Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

litfan

/ˈlɪtfæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lit-fan
IPA: /ˈlɪtfæn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A science fiction fan primarily interested in written science fiction.

Slang

Example Sentences

"There's certainly some overlap between litfen and mediafen, but there's also a distinctly different audience of mediafen, who may never look at this group."
"Personally, I was apalled^([sic]) at the divisions I saw within Star Trek fandom, where people wearing "Original Series" uniforms were sneered at far worse than I've seen from 'trufans', and the way some media fans sneer at others for watching the "wrong shows". Forget 'litfen' versus 'meejafen', the mediafen seem to be their own worst enemies."
"Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (and hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish."

Etymology

From lit (“literature”) + fan.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

litfans (plural) litfen (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce litfan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪtfæn/.
What does litfan mean?: A science fiction fan primarily interested in written science fiction.
Where does litfan come from?: From lit (“literature”) + fan.

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