Fanspeak

//ˈfæn.spiːk// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon used by science fiction fans. informal, uncountable

    "fanspeak: The language, typography, and cliches of fandom. Term is derived from "newspeak," the language of the future, in George Orwell's 1984."

  2. 2
    The jargon used by fans of any genre of fiction or popular culture in general. broadly, informal, uncountable

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"fanspeak: The language, typography, and cliches of fandom. Term is derived from "newspeak," the language of the future, in George Orwell's 1984."

Etymology

From fan + -speak, modeled after Newspeak.

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