stfield

English

Etymology

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) +‎ field.

Noun

stfield (plural stfields)

1. (dated, fandom slang) The province or domain of science fiction; the area in which science fiction is active.
   • 1955, John Bristol Speer, “The Phanerofanish Eon”, in Fancestral Voices, page 79:

     One probably should not say there was a trufan, even in posse, until the stfield had been defined by Amazing Stories.

Anagrams

• filsted, fistled, stifled