femfan

plural femfans · plural femfen

1. datedderogatoryslangsometimeslifestyleA female science fiction fan.

   Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.

   1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, page 31

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   So, at last, backed by a formidable phalange of femfans, I dare speak up, brave lassie that I am.

   1953 August, Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 42, number 3, page 133

   When I went to my first science fiction convention in 1961, fandom was entirely white and 80 percent male. Women were marginalized as "femfans." Gay people were in the closet.

   2010, Eleanor Arnason, Mammoths of the Great Plains, →ISBN, page 120

   Synonyms: fangirl, fanne, femme fan