bacover

English

Etymology

Blend of back +‎ cover

Noun

bacover (plural bacovers)

1. (dated, fandom slang) Back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
   • 1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Ether Jiggles”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎^[1], number 1, page 3:

     Gleefully we perused those two copies, noting such achievements as a five-color bacover (counting black).

   • 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II‎^[2], Eavesdroppings:

     They are a sort of bacover-quote, a lot of "-actual incredible things fans have said to one another."

Synonyms

• back cover, back page

Related terms

• baquote

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “bacover”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.

Anagrams

• cabover