Bnfdom

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being a BNF (big-name fan). slang, uncountable

    "There are too many fans that can't take it easy, but have to put out top drawer stuff and bootstrap themselves to BNFdom, instead of doing it graciously and quietly as Hoffman did."

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"There are too many fans that can't take it easy, but have to put out top drawer stuff and bootstrap themselves to BNFdom, instead of doing it graciously and quietly as Hoffman did."

Etymology

From BNF + -dom.

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