fanspeak
English
Etymology
fan + -speak, modeled after Newspeak.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fănspēk, IPA(key): /fæn.spiːk/
Noun
fanspeak (uncountable)
- (informal) The jargon spoken by science fiction fans.
- 1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman & Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 5:
- fanspeak: The language, typography, and cliches of fandom. Term is derived from "newspeak," the language of the future, in George Orwell's 1984.
- 2000, Elyce Rae Helford, Fantasy girls, page 64:
- The "lack" in the narrative's central relationship produces UST (fanspeak for "unresolved sexual tension") and more, a space for sublimated discourse about body and gender politics...
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Related terms
- geekspeak
- nerdspeak
See also
- Appendix:Fanspeak
References
- “fanspeak” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, pages 58–59.