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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fan</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fall-through.html" title="fall through"/><link rel="next" href="fandango-on-core.html" title="fandango on core"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fan</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fall-through.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fandango-on-core.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fan"/><dt xmlns="" id="fan"><b>fan</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction,
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especially one who goes to <a href="../C/con_.html"><i class="glossterm">con</i></a>s and tends to hang
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out with other fans. Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported
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from fannish slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by
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most non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly <span class="firstterm">fen</span>, but this usage is not automatic to
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hackers. “<span class="quote">Laura reads the stuff occasionally but isn't really a
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fan.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fall-through.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fandango-on-core.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fall through </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> fandango on core</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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