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  • It's a visceral thing you never get over, like the smell of corflu and mimeo ink on a wax stencil.

    Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

  • Bad liquor is sometimes likened to "strained corflu"; according to fannish tradition, it is possible to make a potable alcoholic drink by straining corflu, although I have yet to meet anyone who actually claims to have done so.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2 1980

  • Another term used in relation to publishing is corflu, a contraction for the correction fluid used for mimeograph stencils.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2 1980

  • I hadn’t made contact with science fiction fandom yet, so I didn’t know about all the folks making do with mimeograph and corflu; I had several hundred dollars to spend on full photo-offset printing, and I learned the most basic skill for getting people to do unpaid work nagging.

    Nietzsche and Me James Killus 2007

  • I hadn’t made contact with science fiction fandom yet, so I didn’t know about all the folks making do with mimeograph and corflu; I had several hundred dollars to spend on full photo-offset printing, and I learned the most basic skill for getting people to do unpaid work nagging.

    Archive 2007-12-01 James Killus 2007

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