Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fandom menace

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: fan-dom -me-n-ace
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A subculture of mostly-conservative Star Wars fans who oppose progressivism in the franchise.

Informal; Slang

Example Sentences

"A recent BuzzFeed article compared the way Reylos reacted to The Rise of Skywalker to the way the Fandom Menace—a trolling, abusive, anti-Disney hate group—reacted to The Last Jedi."
"All of this is either directly or tangentially a decentralized web referred to as The Fandom Menace, a group of extremely online comic book and "Star Wars" zealots that coalesced around a shared dislike for Rian Johnson's Lucasfilm sequel "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.""

Etymology

Blend of fandom with the subtitle of the 1999 fim Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, for the similar pronunciations. Delibrately chosen by its members who view themselves as a nuisance to Disney and other large Hollywood studios, whom the fans oppose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Fandom Menace (canonical) TFM (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Comicsgate Gamergate

Questions

What does fandom menace mean?: A subculture of mostly-conservative Star Wars fans who oppose progressivism in the franchise.
Where does fandom menace come from?: Blend of fandom with the subtitle of the 1999 fim Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, for the similar pronunciations. Delibrately chosen by its members who view themselves as a nuisance to Disney and other large Hollywood studios, whom the fans oppose.

How to pronounce fandom menace

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “fandom menace”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “fandom menace”.
Repeat and practice — Say “fandom menace” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.