unfannishness

English

Etymology

From unfannish +‎ -ness.

Noun

unfannishness (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) The quality of being unfannish; behaviour inconsistent with being a fan.
   • 1997 March 21, Ulrika O'Brien, “Usenaut Guerrilla Walks Upright on Planet of the Apes (Damn Long)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <5gsq6u$pru@news.service.uci.edu>:

     Saturday morning my body betrayed a certain basic unfannishness of constitution by waking me promptly at 6:40 a.m. (a pattern that repeated throughout the weekend, even after valiant efforts on Sunday night).

   • 2002 March 2, Marty Cantor, “Re: Accumulating Crap: A fan thing?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <94e03a1e.0203020714.5255eaa6@posting.google.com>:

     Throwing anything away is unfannishness at its worst, fakefan.

   • 2004 July, John Hertz, “John Hertz’s Westercon Notebook”, in File 770‎^[3], number 143, page 28:

     There is a risk of developing a sub-con where the hip hide, a nasty unfannishness we’d better not fall into.

Antonyms

• fannishness