zinefan

plural zinefans · plural zinefen

1. derogatoryslangsometimeslifestyleA science fiction fan primarily interested in fanzines.

   I’d love to see a complete list of active zinefen, find out how many there are.

   2009 April, R. Graeme Cameron, “Letters of Comment”, in WCSFAzine, volume 3, number 3 (whole number #19), page 48

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   Confan: Who cares about fanzines; cons are where the action is. Zinefan: Yeah, well when the history of fandom is written, we will write it. Confan: Yeah, but nobody will read it.

   1991 May 6, Richard Harter, “Re: Query about Sixth Fandom”, in alt.fandom.misc (Usenet), message-ID <446@smds.UUCP>

   Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.

   1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>