Meanings
- uncountableThe history or knowledge of a fandom.
The identification of Carl Barks is a crucial part of the fanlore, and the subject of some mild disagreement.
2021, Peter Cullen Bryan, Creation, Translation, and Adaptation in Donald Duck: Comics The Dream of Three Lifetimes, page 992 more examples
But by this time, we'd remembered the location of Clifton's Cafeteria which is well-known in old Los Angeles fanlore.
1957 May, Ed Cox, “Torus Installment”, in Contour, number 11, page 7We have moved out of fannish lore and into questions of ontology. I have long been fascinated by anything having to do with the nature of existence, nonexistence, the interplay between the two — even more than being fascinated by discussions of fanlore.
1981 August, Gary Deindorfer, “Group Sainthood”, in Boonfark, number 5, page 34
Origin
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fanlore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanlore
“fanlore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanlore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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