crifanac

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of critical +‎ fan +‎ activity. From fanac. Coined by Charles Burbee.

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Noun

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crifanac (uncountable)

  1. (dated, fandom slang) Urgent, high-priority fan activity.
    • 1955 January, Art Rapp, “Through Rain”, in Abstract[1], number 9:
      Come to think of it, I certainly don't envy you all the work involved. Gad, you must be superhuman, or at least superdevoted to crifanac!
    • 1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II[2], Fan:
      This is a matter of degree, and depending on the extent to which a given fan indulges in anything more than local club activity he may be distinguished as an actifan (as opposed to passifen); stress on crifanac rather than congoing, among actifans, is the chief extensional distinction between trufans and confans.
    • 1966 November, Dean Grennell, “A Pilgrim in Never-Never Country”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly[3], number 4, page 19:
      The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac.
    • 1998 August 9, Dave Locke, “Re: Critical Mass (and where in the world is Dave Locke???)”, in alt.fan.inspector-morse[4] (Usenet), message-ID <35cd9d1a.55797347@news.pipeline.com>:
      It may still be a little bit before I can add a.f.i-m back into my list of online crifanac, but I do hope to be back before too long.