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Glossary
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| See also: | Fanspeak |
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A Glossary is an alphabetical list, with meanings, of the words or phrases in a text that are to understand.
At Fanlore, the glossary aims to explain fannish terms to new and old members. Fans have been making those glossaries for as long as they have been coming up with new fannish terms to put in them.
They can cover expressions ranging from fandom activities to a kind of indicative sentence. The creation of fannish glossaries is old and dates back to before the internet, when fans organized themselves through letters and meetings — conventions.
Examples of Print Glossaries
- The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary by Elliot Weinstein (1975)
- The STrekfan's Glossary of Abbreviations and Slanguage, a Star Trek fandom glossary from 1976
Examples of Online Glossaries
- Fanfic Glossary at Geocities fansite Fanfic by cmshaw, archived 29 February 2000
- The Fanfiction Glossary by Kielle at subreality.com
- The Fanfictionary by eiahmon (posted to Dreamwidth in 2009, but originally hosted on Anime Fountain)
- Fannish Glossary at tehomet.net
- Fanfiction Terminolgy[1] by Moonbeam. Includes common fandom terms, anime fandom terms, and fandom specific terms.
- GLOSSARY AND FAN FICTION INTRODUCTION (Ashera's Archive) (2001)
- Fanlore's own Category:Glossary
- A Key to the Terminology of S-F Fandom, Archived version by Donald Franson (1962)
References
- ^ Moonbeam's Fanfiction Predilections: "Fanfiction Terminology - Moonbeam's Predilections". 2018-06-07. Archived from the original on 2018-06-07.
Gallery
front of The STrekfan's Glossary of Abbreviations and Slanguage, 2nd edition
meta fanart about fannish glossaries (2016)
