trufan

English

Alternative forms

• truefan

Etymology

From tru- (“true, genuine”) +‎ fan. The irregular plural is derived from fen, itself formed in anology with men and women.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuˌfæn/

Noun

trufan (plural trufans or trufen)

1. (fandom slang) A very active and dedicated fan, particularly of science fiction.

   Synonyms: megafan, stan, superfan, uberfan

   • 1954 February, Walt Willis, Bob Shaw, chapter 18, in The Enchanted Duplicator‎^[1], page 26:

     On either side of him were numerous parks and gardens, great and small, and of varying types of beauty, and in them walked shining, godlike figures whom he knew to be Trufans.

   • 1975 March, Joe Pumilia, “The Vulcan Invasion”, in KPFT‎^[2], volume 2, number 7, page 1:

     And even though I have gone on to find other interests, I remain at heart a "trufan."

   • 1998, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years‎^[3], →ISBN, Introduction, page xxix:

     It is difficult to put into words, but for the "trufan" science-fiction or the magazines entered his life more than a hobby and only a little less than a vocation. Over and over one encounters the statement that when a trufan discovered science-fiction he/she found a fulfillment.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trufan.

Derived terms

• trufandom

 

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “trufan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “trufan n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• Turfan

Spanish

Verb

trufan

1. third-person plural present indicative of trufar