unfannish
/ˌʌnˈfæn.ɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not fannish.
Example Sentences
- "It is considered unfannish to cater to the whims and desires of readers."
- "I want to see the BNF anyway, so that I can get a new beanie. You know that beanies protect the fannish headbone from unfannish thoughts ... well, my beanie is so worn out that I'm afraid I'll turn into a non-fan if I don't look out."
- "What, like the Croydon lot who run a Fannishness contest not unlike the Purity Tests? Well, tupp 'em all, I say. Besides, in some ways it would be *dreadfully* unfannish to stand for TAFF without ever having pubbed your ish. I think that ought to gain you a lot of points for creativity in your unfannishness."
- "Compare Paul's review with Anthony Brown's piece on 'The Claws of Axos' run by DWB exactly a year earlier. Paul's review seems rather elliptical and unfannish whereas Anthony's - a real passionate hatchet job, also drawing on the fan-background of the period - is much more fan-traditionalist and analytical in approach, while still expressing unexpectedly radical viewpoints about Pertwee's sacred cow stories."
- "Wound up back at the Jim Baen's Universe suite, which seemed to be the only non-bidding suite open after 3:00—very unfannish, how early the parties kept shutting down—and visited with the Baeniacs for a couple of hours, then toddled off to bed just ahead of the sunrise, which is how you're supposed to do it at Worldcons."
Etymology
From un- + fannish.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more unfannish (comparative)
most unfannish (superlative)