose puts his keys on a shelf that is located downstage left.

• 2004, Cass Pennant, Rob Silvester, Rolling with the 6.57 Crew, →ISBN:

  If you can picture the scene: you've got people behind the bar breaking into where the spirits are, handing out free spirits and fags; you've got somebody else in the DJ bit handing out George Michael CDs to people, just pinging them around; you've got other people tipping the fruit machines, handing out 50p pieces left, right and centre; and the rest of them are all congoing and singing, jumping all over the cushions and chairs.