different between fafiate vs fafiated

English

Etymology

FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (Noun): IPA^(key): /?fæfi??t/
• (Verb): IPA^(key): /?fæfi?e?t/

Noun

fafiate (plural fafiates)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations.

   After she got that job she became a fafiate.

Verb

fafiate (third-person singular simple present fafiates, present participle fafiating, simple past and past participle fafiated)

1. (dated, transitive, intransitive, fandom slang) To (cause to) exit fandom and become inactive in fandom activity due to other obligations.

   • Nope. "Fafia" stands for "Forced Away From It All." Wide variety of things: family doesn't approve; financial reasons; job takes up too much time; or, in a few cases (can you say "John Vanible?" I knew you could), people have been so obnoxious that they were essentially fafiated by fandom itself, the ultimate shame of being outcast by the pariahs...

   • People usually give away collections when gafiating, if not fafiating due to inconveniences to fanac such as death.

   • I haven't seen her posting on here since FKO or maybe earlier, and a mutual friend has been trying to email to her and not getting answered. Anybody around Ohio know if she's just covered-up with her day job or had something happen to seriously fafiate her?

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “fafiate”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 56

English

Verb

fafiated

1. simple past tense and past participle of fafiate