fanling

plural fanlings

1. slanglifestyleAn inexperienced fan.

   Huzzah! Hopefully we'll get some fans, neo-fans and even fanlings to join us.

   2005 June, Ruth Davidson, “President's Message”, in National Fantasy Fan, volume 5, number 2, page 4

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   The man who was so devoted to fandom and fannish pursuits was among the "elders" who ushered me as a young neofan through my fanling stages of blunders and ignorance.

   2006 March 28, David Speakman, “Big Hearted Howard Memorial”, in The National Fantasy Fan, volume 6, number 1, page 6

   A lot of people skip the Ninth Doctor, and start with Ten. I do not recommend this. And by "do not recommend this," I mean I will come through the computer and smack you with a rolled up newspaper, and say "Bad Fanling! No post for you!" Even if you choose to start with "Blink" or "The Runaway Bride," go back and start with the new series featuring Nine; it's definitely worth it.

   2014 June 29, Evangeline Winchester, “Here, Have Some Kool-Aid: Doctor Who”, in Last Fangirl on the Right, retrieved 16 Mar 2017

   Synonyms: neofan, neo

alternative Fan Ling · alternative Fan Leng

1. An area and town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

   Fanling in the New Territories was once a rural outpost, but it has quickly developed into an area with a mix of high rises and low-density developments.

   2016 December 30, Jimmy Chow, “Fanling becomes cross-border hub of low-rise luxury property”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2018, Property

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   Although a slowing economy and campaigns against extravagant consumption by government officials have hurt most luxury shopping hubs in Hong Kong, business has been booming in the New Territories. This is especially true along the East Rail Line, which links China with Hong Kong and runs through Sheung Shui and the towns of Fanling, Tai Po and Sha Tin, all of which offer walking access to large malls.[…] One major initiative, the Northeast New Territories New Development Areas, involves building more than 60,000 apartments for about 175,000 people by 2022 and merging the towns of Sheung Shui and Fanling into a town of 500,000. It is projected to cost $15.5 billion.

   2014 June 10, Chris Horton, “Chinese Shoppers Change Hong Kong Border Area”, in The New York Times (Commercial Real Estate section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2014

   The crash in the New Territories of Hong Kong that border mainland China tore away much of the left side of the bus and ripped a jagged hole in its roof.[…] Police said the bus was traveling on a highway from the town of Fanling.

   2019 December 18, “Hong Kong bus crash kills 6, injures more than 30 others”, in AP News, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2024

   A Reuters witness saw several masked protesters, clad in black, rush into the public housing block in the Fanling district near to the border with China, and set alight a Molotov cocktail.[…] Hong Kong authorities had said they would convert “Fai Ming Estate, an unoccupied public estate in Fanling, into temporary flats for quarantine and observation of close contact persons without symptoms if needed.”

   2020 January 26, Jessie Pang, Felix Tam, Tyrone Siu, Aleksander Solum, Ben Blanchard, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong bars Hubei residents from entering city as coronavirus fears intensify”, in Toby Chopra, Louise Heavens, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2020, EMERGING MARKETS

2. A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.