slannish

comparative more slannish · superlative most slannish

1. datedslanglifestyleLike a science fiction fan; characteristic of or pertaining to a science fiction fan.

   To err is human and slannish too, / But we can correct our mistakes with u.

   1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, Obliterine

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   It had been said that First Fandom arose around 1930 when the first fans of Brooklyn crawled out of the slime and extended slannish tendrils to one another across the ooze of the Hudson River.

   1991 November 28, Bob Tucker, “In the Tradition of Ephless Elmer”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 9, page 7

   Does resisting the avalanche of advertising take a slannish mind? No, just an intelligent one, and you know the advertisers are counting on the less intelligent minds so they can make a living

   2006 March 28, Lloyd Penney, “[Letter]”, in And furthermore..., number 3, page 6