Renaissance faire

plural Renaissance faires

1. alternativeAlternative form of Renaissance fair.

   Victoria Jamieson's Newbery-Honor-winning debut graphic novel, "Roller Girl," was terrific; her "All's Faire in Middle School" is even better. It's the epic of Impy, a.k.a. Imogene, an 11-year-old homeschooled girl who's grown up in the world of Renaissance faires.

   2017 August 25, Marjorie Ingall, “Get Thee to Middle School! A Ren Faire Heroine Meets the Real World”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2017

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   Mt Gox, for instance, started as a trading venue for enthusiastic nerds who loved fantasy games; its name, Mt Gox, stands for Magic the Gathering Online Exchange, where users traded cards for the game, giving bitcoins a place in the fringe-culture Venn diagram between Dungeons & Dragons and Renaissance faires. Fun stuff, but not really the stuff of mainstream legitimacy.

   2014 February 26, Heidi Moore, “The Mt Gox bitcoin scandal is the best thing to happen to bitcoin in years”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023