filksing

English

A filksing at Minicon 41 (2006)

Alternative forms

• filk sing

Etymology

From filk +‎ sing.

Noun

filksing (plural filksings)

1. (fandom slang, music) A gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance.
   • 1972, Karen Blank, The Boskone 9 Filk-Song Song Book, Table of Contents:

     Welcome to the Boskone Filksing!

   • 2004 February 1, Lee Gold, “Re: work-related ABEND till sometime after 8-February-2004”, in rec.music.filk‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <401D226F.5B501A45@comcast.net>:

     The next LA filksing will be February 21st in Garden Grove.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “filksing”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “filk sing n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• flisking