femme fan

plural femme fans · plural femme fen · alternative femmefan

1. datedslanglifestyleA female fan, particularly of science fiction.

   Trust a femme-fan to start a stream-of-consciousness conversation every time.

   1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The End”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013

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   Here was a picture whose screen fortunes must have caused much uncertainty as to the femme fan reaction. As it turns out all the signs are that the woman angle is favorable and that sets the picture for better than average money at the box office

   1931 February 18, Alfred Rushford Greason, “Dracula”, in Variety

   Samuel Merwin, Jr., editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, said much the same when he lamented in the December, 1946 (p. 100) that he didn't have a letter from a "femme fan" to publish that month and encouraged his female readers to send in letters.

   1946 December, Eric Leif Davin, quoting Samuel Merwin, Jr., Partners in Wonder, published 2006, →ISBN

   Both reviews singled out the fact that Como's songs were greeted by a "frenzied screaming from the teenage femme fan fringe that follows Como around."

   c. 1953, Malcolm Macfarlane, Ken Crossland, Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record, published 2009, →ISBN, page 86

   Synonyms: fangirl, fanne, femfan