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Ren fest

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Ren fest (plural Ren fests)

  1. (informal) Clipping of Renaissance festival.
    Synonyms: Ren fair, Ren faire
    • 2014 November 24, Marcia Kester Doyle, Who Stole My Spandex?, Maine: Blue Lobster Book Co., →ISBN, page 275:
      I'm a fourteen-year veteran of the Ren Fest, and a firm believer that everyone should, at least once in their lifetime, lace up their boots, tighten their corsets, and visit the local faire.
    • 2019 September 13, Brittany Menjivar, “All's Faire: Reckoning with the Renaissance”, in Yale Daily News[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-26:
      Like many Ren fests, the Connecticut Renaissance Faire takes place over the course of several themed weekends.
    • 2021 June 24, John Bordsen, “Tips for attending 2021 Renaissance festivals”, in The Washington Post[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-31:
      But jousts are the No. 1 attraction at Ren fests. They are staged throughout the day in permanent arenas — seating in the stands may be subject to distancing guidelines this year — and some focus on skill, others on theatrics.

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