Bitter Old Fanfic Queen
| Synonyms: | BOFQ, Bitter Old Fandom Hag | |
| See also: | dino, neofan, newbies | |
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A term coined in The X-Files[1], a BOFQ is a jaded, martini-swilling cynic who has seen it all. She might say something like "Get offa my lawn" on occasion, and will tend to be both familiar with and tired of common and recurrent arguments. This term seems to have traction only among X-Philes, although the term is transparent enough that other fandoms understand it instantly. (It has also been adopted, less broadly, as "Bitter Old Fandom Queen.")
The opposite of a BOFQ is a newbie, or really, anybody who has not yet developed a cynical eye for earnest chatter.
References
- ↑ Bitter Old Fic Queens and Why They Need to Get Over It, via wayback, archived 30 April 2001. (Accessed 26 October 2008)
