Definitions
Etymologies
- fan + -dom (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The person I know who's in fandom is a big Wincest shipper which - ugh!”
“SF/F congoers know that I do panels about rape, sexual assault, and sexual politics and problems in fandom - in the community education and prevention branch of BARCC, we're encouraged to identify a community to work with, and fandom is one of mine.”
“My Christmas wish for the New Who fandom is we all represent the best in fandom and that none of us express ourselves via fandom wars.”
“(5 comments | Leave a comment) my fandom is the cutest ever”
““About 90 percent of the fandom is just excited to have anything,” said Lori Joffs, co-creator of Twilight Lexicon.”
Twilight Lexicon » The Novel That Must Not Be Named: A Clarification
“When Lori Joffs stated the following to MTV “About 90 percent of the fandom is just excited to have anything,” said Lori Joffs, co-creator of Twilight Lexicon.”
Twilight Lexicon » The Novel That Must Not Be Named: A Clarification
“What then, beyond mere fandom, is the significance of Lovecraft and his ideas for you?”
“I do think something has changed in fandom over the past 10 years.”
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“It's much more credible that The Sun is catching things on the wind in fandom and running with the Chinese Whispers.”
“There is a hell of a lot of Wincest out there in fandom, and I have to admit the few times I watched the show, I could see it, not in an 'oooh I ship this' way, more in a squirmy, 'wtf are they doing?' way.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fandom’.
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Hiroe's Words
facetious, bardic, twatwaffle, cattywampus, splendiferous, zomg, merf, fwaa, fnord, tortify, schwiz, blort and 225 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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a fan's dictionary
fanon, canon, trekkie, trekker, browncoat, shipping, het, slash, femslash, smut, gen, mary sue and 45 more...
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Overused
Words that are used way too much in conversation, especially by me. Which is not to say I don't like them
awkward, random, totally, so, fully, sweet, whatever, bloody, skill0rz, skillage, skill, oh my god and 35 more...
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Geek Culture
geek, dork, nerd, gafiate, filk, concom, fanboy, fandom, geekosphere, grok, hacker, leet and 26 more...
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kerrikins's Words
glimmering, iridescent, gleam, cock, livejournal, exquisite, pleasure, orgasm, moonlight, luminous, tranquil, melody and 11 more...
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Master of Your Domain?
bachelordom, birthdom, bumbledom, chiefdom, christendom, churchdom, dukedom, duncedom, earldom, fandom, fiefdom, heathendom and 22 more...
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My obsessions
Words that make me happy when I hear or read them.
radiohead, manga, dramas, koreans, music, internet, web design, typography, fandom, literature
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fandom.
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