fanspeak
English edit
Etymology edit
fan + -speak, modeled after Newspeak.
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Noun edit
fanspeak (uncountable)
- (informal) The jargon used by science fiction fans.
- 1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman, Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 5:
- fanspeak: The language, typography, and cliches of fandom. Term is derived from "newspeak," the language of the future, in George Orwell's 1984.
- 2000, Elyce Rae Helford, Fantasy girls, page 64:
- The "lack" in the narrative's central relationship produces UST (fanspeak for "unresolved sexual tension") and more, a space for sublimated discourse about body and gender politics...
- (by extension, informal) The jargon used by fans of any genre of fiction or popular culture in general.
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References edit
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “fanspeak”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 58–59.