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gafiation

English

Etymology

GAFIA +? -ation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??æfi?e???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

gafiation (plural gafiations)

  1. (dated, fandom slang) The act of gafiating; a beginning or end of involvement in fandom.
  2. (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)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Related terms

  • fafiate
  • fafiated
  • fafiates
  • fafiating
  • gafiation

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