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gafiation
English
Etymology
GAFIA +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æfi?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
gafiation (plural gafiations)
- (dated, fandom slang) The act of gafiating; a beginning or end of involvement in fandom.
- (dated, fandom slang) The state or result of having gafiated; having entered or exited fandom.
Related terms
- degafiate
- fafiation
- gafiate
- gafiated
- gafiates
- gafiating
References
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “gafiation”, 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) , “gafiation n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
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fafiation
English
Etymology
FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæfi?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
fafiation (plural fafiations)
- (fandom slang) The act of fafiating; exiting involvement in fandom due to other obligations.
- Having dropped back into rasff for a bit, I'm now dropping out again. Fall semester has started, and even with lots of filtering and aggressive ignoring of political threads, being a full-time parent and half-time graduate student doesn't leave time for Usenet. Even with three free mornings a week while Joseph's in pre-school.
- (fandom slang) The state or result of having fafiated; having exited fandom due to other obligations.
- Something happened to this newsgroup during my fafiation.
- I'm afraid that I've never met his second wife, Laura Brodian, as (like so many medical fen) I suffered FAFIAtion when I got stuck into building my practice.
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- fafiate
- fafiated
- fafiates
- fafiating
- gafiation
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