different between gafiated vs gafiate

English

Verb

gafiated

1. simple past tense and past participle of gafiate

English

Etymology

GAFIA (“getting away from it all”) +? -ate

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gafiate (plural gafiates)

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

Verb

gafiate (third-person singular simple present gafiates, present participle gafiating, simple past and past participle gafiated)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) To leave the mundane world and enter the science fiction fandom community.

   She gafiated the moment she first picked up a pulp magazine.

2. (fandom slang, science fiction) To drop out of fandom community activities, with the implication of "getting a life".
   • And I didn't so much gafiate as move to Asia.

Coordinate terms

• fafiate

Derived terms

• degafiate
• ungafiate

Related terms

• GAFIA
• get away from it all

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “gafiate”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 74
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “gafiate v.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.